Vista Aero Visual Style Mod

**GiGaHeRz** · 1 Week Ago

I was tired of seeing my mIRC windows in that horrid blue color,
so I decided to modify the aero visual style to make it have gray borders.

I couldn't figure out how to tell which images were the ones for the basic windows,
so I just created a batch action script in photoshop to make ALL of them gray.
After that I restored a bunch of images which looked better in full color, and this is the result.

EDIT: I fixed a bit the scrollbar colors, and the button colors. Buttons still need work, but there you have WIP2 while I laz0r a bit.

NOTE: I haven't managed to change the visual style names. I have looked through a few other themes and they all seem to use the original names, so either it's too hard to change, or it can't be done.

NOTE: The theme is based on the 64bit visual style, so I guess it only works on vista 64.

Download Aero NoBlue WIP1 (Vista 64 only!)

Aero(No blue) WIP2!

Squall-Leonhart · 1 Week Ago

Oo

Why?

**GiGaHeRz** · 1 Week Ago

why what?

runawayprisoner · 1 Week Ago

...bother?

(extremely short post?)

Thanakil · 1 Week Ago

"I was tired of seeing my mIRC windows in that horrid blue color, "

Anyway, I should use mIRC more often.
(Nothing to say otherwise, except maybe "well that's nice")

Squall-Leonhart · 1 Week Ago

oh well, regardless, great hack!

Spyhop · 1 Week Ago

Best theme for XP is Royale Noir Remixed.
Aero isn't that nice IMO.

cottonvibes · 1 Week Ago

Vista's Aero theme gave me a big headache after a while.

especially while coding in Visual Studio, or Surfing the web with IE

Hard core Rikki · 1 Week Ago

FMVtool could've used extra loving ;p

**GiGaHeRz** · 1 Week Ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spyhop

Best theme for XP is Royale Noir Remixed.
Aero isn't that nice IMO.

Uh... this is the VISTA theme, for VISTA. Who cares about xp anymore?

Quote:

Originally Posted by cottonvibes

Vista's Aero theme gave me a big headache after a while.

especially while coding in Visual Studio, or Surfing the web with IE

I like Aero. I liked it at the beginning, I likedit more when I figured out how to change the class tone to black, and I like it even more now that it doesn't have blue highlights everywhere.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hard core Rikki

FMVtool could've used extra loving ;p

Nah... FMVTool is dead, and I'm not into necrophilia. Maybe someday I will remember to continue FMVTool2 (total rewrite, using C++ isntead of VB6), but I always forget it exists.

**mudlord** · 1 Week Ago

Quote:

Who cares about xp anymore?

*Puts hand up*

XP still isn't dead. :P

cottonvibes · 1 Week Ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by mudlord

*Puts hand up*

XP still isn't dead. :P

seconded

XP won't be dead until MS releases another OS thats as good or better.

SCHUMI-4-EVA · 1 Week Ago

*raises a further hand*

**@ruantec** · 1 Week Ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by GiGaHeRz

Nah... FMVTool is dead, and I'm not into necrophilia. Maybe someday I will remember to continue FMVTool2 (total rewrite, using C++ isntead of VB6), but I always forget it exists.

noooooooooooooooo this remember me i have to re-write @ES from VB6 to C++... when i think about that i get scared as i know many sleepless nights are comming

but it´s necessary....

Phil · 1 Week Ago

xp is not dead until you can download it for free.....................wait..

strike105x · 1 Week Ago

1. hmm... mirc now thats something i didnt use except once

)
2. XP still is the best OS (at least for my computer and lower ends)
3. Vista Aero looks nice but it can make some software not working (vlc for an example) so i prefer the Vista basic one or Classic in Vista
4 Can w8 for Windows 7 (just had to say that

) )

**GiGaHeRz** · 1 Week Ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by strike105x

1. hmm... mirc now thats something i didnt use except once

)

You can join #pcsx2 and #ngemu at efnet anytime you want
There's other apps which use MDI, Phososhop is one of them.

Quote:

Originally Posted by strike105x

2. XP still is the best OS (at least for my computer and lower ends)

Heh, well that's tastes (and money).

Quote:

Originally Posted by strike105x

3. Vista Aero looks nice but it can make some software not working (vlc for an example) so i prefer the Vista basic one or Classic in Vista

VLC works great here. Not a problem. Vista basic is BLUE, which is the reason I have done this VS in the first place. Classic is SO 1995...

Quote:

Originally Posted by strike105x

4 Can w8 for Windows 7 (just had to say that

) )

I can't
I'll get Windows 7 whenever it's ready for use (and works in my pc). :P

runawayprisoner · 1 Week Ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil

xp is not dead until you can download it for free.....................wait..

Still not dead.

For performance lovers and laptop users, XP is like a goddess... (or god to the ladies) Vista, while being nice and pretty, is just too kinky, and it eats up a lot of resources... as well as battery life on laptops.

**MiretanK** · 1 Week Ago

Guess no one EVER bothered looking at my dA gallery...

Diamond for Vista II by *Miretank on deviantART

Reanimaero VS for Vista by *Miretank on deviantART

Hard core Rikki · 1 Week Ago

I know I did.

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GiGaHeRz ⒷⓄⓄⒷⓈ (emu/plugin author) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 765	Vista Aero Visual Style Mod I was tired of seeing my mIRC windows in that horrid blue color, so I decided to modify the aero visual style to make it have gray borders. I couldn't figure out how to tell which images were the ones for the basic windows, so I just created a batch action script in photoshop to make ALL of them gray. After that I restored a bunch of images which looked better in full color, and this is the result. EDIT: I fixed a bit the scrollbar colors, and the button colors. Buttons still need work, but there you have WIP2 while I laz0r a bit. NOTE: I haven't managed to change the visual style names. I have looked through a few other themes and they all seem to use the original names, so either it's too hard to change, or it can't be done. NOTE: The theme is based on the 64bit visual style, so I guess it only works on vista 64. Download Aero NoBlue WIP1 (Vista 64 only!) Aero(No blue) WIP2! __________________ The Book and other stories: Tears of Fantasy - An Online Book... by ME! MetaLife, Inc. (intro) SubGaea (intro) Crow Blade (intro for now) My weblog... not like if there was too much to read on it tho. For anyone interested, there's a mirc script which converts "/me 's" into " * nickname's whatever" and adds a nice "/my" command. Last edited by GiGaHeRz; 1 Week Ago at 21:41.

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GiGaHeRz ⒷⓄⓄⒷⓈ (emu/plugin author) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 765	why what? __________________ The Book and other stories: Tears of Fantasy - An Online Book... by ME! MetaLife, Inc. (intro) SubGaea (intro) Crow Blade (intro for now) My weblog... not like if there was too much to read on it tho. For anyone interested, there's a mirc script which converts "/me 's" into " * nickname's whatever" and adds a nice "/my" command.

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