Opinions Needed

PhotoFx · 18th January 2002, 22:56

ok, here's a sneak peak at thepyr0x's and my current project. Since i'm doing the graphics, i need some help/suggestions/opinions on a particular thing (other than in general, which i welcome as well)

the screen shot's attached, and i'm wondering if anyone can come up with a better way to lable the pl, eq, and ml buttons other than the way i have it now... Location won't be changed unless it's a brillian idea, however

.

General commentary is also welcome.

pixelpusher · 19th January 2002, 00:24

Looks pretty sweet.

You could make some kind of icons for the labels.
I've seen this done before on 2x skins and it
looks nice. You just have to get creative in figuring
out what they should look like.

Good luck...

Pixelpusher...

uiop · 19th January 2002, 01:07

awesome idea ... reminds me of a lipstick thingamabober

DogWings · 19th January 2002, 05:17

I'd use it. I might even abuse it.

PhotoFx · 19th January 2002, 07:02

there's not a single real useful suggestion there!

thanks for the input, but i tried thinking of an icon or something, and i'm not sure how i could fit it in the space i have without just not bothering to label the buttons and making it cleaner....

uiop - lipstick? that's not exactly what i was going for

dogwings - what exactly are you trying to suggest this looks like?

anyone else?

Naamloos · 19th January 2002, 08:44

Use anti aliasing inside the skin! (that would improve lots)

Looks good, what are you going to put where?

PhotoFx · 19th January 2002, 09:56

what you see is what you get, a lot of this skin is(or will be) drawers, and things that don't look like buttons are, so a bunch of stuff is hidden. The area below the pl, ml, and eq buttons is a button to expand and contract the corresponding component as the buttons, which is attached to the main skin. The metal region below the glass area is a button to rotate taht up and out, which'll display the seeker, xfade, shuffle, and repeat (i don't think people switch those around too much) and various song info. The greyish bar in the middle is the volume, and hte metal edge and left area of the metal region is a button for a vertical thinger (to be implemented as soon as it's possible)... so it's pretty much covered, and i don't think there's anything else i'm going to add. ThePyr0x offered to help me on(meaning do all of) the scripting for this thing. So he has the hard job.

Sorry bout the anti aliasing, i did most of the region definition by hand (i know you can tell) so it's not blended.... do you konw of an easy way to do that? it's only the diagonals that need fixing imo.

HarderBeatz · 19th January 2002, 10:16

Nice !

kingo'mountain · 19th January 2002, 11:52

1.) nice work (minimal leetness
2.) ill suggest a sliding door to cover the control buttons

keep it up!!!!

S*** 2.0 · 19th January 2002, 16:01

Something for women...
0k0k...

QHOBBES · 19th January 2002, 18:30

Quote:

Something for women...

You know S*** 2.0, I have my limits, and this is not even close! Get
your mind out of the gutter (yeah I thought that to, I just didn't
want to coment)

PhotoFx · 19th January 2002, 22:21

uh oh, maybe i ought to rethink this whole concept. This is supposed to be wholesome family entertainment here.

I think the problem with the drawer over the play buttons (i like the idea) is that if too much stuff is open, there won't be anywhere convincing for the drawer to slide to.... but i'm trying to think of a way to either make one or fake it.

constructive critisism is good

more is better

DogWings · 20th January 2002, 20:39

I surely didn't mean to imply that this skin is phallic in any way, but now that I look again.... no. It's a long stretch of the imagination to get that. But since the connection has been made, I will use it, but withdraw my offer to abuse it. My tree doesn't lean in that direction.

PhotoFx · 21st January 2002, 06:01

I thank you

now i can sleep in peace knowing our skin will not contribute to anything other than mp3 enhancing pleasure.

but then, there were quite a few going the other way, weren't there.... not that i'm naming names... I don't see how it works either, myself.

[edit] i just reread, i suppose all this is my fault

[/edit]

kingo'mountain · 21st January 2002, 16:31

dont get me wrong....
your skin (which i pray to be completed) is like
a cool gizmo and not "lipstick"

.
small, tidy and eye catching!
man, i like your style!!!!!
and it will be perfect with the video.wac
speaking of:... will it include the thinger?

i dont understand your reply about the sliding cover!
will it be, or wont?

