Michiru's Winamp Skins

Being one of the more musically inclined Senshi, as well as one of the more asthetically oriented, I thought I'd put *my* two cents into Tenshi's downloads section. ^_^

The new wave in music is the MP3 format. It is offers CD quality sound in a relatively small file (ok, that's a lie, most MP3s are 3-5 Mb, but compare the quality to the smaller RA files!) transferrable over the internet. While the latest versions of Windows' Media Player can play MP3s, Winamp is still one of the most popular MP3 players. To learn more about the technical stuff, go to the Winamp homepage at http://www.winamp.com. Here, I'm just providing ways of sprucing up the interface. This is what the typical Winamp interface looks like:

Kind of neat, but pretty boring in the end. Well, you can change the way this interface looks by downloading Winamp Skins. Skins are like clothes for the interface. The basic functional buttons stay the same, but the background image, button images, and slider images are different. Here I've put up my collection of Sailormoon themed Winamp Skins. I've only posted 4 because this is REALLY image-heavy as I have included a thumbnail of each skin. I'll be rotating them bi-weekly so you'll be able to see the thumbnails for each skin. For those of you who don't want to wait, here is a TEXT ONLY VIEW which lists *all* the skins.

 

Ami's Instructions: These skins are *.zip files, meaning that you'll need Winzip to unzip them. If you have Winamp, you should already have a Winamp folder in your hard drive directory. I recommend creating a subdirectory called Skins (for example, mine is C:\Program Files\Winamp\Skins) and downloading the zip files directly into that folder. Well, once you've downloaded the zip file, unzip, and extract the archive into your WinAmp\Skins directory. Most of these should create their own directory, EX C:\Program Files\Winamp\Skins\MoonAmp - Love, automatically, but if not, just create a new folder (within the Skins folder) and move the archive into it. Okay, now to use your skins, open Winamp. Click on the upper left hand corner. This should pull down a menu. From there, choose Options, and then click on Skin Browser. A dialogue box should pop up with a big white empty space containing the word < none >. Click on the Set Skins Directory button and your typical Browse for Folder box should pop up. From here, choose your skins directory (EX C:\Program Files\Winamp\Skins) and click okay. Now you're set!

 

 

by Brickgirl

    

A blue skin with Sailormercury on the right.

Ami's Opinions: Well, this skin has been accused of being boring, but I think it is okay. I rather like it. It's unassuming, like me. *shrugs and smiles* ^_^ I like the different shades of blue all melting together. It has a calming effect, like looking at a really clear blue sky or at perfectly calm water.
       
 

By Kezzerdrix

     Sailorneptune with Sailoruranus hugging her from behind (take that how you will...) ^_^

Haruka's Opinions: Michiru! Get back here!!!...er...Hi. Michiru skipped down to review the next skin and kinda left me here on my own...Um...Well, this is a good skin. I like it. I suspect the song slider will run over Sailorneptune's eyes, but that's only for a brief second during the course of a song. The balance slider, however, was cleverly hidden so as not to interfere with my face... ^_^ Well, like I said before, I like it.
       
 

By Kezzerdrix

     Sailorneptune with her left hand lightly touching her hair.

Michiru's Opinons: I like the colour coordination and the background of this skin the most. The picture of me is okay, but I don't know...I'm kind of wishy-washy about it. ^_^ At least my face remains relative uninterrupted. My favourite thing about this skin would have to be the buttons, because they are like popped out parts of the background image. I can't explain it, you'll have to see it to understand. ^_^ Overall, I think it's good.
       
 

By Kezzerdrix

     Mina-chan and her darling cat, Artemis!

Minako's Opinions: This is such a cheerful and brightly coloured set! I like it a lot! ^_^ It's just like me, super sunny! The display boxes and sliders don't *really* interfere with the background image so it looks good in action too!
         

I got these skins either on the Winamp homepage, Kezzerdrix's homepage, or Lefhark's hompage. If you are: a)really upset about this, b) wanting more credit, or c) just have something to say, then please e-mail me.

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