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==Designing Process==


First of all you have to design your skin in a graphics program like Photoshop or GIMP.

In the designing process you should think of the following components:

:A main window containing:
::a play/pause button
::a next and a previous button
::a faster and a slower button
::a stop button
::a time slider
::a volume slider
::a mute button
::text information about the current playback
::other buttons with specific functions like shuffle,repeat or making other windows and dialogs visible
:A playlist window. Either integrate this into the main window or create a separate window for it. The playlist window should contain:
::a button to add and a button to remove items from the playlist
::a button to export and to import playlist files
::a button to sort the playlist alphabetically
:An equalizer window. This might also be included into the main window or elsewhere. This window should contain:
::A slider to control the preamplification
::10 sliders to control the different bands (60Hz, 170Hz, 310Hz, 600Hz, 1kHz, 3kHz, 6kHz, 12kHz, 14kHz, 16kHz)
::A button to turn the equalizer on/off