CREATE YOUR OWN QUIKSHOW PLAYER THEMES Here is how you can create your own QuikShow Player themes. 1. Download the Developer theme from the http://www.quikshow.com/share web page. 2. On the Developer Theme disk image, you see the Developer theme file. The file is actually a folder with a custom icon. Copy it to your desktop and double-click it to see its contents. 3. Using an image editor, modify the image files in the copied theme. You can find a description of each image file below. 4. Using a text editor, modify the text files in the copied theme. You can find a description of each text file below. 5. Rename the folder that contains your modified theme files. The folder name will appear in the list of available themes in QuikShow Player. 6. Move the theme folder to your /Library/Application Support/Artistic Techworks/QuikShow Player/Themes folder. 7. Restart QuikShow Player. The theme is now available in the QuikShow Player preferences. 8. If you want to share your theme with other people, create a new folder on your desktop. Put your theme folder into the new folder. 9. On the Developer Theme disk image, you see a file called Drag Theme Here To Install. That file is an AppleScript droplet. When you drop an item on it, it automatically copies the item to the QuikShow Player Themes folder and restarts QuikShow Player. Copy the Drag Theme Here To Install file to your new folder. 10. Rename your new folder, then right-click it and select Create Archive to turn it into a ZIP file. Upload the ZIP file to your website and submit a link to http://www.quikshow.com/share to let other people know about your new theme. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to send us an email at contact@artistictechworks.com. We'll be glad to help. TEXT FILES creditsAuthor.txt Shows the theme's author in the QuikShow Player Preferences window. Write your name. creditsDescription.txt Describes the theme in the QuikShow Player Preferences window. Write a short description of your theme. creditsWebsite.txt Provides a link to your website from the QuikShow Player Preferences window. Enter the URL of your website. IMAGE FILES Note that your images do not have to be the same size as the Developer theme images. Constraints on image sizes are explained below. BUTTONS Show the control buttons in various states (when they are idle, pressed or disabled, and when the mouse hovers over them). All images must be the same size. back-disabled.tiff back-hover.tiff back-pressed.tiff back.tiff forward-disabled.tiff forward-hover.tiff forward-pressed.tiff forward.tiff refresh-disabled.tiff refresh-hover.tiff refresh-pressed.tiff refresh.tiff fullscreen-disabled.tiff fullscreen-hover.tiff fullscreen-pressed.tiff fullscreen.tiff edit-disabled.tiff edit-hover.tiff edit-pressed.tiff edit.tiff exit-disabled.tiff exit-hover.tiff exit-pressed.tiff exit.tiff BORDERS The top, right, bottom and left borders of the QuikShow Player window. These images are tiled to fill the available space. The dimensions of the QuikShow Player window are calculated in the following way: Width: left.tiff width + content width + right.tiff width Height: top.tiff height + content height + bottom.tiff height bottom.tiff left.tiff right.tiff top.tiff CORNERS The four corners of the QuikShow Player window. bottom-left.tiff bottom-right.tiff top-left.tiff top-right.tiff CENTER The center of the QuikShow Player window. This image is stretched to fill the available space. center.tiff ORNAMENTS You can decorate the QuikShow Player window borders by using ornaments. Ornaments are displayed on top of the window borders. These files are optional. If you do not want to show ornaments, remove them from your theme folder. bottom-ornament.tiff Displayed on top of the bottom border. Centered horizontally and aligned to the bottom edge of the window. left-ornament.tiff Displayed on top of the left border. Centered vertically and aligned to the left edge of the window. right-ornament.tiff Displayed on top of the right border. Centered vertically and aligned to the right edge of the window. top-ornament.tiff Displayed on top of the top border. Centered horizontally and aligned to the top edge of the window. OTHER FILES preview.jpg The preview that will be shown in the QuikShow Player Preferences window. This image can be up to 490 pixels wide by 350 pixels high. creditsLogo.tiff Shows your logo in the QuikShow Player Preferences window. This image can be up to 160 pixels wide by 80 pixels high. disk-image-background.tiff If you want to share your theme with other people, and know how to create disk images, you can reuse this file as-is or modify it to use as a background for your disk image.