modifing a default skin

so yes I read, well skimmed the how to on sitehelper, and I am thinking if I wanted to change the appearance of one of DA'a skins, can I upload that to the skin manager (giving it a different name of course)and use it, make the changes I want and would not be any interference or conflicts with the original skin?

Please see the instructions regarding copying the existing skin here: http://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=294

Also see all the relevant links in this page: http://help.directadmin.com/?topic=20

so a yes to rename and change away
and I have, as I said earlier, skimmed through those pages, was making sure I understood correctly
thanks anyway