> I beg your pardon, but I see none of that. Like I said, I use the
> Windows XP theme (at work and at home). My title bars are solid blue (or
> silver or olive, depending on my mood), and the max/min/close buttons
> are also solid. No gradients.
>
> It occurs to me that you may be referring to the way graphic images are
> made to look more 'natural' by trying to mimic the way light falls on an
> object. I don't know how to describe it exactly, but if you remember how
> 'flat' kid's cartoons looked 30 years ago compared to how they look now,
> you know what I mean.
>
> To get rid of the lighting effect you have to reduce your color depth.
> Changing to 16-bit color ought to do it, but you will also lose
> considerable image detail. Failing that, you'll need image editing
> software.
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
> R.I.P Usenet: 1980-2008 (PC Magazine)
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2326848,00.asp
>
> Mike Starr wrote:

>> The title bar is multiple shades of blue; the maximize, minimize, and
>> restore buttons are multiple shades of blue, the close button is
>> multiple shades of red.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> "Leonard Grey" wrote:
>>

>>> I use the Windows XP theme and I must confess that I do not see any
>>> gradients. What gradients are you referring to specifically?
>>> ---
>>> Leonard Grey
>>> Errare humanum est
>>> R.I.P Usenet: 1980-2008 (PC Magazine)
>>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2326848,00.asp
>>>
>>> Mike Starr wrote:

>>>> I'm a technical writer and do screen captures many times each day
>>>> for documentation.
>>>>
>>>> I want to customize the appearance to get rid of the gradients so
>>>> that when I do screen captures the title bar and other screen
>>>> elements are all solid colors. They print out much nicer that way. I
>>>> know I can do so by selecting the Classic theme and then customizing
>>>> it but apparently there's no way to do so with the Windows XP theme.
>>>> I've been resisting the Windows XP theme because of this but it's
>>>> time to adopt it to avoid confusing folks or having people crab
>>>> about the "old" look of my documents.
>>>>
>>>> Any tools for creating a custom Windows XP theme that allows me to
>>>> get rid of the gradients?
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Mike