made in china

~Supey · 4th March 2002, 21:52

(cheep plastic)

this is a new skin.

imagine that

it is kinda based on something but I don't remember what it is

most suggestions are welcome
(if you suggested that I go out onto the freeway and throw myself infront of oncoming traffic, that would not be a welcome suggestion)

I'm pretty sure I don't like the volume/balance

I'm also pretty sure I know half of what I'm going to change it to
but suggestions for that will still be welcome (proably)

it looks much better with what I ahve done of the eq on the botton of it, but I've done so little of the eq that I didn't attach it

~Supey · 4th March 2002, 23:14

now there's a eq

aren't you glad

I'm working on redoing the vol/bal right now, and I should have that and the pl done tomarrow

Atmo · 4th March 2002, 23:20

The colors arent really my thing, but it has a classy style...i really like it...the mix of 2d and 3d really works well on this...keep it up

simon snowflake · 5th March 2002, 06:16

Notcice that if you make skins like these that the user might want to change the position and order of the diffrent components. So what I intend to say is. What happens if I would place the EQ next or above the MAIN? You could get some serious strange looking combinations.
This is not to discourage you to work further on this skin, but it's just a little suggestion you could think about when making a/this skin.

You are right about the volumebar. somehow i think it would be better if you made it a bit more simple. Since the skin is very straightforward and the volume just breaks the whole concept.

PeaceMaker · 5th March 2002, 13:06

looks a little wire frame in a way.. and a little flat in another.

~Supey · 5th March 2002, 19:41

Quote:

Originally posted by simon snowflake
Notcice that if you make skins like these that the user might want to change the position and order of the diffrent components. So what I intend to say is. What happens if I would place the EQ next or above the MAIN? You could get some serious strange looking combinations.

I would worry about that, but, since I really just skin for myself (but I like to share

), and I don't put them in anydifferent order ever, I'm not

alot of my other skins are ok in different configurations, but I think that if I made this one that way it would look crappy

Atmo · 5th March 2002, 20:50

It's a hard call as to whether to skin to make the placement of the different components not matter, sometimes I link the main/eq window if it looks better, but i make sure the playlist/minibrowser look ok in different possitions as theyre the parts people tend to move around more...

simon snowflake · 6th March 2002, 05:51

atmo you are absolutely right.
Most of the times my MB and/or PL are not even open.

Nini · 6th March 2002, 08:56

Hey Supey, this is very nice (if this is mspaint...how did you achieve the bevel effect? :bows:

)
Put a green border around the flat area and I'm happy.

simon snowflake · 6th March 2002, 09:50

MSPaint?
Did I miss something?

Nini · 6th March 2002, 10:00

did I mix something up?

I thoght Supey is one of our mspainters...

LOL

simon snowflake · 6th March 2002, 10:05

He might be, I actually don't know. Based on this thread, I would say he isn't. But if he is, then he is some real talented bastard (not ment as a objection)

~Supey · 6th March 2002, 19:55

no, I didn't do this in MSPaint, although I do do alot in MSPaint. I could probably achieve a similar style in Paint, but I would only be barely done with the main window by now

oh, and those aren't bevels, they're drop shadows

Cleanup · 6th March 2002, 20:11

Yes, bevel is acheivable in MSPaint. I am a true MSPaint skinner.

Not extremely good bevel is always easy in MSPaint. Good bevel is a deep, 3-D feel, and that takes a long time and a lot of changing of shades. Sometimes, I put a two-pixel bevel on my buttons, e.g. with a white button, using a darker shade of grey on two perpindicular (sp?) sides (usually bottom and right side) and a lighter shade of grey again on the same sides on the inside.

Nice skin, btw, but if you're planning to submit it (which I doubt you are), as mentioned before, the substitution of windows will be a problem.

stttafffy · 6th March 2002, 21:09

i think its cool. i like the way that the grey runs through the skin in bursts kinda, if you know what i mean. it dosnt look plastic, though, i think it is really hard to make plastic look right. anyway, bevels are acheivable (but a lot of work at the corners check the link in my sig ) mspaint skinning will never die- and i am sketching plans for an mspain wa3 skin...

