New Skin "Chromed". What You Think?

Bizzeh · 4th May 2002, 18:49

just somthing i been playin with... any sugestions or comments?

Cleanup · 4th May 2002, 19:33

Yeah. Add something onto that gradient.

_Blackdog_ · 4th May 2002, 20:01

what cleanup said. maybe some kind of border. a little bevel or something...

dude883 · 4th May 2002, 21:47

finish some of the rest of the skin, it's kinda early to say anything about it yet.

Bizzeh · 4th May 2002, 22:43

SS updated...

Wat u think of bevel... to much or not enough?

i gonna do the Eject button l8er on

Namelessv1 · 4th May 2002, 22:57

Not bad, I like the cbuttons.

dude883 · 4th May 2002, 23:03

ss update? where?

Bizzeh · 4th May 2002, 23:06

i updated it and it aint doin shit... il atach it so u can see it

Cleanup · 4th May 2002, 23:41

Some anti-aliasing would be nice...

Bizzeh · 5th May 2002, 00:02

new shot with anti-aliasing up and in atach cos it takes forever 2 change

KiwiFreak · 5th May 2002, 05:26

I quite like it, are you intending to have the same effect around the cbuttons around everything else as well?

Atmo · 5th May 2002, 11:39

Interesting...I like the cbuttons and shuf/rep, theyre really cool.

The main body is a little plain though. The 3d effect is nice, but its not enough to break it up.

Maybe have some sort of cutout for the vis/track info area and it would look better.

dam · 5th May 2002, 11:43

What Atmo said.

Disclaimer: This is not PP.

Bizzeh · 5th May 2002, 11:44

if you mean the chrome tubing yeah.. im gonna try and get it workin with the rest of the skin

i gonna work on more of the skin 2day, so there should be new shots l8er on

Bizzeh · 5th May 2002, 17:50

ok.. i got rid of flood fill... here is what i have so far...

comments and sugestions plz?

Cleanup · 5th May 2002, 17:52

Way too early to tell...

dam · 5th May 2002, 18:08

This means that you'll have to do the same thing to the text.bmp.

Atmo · 5th May 2002, 18:28

The buttons are ok. Not very original though. I'd throw some sort of texture on them.

And yeh, you'll have to edit text.bmp to use that sort of style. You'll also have to put the chrome bar over the bitrate/khz area too.

Jellby · 5th May 2002, 18:30

And something very annoying for me: If you uncheck the "use bitmap font" in the Display options... well, the song title will be probably crap. This is a problem I found with many good skins, but I like to have international support in the main window

Atmo · 5th May 2002, 18:37

Thats the users choice though jellby. Sometimes its impossible to get around that. I usually take it into consideration, but even if it looks awful without use bitmap for main title display it most likely wouldnt make me change it.

dam · 5th May 2002, 19:41

All my skins use customised text.bmp's.Its all up to the user.No complaints so far.

Jellby · 5th May 2002, 20:08

I have nothing against bitmap fonts, I customize my text.bmp too, but I try to get a skin that looks good when bitmat font isn't used. It is an option like any other, and it should be skinned properly (like the winshades, easter-egg, clutterbar... not everybody uses it, but some people do). I didn't mean to be rude, I just wanted to warn him about the possible 'bug', which sometimes could be fixed simply with a little bit bigger song title box.

Cleanup · 5th May 2002, 21:03

My first skins didn't have that problem. I made a 'box' big enough to fit the bitmap font and the PLEDIT font. Now I'm just making it big enough for the bitmap font. Since the bitmap font is the default, I do that.

4th May 2002, 18:49	#1
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4th May 2002, 19:33	#2
Cleanup The WWYD Jerk (Forum King) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Shanghai Posts: 2,385	Yeah. Add something onto that gradient. cleanup.myspace \ cleanup.devart \ cleanup.lastfm the what do you do? game thread! play for fun, posts don't count toward your postcount.

4th May 2002, 22:43	#5
Bizzeh Forum Pirate Beta Team Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,032	SS updated... Wat u think of bevel... to much or not enough? i gonna do the Eject button l8er on Wap Server For Winamp 5 :: Kill All The Humans :: Blackpool Hotels

4th May 2002, 23:41	#9
Cleanup The WWYD Jerk (Forum King) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Shanghai Posts: 2,385	Some anti-aliasing would be nice... cleanup.myspace \ cleanup.devart \ cleanup.lastfm the what do you do? game thread! play for fun, posts don't count toward your postcount.

