Shell Style Bars and Arrows is what you are looking for I think... ...unless you are talking about the windowframes.

Ok I got the frames section but I did change the part thats open in the picture and I don't see any changes anyplace where is that darn title bar section which one from the above picture thats what I'm looking to change.

Ok I changed the title bar using someone else skin image and it crashed my explorer had to hard reboot and went into safemode but couldnt do anything there tried last know good config that didnt work was unable to enter control panel without pc freezing up managed to get it running again but the title bar is not displaying the close out x for me to close anything thats open its hidden from view now lol Im using my skin with someone else image just wanted to see if it worked the thing I cant figure out is why it applies correctly in the other skin and not on my skin I will check to see if the size is right in the extras tab maybe thats the issue. I will be back.

Back from another crash had to do a system restore I was trying to open impulse when it crashed it probably had something to do with me trying to uninstall skinstudio in safemode and it wouldnt uninstall grrh but its running fine now.

Ok I can make my own frame the only problem is there is no image there to begin with if I remember correctly so I have no idea the size to make these images and the image I did use obviously I'm not gonna make it that size yikes, so what to do for sizing it.

There really is no size requirements on the frames. the images will get stretched to fit the window depending on how you set the painting margins.

It's good to make the height of the top part of the frame the actual height you want it to be. The sides and bottom are usually around 4-6 pixels wide but not required. I've seen some that are 1 pixel wide, and some that are 20 pixels wide....and adding the shadow to the frame will make the width larger too.  The design and size is entirely up to you.

and while we are on the subject of perpixel frames, you will have fun with the perpixel buttons, i believe they come it sets of 8 (8 states instead of 3 like the uis buttons) and you have to manually shift them into position with the x and y settings.

and there will be times when you have to restart your pc when you are skinning and applying you skin, its just part of the skinning life, and something most of us have to do.

Do the per pixel. The fact that you can get nice smooth corners and add a dropshadow will make you blind look so much better than it already is. Remeber: .tga/.png for this section and the different bits are cut up differently than the UIS2 frames

Aaah I just made a image for the Controls>Button>Push Buttons>Button Image and decided I didnt like it so I cleared the code now my Start Menu and Taskbar reverted to the standard one Is there some easier way to clear these images out with out having to reload with a whole new blind? I mean the images are still there for the taskbar and start menu section they just arent showing up now that I removed the code for the Button image which I find odd.

Thanks Lisa

if you cleaned out the codes of any image they will revert back to default, so you have to put the images back (that you want back)

if you have skinned buttons and you dont like them, you dont have clean out the code to get rid of them, you can go into the diamond blind and retrieve the original parts, or just be patient and keep the old ones until you skin new ones and apply the new ones.

clearing out the code is a last resort if you have a major bug going on and cant fix it.

hope this helps somewhat.

on another note, you might not have clicked the apply button before you cleared the code either, so basically the taskbar ect wasnt saved cause you didnt save it.

Here is what I'm talking about the edge around button is terrible and it's the original image for the luna skin so I have no idea what the problem is

Put some painting margins around that puppy!  Looks like you need about 3-4 pixels.

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It would be too tempting to bag the skin and head for the liquor cabinet if I were listenting to J Geils (most of the old rock, for that matter).  Conditioned response -- I learned to drink when old rock was new -- I guess I'm Pavlov's lush.  When I skin I usually listen to Neoclassical -- Bach and Beethoven done with electric guitars in speed metal fashion.  My husband turned me on to some Yngwie Malmsteen, and later on I found Kevin Ferguson's "Strad to Strat" with the most awesome version of Vivaldi's Summer I've ever heard.  I think because my day job involves listening to people talk all day, I prefer instrumentals when I'm skinning.