Creating Skin files for the Utopiasoft HUM mp3 playerCESD|200108Applies To
OverviewThis article provides an overview of the steps involved in creating skin files for the Utopiasoft HUM mp3 player. How-to GuideIt is best to start from an existing skin. The skin in Utopiasoft Hum are standard Windows bitmaps. You can use any bitmap editing tools like Windows' Paint to edit them. To change the appearance of Hum, simply replace the background and button up and down state bitmaps with your own designs. Use the mask bitmaps as a guide for the size and shape of the different buttons. Note that the black areas of the mask bitmaps define the areas of the corresponding button bitmaps which will actually be drawn on the screen. It is recommend that you only use 256-color bitmaps for skin bitmaps to save storage space on your device. For mask bitmaps, they have to be monochrome (2-color). Please verify this carefully before copy them to your HPC/PPC. The bitmaps which Hum uses are as follows:
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How to install a skin?When you install Hum a Skin directory will be created in \Program Files\Utopiasoft\Skin on your device. If not, just create this directory using ActiveSync. Finally, copy all the skin files on your PC into the Skin directory. Restart Hum and you new skin will be applied to the player. Tags | Graphics Hum Multimedia Skin Utopiasoft
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