How to make a active desktop interface
Well, I have been getting quite a few requests on how I did my templet so .... alright I will share my secrect and maybe someone will come up with a better way to implement it.
First, take a screen shot of your desktop and put it in photoshop (or any other photo editing program). with a transparent background by opening a new image, make the size the same as your desktop and selecting transparent as the background, then paste your screen shot into it.
Next, create a new layer (because we selected transparent as the background your new layer is transparent also), now select the background and lock the background layer.
Then, reselect the new layer and simply draw the design for the templet, add color, and effects to get the patteren, colors and lighting that you want.
Now, go back and select the background layer again and unlock it, right click on it and delete it. Now all you have left is your templet with a transparent background.
Now save the image (which is your templet) as a .gif file to preserve the transparency.
Ok, now open the background you want to use for you desktop (you might want to make a copy of your background just incase) and make sure that the image size is the same as the viewable screen size.
So now you have your background open and your templet open. Zoom out of both pictures so you can see both on the screen at the same time. Select the window with the templet, and choose the mover tool. (Usually the right one of the first 2 tools). Now click on your templet and drag it to your background. Move it into the same position that you had it on your other image.
Then under "Image" select "merge visable", now save your background, and use that background for your active desktop.
And wallah!!! You now have an active desktop with a background and a templet!! Congradulations!
