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Published: 2008-08-22 08:49:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 16668; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 9717
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So, I finally decided to release Ceramic Brown, but I did it as a Release candidate 1. There are some text colors I just can't find in the HEX codes. I'll update this whenever I do find them. I started modifying from the RoyalNoir Beta VS so if there's any left overs still in the hex or so, I apologize, I tried to remove it all.I got the inspiration from Mass Effect where almost every armor was called ceramic and had these extremely nice glassy smooth top layers.
This comes in two versions, one with a square button and one with a round button.
This is for Aero only and only with the taskbar at the bottom.
I hope you like it, it's the first VS I've ever done.
Feedback much appreciated...
Recommended wallpaper is [link]
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I've updated the package. There was some spelling errors in the first. Sorry for that. Thanks to kalel90 for pointing it out.
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P.S. I'm working on a graniteblue colored version
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Nice work
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Thanks, works great now
Feel free to do a matching itunes skin!
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Oh i guess I have to patch and replace stuff, could you please explain how?
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Sure thing, easiest way is to download this: [link]
and follow the instructions.
Then your files will be patched and you will be able to use custom themes.
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Gorgeous skin!
Unfortunately, I'm a noob and all it does for me is make windows classic brown, even though I was on aero. I just coped the unzipped folder and .theme file to the "Themes" folder. What am I doing wrong?
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No no the naming problem is the mui file everything else is fine as of right now your mui file is named Ceramic Brown(Square).mui for the square version but it needs to be Ceramic Brown(Square).msstyles.mui understand now?
Same goes for the circle version and any theme your make from here on out lol.
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Oh right.. I see what you mean. Yeah, I need to fix that. Thanks for noticing!
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You must have an uber high res screen can you make a 22 px/thin taskbar version of this for those of us who have lower res screens?
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I got a 20" monitor and hmm.. Not likely right now since I'm working on another skin and theme. When I'm done with that perhaps.
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Actually for the top taskbar start button i need you to make me a version of the button with the outside border flipped but the inside image left the same. (im not great at photoshop or i would do it)
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ooooh the genius i am figured it out lol J/k the problem is you need to name the mui file Ceramic Brown(Square).msstyles.mui basically just add .msstyles to he current name of both styles.
If for some reason you cant understand this i can do it for you im gonna fix the taskbar on top issue (the start button is gone when the taskbar is moved to the top) also for those who like it at the top i can send it to you if you want let me know.
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Wierd.. I can't find any naming mistakes here in my themes folder. And they both got seperate .msstyles. One for round and one for square.
Yeah, I didn't include the top taskbar version due to time. It's simple but I wanted to release it and leave it behind me kinda.
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Did you make this on a 64-bit version of vista? Otherwise i have no clue why this style isn't working i also patched the uxtheme after i did the updates to make sure that wasn't the cause so idk.
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Well apparently this style isn't working for some reason says it cant be applied.
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I had to replace the 3 hacked system files manually after an Windows Update. Alot of themes didn't work after that particular update.
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Get to work on a top version lol actually i'll do it if you don't have time.
Good visualstyle though.
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Thanks man, I'll give it some thought.
I'm swamped by making props for a photoshoot right now anyway.
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i found bug 
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That happened to me too and not only my skin but alot of other skins too.
I fixed it by re-installing the patched uxtheme files. I think maybe the update did something to them.
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i re-installed the patched files, but it's still not working
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Did you do it with Vistaglazz or manually? I had to do it manually.
Rename the old files to uxtheme_OLD.dll etc, then..
Replace all these files manually:
uxtheme.dll
themeui.dll
shsvcs.dll
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Haha oh damn... I'm sorry.. I don't know how to help you then..
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ufff now it's working again! lol
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hahaha wierd!! I'm glad you got it working
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Looking forward for the final
Could you show the shellstyle?
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I have it removed and therefor didn't bother skinning it.
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Uhh, visual style without a shellstyle? I would like to have seen that...
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Hmm, sorry, I must have misunderstood.
I'm not sure what you mean by shellstyle and what isn't showing in the pic, care to explain? Thanks
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Heheh... If you skin Vista you must know what is it
I see you skinned the folderband already
The shellstyle is a part of visual style that defines the look of the folderband, preview pane, info pane, fav pane & folder tree & some other parts of the explorer window's background (the white area with items)
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Ah right, I think I know what you mean. Like the info bar bottom of the explorer windows and such?
Honestly, I didn't check much when I skinned this, I just opened the files and tried to find the right PNG's.
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I like your vs, waiting for the final
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i luv it! but i cant find there any browseui or icons
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yeah, I fucked the browseui up totally when I tried and edit it haha! So I left it alone for now.. I will defenitly edit the browseui in later versions! Thanks for loving it!
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These are the icons I'm using: [link]
and these for my Rocketdock: [link]
Not very consistent but I forgot to change them at the time of the screenshot.
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I was not able to use the visual style.
To make it working, I had to rename the file contained on the en.US folder from Ceramic Brown(Round).mui to Ceramic Brown(Round).msstyles.mui
On the Wallpaper folder there are not wallpapers yet.
The shellstyle is not really matching with the style for me.
I suggest you to change the color of the text of the buttons to something like a white brownish, if you can.
There is something more to do, but I think that you will do them for the final version, like the internet explorer/firefox bar and the status bar.
Hope it will helps you for the Final Version.
Good RC1
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Ah right.. might have been some clumpsy renaming when I put it in the zip, thanks for noticing.
And the wallpapers, I removed them cause I didn't ask the original author for permission of including them in this release.
The black text on some of the buttons is one of the hex codes I couldn't find, but it seems i got some help now and will update it when I've fixed it.
Thanks for the comment and feedback!
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Looks interesting! Will you make more color variations?
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Yep, working on a granite blueish color right now.
It'll look a little different but based on the same idea.
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