Better late that never

[razmansix]

Hi...I'm back from the dead!

Just want to get your oppinions on my latest skin KalaK amp. It had just been lying around for over a month half finished - I kinda lost interrest in finishing it back then (needed the break). But now it's done.

It's still not published here but you can check it out here. Hope you dig it!...those of you who are into the typical metal stereo large lcd stuff!! (specially you xenosomething) haha

screen:

[Atmo]

I remember this one, and it looks great.

I really like the eq animations, the glow when the cbuttons are pressed, and that litte face in the eq. Apart from the _-X buttons everythings clearly labelled, so its really easy to use.

Only thing i could find that could be improved is that there doesnt seem to be a transitional image when the on/auto buttons in the eq are pressed, but thats not a major problem.

Great stuff, hope to see more.

P.s. are you still working on that wa3 skin you started a while back? The one that looks a bit like your sig image.

[edit] Just noticed that mikro shows up the template, probably would be best if you removed mikro.bmp or made up a quick mikro skin to match. [/edit]

[dam]

I remember this one too. Nice work

I liked the eq animations too. I havent seen this type of metal skin in ages. Great work on the lcd.

[StillWater]

I don't like the EQ bars that much - to me, they are too square and 'grid-like' for what is otherwise a softly contoured and gently lit-up skin - and the movement of the animation seems a little choppy. But it's still awesome - one of the slickest and best looking metal/hifi skins I've seen - I'll enjoy it very much

But there are a few bugs. Firstly, I don't understand why the balance meter says L when the balance is at the right, and R when it is at the left

The other two 'bugs' that I've seen are quite common ones: neglecting to skin the clutter-bar-when-off and the vis-peaks. Easy to fix: See points 8 & 10 of my tips&tricks tute

[e-raser]

great skin.... but i have to say that the balanc is pure genius. great solution to a pain in the ass technical prob. having a animated but also informative balbar

[dimichan]

Wow - I like this, and that's pretty rare for me for classically designed hi-fi; really nice job, i like! ^_^

[razmansix]

Thanks for the comments

Atmo
I did some last minute changes to the eq buttons so I choosed the easy way out and used the same images for the transitional image - not a big deal as you mention

Are you still working on that wa3 skin you started a while back?

Nope because I can't code it. I'll probably use the design for a simple 'training' skin with basic functionality. I'm no coder whatsoever - even the xml looks 'hebrew' to me. haha!

Just noticed that mikro shows up the template, probably would be best if you removed mikro.bmp or made up a quick mikro skin to match.

Strange! the mikro.bmp isn't in the zip. hmm..guess I have to install mikroamp and skin the little bugger.


db

I don't understand why the balance meter says L when the balance is at the right, and R when it is at the left

lol..yeah maybe a little confusing at first - guess it's just supposed to remind you what's right and what's left maybe a bit stupid but informative as e-raser mention

The other two 'bugs' that I've seen are quite common ones: neglecting to skin the clutter-bar-when-off and the vis-peaks. Easy to fix: See points 8 & 10 of my tips&tricks tute

I didn't know about those 'bugs' thanks for pointing them out. That's an awsome tips page you have there - it'll sure come in handy next time. very cool!

[e-raser]

just wondering about the technic you used to animate your sig? how did u get that liquid but viscuss look and that nice shimmer. is it just airbrush and the "finger" tool to pull the image forward or is there more to it than that cuz i live the look of it

[Namelessv1]

Great work. Definitely one of the more functional lcd/metal skins i've seen.

[flatmatt]

Heh, that's a darn good skin there. I like it. I may start posting much more with this here quick reply feature. Why didn't they think of this earlier?

[razmansix]

just wondering about the technic you used to animate your sig?

no airbrush or smudging.

hmm..hope this isn't too confusing..

The oval animated area is a layerset containing 10 (ten frames in this case because of the looping) nudged frames of vertical white lines which each has applied a displacement map which is a seperate b/w copy of the center oval area applied with a subtle blur. Each line layer have the filter:wind applied for the shimmer effect.

This layerset can then have different blendmodes for different effects. On top of the layerset there's a b/w gradient map that again can be set to the different blend modes you have in PS.

On top of all that there's a highlight 'glass' layer as touch up effect.

An oval layermask was then applied to the layerset containing the lines to mask out the anim.

that's basically it.

The important part is to use displacement maps so the anims aren't flat, but follow the curves of your shape.

The attached image is the old 'simple' version of my sig - it shows better what's going on.

You just made me make meself an avatar! lol

[razmansix]

sorry..here it is:

[FooMonkey]

I finally got around to downloading this skin, and it all great

except

for crap's sake, crop the posbar!
hehe...
it looks ok now, but I think it has potential to be better, because you don't have to havve that big bulky button

[e-raser]

very cool, i see wht you did and its alot simpler than i thuoght. good PS work

[bobo]

quite impressive. downloading...