Sponsored links

Go Back   MP3Car.com > Mp3Car Technical > Software & Software Development > Front Ends > No Longer Supported > MediaCar


Reply
 
Share Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 11-07-2003, 04:06 PM   #1
Maximum Bitrate
 
00CericaRuss's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: San Rafael, CA, USA
Posts: 682
00CericaRuss
started working on a mediacar skin

what do you guys think?

one of my main goals is high contrast.

I think the buttons are placed more conveniently for driving.

All I have made is the audioplayer portion, and will probably be changing the font as well.. anyone have any font suggestions?
Attached Images
 
00CericaRuss is offline   Reply With Quote
Advertisement
 
Advertisement
Sponsored links

Old 11-07-2003, 04:33 PM   #2
FLAC
 
chut's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: San Antonio, TX. USA
Posts: 1,375
chut
I think it looks great. let us know when you finish it. one question, how do you make a skin? I want to make my own but don't even know how to begin
__________________
Stop Buying New Music CD's.
Hit The RIAA where it lives.

Indash Motorized 7", Epia Nehimiah, 512 MB, 80 GB, DVD, Wireless G, XP Pro, XM PCR, Kenwwod 5 Channel 1200 Watt Amp.
chut is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-07-2003, 04:48 PM   #3
FLAC
 
guitar333's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: IDAHO
Posts: 1,111
guitar333 is on a distinguished road
looking real good, ive been waiting for a new skin for mediacar, hihg contrast is good
__________________
92 Taurus SHO - Daily driver - Epia M10000 80GB 512mb 7" touchscreen, Opus PSU etc

93 Black SHO - 30mpg cruiser

90 Silver SHO - 419whp fun/project car, CarPC to come (for tuning)
guitar333 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-07-2003, 05:23 PM   #4
Maximum Bitrate
 
00CericaRuss's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: San Rafael, CA, USA
Posts: 682
00CericaRuss
I pretty much did everything in photoshop and started editing the .skin file and mapped the buttons to their new xy axis' along w/xy dimensions

I've only made the audioplayer portion, but now that i have a good amount of buttons, and general styles made, the rest should be a bit quicker. I need to find some icons for the main page and find a new font since arial is so blah

btw... the list button is what the buttons look like when they're "on"
00CericaRuss is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-08-2003, 02:22 AM   #5
FLAC
 
cproaudio's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: so cal 2 hours from everywhere
Posts: 1,120
cproaudio is on a distinguished road
Yeah I was gonna comment on the placement of the buttons. It seems that the original MediaCar was catered for right hand drive dashes. With the buttons on the left, its alot easier to reach. I was gonna suggest that for the initial setup there should be a setting for right hand drive or left hand drive.
__________________
NEW complete and updated My project with 100+ pics on 7-4-03
If you have a Shuttle FV24 motherboard in perfect working condition for sale, please PM me.
cproaudio is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-08-2003, 01:56 PM   #6
Newbie
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: France
Posts: 18
Drogon is on a distinguished road
Good design!

perhaps, the text in the buttons is to small on composite tft.

waiting for the menu!
__________________
Mediacar Team... :)
Drogon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-08-2003, 03:01 PM   #7
Raw Wave
 
Spaghetti's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Spagcave, in da UK Today's phrase: J'aime Alizee
Posts: 1,716
Spaghetti has a brilliant futureSpaghetti has a brilliant futureSpaghetti has a brilliant futureSpaghetti has a brilliant futureSpaghetti has a brilliant futureSpaghetti has a brilliant futureSpaghetti has a brilliant futureSpaghetti has a brilliant futureSpaghetti has a brilliant futureSpaghetti has a brilliant futureSpaghetti has a brilliant future
Looks very good indeed- easily legible at 80mph..... I like its simplicity- I don't think you really need icons/images on the buttons in an automotive environment, but that's just me.
Spaghetti is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-09-2003, 01:43 AM   #8
Maximum Bitrate
 
SjLucky's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Meridian, Mississippi
Posts: 692
SjLucky is on a distinguished road
I dont mean to be mean but it seems to be missin to style and some jazz man...

give it some spice and kick it up a knot and it will be pimp but like everyone has said it has a very good layout very simple and clean... its a great start for a great skin
__________________
Quote: Originally Posted by menudude View Post
thank you all for your help minus the useless post by sjlucky...

SjLucky is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored links
Advertisement
 
Advertisement
Old 11-09-2003, 04:17 PM   #9
Maximum Bitrate
 
00CericaRuss's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: San Rafael, CA, USA
Posts: 682
00CericaRuss
haha.. cpro.. my thoughts exactly... the way that i sit in my car, having the volume up top is a bit too far from an easy reach, but at the bottom, it's a couple inches from my shifter. the page/up/down arrows are just a pain when driving

Drogon, I'm still looking for a good font
as for the main menu, i currently just have the background w/your buttons on it ... i've also done the external gps/dvd screens

thanks spaghetti

SJ, i hear you.. it's not quite there yet, but I think it mostly has to do w/the font... once i change that to something better than a basic windows flont, things should start flowing much better
00CericaRuss is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-10-2003, 02:04 AM   #10
Maximum Bitrate
 
SjLucky's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Meridian, Mississippi
Posts: 692
SjLucky is on a distinguished road
for me the fonts dont play that much of a role in the fact that if you make the layout and background visually stunnin then the fonts will be overlooked by most (as long as the font follows the theme but only as an accent)
__________________
Quote: Originally Posted by menudude View Post
thank you all for your help minus the useless post by sjlucky...

SjLucky is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored links
Advertisement
 
Advertisement
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off




All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:29 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.3.2
Copyright © 1999 - 2008 Mp3Car.com Inc.Ad Management by RedTyger
Message Board Statistics