Cleanup · 6th March 2002, 21:13

I don't know any coding so I'll probably never make a WA3 skin, unless someone is talented enough to make a WA3 coding program, in which you simply drag and drop the buttons, windows, etc.

~Supey · 6th March 2002, 22:33

MSPaint skinning for WA3 is going to be a bit of a pain because I think, and correct me if I'm wrong, that the images for WA3 skins must be in png format, and MSpaint doesn't support png's. that means you would have to open each graphic in another program and re-save it, which would be a bit dedious

Cleanup · 7th March 2002, 02:33

Um, no... MS Paint does support .PNG.

stttafffy · 7th March 2002, 04:28

thats weird, i was just savin a bmp to a jpg in paint, and i saw that it supported png's. that was weird that you should mention it

~Supey · 7th March 2002, 19:34

oh...well my MSPaint doesn't...I think whatever version I have is really old or something...it also does some wierd stuff to gif's and jpg's sometimes

I finished the design of the skin a few days ago but forgot to post it, here it is

I have all of the bmp's done except vol/bal, playpause, and winshades

~Supey · 10th March 2002, 17:59

thank you so much for all of your wonderful suggestions and comments since my last post

working version ss now..

just have mikro, avs, winshades and cursor left

Atmo · 10th March 2002, 18:14

When can i get a download???

Is it the screen shot or is the green of the skin/playlist background slightly different??

~Supey · 10th March 2002, 20:09

yeah, it is slightly different, but I don't know how to fix it...it's the same color in hex

I've had this problem on other skins too...the only way I know to fix it is to go back and change every part of bg green to the color that's in the playlist, and I don't really feel like doing that because it doesn't bother me that much

skinme! · 10th March 2002, 22:20

'Cheep' is spelt cheap

Cleanup · 10th March 2002, 22:29

I think the double-E is purposeful.

Cheep is good.

simon snowflake · 11th March 2002, 07:32

Only 1 comment.
Kill that blackline in the EQ-window and make it green

Atmo · 11th March 2002, 11:06

I agree with simon, the black line stands out too much...

~Supey · 11th March 2002, 21:11

yes, cheep is misspelled on purpose

and that black line isn't supposed to be black--it is supposed to be green...so I'm changing it now...

PeaceMaker · 12th March 2002, 13:24

Quote:

Originally posted by ~Supey
yeah, it is slightly different, but I don't know how to fix it...it's the same color in hex

what i found is that the colour settings on ur computer is possibly at 16 or 24 bit? if they are change them to 32bit and you'll see the difference. if they are already at 32bit.. i dont wanna know

~Supey · 12th March 2002, 20:13

I thought I was set to 32Bit, but I was at 16...

I think my brother put it down cuz my comp's got so much stuff on it it crashes all the time and is really sloooooooooooooooooooow

thanks, btw. that worked

~Supey · 12th March 2002, 23:13

¡EL FIN!

it's finisheded
hewray

that bug in the WinShade peeses me arf...

it makes it look crappy in WS unless the main window is selected...
oh well...I never use WS anyway so it doesn't really matter to me

oh, and the WS are connected so you can't rearrange them too...
too bad peoples who like to make their WS in nifty configurations

btw...that AVS preset isn't something I made...one that I found in the presets..don't know what it's called tho

skin does have a cursor yay

~Supey · 12th March 2002, 23:15

and the download...

tell me if you find something missing or any bugs or anything of that sort

Atmo · 12th March 2002, 23:21

Why didnt you post it as a .wsz file??? I dont mind unzipping it to a folder but its just so much easier to download it and have it automatticly open....

sadorf · 13th March 2002, 01:29

about the mspaint and .png thing, only windows XP mspaint has support for .png, all the others do not.

~Supey · 13th March 2002, 18:30

Quote:

Originally posted by Atmo The Freak
Why didnt you post it as a .wsz file??? I dont mind unzipping it to a folder but its just so much easier to download it and have it automatticly open....

because it doesn't need to be unzipped to be used...

