New Matrix skin (that's pretty good IMHO)

[DaSH-X]

I have a new skin of the Matrix that I've been working on over the past week. It is nearing completion and needs a few touch-ups plus some more work on a few sections. If anyone would care to see it and provide any feedback, I would appreciate it much. Knowing how long it takes to get your skins published on winamp.com, I'd like to do a really good job and only have to submit it once. You can download the skin here:

http://www.cs.utah.edu/~dhenders/matrix_alpha.wsz

Thanks,
DaSH

[DaSH-X]

Updated the playlist tonight and uploaded latest version to my site. It was plain before, but now has some matrix code and mini pictures in it and looks much better IMO. I think the main window could use a little work but I'm not quite sure what to do (mainly about the volume, balance, and eq/pl buttons).

[Mr Jones]

nice start you got there, but post a screen cap of work in progress for us lazy people in here LOL,
Anyhowwwwwwww, as i said, nice start you have there, need to fix the eq slide bars, or is the moving background on them a feature ?, anyhow id fix them , leaving the sliders to move over a solid background.
I'd also try make the MB design fit in with the other windows, looks a little dark when compared with the matrix code background on the other windows.
AVS, well, one word, where?
Also need to sort out the main vis windows, looks like if im not mistaken, the base skin vis you have there.

Anyhow,just opinions, feel free to ignore them.
Back to the day job

[DaSH-X]

ok, I'm putting up a current picture of it. The MB isn't worth showing and the AVS still isn't skinned at all. The main things I'm not too happy with is the on/auto buttons on the eq and the volume/balance controls in the main window (plus the eq/pl buttons haven't been cleaned up yet). Let me know what looks great and what I could add/change. Sorry I couldn't figure out how to inline the picture directly since html code was OFF.

http://www.cs.utah.edu/~dhenders/matrix_skin.jpg

[talha]

Hey DaSH, I notice you go to UofU in the computer science dept.

I'll probably be going there myself in January. Do you know Zohaib or Atif from there?

[Jayn]

Nice skin. I like the way you've put the little pics at the bottom of the Playlist

[ampburner]

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I think that If someone wants to do a skin about a movie / favorite football team / a band...etc, They should not try to put in a lot of photos and stuff, but they SHOULD be aiming for a nice overall look. I mean like... what I would do is not put pictures of keanu reeves in it as much I try to make a skin that breathes the matrix, IE shows the matrix' atmosphere (am I still making any sense?) See this "The crow" skin to see what I mean.

Just my 2 cents

[turbosloth]

The Volumebar idea is really great. You should make the bright code columns in the eqbars rotating, when the slider is moved. (It's not my idea, I saw it on an other Matrix skin) You shouldn't change the titlebar of the Eq, when it's selected, at least ont that rapdly. And you should syncronize the playlist text color with the button texts on the skin.

[turbosloth]

Just one more thing: what the hell does IMHO mean?

[Xerxes]

In my humble Opinion...