# Custom Skin

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-skin/259962>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 10, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-skin/259962 "2008-05-10T23:24:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![george2409](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f9ae1b/32.png) [@george2409](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/george2409)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-skin/259962/1 "2008-05-10T23:24:43Z")

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Hi,

Does anyone have any advice, tips or a tutorial link to creating a custom FLV skin in flash?

Thank you.

G27

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**Author:** ![myCatMishka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@myCatMishka](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/myCatMishka)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-skin/259962/2 "2008-05-13T02:22:15Z")

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I don’t really have a tutorial but I can tell you how I make mine.

I use Adobe fireworks (or any paint program) create the base and use the style tool, I play with that allot to change the primitive looks. I add circles for buttons and place them in my project - add styles to them

Then I cut (or just export to Flash) that image and use it as a skin.  
I add Flash button overlays to my skin and just be creative, yes you can do all this in Flash using vector vs importing a .png (raster image), but maybe using a paint program to gather idea’s will stir your creative juices then just visualize all that into the vector tools + gradient tools :sen:

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**Author:** ![atlnycdude24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@atlnycdude24](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/atlnycdude24)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-skin/259962/3 "2008-05-13T16:10:01Z")

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I used to do a lot of vector art in Flash mainly because I didn’t have Photoshop, Fireworks, etc. since my dad gave me the entire adobe CS3 suite so i’m able to do more stuff.

[http://www.rodriguezstudios.com](http://www.rodriguezstudios.com)

I did my entire website in Flash 8 (back in the old days)

my current project [http://www.ksuwesley.org/new\_website](http://www.ksuwesley.org/new_website)

I did the entire design in Photoshop, xhtml in dreamweaver and i’m going to export the menu bar to flash to do drop down menu (which i’m having a little trouble)

but overall using CS3 or gimp to create stuff is a lot of fun…