FAQ

Q: "Why Space Cat Samba?"

A: Because. ...It's just one of those weird domain names that you're not supposed to think too hard about ;)

Q: "I sent you an email, why didn't you reply?"

A: It's likely that I just haven't replied yet. Sometimes I'm busy, I'm somewhat shy, and things related to this site just aren't high on my general life priority list ^^; I still try to reply to [nearly] all of the email I receive, but it may take awhile... so please be patient with me ^^;

Q: "Did you make all of the images on this site?"

A: All of the images in the Gallery and those used in the site layout were created by me. Images used for the Winamp skins come from various sources which are accredited in the "credits" file of the skin (you can view the credits info in Winamp's Skin Browser, in the "Current Skin Information" box).

Q: "What do you use to make your page? The images on your page? The Winamp Skins?"

A: For layouts, I design in Adobe Photoshop and code in Notepad2. The site runs on PHP and MySQL. All of the scripts and coding used to run the site are authored by myself, except for the traffic log, which is a slightly self-modded version of phphits.

For images, the most recent ones are usually done in Adobe Photoshop 7 with a Wacom Intuos 2 9x12 tablet. Others are done with Corel Painter 7 and sometimes Adobe Illustrator 10. Flash movies are done in Flash 5.

For Winamp skins, I use Adobe Photoshop (and Notepad for the text editing). I have a personally-made template file for classic skins which can now be downloaded from my tutorial in the Misc section.

Q: "May I use an image [or something else] from your page?"

A: Please see the Copyright Page.

Q: "Do you take requests?"

A: It depends on how busy I am; if you have a Winamp skin or website layout design request, feel free to email me about it. If you are sending a skin request, I'd prefer that you send the particular image you want skinned, and please specify whether you prefer a Classic or Modern type skin (or if you have no preference).

Q: "Why don't you make more skins of [insert specific anime]?"

A: I don't really plan the skins I make according to a particular anime or anything like that. Here's how the process usually goes: during my normal browsing, I'll see a nice image from an anime I like, and hoard it in my "pretty anime pictures that I want to skin" folder ^^; Then I'll go through that folder when I want to make a skin, and the one that inspires me the most at that time gets picked. As such, I have a large "backlog" of images, that grows whenever I find more images. So you see, the number of skins I make of a specific title doesn't really reflect my liking of it, but the amount of good-quality media I was able to find of it ^^;

Q: "Contact Info?"

A: Email: inorbit@spacecatsamba.com