I Am Trunks · 21st January 2002, 16:37

Very Much

Raj · 21st January 2002, 17:43

as far as graphics production goes...3 things i notice:

1. work on your anti-aliasing more, particularly parts like the engraved lines, they seem quite jagged when they curve but they shouldnt have to.

2. the arker inset areas of the orange. (where its basically brown)
it the vertical bar in the top middle and the c buttons and the pl eq and ml text.....seems like you could pay more attention to how you do colour/light these. maybe use an inner shaddow or something. these areas seem flat and make the rest of the skin sem flat (which doesnt seem to be what you're going for).

3. the "glass" area on the upper right. maybe if youre using photoshop try using a layer style to do the highlight more precise. the underlighting (ie the yellow) seems alright but it's the white part of the highlight that still looks a little rough. fixing that bit of white highlight up a bit will help it look a lot more sniney and smooth.

cheers. keep it up.

kingo'mountain · 29th January 2002, 18:32

photofx.....
whats going on with your skin?
is it progressing?

PhotoFx · 29th January 2002, 21:14

um, no, but i do plan to finish it. it's just that 1. the current design isn't possible (mostly cause of the vertical thinger (yes there'll be one, it's on the left) and 2. School kicked in. ECE is taking up a bit of time, especially when i'm trying to keep up my music at the same time (writing and singing, not mp3s).. so i'm busy busy. That and having a girlfriend is stealing all my time away (not taht i'm complaining... well, about the school yeah)... So, i'll work on it when i have spare time and remember.

Raj, thanks for the tips, the truth is i'm horrible at paiting by hand, and the highlight was from the original version with the glass on the left, and i couldn't get it to look right, so i just stuck it on... it's mostly the same, but not quite, cause it's not symetrical. and also for the dark area's i was looking for a kind of floating lcd effect... it's just a black layer at 50%... and i'm not sure how to make it look like i want.

kingo'mountain, the problem is that this skin has so many drawers and moving areas that a cover on the c buttons would be akward, because all the parts around it move, and the covere wouldn't have anywhere to slide to (to make it look real, i know it could just disappear). so probalby not, though i just got an idea while typing this, which i might try if i have time.

It will come! i just need a new beta and some time. and thanks for bringing it back up... it was slipping.

kingo'mountain · 25th May 2002, 13:32

photofx..... whats going on?

Joshuatree · 25th May 2002, 20:34

I like the concept! The multiple drwer is kind of hard so I'll help you out. The attached script is a multi-drawer that I used for my Less is More skin. I hope that it helps you.

-=RoNtZ=- · 28th May 2002, 15:33

hm....add some shadow..... the edges would be a lot nicer then

...

ddeaco · 28th May 2002, 16:16

Joshuatree · 28th May 2002, 20:33

PhotoFX: Where are you?

A new screen shot would be nice. Esspecially with all those improvments I'm hearing about.

kingo'mountain · 8th June 2003, 07:34

photoFX, if youre dead or alive, i wanna reuse (and redesign) what you presented here and use that as a winshade for a skin im trully gonna remake, but only if you agree

Joshuatree · 8th June 2003, 17:51

Woah, looks like kingo resurected this dead thread. I remember this skin from way back when. It had some really cool concepts. Like the multi-drawer.

-=RoNtZ=- · 8th June 2003, 19:46

erm... tip: make the glass sharper

cool skin!

19th January 2002, 00:24	#2
pixelpusher Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Left of darkness, Right of light Posts: 860	Looks pretty sweet. You could make some kind of icons for the labels. I've seen this done before on 2x skins and it looks nice. You just have to get creative in figuring out what they should look like. Good luck... Pixelpusher... Winamp 3 tutorials \| My Winamp 3 skin \| ZX-1100 Preview ]

19th January 2002, 07:02	#5
PhotoFx Major Dude Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: South for the winter. Posts: 840	there's not a single real useful suggestion there! thanks for the input, but i tried thinking of an icon or something, and i'm not sure how i could fit it in the space i have without just not bothering to label the buttons and making it cleaner.... uiop - lipstick? that's not exactly what i was going for dogwings - what exactly are you trying to suggest this looks like? anyone else? PhotoFx -[=]-"Visual forms are not inherent in themselves, but are granted by the act of seeing..." -Trevor Goodchild

