How to Design Your Own Computer Skin
Computer skins are specialty vinyl stickers that are becoming increasingly popular as ways to protect the surface of your computer as well as showcase your personal style. With the help of a few Internet-based retailers, you can design and order your own custom computer skin.
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Instructions
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Think of a design you want for your computer skin. The sky is the limit when you are designing your skin, and you can use your favorite sports team logo, a personal drawing or even a favorite texture or pattern.
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Create your design. The final image will need to be in digital format, but if you want to start off with a personal drawing, as long as you can digitize it using a scanner, feel free to draw out your ideas. Use a program like Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro to edit and enhance your images.
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Find a custom skinning service that offers design tools. You need one that offers a tool that will fit the design into the company's specific template, so you can make sure your intended design is not altered when it is actually placed on the sticker. Sites like Schtickers and LeftSkins are both popular choices that have their own software tools you can use to import your own design.
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Upload your image to the design tool and make adjustments. You will be able to size the image and make some small adjustments, and some tools will allow you to paste some standard clip-art style images as well.
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Tips & Warnings
After you are done designing your skin, you can order it from the website where you finalized your design. See the Resource section for some links to popular skin design and purchase sites.
Resources
- Photo Credit MorgueFiles, Mantas Magorical