Winamp recognizes .zip's as skins so just download it to your skins directory then open it...

4th March 2002, 23:20	#3
Atmo The Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 9,400	The colors arent really my thing, but it has a classy style...i really like it...the mix of 2d and 3d really works well on this...keep it up :Psykotech:

5th March 2002, 06:16	#4
simon snowflake Skin Wizard (Forum King) Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Gent, Belgium. does anybody know where the toilets are? Posts: 4,600	Notcice that if you make skins like these that the user might want to change the position and order of the diffrent components. So what I intend to say is. What happens if I would place the EQ next or above the MAIN? You could get some serious strange looking combinations. This is not to discourage you to work further on this skin, but it's just a little suggestion you could think about when making a/this skin. You are right about the volumebar. somehow i think it would be better if you made it a bit more simple. Since the skin is very straightforward and the volume just breaks the whole concept. don't be a thief of your own life.... : DEXYD - Digitally EXpressing Your Dreams

5th March 2002, 13:06	#5
PeaceMaker Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 1,276	looks a little wire frame in a way.. and a little flat in another. Breedart.org\| DevArt

5th March 2002, 20:50	#7
Atmo The Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 9,400	It's a hard call as to whether to skin to make the placement of the different components not matter, sometimes I link the main/eq window if it looks better, but i make sure the playlist/minibrowser look ok in different possitions as theyre the parts people tend to move around more... :Psykotech:

6th March 2002, 05:51	#8
simon snowflake Skin Wizard (Forum King) Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Gent, Belgium. does anybody know where the toilets are? Posts: 4,600	atmo you are absolutely right. Most of the times my MB and/or PL are not even open. don't be a thief of your own life.... : DEXYD - Digitally EXpressing Your Dreams

6th March 2002, 08:56	#9
Nini skin domptrice (Major Dudette) Join Date: May 2001 Location: Tatooine Posts: 2,270	Hey Supey, this is very nice (if this is mspaint...how did you achieve the bevel effect? :bows: ) Put a green border around the flat area and I'm happy. The skin love webring

6th March 2002, 09:50	#10
simon snowflake Skin Wizard (Forum King) Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Gent, Belgium. does anybody know where the toilets are? Posts: 4,600	MSPaint? Did I miss something? don't be a thief of your own life.... : DEXYD - Digitally EXpressing Your Dreams

6th March 2002, 10:00	#11
Nini skin domptrice (Major Dudette) Join Date: May 2001 Location: Tatooine Posts: 2,270	did I mix something up? I thoght Supey is one of our mspainters... LOL The skin love webring

6th March 2002, 10:05	#12
simon snowflake Skin Wizard (Forum King) Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Gent, Belgium. does anybody know where the toilets are? Posts: 4,600	He might be, I actually don't know. Based on this thread, I would say he isn't. But if he is, then he is some real talented bastard (not ment as a objection) don't be a thief of your own life.... : DEXYD - Digitally EXpressing Your Dreams

6th March 2002, 19:55	#13
~Supey Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Country Club Ghetto Estates Posts: 290	no, I didn't do this in MSPaint, although I do do alot in MSPaint. I could probably achieve a similar style in Paint, but I would only be barely done with the main window by now oh, and those aren't bevels, they're drop shadows

6th March 2002, 20:11	#14
Cleanup The WWYD Jerk (Forum King) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Shanghai Posts: 2,385	Yes, bevel is acheivable in MSPaint. I am a true MSPaint skinner. Not extremely good bevel is always easy in MSPaint. Good bevel is a deep, 3-D feel, and that takes a long time and a lot of changing of shades. Sometimes, I put a two-pixel bevel on my buttons, e.g. with a white button, using a darker shade of grey on two perpindicular (sp?) sides (usually bottom and right side) and a lighter shade of grey again on the same sides on the inside. Nice skin, btw, but if you're planning to submit it (which I doubt you are), as mentioned before, the substitution of windows will be a problem. cleanup.myspace \ cleanup.devart \ cleanup.lastfm the what do you do? game thread! play for fun, posts don't count toward your postcount.