19th January 2002, 09:56	#7
PhotoFx Major Dude Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: South for the winter. Posts: 840	what you see is what you get, a lot of this skin is(or will be) drawers, and things that don't look like buttons are, so a bunch of stuff is hidden. The area below the pl, ml, and eq buttons is a button to expand and contract the corresponding component as the buttons, which is attached to the main skin. The metal region below the glass area is a button to rotate taht up and out, which'll display the seeker, xfade, shuffle, and repeat (i don't think people switch those around too much) and various song info. The greyish bar in the middle is the volume, and hte metal edge and left area of the metal region is a button for a vertical thinger (to be implemented as soon as it's possible)... so it's pretty much covered, and i don't think there's anything else i'm going to add. ThePyr0x offered to help me on(meaning do all of) the scripting for this thing. So he has the hard job. Sorry bout the anti aliasing, i did most of the region definition by hand (i know you can tell) so it's not blended.... do you konw of an easy way to do that? it's only the diagonals that need fixing imo. PhotoFx -[=]-"Visual forms are not inherent in themselves, but are granted by the act of seeing..." -Trevor Goodchild

19th January 2002, 16:01	#10
S*** 2.0 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 48	lol Something for women... 0k0k...

19th January 2002, 22:21	#12
PhotoFx Major Dude Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: South for the winter. Posts: 840	uh oh, maybe i ought to rethink this whole concept. This is supposed to be wholesome family entertainment here. I think the problem with the drawer over the play buttons (i like the idea) is that if too much stuff is open, there won't be anywhere convincing for the drawer to slide to.... but i'm trying to think of a way to either make one or fake it. constructive critisism is good more is better PhotoFx -[=]-"Visual forms are not inherent in themselves, but are granted by the act of seeing..." -Trevor Goodchild

19th January 2002, 01:07	#3
uiop Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 117	awesome idea ... reminds me of a lipstick thingamabober

19th January 2002, 05:17	#4
DogWings Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: out of nowhere Posts: 125	I'd use it. I might even abuse it.

19th January 2002, 08:44	#6
Naamloos Forum King Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: irc.tehflap.org/******* Posts: 3,085	Use anti aliasing inside the skin! (that would improve lots) Looks good, what are you going to put where?

19th January 2002, 10:16	#8
HarderBeatz Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: .Belgium Posts: 107	Nice !

19th January 2002, 11:52	#9
kingo'mountain in need of banned aid Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: over the rainb... uh... nevermind Posts: 2,714	1.) nice work (minimal leetness 2.) ill suggest a sliding door to cover the control buttons keep it up!!!!

20th January 2002, 20:39	#13
DogWings Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: out of nowhere Posts: 125	UH OH I surely didn't mean to imply that this skin is phallic in any way, but now that I look again.... no. It's a long stretch of the imagination to get that. But since the connection has been made, I will use it, but withdraw my offer to abuse it. My tree doesn't lean in that direction.

21st January 2002, 06:01	#14
PhotoFx Major Dude Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: South for the winter. Posts: 840	I thank you now i can sleep in peace knowing our skin will not contribute to anything other than mp3 enhancing pleasure. but then, there were quite a few going the other way, weren't there.... not that i'm naming names... I don't see how it works either, myself. [edit] i just reread, i suppose all this is my fault [/edit] PhotoFx -[=]-"Visual forms are not inherent in themselves, but are granted by the act of seeing..." -Trevor Goodchild

21st January 2002, 16:31	#15
kingo'mountain in need of banned aid Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: over the rainb... uh... nevermind Posts: 2,714	dont get me wrong.... your skin (which i pray to be completed) is like a cool gizmo and not "lipstick" . small, tidy and eye catching! man, i like your style!!!!! and it will be perfect with the video.wac speaking of:... will it include the thinger? i dont understand your reply about the sliding cover! will it be, or wont?

