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Wallpaper Picks for July 14th

There have been so many great wallpapers coming through that I haven’t had time to post them all, but I wanted to at least pick a few of my favorites that I thought everyone might enjoy taking a look at.  These are my wallpaper picks from WinCustomize over the last couple of days.
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Planning for the GUI Champs ‘08 Has Begun

 
Every two years the GUI Champs makes its appearance, and we see artists and skinners from around the world converge on this one event to showcase their works and compete for thousands of dollars in prizes.  The ‘06 GUI Champs were a huge success and we had categories for Wallpapers, Icon Packs, and WindowBlinds skins.  […]

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Wallpaper: “End of the Dock”

I released a new wallpapers today, along with a matching logon for Windows Vista. The wallpaper pack has a wide variety of screen resolutions including widescreen. For Vista users, there is also a logon available, and you will need LogonStudio Vista(free) to apply it.Download: End of the Dock wallpaper packVista logon download: End of the Dock logon  

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Customizing Windows Vista

Windows Vista is here, and regardless of whether you upgraded from XP, or just purchased a new PC with it installed, I’m sure you are ready to customize the way Vista looks.  Now we can go in all sorts of directions in customizing Vista, but I wanted to cover some of the basics as that […]

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Windows Customization Podcast

The WinCustomize SkinCast has made it to episode #4, and the momentum keeps going and the support so far has been great. Both Zoomba and I are still relatively new to this whole podcasting thing, but I think we are getting the hang of it.  Just a quick recap of what the SkinCast is exactly […]

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MyColors is "Officially" Released to the Public

Stardock is pleased to announce the “official” public release of MyColors. MyColors makes applying premium suites a snap. A MyColors theme includes everything a user needs to completely and safely transform the Windows experience - a new Windows GUI, a new set of icons, gadgets, wallpaper, etc.
Now available on CNET, MyColors includes the “Diamond theme” […]

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SkinStudio 6 released! Create Your Own Vista/XP Themes

SkinStudio 6 was released today! SkinStudio is a free application designed to easily create skins for WindowBlinds for both Windows XP and Vista.
“SkinStudio 6 is a complete rewrite of previous versions of the program. Over time, as the number of elements of Windows that could be changed increased, the older […]

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DeskScapes 2.0 Preview - Animated Wallpapers for Vista

The DeskScapes 2.0 preview release has arrived! No longer will .dreams be limited to Vista Ultimate only.  If you have Windows Vista you can download the DeskScapes 2.0 preview and check out some of the included animated wallpapers.
Stardock is pleased to announce that the DeskScapes 2.0 preview version is now available. DeskScapes allows […]

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Animated Wallpapers from February ‘08

January started the year off great, and going in to February, submissions to the .dream gallery just keep getting better and better. We have several .dream creators starting to make quite a name for themselves, and I am still very excited for what we will see throughout the year.
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/d4P-ShdBIIQ” width=”425″ […]

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The State of Skinning: 2007 Edition

Brad Wardell has written his yearly assessment of the state of skinning. It’s a very good and in-depth look at the ups and downs of skinning (desktop customization). 2007 was a bit rocky because of Windows Vista, and Brad gives a good insight of what some of the problems were. He also […]