6th March 2002, 21:09	#15
stttafffy Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the ether Posts: 1,059	i think its cool. i like the way that the grey runs through the skin in bursts kinda, if you know what i mean. it dosnt look plastic, though, i think it is really hard to make plastic look right. anyway, bevels are acheivable (but a lot of work at the corners check the link in my sig ) mspaint skinning will never die- and i am sketching plans for an mspain wa3 skin... In space no one can hear you scream.

6th March 2002, 21:13	#16
Cleanup The WWYD Jerk (Forum King) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Shanghai Posts: 2,385	I don't know any coding so I'll probably never make a WA3 skin, unless someone is talented enough to make a WA3 coding program, in which you simply drag and drop the buttons, windows, etc. cleanup.myspace \ cleanup.devart \ cleanup.lastfm the what do you do? game thread! play for fun, posts don't count toward your postcount.

6th March 2002, 22:33	#17
~Supey Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Country Club Ghetto Estates Posts: 290	MSPaint skinning for WA3 is going to be a bit of a pain because I think, and correct me if I'm wrong, that the images for WA3 skins must be in png format, and MSpaint doesn't support png's. that means you would have to open each graphic in another program and re-save it, which would be a bit dedious

7th March 2002, 02:33	#18
Cleanup The WWYD Jerk (Forum King) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Shanghai Posts: 2,385	Um, no... MS Paint does support .PNG. cleanup.myspace \ cleanup.devart \ cleanup.lastfm the what do you do? game thread! play for fun, posts don't count toward your postcount.

7th March 2002, 04:28	#19
stttafffy Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the ether Posts: 1,059	thats weird, i was just savin a bmp to a jpg in paint, and i saw that it supported png's. that was weird that you should mention it In space no one can hear you scream.

10th March 2002, 18:14	#22
Atmo The Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 9,400	When can i get a download??? Is it the screen shot or is the green of the skin/playlist background slightly different?? :Psykotech:

10th March 2002, 20:09	#23
~Supey Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Country Club Ghetto Estates Posts: 290	yeah, it is slightly different, but I don't know how to fix it...it's the same color in hex I've had this problem on other skins too...the only way I know to fix it is to go back and change every part of bg green to the color that's in the playlist, and I don't really feel like doing that because it doesn't bother me that much

10th March 2002, 22:20	#24
skinme! Forum King Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: 127.0.0.1 Website: skinme.net Posts: 3,352	'Cheep' is spelt cheap He had decided to live forever, or die in the attempt In America - a must see film

10th March 2002, 22:29	#25
Cleanup The WWYD Jerk (Forum King) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Shanghai Posts: 2,385	I think the double-E is purposeful. Cheep is good. cleanup.myspace \ cleanup.devart \ cleanup.lastfm the what do you do? game thread! play for fun, posts don't count toward your postcount.

11th March 2002, 07:32	#26
simon snowflake Skin Wizard (Forum King) Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Gent, Belgium. does anybody know where the toilets are? Posts: 4,600	Only 1 comment. Kill that blackline in the EQ-window and make it green don't be a thief of your own life.... : DEXYD - Digitally EXpressing Your Dreams

11th March 2002, 11:06	#27
Atmo The Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 9,400	I agree with simon, the black line stands out too much... :Psykotech:

11th March 2002, 21:11	#28
~Supey Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Country Club Ghetto Estates Posts: 290	yes, cheep is misspelled on purpose and that black line isn't supposed to be black--it is supposed to be green...so I'm changing it now...

12th March 2002, 20:13	#30
~Supey Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Country Club Ghetto Estates Posts: 290	I thought I was set to 32Bit, but I was at 16... I think my brother put it down cuz my comp's got so much stuff on it it crashes all the time and is really sloooooooooooooooooooow thanks, btw. that worked

12th March 2002, 23:21	#33
Atmo The Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 9,400	Why didnt you post it as a .wsz file??? I dont mind unzipping it to a folder but its just so much easier to download it and have it automatticly open.... :Psykotech:

13th March 2002, 01:29	#34
sadorf Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 338	about the mspaint and .png thing, only windows XP mspaint has support for .png, all the others do not.

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