1. .NET Framework 4.5
2. A monitor which is 800x600 px big (or bigger)
3. For the simulator: A monitor which is bigger than 800x600 px (support for this screen size is coming soon)
4. For automatic updates: a working internet connection

1. Audio support (.mp3, .wav)
2. Supports normal and HD Skins
3. Skin Mixer
4. Half Resolution Creator (needs a HD skin)
5. Skin template-downloader
6. (BETA) Simulator to look how your skin will look like
7. Easy skin export and import
8. Threadtext creator
9. Auto-detect the osu! skin folder

1. Some of you may experience crashes and errors when trying to open a skin. The source of this crash is unknown for now, but I try to fix this ASAP

FAQ (also interesting stuff for programmers ^^)

Q: What is the "osu! Skin Manager"?
A: The osu! Skin Manager is a multifunctional tool to create, edit and save your skins for osu!.

Q: Why is it multifunctional?
A: Because you can't just do these three things, no, you can

1. Export your skin as an .osk file
2. Create new skins easily
3. Mix two skins together
4. Quickly edit the skin.ini
5. Automatically resize images to half size (for HD skins)
6. (New since 2.5.3) Create a thread text with auto-fill (Name, Version, Author and release date)

Q: Where are my exported skins?
A: You find them in your osu! directory under "Exports" (where osu! normally puts your exported files in)

Q: I can't see my audio files. Where can I display them?
A: Minimum required version: Beta 2.3 or newer. From this version on you see your WAV and MP3 Files.

Q: How can I replay my selected audio file?
A: Simply just click on the window where the program displays your image. Above you can see if the sound is playing or not.

Q: I just started the application, he says he loads a skin but nothing happens. What should I do?
A: This can be done in a few steps:
1. Open the settings and go to th tab "Other"
2. Deactivate "Automatically load the last edited skin after startup" and restart the application

Q: When is the next update?
A: There isn't any fix date for updates, because it's a hobby project. But you can subscribe this topic to stay up to date.

Q: Has the program an update function?
A: Since Update 2.7 yes, so grab your copy and install

Q:The update isn't working, why?
A: Keyword ClickOnce. Please uninstall the old version with ClickOnce (Version 3.8 and below) and download and install the Setup above. This makes updating easier and looks better

Q:How do the themes of the application look like?
A: Click on this link: http://puu.sh/fHoYh/a41fddd8d3.gif

Q:What is behind the application? (Interesting for programmers)
A: Over 5000 lines of code in C# are used in the application to let you do all the things. Currently I am using the following libaries:

1. SharpZipLib (for packing and unpacking skins)
2. CustomTabControl from JacksonSoft (instead of the old TabControls)
3. NAudio (for Audio Playback)

The installer, uninstaller and updater are all written by myself (C#, both installer & uninstaller using a XML manifest to get administrator privileges), which includes another 1500 lines of code.

You want to see a new feature or changes on the application? Suggestions are alway welcome

OsuMe65 wrote:

This thread should be in 2 i bet...
Anyway, that's nice. UI quite sucks.

A i k a wrote:

But not sure if the set-up should be in German owo

ziogio wrote:

It's really a good job!

I noticed just one thing:

1) The pc identify the program as virus. That's because there isn't an author name, so maybe you can put your name (?) XD

And I have one suggestion: You can make possible to "mix" in a simple way. In the left side we can upload a skin and in the right side another one. And, with some arrow to change elements (or just a button "change") we can "mix" properly ahah

Thank you for your work

bl8ckdr8gon wrote:

ziogio wrote:

It's really a good job!

I noticed just one thing:

1) The pc identify the program as virus. That's because there isn't an author name, so maybe you can put your name (?) XD

And I have one suggestion: You can make possible to "mix" in a simple way. In the left side we can upload a skin and in the right side another one. And, with some arrow to change elements (or just a button "change") we can "mix" properly ahah

Thank you for your work

Nice idea, I'll try my best to get this idea to work
After searching the web for the virus problem I found out that web-based actions (my program contains a download function) get detected by anti-virus software. But if someone needs a virustotal check, I'll add this as fast as possible

bl8ckdr8gon wrote:

Working on it, but it's difficult to manage two skins where all images are loaded :/ But if you want to see the Window itself, here is a preview:


Don't wonder about "lb_leftSkin" and so on. These are only shown in Visual Studio

1. Added: Skin Mixer
2. Added: A new Help Section for the skin mixer
3. Changed: The picture on the main screen (while editing a skin) is now scrollable (now you can watch your images completely )

piruchan wrote:

So, I decided to try this, and the program told me to choose my osu!skin folder, when I chose C:\Program Files (x86)\osu!\Skins, I got the "this program has stopped working" window.