5th May 2002, 05:26	#11
KiwiFreak Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: New Zealand Posts: 505	I quite like it, are you intending to have the same effect around the cbuttons around everything else as well? If you think you can or think you can't...you're right.

4th May 2002, 20:01	#3
_Blackdog_ Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: detroit Posts: 1,418	what cleanup said. maybe some kind of border. a little bevel or something...

4th May 2002, 21:47	#4
dude883 Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,085	finish some of the rest of the skin, it's kinda early to say anything about it yet.

4th May 2002, 22:57	#6
Namelessv1 Forum King Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 4,758	Not bad, I like the cbuttons.

4th May 2002, 23:03	#7
dude883 Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,085	ss update? where?

5th May 2002, 11:39	#12
Atmo The Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 9,400	Interesting...I like the cbuttons and shuf/rep, theyre really cool. The main body is a little plain though. The 3d effect is nice, but its not enough to break it up. Maybe have some sort of cutout for the vis/track info area and it would look better. :Psykotech:

5th May 2002, 11:43	#13
dam Forum King Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The foot of the bed Posts: 2,536	What Atmo said. Disclaimer: This is not PP. http://dam.deviantart.com/

5th May 2002, 11:44	#14
Bizzeh Forum Pirate Beta Team Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,032	if you mean the chrome tubing yeah.. im gonna try and get it workin with the rest of the skin i gonna work on more of the skin 2day, so there should be new shots l8er on Wap Server For Winamp 5 :: Kill All The Humans :: Blackpool Hotels

5th May 2002, 17:52	#16
Cleanup The WWYD Jerk (Forum King) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Shanghai Posts: 2,385	Way too early to tell... cleanup.myspace \ cleanup.devart \ cleanup.lastfm the what do you do? game thread! play for fun, posts don't count toward your postcount.

5th May 2002, 18:08	#17
dam Forum King Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The foot of the bed Posts: 2,536	This means that you'll have to do the same thing to the text.bmp. http://dam.deviantart.com/

5th May 2002, 18:28	#18
Atmo The Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 9,400	The buttons are ok. Not very original though. I'd throw some sort of texture on them. And yeh, you'll have to edit text.bmp to use that sort of style. You'll also have to put the chrome bar over the bitrate/khz area too. :Psykotech:

5th May 2002, 18:30	#19
Jellby Major Dude Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Somewhere under the rainbow Posts: 1,702	And something very annoying for me: If you uncheck the "use bitmap font" in the Display options... well, the song title will be probably crap. This is a problem I found with many good skins, but I like to have international support in the main window

5th May 2002, 18:37	#20
Atmo The Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 9,400	Thats the users choice though jellby. Sometimes its impossible to get around that. I usually take it into consideration, but even if it looks awful without use bitmap for main title display it most likely wouldnt make me change it. :Psykotech:

5th May 2002, 19:41	#21
dam Forum King Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The foot of the bed Posts: 2,536	All my skins use customised text.bmp's.Its all up to the user.No complaints so far. http://dam.deviantart.com/

5th May 2002, 20:08	#22
Jellby Major Dude Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Somewhere under the rainbow Posts: 1,702	I have nothing against bitmap fonts, I customize my text.bmp too, but I try to get a skin that looks good when bitmat font isn't used. It is an option like any other, and it should be skinned properly (like the winshades, easter-egg, clutterbar... not everybody uses it, but some people do). I didn't mean to be rude, I just wanted to warn him about the possible 'bug', which sometimes could be fixed simply with a little bit bigger song title box.

5th May 2002, 21:03	#23
Cleanup The WWYD Jerk (Forum King) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Shanghai Posts: 2,385	My first skins didn't have that problem. I made a 'box' big enough to fit the bitmap font and the PLEDIT font. Now I'm just making it big enough for the bitmap font. Since the bitmap font is the default, I do that. cleanup.myspace \ cleanup.devart \ cleanup.lastfm the what do you do? game thread! play for fun, posts don't count toward your postcount.

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