Quinto Black CT - New Winamp Modern skin

[ariszlo]

Very good. And it has a wider scrollbar.

[PeterK.]

Very good. And it has a wider scrollbar.

Oh yes, it does. This is a slider thumb which you declare in the elements. So basically, you can have any scrollbar and thumb - no dependency on pledit.bmp attachment anymore.

[PeterK.]

Apparently there is a bug in the Skinning Engine and this is the reason why the reflected album covers are either wrong or look corrupted. So all I could think of right now would be a CD Coverflow without reflections and window: plain cover pictures on your desktop.

What do you think? Should we keep it?

[ariszlo]

What do you think? Should we keep it?

Yes, it would add an extra flavor.

[PeterK.]

Yes, it would add an extra flavor.

Extra flavor, eh? ... Deal!

[PeterK.]

A short update on the CD Coverflow.

I created a transparent window and put 9 (two more) album covers on it. Since making a resizable window was linked to some visual issues (like cut off covers) I decided to make the window static and add a context menu, which among other points also provides "CD Coverflow Size" option. And this would be the sizes:

- 608x290 (default)
- 1024x430
- 1366x550 (HD width)
- 1920x750 pixel (FullHD width)

The other context menu entries are:
- hide/show cover reflection
- change info text color (light/dark)
- hide/show window

Anything else?

[ariszlo]

What do you mean by hide/show window? Hide/show the coverflow or hide/show coverflow's translucent background that darkens the desktop wallpaper?

[PeterK.]

What do you mean by hide/show window? ...

How would you describe the fact that the background of the coverflow is hidden?

Oh, and by reflection I mean the light reflection on the album cover, not the (often wrong or corrupted) reflection of the album cover in the shiny floor. Maybe I should call it "Light Reflection".

[ariszlo]

How would you describe the fact that the background of the coverflow is hidden?

I would call it "Hide/show (translucent) background".

Oh, and by reflection I mean the light reflection on the album cover, not the (often wrong or corrupted) reflection of the album cover in the shiny floor. Maybe I should call it "Light Reflection".

I got that. "Hide/show reflection" would be enough, imho. You do not need to complicate the description if you are only using one kind of reflection.

Alternatively, you could call it "glass effect", as Blayde and other early skinners called it.

[PeterK.]

I think I am going to leave it like this:

[ariszlo]

Yes, that makes it clear.

[PeterK.]

Oh my! I have finally understood how to code a gradient. Yes, to code, not to draw. One cannot use a drawn gradient for the background of a resizable window - looks awful. But a gradient created using some code lines is the perfect solution for such purpose.

The gradient on the screenshot is nothing fancy - just two horizontal lines going from bright blue to dark blue. But it looks kinda glossy does it not? Maybe we could find another "fields of application" for that nice effect. (I still would love to have backgrounds in this modern acrylic style).

Any genius coder out there?

[PeterK.]

I just found out that adding my own background files to the CD Coverflow is surprisingly easy. Let me walk you through the process:

1) Click on the right mouse button in order to gain access to the context menu, scroll down to Add Own Background:



2) A small additional window will pop up on your desktop with an edit field and a button. Here you are supposed to paste the full address to the bitmap file of your choice. For example: G:\Quinto Black CT\Other Skins\Komodo\backgrounds\01.jpg. You can use *.bmp, *.jpg or *.png files.



After a click on the GO button the background is changed. Kinda cool huh?

Please remember that Winamp will resize the background pictures depending on the chosen window size. I will provide the exact sizes for every window size so you can crop your pictures accordingly and avoid being stretched.

P.S. I took the liberty of using background pictures from Victhor's Komodo skin for the presentation purpose.

[ariszlo]

As its name implies, Quinto should be the fifth official Winamp skin:

1. Classic
2. Modern
3. Bento
4. Big Bento
5. Quinto

[PeterK.]

As its name implies, Quinto should be the fifth official Winamp skin:

1. Classic
2. Modern
3. Bento
4. Big Bento
5. Quinto

It is a nice coincidence but Quinto was originally chosen as a Latin name. I just did not stumble upon the other meaning back then, found out later after the first release.