Just for clarification, which one is osu! skin folder? C:\Program Files (x86)\osu!\Skins or the one with the default skin?

sheela901 wrote:

I can't open the program. It closes after choosing the osu! skin. There's no error code, or anything, it just closes.

1. Added: The program shows you which gamemodes are supported
2. Added: You can now change settings (I know this is really late to publish, but at the beginning I didn't thought about that ^^")
3. Added: You can now change the backgroundcolor in the skin mixer
4. Changed: As long as you didn't have chosen a skin you can't use "Export Skin", "Import" "Save Skin" and "Edit skin.ini"
5. Changed: "Edit" at the top menu is now "Skin"
6. Fixed: When you switched from the osu! Skin Mixer back to the Manager, the skin wasn't loaded again
7. Fixed: If you clicked on "Export", "Import" or "Save Skin" while no skin was loaded, the program crashed
8. Fixed: If you first started the program, the chosen skin folder wasn't saved (and so you could not save or export your skin)
9. Fixed: Found and removed some spelling mistakes

1. Added: Support for Wave (.wav) files. Mp3 file support will be added in a future version
2. Added: Half-Resolution Creator: creates half resolution images (e.g. an image which is 200px x 200px big will be copied and resized to 100px x 100px)
3. Added: New look which can be deactivated in the settings
4. Added: Reset button to reset a change on the selected skin element
5. Changed: "File" at the top menu is now "Manage"
6. Changed: If no skin is loaded you can quickly access any skin in your directory
7. Changed: If you load another skin, open the skin mixer or something else, the images will be disposed (deloaded) to save RAM (BETA)
8. Changed: "Choose Skin" is now "Load Skin"
9. Changed: The important buttons are a little bit bigger
10. Fixed: Mistakes in the help

1. Added: Support of mp3 files
2. Added: When you download the default skin, you see a window which shows you the progress of the download
3. Changed: The skin.ini editor is now coloured (Beta, it could have his problems)
4. Changed: New logo

1. Added: An menu point under "Skin", where you can create a forum post for your skin (he automatically inserts some things when you use templates)
2. Added: (Beta) CircleSize window, where you can look how your hitcircle will look with different CS
3. Changed: Settings can now be opened with STRG + Shift + S
4. Fixed: At the first startup, he only accepted in the path "osu", not "Osu" (i hate case sensitive...)

1. Added: Update function! Finally I got it to work. From now on, the Application checks for updates at startup. If Updates are found, he downloads and opens the installer automatically.
2. Changed: The dialog "Load Skin" in the menu "Manage" has been removed, now the skin list is loaded into the listbox
3. Changed: Deleted skins will now be moved in the Recyle Bin so you can restore the skin
4. Changed: Default skin.ini is now more clearly
5. Fixed: The startup dialog accepts now all directories with the name "skin". You can change the directory in the settings

bl8ckdr8gon wrote:

EDIT: Could someone move this thread to Developement pls? I think I would reach more people there

deadbeat wrote:

bl8ckdr8gon wrote:

EDIT: Could someone move this thread to Developement pls? I think I would reach more people there

i suppose i could for you o3o

1. Added: Now you can deactivate the update notification
2. Added: Added tooltips in the settings window
3. Added: At startup, the application shows a tutorial (can be deactivated by clicking "Do not show again")
4. Changed: While updating, you can see the progress
5. Changed: You can now abort the download of the default skin
6. Changed: The RAM Usage in the settings updates now every second
7. Changed: "Elements" when changing a skin is now "Skins"
8. Fixed: The last loaded skin couldn't be delete
9. Fixed: The graphic was buggy when choosing a mp3 file
10. Fixed: The update bar "stays" in the upper right corner
11. Removed: The old Help window (it was ugly). Now the application has a new Help section (the tutorial)

You want to see a new feature in this application? Write me a private message or write a post in this thread

1. Added: The language "German" is now supported (language will be chosen automatically by the application if you live in german regions)
2. Added: Import and export your settings
3. Added: Backup function (Backup your whole Skin folder, backup your actual skin at crash, backup before mixing two skins)
4. Added: When you export your skin, your skin.ini will be checked on mistakes
5. Changed: Better error-checking (empty names didn't worked, but names conataing only spaces worked)
6. Changed: Some mistakes in the tutorial were removed
7. Changed: Tutorial expanded ("Settings" Section updated, new section: "Backup Settings", German screenshots if your program is in German)
8. Changed: Minimalistic changes to the Skin Mixer (changed some labels)
9. Fixed: Updating didn't worked; the installer thought you have already installed the latest version
10. Fixed: If you've changed the osu! skin folder path, he saved the path instantly

reyder wrote:

Omg I could definitely use this, might decide to download this now. Thanks :3

1. Added: Before downloading the default skin template, you can now choose between old and new skin template (Note: If you choose as Version "1.0", he downloads automatically the old template)
2. Added: The program creates now a log, where errors will be listed.
3. Added: The application has now a Simulator, where you can look how your skin will look like
4. Changed: Half Resolution Creator improved
5. Changed: Small changes to the themes
6. Changed: Loading a skin asks now if your really want to load another skin
7. Changed: Most of the dialog buttons (e.g. "Would you like to do this...") are set to "No" by default
8. Fixed: Importing the Skin from the Mixer back into the Manager caused a program crash
9. Removed: The old settings window. The new window should be much more better and clear

1. Fixed: The setting for day specific themes (snow in december,...) didn't worked properly

CanadianPaws wrote:

This looks great! I'll be sure to download and take a look at it
Keep up the good work!

1. Changed: Updated the "Settings" section in the tutorial
2. Fixed: Skins with more than 800 elements couldn't be loaded

1. Changed: The Half Resolution Creator has been changed slightly
2. Fixed: Removed the limit of 800 elements in the Half Resolution Creator

FieryLight wrote:

Can someone who speaks German please put up a quick how-to-install guide, please? Thanks in advance!

bl8ckdr8gon wrote:

FieryLight wrote:

Can someone who speaks German please put up a quick how-to-install guide, please? Thanks in advance!

There is a german thread https://osu.ppy.sh/forum/p/3538097#p3538097.

German installation guide

Einfach herunterladen, entpacken und die setup.exe ausführen. Danach öffnet sich das Setup bei welchem du auf "Installieren" klicken musst, der Rest geschieht automatisch und öffnet im Anschluss das Programm.

FieryLight wrote:

Actually, I'm getting this: http://puu.sh/dyc3a/e7d4263729.jpg which I just realized means that I just don't have the .NET framework yet and I can probably find an English version for that online in the morning. But if the installation afterwards is still in German, I'll know what to do ;D

bl8ckdr8gon wrote:

Working on it, but it's difficult to manage two skins where all images are loaded :/

Flameu wrote:

bl8ckdr8gon wrote:

Working on it, but it's difficult to manage two skins where all images are loaded :/

Why so, RAM issues?
You could instead store the directories in the RAM and load the images on click. This would make the upper limit for element count nearly infinite (as strings take up almost no space compared to bitmaps).

Sorry if a problem like this has already been addressed, haha

1. Changed: The Syntax checking is now expanded (checking if the value is valid or not) and bugs are fixed
2. Fixed: A bug in the skin.ini editor, which occured when deleting the last blank line, stopped you from editing the last line

1. Added: Volume control in the bottom right of the controlpanel
2. Added: Fullscreen support, changeable in the settings. Press F11 to toggle Fullscreen
3. Changed: If youre screen is smaller than 800x600 px, the application does not start. Also if youre screen is not bigger than 800x600px, the simulator will not start

Agrrox wrote:

Does this support HD skins ? (the @2x.png files)

bl8ckdr8gon wrote:

Today I want to show you a program where you can create and edit your skin. The system is simple: At the first startup you have to choose your skin folder from osu! And here you are! Now you can start your project. Also you have the possibility to create HD Skins with one click, mix two or more skins together and so on.

Agrrox wrote:

Does this support HD skins ? (the @2x.png files)

1. Added: Drag & Drop a skin or the skin.ini in the application to load the skin
2. Added: In fullscreen mode, the application can now be minimized
3. Added: A volume control in the skin mixer
4. Changed: If you click on "Load Skin" (Ctrl + O) while in skin selection, the selected skin will be loaded
5. Fixed: Changing the size of the application has moved the update status text & progressbar
6. Fixed: When you switched to the skin selection after a skin was loaded, the name of the skin remained in the title bar

1. Changed: If a sound was stopped, the info text said "Audio is playing". Changed to "Audio is stopped" when not playing
2. Changed: Your skins will now be loaded in an extra thread. This means that you can use the application while the skin is loading. Also the skins will be loaded faster
3. Fixed: Through update 3.4 you weren't able to load a skin when pressing Enter
4. Fixed: The Back button didn't worked when you created a threadtext

1. Added: You will now be asked if you're going to delete all skin backups
2. Added: Your settings will now be temporarily exported in the installation folder after closing the application (more safety if the application can't read his own settings)
3. Changed: The logfile-system is reworked. This gives me a better overlook if you run into problems
4. Fixed: The size of the backup folder was not displayed right
5. Fixed: Exporting your settings didn't worked properly