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    Skin wanted for AIMEE

    Hi all,

    I know a few of you have seen the video of AIMEE in action (nearly 400 people have downloaded it in about 16 hours ), and you will know that we don't currently have our own default skin.

    This is a call to anyone who might be able to make a skin for us.

    There are no real "standards" as of yet, but you will have seen the kinds of things that AIMEE can show on a few of the screens, and more information will be made available as it goes on.

    I am perfectly happy for more than one person to design a skin (in fact this is encouraged!), and anyone skins that are designed will be available for AIMEE when it is released, even if they are not what is chosen as "Default"


    For now, i can do the mapping of areas, but I really need some good images


    Thanks!


    Garry


    IMPORTANT SKINNING INFORMATION:

    The following is a list of (current) buttons/labels/toggles.

    Button = Up/Down image
    Toggle = Up/Down/On image - used for things like Shuffle/Mute
    Label = Label
    Text = Text area
    ScrollableArea = Scroll list, which includes scrollbar and up/down buttons (width/height of both are definable)
    Slider = volume/track time slider
    Area = area where applications are embedded.

    UPDATED 25/08/04 07:22 GMT

    Added:
    Menu: Phone, Internet, Email

    Code:
    [General]
    Version=1.0
    
    [Menu]
    GPS=Button
    ExtApps=Button
    Audio=Button
    Video=Button
    Radio=Button
    Settings=Button
    Exit=Button
    DayNightSkin=Button
    VolumeUp=Button
    VolumeDown=Button
    VolumeMute=Button
    GPSSpeed=Label
    GPSSatellites=Label
    SpeedCamera=Label
    Time=Label
    Date=Label 
    Phone=Button
    Internet=Button
    Email=Button
    
    [Audio]
    VolumeUp=Button
    VolumeDown=Button
    VolumeMute=Toggle
    PreviousTrack=Button
    NextTrack=Button
    PlayPause=Toggle
    Stop=Button
    Shuffle=Toggle
    PlayList=Button
    Visualisation=Toggle
    SwapCDHD=Toggle
    VolumeSlider=Slider
    TimeSlider=Slider
    CurrentPlaylist=ScrollableArea
    Artist=Label
    Album=Label
    TrackTitle=Label
    TrackNumber=Label
    Genre=Label
    TrackYear=Label
    Volume=Label
    PlayStatus=Label
    CurrentTrackTime=Label
    TotalTrackTime=Label
    BitRate=Label
    GPSSpeed=Label
    GPSSatellites=Label
    SpeedCamera=Label
    Time=Label
    Date=Label
    Exit=Button
    SearchText=Text
    SearchNext=Button
    SearchClear=Button
    
    [KB]
    A=Button
    B=Button
    C=Button
    D=Button
    E=Button
    F=Button
    G=Button
    H=Button
    I=Button
    J=Button
    K=Button
    L=Button
    M=Button
    N=Button
    O=Button
    P=Button
    Q=Button
    R=Button
    S=Button
    T=Button
    U=Button
    V=Button
    W=Button
    X=Button
    Y=Button
    Z=Button
    0=Button
    1=Button
    2=Button
    3=Button
    4=Button
    5=Button
    6=Button
    7=Button
    8=Button
    9=Button
    ,=Button
    .=Button
    Shift=Toggle
    CapsLock=Toggle
    Left=Button
    Right=Button
    Backspace=Button
    Delete=Button
    Enter=Button
    Next=Button
    Esc=Button
    
    [Playlist]
    Playlist=ScrollableArea
    PlaySingle=Button
    PlayAll=Button
    EnqueueSingle=Button
    EnqueueAll=Button
    ClearPlaylist=Button
    SavePlaylist=Button
    Browse=Button
    Back=Button
    Exit=Button
    Status=Label
    BrowseAF=Button
    BrowseGN=Button
    BrowseOS=Button
    BrowseTZ=Button
    
    [Security]
    0=Button
    1=Button
    2=Button
    3=Button
    4=Button
    5=Button
    6=Button
    7=Button
    8=Button
    9=Button
    OK=Button
    Cancel=Button
    TextArea=Text
    
    [GPSDest2]
    GPSArea=Area
    AudioPlayPause=Button
    AudioStop=Button
    AudioNextTrack=Button
    AudioPrevTrack=Button
    AudioShuffle=Toggle
    VolumeUp=Button
    ButtonDown=Button
    Mute=Button
    Exit=Button
    Speed=Label
    Bearing=Label
    AudioTrackName=Label
    CamerasInRange=Label
    ClosestCamera=Label
    AudioPlayStatus=Label
    Volume=Label
    AddNewCamera=Button
    Co-Developer of A.I.M.E.E
    www.aimee.cc

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    I'll give it a go - I've never done a skin before, so it'll just be a mockup.

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    Me too.
    CarPC status: iPod, 3,456,217 songs so **** you

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    Just knocked this one up. I've gone for the K.I.S.S. (Keep-It-Simple-Stupid!) method. I'm really not a fan of clutter, so all non-essentials are kept off - no pictograms, no dazzling highlight effects, no mimicing hardware players - just simple text with 3D effects kept to a minimum with buttons laid out in a geometric layout. I may do some pictograms for the buttons later, just to gauge interest, but I don't think they're that important when you're selecting menu's at 80mph. I've also made the buttons large enough for even the most chubby-fingered of users. I took some inspiration from some of the top-end multi-media front ends (Alpine, etc) and also the fact that it will incorporate destinator as one of its supported GPS systems.
    The actual skin is 800x460, but I've sized it down so that most home pc's will view it closer to the actual end size.
    Entertainment and utilities are the in the main layout, with occasionally-used buttons are on the bottom row and information text at the top.
    The pink around the Music button would be a sort of icon-like selection system. I took this idea from my phone menu, which I thought I would be useful for remote control users with no touchscreen.

    I thought that video should be a sub-section under DVD, so there's no video, just like there's no seperate CD AND mp3 buttons. Since DVD and video are consolidated into one, I thought DVD would be a bit more bling....
    Anyway, the less unnecessary buttons the better IMO.

    This is my first EVER "skin", so all critiques welcome....
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    Spaghetti, that looks nice I presume you meant 800x480 as the default size. If so, then that is perfect, that is the resolution I was aiming for (if I was to make my own skin!)

    You have on there (so far) quite a few of the things that we are aiming to implement, and you are right that cd and mp3 will be together, as well as video and dvd are going to be together.


    Keep up the great work!


    Garry
    Co-Developer of A.I.M.E.E
    www.aimee.cc

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    Thanks. Let me know if you think of something to implement.
    Yeah 480 high - my mistake. Just checked the psd file and it's all in order!

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    I don't think this is best place to ask but i was wonering when you are planning on realeasing this to the public. I know that it is a bit premature but what is the "ballpark" estimated date?
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    The only answer I can really give is "when it's done" and "as quickly as we can"


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    Now you have done it! There's no gettin the cat back in the bag!

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    Here's a tweaked version. Improved colours - much sharper, and the contrast between button and background is better.
    I'm pondering whether to put the A.I.M.E.E. logo on it.... up to you though!
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