Hello Ladies and Gentlemen
It has been awhile since the last Community Skinning Project.
To start off, all community skinners are eligible and encouraged to submit a WindowBlinds entry for a contest. Yes you read that correctly, a contest with the winner's WindowBlinds being used as the theme for the community project as the prize.
A few rules, only one entry per skinner and it must meet the established guidelines for uploading of a WindowBlinds. Since this is for a Community Project and we know the community still uses XP, Vista and now Windows 7 you know what we are looking for. The entries on a minimum will be skinned for Windows 7.
Volunteers are needed to judge the entries. One simple rule, if you volunteer to judge you can not submit a WB. You can however sign up to make themed skins. We need a minimum of five but no more than ten judges. I'm expecting a lot of entries.
When does the contest end, Friday the 18th of March. All entries for the contest will be uploaded to the WinCustomize WindowBlinds Gallery Library no earlier then Monday, 14 March (you really don't want to show your entry to the other skinners early now do you?) and no later than Friday, 18 March. All entries should include 'For Community Skinning Project' in it's description. Winner will be selected on Friday, 25 March.
Once a winning theme is selected community skinners will be able to sign up for skins they wish to make and get the graphics and start skinning.
What can you make a themed skin for you ask, if it has a WinCustomize Library you can make a skin for it.
Can there be multiple skins as in two or three Wallpapers or Logons, yes, but only one per skinner.
Can a skinner sign up to do several different skins, yes.
Only one rule for themed skins, they will use the theme graphics. The only exceptions will be for Screensavers, Dreams and Wallpapers. These will though have a tie in to the theme of the project.
Please leave a reply to this thread if you will be submitting an entry in the contest.
Ahhh, what are you waiting on, the contest starts............NOW!
UPDATE:
Skinners submitting a WindowBlinds Theme are: Vampothika, k10w3, Xiandi, CountryYokel, Z71
Judges: RedneckDude, gmc2, PCPrincess, navigatsio, WebGizmos, Zubaz, DrJBHL
I'm in for anything needed of me other than a blind...lol.
Actually, only Master skins have to be for all 3 OS's as far as I'm aware. If not, then I'm breaking the upload rules as I only make WB's for 7 now as that is all I have.
Is that what you are saying, that any entries have to be skinned for all 3 OS's?
I'm in for smx and rainy when the time comes. Good luck to all you blind skinners. Pun intended.
I only blind for win7 so I would volunteer for judging, keep me posted.
OH yes!! I'd love to volunteer to judge. I have downloaded and used daily at least one and sometimes many of the skins of all of the talented skinners here.
Depending upon what the theme ends up being, I may be good for a Dream.
From what I understand BoXXi you are correct, only Master skins have to be skinned for all 3 OS's. I probably didn't need to say 'it must meet the established guidelindes for uploading of a WindowBlinds', skinners understand that.
Yes the entries need to be skinner for all 3 OS's, we don't leave anyone out then from downloading and applying the theme.
No problem, I won't enter then....
You would be an excellent judge or you might choose to do one of many themed skins.
I wanna be a Judge!!! (and they BETTER be done right or off with your head!!!!)
Four weeks for a WB skin with all three OSs. Aggressive timeline. Hopefully skinners have somethign they are working on that they can leverage.
Oooh ...... tough cookie.
Zubaz, the rest of Jan, all of Feb and half of March, my math isn't all that good but that looks like more than four weeks.
The requirement for skinning all 3 OS's has been dropped.
(If you want to that is not a problem.)
Carry on.
but fair....
offer still stands.
So this is a community project? No wait it's a contest. A community project contest? Im confused.
A contest that becomes a project...I think.
It's a contest to generate WindowBlinds entries so a Theme can be selected, then it's a Community Skinning Project.
Hmmm, so far some judges, some themed skins, but no takers on the theme contest.
Hi Philly, im interested in entering the contest.
Im currently making a new wb called 'glamourpuss' its themed with a 1950's style. I will submit this as my entry. all 3 os's will be skinned too,
I know they dont have to be, but well, I do them all anyway so why break tradition?
Very cool competition by the way, nice start to the year.
1950's style already in the works if Kitty doesn't mind. Good theme there.
Dyslexic and can't count either......Zu, you drinking again?
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