I need some help

BDM · 21st December 2003, 04:21

Okay guys, please help me out. What would I have to do If i wanted to alter 2 or 3 colors on the Baby Jeans theme or the modern? Can I edit the colors in notpad? or can I use a program to do this? Whice files exactly do I have to edit? Thank you for your help

dlinkwit27 · 21st December 2003, 04:35

a) should be in the colour themes skin
b) open C:\Program Files\Winamp5\Skins\Winamp Modern\xml\color-presets.xml in notepad

find the line that says "<gammaset id="Baby Jeans">" (no outer quotes)

below it until the next "<gammaset id=....>" tag is the colours for it

find the group id of what colours you want changed and change them. Use RPC's RGB-HSL-Gamma Worker to help.

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I figured since you don't know how, you will need a quick tutorial.

code:
<gammaset id="Baby Jeans">

  <gammagroup id="Backgrounds" value="-2464,-2240,-1632" gray="0" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="Backgrounds2" value="-2112,-2016,-1793" gray="0" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="Bolt" value="1440,-128,-608" gray="1" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="Menubar" value="-2112,-2016,-1793" gray="0" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="MenubarText" value="-3328,-3360,-3168" gray="0" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="Titlebar" value="-2464,-2240,-1632" gray="2" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="TitlebarText" value="0,-248,-482" gray="0" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="TitlebarElements" value="960,256,-192" gray="0" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="TitlebarHover" value="1024,-704,-1216" gray="0" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="Text" value="0,0,0" gray="0" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="Text Inverse" value="0,0,0" boost="0"/>

  <gammagroup id="Buttons" value="960,256,-192" gray="1" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="ButtonsHover" value="1024,-704,-1216" gray="1" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="Buttons2" value="960,256,-192" gray="1" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="ButtonsHover2" value="1024,-704,-1216" gray="1" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="ButtonGlow" value="-192,-96,224" gray="1" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="ButtonsActive" value="1239,-948,-1327" gray="1" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="ButtonStatus" value="-800,-480,-160" gray="1" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="ButtonText" value="864,-2080,-1408" gray="0" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="Scrollbar Buttons" value="960,256,-192" gray="1" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="Scrollbar Hover" value="1024,-704,-1216" gray="1" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="Led" value="2580,1588,830" gray="2" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="Display" value="3136,2240,1472" gray="1" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="DisplaySongtickerBG" value="0,0,0" gray="0" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="DisplayElements" value="-4096,-4096,-3513" gray="0" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="DisplayVis" value="-4096,-4096,-3513" gray="0" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="DisplayBeatVis" value="-4096,-4096,-3513" gray="0" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="DisplaySongticker" value="0,0,0" gray="0" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="DisplaySongtickerShade" value="-4096,-3863,-2930" gray="0" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="ProgressBar" value="1440,-128,-608" gray="1" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="BGOverlayDark" value="2550,1676,422" gray="1" boost="1" />

  <gammagroup id="BGOverlayBright" value="3136,2240,1472" gray="1" boost="1" />

  <gammagroup id="BG2Textoverlay" value="0,0,0" gray="0" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="TextDark" value="-608,-32,608" gray="1" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="ListText" value="-3328,-3360,-3168" gray="0" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="ListTextSelected" value="-2464,-2240,-1632" gray="1" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="ListTextCurrent" value="-4009,-2347,-1210" gray="2" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="ListBackground" value="3136,2240,1472" gray="1" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="ListSelBackground" value="1440,768,160" gray="2" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="ListColumnText" value="3017,2725,2375" gray="1" boost="1" />

  <gammagroup id="Tooltips Background" value="0,-336,-715" gray="0" boost="0" />

  <gammagroup id="Tooltips Text" value="0,0,0" gray="0" boost="0" />

</gammaset>

is the babyjeans code. If you open C:\Program Files\Winamp5\Skins\Winamp Modern\xml\player-elements.xml in notepad you will see a bunch of lines of code that look like this

code:
  <bitmap id="player.main.right" file="window/main.png" x="264" y="0" h="126" w="90" gammagroup="Backgrounds"/>

  <bitmap id="player.main.bg2.left" file="window/main2.png" x="0" y="0" h="31" w="60" gammagroup="Backgrounds2"/>

what that is telling you is that the part of the skin which is made up of C:\Program Files\Winamp5\Skins\Winamp Modern\window\main.png is called "Backgrounds" so what you will want to do is open up RPC's app which you just downloaded, and load C:\Program Files\Winamp5\Skins\Winamp Modern\window\main.png. This shows you what the .png is and you can figure out what part of the skin it is made up of.

