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RealPlayer - Change RealPlayer Skin

SUMMARY: Change RealPlayer's look-and-feel with downloadable skins.

Tired of the way RealPlayer 10.5 looks? If desired, you can make RealPlayer's look
metallic, retro, like a fish, or you can make RealPlayer look like one of your favorite movies. To do so you need to change RealPlayer's skin.

To change skins:

1. Select "View" - "Choose Skin".
2. Select the skin you wish to use.

To return to the default skin, either:

1. Right-click on the newly-skinned RealPlayer 10.5 window and choose "Select Default Skin" from the popup menu that follows

* OR *

2. Press F6.

Now that you know how to change skins, here's how to download some new ones!

1. Select "View" - "Choose Skin" - "Get More Skins".

2. A webpage will appear in RealPlayer where you can choose a skin to download. Feel free to browse the many categories available.

3. Once you have chosen a skin, click its "Download Skin" hyperlink.

4. A "RealPlayer Downloads" window will appear and your skin will start downloading. By default, once your skin has finished downloading, RealPlayer will automatically switch to said skin.

5. Close the "RealPlayer Downloads" window by clicking the "X" on the top-right of the window.