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<blockquote data-quote="Clean" data-source="post: 373926" data-attributes="member: 54178"><p>Thanks. I guess I spent the most time on this just learning what everything was. I took screenshots of the three TVSeries screens, put them in photoshop and used the grid lines to figure out what x,y coords certain things started at and then looked for them in the TVSeries.xml file. For the most part that is all I did, was move the x,y coords for the fields that Psycho Reptile already had in the skin. All total it was about three hours (learning time included). As for tips, remember that the xml uses coords on a 1366x768 grid, not 1920x1080. A good dual pane file utility (I use Total Commander) is a big help because you have to delete the cache each time you change something. Keep a safe backup of the original. <type>fadelabel</type> is great for small areas. If you don't know what a block does, move it and see what happens. Psycho Reptile's xml is pretty well blocked so you know what sections you are in. Look through his for tips and tricks. Having a text label repeat itself but one pixel off is great for shadowing text, just remember the shadow gets printed first. And don't forget the TVSeries.SkinSettings.xml. Compare the original with mine and you will see how to add things and use them in the TVSeries.xml.</p><p></p><p>Lastly, the biggest thing I learned was I have no idea how Psycho Reptile was able to put out three or four TVSeries.xml files for each skin with every update.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clean, post: 373926, member: 54178"] Thanks. I guess I spent the most time on this just learning what everything was. I took screenshots of the three TVSeries screens, put them in photoshop and used the grid lines to figure out what x,y coords certain things started at and then looked for them in the TVSeries.xml file. For the most part that is all I did, was move the x,y coords for the fields that Psycho Reptile already had in the skin. All total it was about three hours (learning time included). As for tips, remember that the xml uses coords on a 1366x768 grid, not 1920x1080. A good dual pane file utility (I use Total Commander) is a big help because you have to delete the cache each time you change something. Keep a safe backup of the original. <type>fadelabel</type> is great for small areas. If you don't know what a block does, move it and see what happens. Psycho Reptile's xml is pretty well blocked so you know what sections you are in. Look through his for tips and tricks. Having a text label repeat itself but one pixel off is great for shadowing text, just remember the shadow gets printed first. And don't forget the TVSeries.SkinSettings.xml. Compare the original with mine and you will see how to add things and use them in the TVSeries.xml. Lastly, the biggest thing I learned was I have no idea how Psycho Reptile was able to put out three or four TVSeries.xml files for each skin with every update. [/QUOTE]
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