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  • gaekwad2
    Foorum King
    • Jul 2003
    • 11462

    AR isn't a basic tape either. It's a highly regarded super ferric that can take almost the same levels as type IV tape.
    [/extreme_nerdiness]

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    • ariszlo
      Major Dude
      • Jun 2015
      • 917

      Originally Posted by PeterK. View Post
      And this is what I made last weekend and will add to the upcoming version of my skin...
      That's too new for going retro. Why not reel-to-reel?
      Ariszló @ WinCustomize & DeviantArt

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      • PeterK.
        Quinto Black CT Developer
        • Sep 2016
        • 778

        Originally Posted by ariszlo View Post
        That's too new for going retro. Why not reel-to-reel?
        Because my retro skin originates mainly from this period of time. And reel-to-reel would replace the Main Player and I am not sure I would like it now.

        A brand new skin - just a reel-to-reel component - a high definition and high resolution drawing - nothing else - we could talk about it.
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        • PeterK.
          Quinto Black CT Developer
          • Sep 2016
          • 778

          Originally Posted by Dr.Flay View Post
          Cool addition, but why a basic ferrous oxide tape ?
          ...
          Originally Posted by gaekwad2 View Post
          AR isn't a basic tape either ...

          Adding such cassette feature is merely for our "visual amusement" regardless if the tape is ferric-, chrome-, or metal-type. We could discuss whether choosing a transparent version like this one would be a better idea. It looks slightly better and cooler but having transparent case seems not always to be the better choice. You might "lose" a lot of details while having a transparent cassette on your desktop. In order to prevent such loss we might add an opaque background. In the end we would have a transparent tape case with opaque background for better visual experience.
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          • PeterK.
            Quinto Black CT Developer
            • Sep 2016
            • 778

            Should I add two options to the cassette feature, namely

            - light (during playback)
            - transparent background?


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            • ariszlo
              Major Dude
              • Jun 2015
              • 917

              Originally Posted by PeterK. View Post
              Should I add two options to the cassette feature, namely

              - light (during playback)
              - transparent background?
              Yes, please do. Transparent background would make it realistic and backlight animation would be fun.

              A request: could you make it with less shadows? Too many shadows make the contours blurred.
              Ariszló @ WinCustomize & DeviantArt

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              • PeterK.
                Quinto Black CT Developer
                • Sep 2016
                • 778

                Originally Posted by ariszlo View Post
                ... A request: could you make it with less shadows? Too many shadows make the contours blurred.

                You mean the shadows around the cassette?
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                • ariszlo
                  Major Dude
                  • Jun 2015
                  • 917

                  Yes.
                  Ariszló @ WinCustomize & DeviantArt

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                  • PeterK.
                    Quinto Black CT Developer
                    • Sep 2016
                    • 778

                    Originally Posted by ariszlo View Post
                    ... A request: could you make it with less shadows?...
                    Like this?



                    P.S. Please remember that the desktop wallpaper plays an important part in your "visual experience". On some the shadow will be more subtle, on others more visible/darker. Pretty hard to hit the "golden mean" here.
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                    • ariszlo
                      Major Dude
                      • Jun 2015
                      • 917

                      Oh my! No blur at all. It is just that my browser enlarged the image to 550x351. When I click on the thumbnail and view the image in its original size, it is all right. Looks gorgeous!
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                      • PeterK.
                        Quinto Black CT Developer
                        • Sep 2016
                        • 778

                        There is a post in which a user requests the deletion of the time next to the artist and song title in the songticker. Ariszló pointed correctly that changing songticker to text would mean losing the scroll functionality.

                        But!

                        What about we hide the time while having Songticker Scrolling option off? (for those of us who do not activate modern nor classic scrolling)
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                        • ariszlo
                          Major Dude
                          • Jun 2015
                          • 917

                          Okay.
                          Ariszló @ WinCustomize & DeviantArt

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                          • PeterK.
                            Quinto Black CT Developer
                            • Sep 2016
                            • 778

                            @Ariszló: Do you know a skin which uses bitmap font file (like Winamp Modern and Quinto) but shows the artist and title in the form: Depeche Mode - Strange Love - instead of DEPECHE MODE - STRANGE LOVE?
                            Quinto Black CT

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                            • ariszlo
                              Major Dude
                              • Jun 2015
                              • 917

                              No. Afaik, the whole range of characters that you can have in a Winamp bitmap font is what you have in font_songticker.png. In fact, it is even less because if the song info text contains any of the three accented letters from row three then the TrueType font specified in altfont is used instead or if none is specified then the default TrueType font.
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                              • PeterK.
                                Quinto Black CT Developer
                                • Sep 2016
                                • 778

                                Question: how do I make songticker use a TrueType font? Apparently Arial is always shown regardless of my font="..." parameter.
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