Quinto Black CT - New Winamp Modern skin

[PeterK.]

I linked the side panels of both VU Meters (analog and digital) to the Main Player which means that changing the side panels color on the Main Player will automatically change the color on the VU Meters. Now you can choose between brown, red and black.

[PeterK.]

This is the last feature for the upcoming version 1.3.
I added a colorButton on each VU Meter so now you can switch between beige/blue scale background and green/blue LEDs.

The small LED on the analog VU Meter indicates which color scheme was chosen: beige or blue.



The same pattern works on the digital VU Meter but in green or blue color:



And this is how the digital VU Meter looks like with more colors:

[PEACE101]

hello, am having a problem friend with alternating skins when i click next

[PeterK.]

[FONT="Verdana"]I removed the Side Panels (SP) button from the Equalizer drawer and added a context menu entry "Side Panels" which contains three sub menus: brown, dark brown, red and black. These are the colors for the side panels which you have on the Main Player, VU Meter (analog) and VU Meter (digital).

[PeterK.]

Hello again,

I must be honest with you: I am still experimenting with my VU Meters and their design. One thing is sure, I added a new color to both meters so you can now choose between beige/blue and brown on the analog meter and brown/blue/green on the digital.

The color option on the analog VU Meter changes also the color of the menu button background. In addition I would like to point out here that these buttons are disabled while Winamp is in POWER OFF mode. Following the same pattern like on the Main Player, only the color toggle buttons work in that (lights off) mode.

The colors on both meters work totally independently from each other, there is not link whatsoever. You may choose blue scale and green LED's, it's up to you. Do as you please!

Oh yes, I also added three new color themes (VU Beige, VU Blue and VU Brown) which correspond almost perfectly with the chosen scale color.

Let's head over to the "goodies" now! I have three new screenshots for you.

This is the beige color theme:



This would be the blue one:



And the brown one:



And what's your favorite color scheme?

[ariszlo]

All three look cool but if I had to choose one then right now I would say the brown theme.

[Aminifu]

Will the external VU meters be re-sizable?

[PeterK.]

Will the external VU meters be re-sizable?

Nope.

[PeterK.]

In respond to Aminifu's request I would like to confirm that there will be an additional bitmap file within the upcoming version 1.4 of my skin with dark OPTION- and PLAYBACK-buttons:



I will also add a toggle button which will provide the ability to switch between the light and the dark look.

Please remember: adding dark background will lead to a more simple look of the buttons because the "cut-out-technique" used in the light blue buttons cannot be applied here.

And the exact colors are still subject to change.

[Aminifu]

Thank you, PeterK. The dark buttons option (as shown in the screenshot above) is exactly what I was hoping for.

I suggest you add a PayPal donations link to this skin's credits and acknowledgements page. The donation link on the download page is for Winaero and I would rather donate directly to you.

[PeterK.]

Thank you, PeterK. The dark buttons option (as shown in the screenshot above) is exactly what I was hoping for.

I am afraid I made my promise a little bit too soon. While changing the script files I realized that those blue buttons on Medialibrary window are Winamp's buttons and not Quinto's. Thus I cannot assign more than one particular bitmap file to those so called wasabi-buttons:

... and I would rather donate directly to you.

I'm gonna be rich! I'm gonna be rich!!! LOL ...

Thank you very much Aminifu for your noble intention. I will think about it.

[PeterK.]

I forgot to mention that in order to avoid adding a toggle button to every single conatiner window (Playlist Editor, MediaLibrary, Video, Visualizer and Color Themes) I decided to make a new context menu option called Button Color which will be responsible for the background color of all additional buttons, which my skin provide on those windows.

[PeterK.]

With some help from Ariszló, who provided the link to a particular skin with an "About" option, I am as well adding such feature to my skin.

It will give you short information about the skin and its current version. In addition, there will be two toggle buttons: one leading to this forum thread and another one to the download page at winaero.com. I might as well add some changelog lines. We shall see.

On top of that I will add a (real!) 3D picture of the MainPlayer. The first draft of that idea would look more or less like in this following screenshot:



Being honest I am very tempted to make a small animation/intro for this "About" section but unfortunately the size of that particular file would make the entire skin three times bigger. Is it worth it?

[PeterK.]

While browsing the web I discovered a 10 years old pdf-file about "Winamp 2.x Skinning". Being honest I did not find anything brand new and useful for me but one section definitely caught my attention: <snappoint>. As we know all windows (normally) snap into all sides of the the Main Player. Too bad it never worked properly for Quinto. And it took me a while to find the cause of this annoyance. A window does not snap into the right and the bottom edge of the Main Player because this is where the Album Art Drawer and Equalizer Drawer appear. These two drawers make the Main Player bigger than it really is (820 pixel wide instead of 610 pixel). So I had to create two additional <snappoints> for Quinto's Main Player.

UPDATE: I wrote this post some days ago, and deleted it immediately, because windows still do not snap properly to the right and bottom edge of the Main Player. I would call it: unstable. They do now, but will not ten minutes later.

I am still looking into this.

[Aminifu]

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Being honest I am very tempted to make a small animation/intro for this "About" section but unfortunately the size of that particular file would make the entire skin three times bigger. Is it worth it?

Maybe on the download page, but not as part of the skin itself, imho.