Taskbar and Softbar backgrounds

[raz1337]

I'm trying to find ways to customize my taskbar and softbar backgrounds. I'm running CHT 1.8.5, but the options to change them only appear if you set the wallpaper manually. HDWall also does it, but only seems to do it if you want your wallpaper to act as a pseudo transparent taskbar/softbar. This leaves the landscape looking funky, so I'm not doing it.

So, I've noticed the only way of getting different backgrounds for the bars was to change the themes under home settings. Was I missing something? The Energy ROM I have only comes with a handful of themes, so I can barely find the black glassy look for the bars I want.

I seem to be left with using HDWall cabs because everytime I try editing my images in HDWall, then saving them, they come up as 480x696 instead of 480x800. Any ideas on customizing the taskbar and softbar backgrounds?