i've decided to make a 7:30 min long video explaining certain things, to help those creating skins. as my other posts just tackled minor things.
Changing loading screen:
http://www.realmodscene.com/index.php?/topic/5378-changing-the-loading-screen/
Why so many frames?:
http://www.realmodscene.com/index.php?/topic/5379-why-there-are-alot-of-frames-in-the-skins/
Thanks to Swizzy, Gavin_darkglider, Team Phoenix, and everyone else who has helped!!! and begal for his tut on animating BG's..