vie7now Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 I am trying to modify a visual style's start button. The VS is called Reluna. First I got the PNG that is going to be used as the start button. Then I opened up the default Reluna start button bitmap in GIMP. I copied and pasted the new image into the appropriate places and replaced the file StartButton.bmp. When viewed in StyleBuilder or applied, the start button has a pink surrounding. I understand that this is because of the alpha layer in the original PNG image. Any idea how would I remove this? Thank you. Let me know if my question wasn't clear. -0 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/183767-modifying-visual-style-start-button/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
poisonarrow Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 You could just use LClock instead. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/183767-modifying-visual-style-start-button/#findComment-2377219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamz Veteran Posted June 28, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 28, 2004 if it's 255 0 255, then it's magic pink and it's the "transparent" color in bitmaps. if the theme specifies magic pink as the transparent color, then it won't show up. you could also edit the image by changing the color. or you could extract the actual button and paste it onto the taskbar background image, saving it as a new start button bitmap. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/183767-modifying-visual-style-start-button/#findComment-2377817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vie7now Posted June 28, 2004 Author Share Posted June 28, 2004 Quote You could just use LClock instead.I would rather learn. Quote if it's 255 0 255, then it's magic pink and it's the "transparent" color in bitmaps. if the theme specifies magic pink as the transparent color, then it won't show up. The transparency colour is pink. I think it's because the original image had an alpha layer and is not completely opaque. Quote you could also edit the image by changing the color. or you could extract the actual button and paste it onto the taskbar background image, saving it as a new start button bitmap. That's a great idea. The only probleam is that the taskbar has a gradient. I try that though. -0 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/183767-modifying-visual-style-start-button/#findComment-2377875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hush66 Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 The pink parts that are showing up are not really pink, so to speak. That is, those parts are not 255,0,255. Maybe it's 254, 0, 255 or something. Open up the StartButton.bmp in GIMP again, and closely examine the surrounding parts of the drive image. Ensure they are all 255, 0, 255. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/183767-modifying-visual-style-start-button/#findComment-2378904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vie7now Posted June 28, 2004 Author Share Posted June 28, 2004 Quote The pink parts that are showing up are not really pink, so to speak. That is, those parts are not 255,0,255. Maybe it's 254, 0, 255 or something. Open up the StartButton.bmp in GIMP again, and closely examine the surrounding parts of the drive image. Ensure they are all 255, 0, 255. That's exactly what I am trying to say. The original image is in PNG format and also has translucancy around it's edges. When I paste the image over a pink background a darker pink shows up. Is there anyway to remove the translucancy using GIMP? -0 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/183767-modifying-visual-style-start-button/#findComment-2378975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin B. Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Instead of using a bmp for the startbutton you could always use a regular png without any pink. When doing this with Stylebuilder make sure it's on TrueSize and all the sizing margins are at 0. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/183767-modifying-visual-style-start-button/#findComment-2379206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 negative_0: Take a brush of 1PX, select color 255, 0, 255 and with the brush paint ALL thats similar to pink on teh borders, and done Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/183767-modifying-visual-style-start-button/#findComment-2379343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vie7now Posted June 28, 2004 Author Share Posted June 28, 2004 Quote Instead of using a bmp for the startbutton you could always use a regular png without any pink. When doing this with Stylebuilder make sure it's on TrueSize and all the sizing margins are at 0.How do I set this "TrueSize"? Quote negative_0:Take a brush of 1PX, select color 255, 0, 255 and with the brush paint ALL thats similar to pink on teh borders, and done That's what I first thought of. I did that do the image but the it looked jagged because there was no fade. -0 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/183767-modifying-visual-style-start-button/#findComment-2379646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vie7now Posted June 29, 2004 Author Share Posted June 29, 2004 Okay. I tried using a PNG image instead of a BMP image. Nothing changed. Although the image points to STARTBUTTON.PNG (the new image), there is no change. It doesn't matter how I apply the VS, though the display properties or through StyleBuilder itself. There is no change in the startbutton. Help? -0 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/183767-modifying-visual-style-start-button/#findComment-2380008 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Fahim S. MVC Posted June 29, 2004 MVC Share Posted June 29, 2004 I believe that's a stylebuilder bug... rename the file to something other than startbutton.png... even startbutton2.png would be sufficient.... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/183767-modifying-visual-style-start-button/#findComment-2380025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vie7now Posted June 29, 2004 Author Share Posted June 29, 2004 Quote I believe that's a stylebuilder bug... rename the file to something other than startbutton.png... even startbutton2.png would be sufficient.... Thank you. Works perfectly. -0 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/183767-modifying-visual-style-start-button/#findComment-2380172 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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