me too, I sure wish there was a skinning auto-pilot

I used neither....it is a simple shadow applied via DX. I will look into softening it a tad, but I like the stamped in look.

Thanks for input! 

I like the stamped in look also.  I think it just looks to hard is all.   Remember, I'm a noob when it comes to skinning so take my advice with a grain of salt.

Yep, might soften the lower lighting on the text some, it is a little harsh right now, maybe a medium bluish grey, typically I color pick the BG color and bring up the lightness a bit at a time until it looks perfect.

Still, overall looking mighty nice Jim.

XP dark version, flying along now.

Dark?  I have no dark stuff to work with!!  Or do I?  

Oh...and John...just so you know...in that screeny I posted...the taskbar and systray thing is in Winstep and still had parts of another theme of yours I did and all that will get straightened out before it's done. Also...what text color are you going with on this?

Text over the black is 124,164,140 WG.

Hey, where's my post?!!!!!

Could have sworn I posted this already....

Is this better for the text John? And I wanted to run these blue mouseovers by you. I like, you may not.

I think you're having a clarity/contrast problem with the red font, Jim.... to my ancient eyes, it's really hard to read. Otherwise lookin' good!

Lookin good Jim, as far as the blue goes, I'll leave that up to you, but there isnt anything but red and dark in the theme, all mousovers are red glows.

Here is a short vid showing the titlebar buttons that I've spent bloody ages on. Hopefully it posts correctly, I think I'll start posting more vids like this now that I have a PC that can handle it.

btw agree with doc on the red text, hard to read a wee bit.

skinnercam....   ......cool idea...

Videos now too, you never cease to amaze!  Those titlebar buttons are fantastic!