Go to notepad which has color-presets.xml open and find the coorisponding group, in this case backgrounds. It will look like this

Quote:

only in all black. Now I coloud each number to what it responds to. The first value (which I have made red) which is 2464 goes in the box labled RED on RPC's program (far right, near the top). Do the same with blue and green. Next look at grey and boost and set those values appropiately (bottom middle) This makes the image the same colour as what the colour theme is.
You them move the sliders around so that the colours look like you want and at the bottom it will show you a code

Quote:

<gammagroup id="" value="-352, -352, -352" gray="0" boost="0" />

what you want to do is copy the part I have in bold. Then go to the notepad which has colour-presents in it and find the gamma group again which still looks like this

Quote:

<gammagroup id="Backgrounds" value="-2464,-2240,-1632" gray="0" boost="0" />

highlight the bolded part, and then paste over it. Save color-presets.xml (file>>save) then either restart winamp, or hit F5.

It seems complicated, but it gets easier with practice. I hope this helped

BDM · 21st December 2003, 05:08

Hey thank you very much for your help. I should be able to tweak it to my likings now.

Wildrose-Wally · 21st December 2003, 07:16

This thread should be in "Modern Skins".

Mr Jones · 21st December 2003, 09:26

it is..

Wildrose-Wally · 21st December 2003, 13:30

Ah, so it is. Sorry.

dlinkwit27 · 21st December 2003, 16:57

glad I could help. Just post anymore questions here and someone will be able to help

rranger1969 · 19th August 2007, 20:38

what/how can i find out what the numbers for the colors mean?
for example
<gammagroup id="Backgrounds" value="-2464,-2240,-1632" gray="0" boost="0" />

what is -2464,-2240,-1632?

i understand the the -2464 is the Red value then -2240 is green and -1632 is blue (rgb) but i am used to 0-255 for each value....

pjn123 · 19th August 2007, 21:53

Why dont you use the "color editor"

See signature for download link.

Clone the theme and change what you want.

rranger1969 · 20th August 2007, 07:07

that made it soooo easy. thanks pjn

21st December 2003, 04:21	#1
BDM Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 17	I need some help Okay guys, please help me out. What would I have to do If i wanted to alter 2 or 3 colors on the Baby Jeans theme or the modern? Can I edit the colors in notpad? or can I use a program to do this? Whice files exactly do I have to edit? Thank you for your help

21st December 2003, 16:57	#7
dlinkwit27 has no CT (Forum King) Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 13,236	glad I could help. Just post anymore questions here and someone will be able to help ::Deviant Me::Last.fm::WhatPulse Stats::Folding @ Home

19th August 2007, 21:53	#9
pjn123 Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: /\/¯¯¯¯¯\/\ , South-Africa Posts: 1,030	Why dont you use the "color editor" See signature for download link. Clone the theme and change what you want. ClassicPro© v2.01 : This plugin allows you to use cPro skins in Winamp. ClassicPro skins are all SUI skins and loads very quickly. ClassicPro skins is even easier to skin than Winamp Classic skins. A new layout have been added since version 2. Download ClassicPro© ==== cPro Skins ==== ClassicPro© Homepage ==== SC Forums

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21st December 2003, 05:08	#3
BDM Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 17	Hey thank you very much for your help. I should be able to tweak it to my likings now.

21st December 2003, 07:16	#4
Wildrose-Wally The Albertan Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sunny Southern Alberta Posts: 6,133	This thread should be in "Modern Skins".

21st December 2003, 09:26	#5
Mr Jones Nothing to say... Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: UK Posts: 23,097	it is..

21st December 2003, 13:30	#6
Wildrose-Wally The Albertan Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sunny Southern Alberta Posts: 6,133	Ah, so it is. Sorry.

19th August 2007, 20:38	#8
rranger1969 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2	what/how can i find out what the numbers for the colors mean? for example <gammagroup id="Backgrounds" value="-2464,-2240,-1632" gray="0" boost="0" /> what is -2464,-2240,-1632? i understand the the -2464 is the Red value then -2240 is green and -1632 is blue (rgb) but i am used to 0-255 for each value....

20th August 2007, 07:07	#10
rranger1969 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2	that made it soooo easy. thanks pjn