21st January 2002, 16:37	#16
I Am Trunks Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 44	I Like it Very Much

21st January 2002, 17:43	#17
Raj Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Canada Posts: 321	as far as graphics production goes...3 things i notice: 1. work on your anti-aliasing more, particularly parts like the engraved lines, they seem quite jagged when they curve but they shouldnt have to. 2. the arker inset areas of the orange. (where its basically brown) it the vertical bar in the top middle and the c buttons and the pl eq and ml text.....seems like you could pay more attention to how you do colour/light these. maybe use an inner shaddow or something. these areas seem flat and make the rest of the skin sem flat (which doesnt seem to be what you're going for). 3. the "glass" area on the upper right. maybe if youre using photoshop try using a layer style to do the highlight more precise. the underlighting (ie the yellow) seems alright but it's the white part of the highlight that still looks a little rough. fixing that bit of white highlight up a bit will help it look a lot more sniney and smooth. cheers. keep it up. Raj.I/O

29th January 2002, 18:32	#18
kingo'mountain in need of banned aid Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: over the rainb... uh... nevermind Posts: 2,714	photofx..... whats going on with your skin? is it progressing?

29th January 2002, 21:14	#19
PhotoFx Major Dude Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: South for the winter. Posts: 840	um, no, but i do plan to finish it. it's just that 1. the current design isn't possible (mostly cause of the vertical thinger (yes there'll be one, it's on the left) and 2. School kicked in. ECE is taking up a bit of time, especially when i'm trying to keep up my music at the same time (writing and singing, not mp3s).. so i'm busy busy. That and having a girlfriend is stealing all my time away (not taht i'm complaining... well, about the school yeah)... So, i'll work on it when i have spare time and remember. Raj, thanks for the tips, the truth is i'm horrible at paiting by hand, and the highlight was from the original version with the glass on the left, and i couldn't get it to look right, so i just stuck it on... it's mostly the same, but not quite, cause it's not symetrical. and also for the dark area's i was looking for a kind of floating lcd effect... it's just a black layer at 50%... and i'm not sure how to make it look like i want. kingo'mountain, the problem is that this skin has so many drawers and moving areas that a cover on the c buttons would be akward, because all the parts around it move, and the covere wouldn't have anywhere to slide to (to make it look real, i know it could just disappear). so probalby not, though i just got an idea while typing this, which i might try if i have time. It will come! i just need a new beta and some time. and thanks for bringing it back up... it was slipping. PhotoFx -[=]-"Visual forms are not inherent in themselves, but are granted by the act of seeing..." -Trevor Goodchild

25th May 2002, 13:32	#20
kingo'mountain in need of banned aid Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: over the rainb... uh... nevermind Posts: 2,714	photofx..... whats going on?

28th May 2002, 15:33	#22
-=RoNtZ=- Major Dude Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Universe > Milkyway > Sol > Earth > Europe > Germany > Bavaria > Near Nuremberg Posts: 1,346	hm....add some shadow..... the edges would be a lot nicer then ... Frozen skins: Gravestone Betaskins: Mushroom ::-:: The Claw In development: TechnodropFinished: Draculas Helmet (<-- still waiting for some color themes!) ::-:: Hal's eye

28th May 2002, 16:16	#23
ddeaco Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ye Old England Posts: 68

28th May 2002, 20:33	#24
Joshuatree Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Buffalo NY Posts: 635	PhotoFX: Where are you? A new screen shot would be nice. Esspecially with all those improvments I'm hearing about. <--JoshuaTree Designs--> \| <--Current Desktop-->

8th June 2003, 07:34	#25
kingo'mountain in need of banned aid Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: over the rainb... uh... nevermind Posts: 2,714	photoFX, if youre dead or alive, i wanna reuse (and redesign) what you presented here and use that as a winshade for a skin im trully gonna remake, but only if you agree

8th June 2003, 17:51	#26
Joshuatree Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Buffalo NY Posts: 635	Woah, looks like kingo resurected this dead thread. I remember this skin from way back when. It had some really cool concepts. Like the multi-drawer. <--JoshuaTree Designs--> \| <--Current Desktop-->

8th June 2003, 19:46	#27
-=RoNtZ=- Major Dude Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Universe > Milkyway > Sol > Earth > Europe > Germany > Bavaria > Near Nuremberg Posts: 1,346	erm... tip: make the glass sharper cool skin! Frozen skins: Gravestone Betaskins: Mushroom ::-:: The Claw In development: TechnodropFinished: Draculas Helmet (<-- still waiting for some color themes!) ::-:: Hal's eye

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