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Simple Modern Skin Tutorial

In the next section, I will show how to make a simple skin and teach you the basic modern skinning terminologies.

Before you start, you will need these items.
  Simple Tutorial Skin File  
We're going to show you how to make a simple skin like the one shown below. Download the "Simple Tutorial Skin" example.



When you save the file, make sure that the type of the file is selected to "All Type" and NOT "Winzip" filetype. You should save the file into your skin subdirectory in your Winamp 5 directory. for most people, that path is "C:\Program Files\Winamp\Skins".
  Text Editing Programs  
You can use any text editing program to write XML and MAKI script files.

1) The plain Windows Notepad will do. It is under "Start Menu" => "Programs => "Accessories => "Notepad". Here's what it looks like.





2) However, if you intend to do alot of coding rather a quick editing, we recommed you to use something like EditPlus. EditPlus will automatically color your HTML and XML code. The coloring makes it easier for you to see your code and find missing closing tags. Here's what it looks like.





You can select the type of coloring by going to "Document" menu => "Change File Type..."
  A graphics program  
We recommend Adobe Photoshop or Paintshop Pro. Here're some tutorials if you're new to graphics.
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