Last edit by djcel, Senior Team on Fri 29 Aug 08 @ 7:54 pm
Download tool: http://www.virtualdj.com/addons/download.html?addon_id=4442
Window Organization
The main window of this tool has two tabs Resize Skin and Part of XML.
The first tab can be used by any user that needs to resize a skin to fit his screen resolution. Keep in mind that resizing to a greater size extends the graphics and produces a slight blur effect on the graphics.
The second tab is designed for users making skins who want to easily translate coordinates of a button, or make a mirror image of some code, related to the skin's width.
Resizing a Skin
Switch to the Resize Skin tab in the skin if this isn't the tab that is actually displayed.
The tab is divided in three zones:
- Input XML
- Output XML
- Resizing Options
Although there isn't any place to give the path to the graphics (.bmp file) of the skin, the graphics are automatically fetched if you selected Resize Picture options.
- Input XML
This part is used to specify the input XML file. Either you enter manually with the keyboard the path to the file, or you click on this button
, to select the input file. If the skin you want to resize is zipped (.zip file extension), you will need to unzip it before using the Tool.
Only files with .xml extension will be shown.
Once you have selected an appropriate file, the Input XML GroupBox should look like this:
The size of the skin is calculated automatically at the opening of a skin.
The display format is shown, (4/3 (standard), 16/10 (widescreen), etc).
If you need to edit the XML before performing the resize, you can click on the Edit File button; the XML file is opened in default program. I recommend using NotePad++ or NotePad2 to edit XML files. - Output XML
This part lets the user specify an output XML file and location. The Tool will automatically rename the file using its original name and change the filename to show the output size, or add the suffix “_resized”. You are free to change the default output filename, this is only a suggestion.
Once you have selected an appropriate output file, the Output XML GroupBox should look like this:
You will need to write in the output size for width and height. If you want the skin to be scaled (skin ratio is kept), clic on the x and the height will be automatically calculated.
Minimum Width is 800 and minimum Height is 600. - Resizing Options
The Skin Resizer Tool has two sets of options. The first set:
are the default options, available in the tool since the beginning.
Select both options to have a resized skin.
The second set of options are available to licensed users.
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Coming soon: rest of the resizing guide.
