Playpaus.bmp & posbar slider... help!

brado997 · 6th August 2002, 00:06

i have started a new skin, and i think i'm doing pretty good, considering its just my 3rd, it'll be my 2nd fully completed one, when finished. (u can see the dif from this and my old one there is a topic near this of my old one) but neways, i am stumped... i cant think of a good looking posbar slider or nething creative for my playpause.bmp

here is a pic of what i have so far. (i kno i havent done the shufrep)

any idea's and critisism welcome. oh yah and i did that all in mspaint

Atmo · 6th August 2002, 00:14

Interesting texture, i really like the shapes for the vol and bal area. The cbuttons are kinda freaky though, but very original.

I think the skin needs some sort of shadowing to give it a slightly 3d look, its just too flat at the moment.

Playpaus should be easy, just draw some weird shapes that fit in with the rest of the skin. The same thing goes for the posbar.

BlueBalls · 6th August 2002, 01:25

screenshot would be appreciated

Atmo · 6th August 2002, 01:27

Erm...there is a screenshot attached.

sHoTTiE · 6th August 2002, 02:16

well.. bmps u need to dl

brado997 · 6th August 2002, 02:21

ya thx shottie, neways i am just gonna leave playpause alone, and i got a good enuf looking slider, and i fixed up numbers.bmp a tad, but i'm still lookin for sum feedback, as for that shadowing thing, i dono if i can, i'm not too experienced and like i said i've only got mspaint... tips wud be helpful.

Atmo · 6th August 2002, 02:25

A simple shadow would be just a 1px dark border (on the left bottom edges for example) to give a slight 3d look. Of course it would be easier if you had psp or something that can do more realistic looking shadows.

sHoTTiE · 6th August 2002, 05:57

well, remember u can crop the posbar a bit to make it thinner. and the posbar button needs something.

brado997 · 6th August 2002, 16:48

heres what i got, remember, i cant crop and do all that psp stuff i'm stuck with mspaint, but soon i'm gonna get a new proggy cuz i like doin this kinda stuff and it'd make my work a bit better with a better program, but for now i cant.

so here is what i got so far. havent got to changing the color in the vis bars, but i will, btw what colors shud i do that in? grey or blue? or another?

critism is welcome

J. Burnaway · 6th August 2002, 19:34

Actually, you can easily crop in MSPaint. Just go to Image/Attributes, and change the height (or width).
The shadows will be a bit harder on the background, since you can't mess with the opacity in Paint - you might just have to painstakingly add different shades of gray on 2 edges like Atmo suggested.

sHoTTiE · 6th August 2002, 19:54

ss for lazy people

Saotome 2.0 · 6th August 2002, 20:08

Again, thanks will go to sHoTTiE for posting a .png pic, but still, as a fellow MSPain(in the ass)t skinner, I have to say that that skin will be very good if you crop the posbar slider and shit like that. Maybe you couse use a transparency for the posbar slider so you don't have to crop the image any. You could turn the slider into just about anything, as I have noticed.

Thanks go to simon snowflake for the phrase I used, and also...oh, hell, I forgot. <--4:08 P.M. EST

[edit at four-twentysomething P.M. EST]I remember now...brado, Is that part in your sig from Forgotten by Linkin Park?[/edit]

6th August 2002, 00:14	#2
Atmo The Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 9,400	Interesting texture, i really like the shapes for the vol and bal area. The cbuttons are kinda freaky though, but very original. I think the skin needs some sort of shadowing to give it a slightly 3d look, its just too flat at the moment. Playpaus should be easy, just draw some weird shapes that fit in with the rest of the skin. The same thing goes for the posbar. :Psykotech:

6th August 2002, 01:25	#3
BlueBalls Major Dude Join Date: May 2002 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 933	screenshot would be appreciated ...//Oxidise.org - Coming Soon... ...//Breedart.org - Skin Division Member... ...//deviantART; blueballs - My devPage...

6th August 2002, 01:27	#4
Atmo The Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 9,400	Erm...there is a screenshot attached. :Psykotech:

6th August 2002, 02:25	#7
Atmo The Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 9,400	A simple shadow would be just a 1px dark border (on the left bottom edges for example) to give a slight 3d look. Of course it would be easier if you had psp or something that can do more realistic looking shadows. :Psykotech:

6th August 2002, 20:08	#12
Saotome 2.0 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: I live wherever I want to. Posts: 341	Again, thanks will go to sHoTTiE for posting a .png pic, but still, as a fellow MSPain(in the ass)t skinner, I have to say that that skin will be very good if you crop the posbar slider and shit like that. Maybe you couse use a transparency for the posbar slider so you don't have to crop the image any. You could turn the slider into just about anything, as I have noticed. Thanks go to simon snowflake for the phrase I used, and also...oh, hell, I forgot. <--4:08 P.M. EST [edit at four-twentysomething P.M. EST]I remember now...brado, Is that part in your sig from Forgotten by Linkin Park?[/edit] OLD SCHOOL! My Home Page Last edited by Saotome 2.0; 6th August 2002 at 20:26.

6th August 2002, 02:21	#6
brado997 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: planet earth Posts: 10	ya thx shottie, neways i am just gonna leave playpause alone, and i got a good enuf looking slider, and i fixed up numbers.bmp a tad, but i'm still lookin for sum feedback, as for that shadowing thing, i dono if i can, i'm not too experienced and like i said i've only got mspaint... tips wud be helpful.

6th August 2002, 05:57	#8
sHoTTiE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 219	well, remember u can crop the posbar a bit to make it thinner. and the posbar button needs something.

6th August 2002, 19:34	#10
J. Burnaway Forum King Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: California, USA Posts: 2,536	Actually, you can easily crop in MSPaint. Just go to Image/Attributes, and change the height (or width). The shadows will be a bit harder on the background, since you can't mess with the opacity in Paint - you might just have to painstakingly add different shades of gray on 2 edges like Atmo suggested.

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