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Program: Aston
Tools Used: Photoshop, ImageReady, 3D Studio Max, Microangelo, 3DCC, Notepad

The color scheme I used for this theme is blue and gray. I chose a more flat bevel for everything. I'm getting sick of the high tech stuff that's more eye candy than usability.

I took care of all of the recommendations A.R.T. provided for me in this installation of the theme. This includes removal of excess wallpapers. The desktop panel button has been fixed. The bevel was removed from each of the toolbars. And finally the AltDesk skin has been cleaned up. Info on that is in the readme.txt in the zip.

I've have also added a few things to the desktop centerpiece. There are a total of three different configurations for multiple drive set-ups. The other two configurations are located in Gadnium/Icons/2/ and Gadnium/Icons/3/. Each directory also contains the corresponding wallpaper. And finally all of the plugins have been skinned or icon'd. Two skins for the DC clock have been provided.

   

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Level: Intermediate

Here's an extensive tutorial on some of the basic modeling techniques I use in 3D Studio Max. The final product is a vector rendering of the scene. I used 3d Studio Max 5 when writing the tutorial. Have fun and if you have any questions email me.