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How to Get New Skins
You can easily expand Screen Saver's skin collection.

Get a skin from this page

Butterfly
Old Fashioned Clock
Butterfly skin Old Clock skin
Download the skin Download the skin
Ray of Buttons
Bubbles
Default skin 1 Deafult skin 2
Download the skin Download the skin

Steps:
 
download the skin file;
 
copy the downloaded file to the Cortona Saver skin directory
(e.g. C:\Program Files\ParallelGraphics\Cortona Screen Saver\Skins\);
 
select a new skin in the Skin tab of the Cortona Saver Properties window.


Try to create a new skin for the navigation panel

Steps:
 
draw background for the skin;
 
draw buttons with different states;
 
create the skin directory (e.g. C:\Program Files\ParallelGraphics\Cortona Screen Saver\Skins\My) and put the graphic files there;
 
write Skin Definition File and put it in the same directory;
 
launch Screen Saver properties and select the Skin tab;
 
drag'n'drop unzipped files to the Playlist.
Skin Definition File
File name: cortsaver.inf

Supported graphic formats: GIF, JPEG, BMP

Entry format:
 
for background image  <id> : <filename>

 
for all buttons              <id> : <filename> <state_count> <left> <top> [mask | opaque]

Valid identifiers are the following:
Identifier Number of states
(recommended)
Functionality
background[n/a] background image
navmode_walk 3 navigation mode: walk
navmode_fly 3navigation mode: fly
navmode_examine 3 navigation mode: examine
mousemode_plan4 mouse mode: plan
mousemode_pan4 mouse mode: pan
mousemode_roll4 mouse mode: roll
mousemode_turn 4 mouse mode: turn
camera_align 4 align camera
camera_fitscene3 fit to scene
camera_goto 6 toggle goto mode
viewpoint_prev 3 switch to previous viewpoint
viewpoint_next 3 switch to next viewpoint
viewpoint_restore 3 restore current viewpoint
viewpoint_tour 6 viewpoint tour
headlight 6 toggle headlight
collider 6 toggle collider
playlist_prev4 load previous scene from playlist
playlist_next 4 load next scene from playlist
exit 3 exit application

Each button image contains several states. Valid values of this parameter are:
 
3 - normal, 'mouse over', pressed
 
4 - normal, 'mouse over', pressed, 'grayed' (disabled)
 
6 - checkbox style button
 
7 - same as 6 with disabled state

Download example with Skin Definition File and skin graphic files. You can create a new skin and publish it at this Web page.
If you have any questions, please, contact us by e-mail: support@parallelgraphics.com





Last updated: Fri, 29 Aug 2008
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