Blue Devil Skin RELEASED - Page 53

SangreDeThor · 12-06-2006, 10:54 AM

Those are amazing. i love it quite much.

Cali · 12-06-2006, 06:57 PM

I switched my res to 1024x768 and love the result.. with one exception. The song title at the top of the screen(s) appears to be a "line" to low. That is the text is slightly cut off on the bottom from the menu section (for example). this happens on both menus and the player and I think the playlist screen. Possibly all of them.

Has anyone else seen this?

Big Paul · 12-06-2006, 07:43 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

Try re-installing Flash by going here in IE (not in FireFox) or see the RR FAQ about flash.

Note: You'll probably want to uncheck the Yahoo toolbar

just installed it all on my everyday machine, works fine, i must have dissabled something on the carputer

Cali · 12-07-2006, 01:20 PM

Let me correct myself. I am only seeing this on the player and playlist screen, not the main menus.

Anyone else? I can manually fix this in the skin, but I would rather figure out why I am on the only one who is seeing this?

anyone?

afterdigital · 12-07-2006, 08:20 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by JohnWPB

I intend to do this, but the current PSD's for the Blue Devil skin are a mess for one, and on the other hand, the colors can not be changed very easily. The buttons, backgrounds, bars ect ect are solid colors.

My intent is to create a new set of images with the Blue Devil skin code backbone. This new skin will be VERY easy to change the colors.

Here is an example, based on SteveC's post above. This is the SAME PSD as the Red and Blue ones I posted 4 posts back. Just instead of a solid color background, I pasted this "Steel texture" into the PSD.

I just created this Brushed steel background and simply pasted it into the current skin PSD I am working on. NOTHING ELSE was altered in any way. As you can see the entire skin takes on the color, texture and appearance of the background. This is why I am trying to get the look and feel down, so I can complete the new skin, and then offer the PSD's for people to alter them in any way that they wish to.

uuooohhh - that brushed steel is the same material as my car - hmmm? wonder if it would be too much or whether it would fit perfect with the finish....

either way i like it

almera · 12-08-2006, 03:15 AM

Thanks for this beautiful and comprehensive skin, keep up good work..

JohnWPB · 12-08-2006, 05:16 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by afterdigital

uuooohhh - that brushed steel is the same material as my car - hmmm? wonder if it would be too much or whether it would fit perfect with the finish....

either way i like it

LOL! I bet if the fonts were orange/red in that example, it would make the decision that much easier

Quote: Originally Posted by almera

Thanks for this beautiful and comprehensive skin, keep up good work..

Thanks for the compliments, it has been a long road, and trying to determine the next course or "evolution" of this skin has been rough with so many, MANY creative examples and ideas!

jeffreyd_tx · 12-08-2006, 11:09 AM

This transparency thing is an awesome idea. I tried it on a skin I a have in WIP and it is a breeze to swap out backgrounds.
The last one is the same color used in Blue Devil

PontiacGA · 12-08-2006, 01:37 PM

Hey, newbie here.

Plan on a Carputer soon and I'm trying out RR on my home PC. Love this skin (and will really lover the orange one

). Only thing is the weather menu freezes up RR and I have to reset the computer. That said, I couldnt read the 'Blue Devil Help' file. It starts, but no page shows up on the right. Seems these HTML help files dont work on my computer, for some reason.

JohnWPB · 12-08-2006, 04:31 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by jeffreyd_tx

This transparency thing is an awesome idea. I tried it on a skin I a have in WIP and it is a breeze to swap out backgrounds.
The last one is the same color used in Blue Devil

Wow! Those look REALLY nice! How, in the red one for example, are you getting such a variation from the deep maroon background, to the bright red of the buttons? I have been working with all sorts of levels of the transparency, and when I try to get the colors nice and bright on the buttons, they usually come out with a much lighter shade, pink in the case of the red one? I am starting to think I am doing my transparency backwards

. I should probably make the buttons almost totally transparent, and the "background area" darker....

BartDP · 12-08-2006, 04:49 PM

Hello Guys,

New cpc user from belgium here with RR and Blue Devil 11 22 06 skin.
Not yet in the car, first configuring it.

I managed to have (and to switch between) Mph and Km/h in the GPS screen with the RRconfig 'International Standard Units'
As we use here in belgium Km/h, I activated this option.

But , on the main menu it is still MPH and also in the GPS detail screen (in the speedo meter)

Can this also be changed to KM/h (and how ;-) ?

Thanks.

BartDP · 12-08-2006, 05:14 PM

Hello JohnWPB,

Great job you are doing.

Blue Devil is the one I prefere.

Not willing to make a clock logo for OPEL ?

You can find a (relatively high resolution) jpg here :
http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0222583001/Logo_Opel.jpg

Can 't find one yet on your Blue Devil Clock Logos site

Thanks.

BartDP · 12-08-2006, 06:09 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by BartDP

Hello Guys,

New cpc user from belgium here with RR and Blue Devil 11 22 06 skin.
Not yet in the car, first configuring it.

I managed to have (and to switch between) Mph and Km/h in the GPS screen with the RRconfig 'International Standard Units'
As we use here in belgium Km/h, I activated this option.

But , on the main menu it is still MPH and also in the GPS detail screen (in the speedo meter)

Can this also be changed to KM/h (and how ;-) ?

Thanks.

OK. Found already how to change it in de GPS Stats speedometer :
Deleting GPSSpeed.swf and renaming GPSSpeed-KPH.swf to GPSSpeed.swf

Found that the MPH in the main menu('s) is coming from the GPS-HUDCompass.swf file.
Can You make an GPS-HUDCompass-KPH.swf with KPH (for MPH) and m (for ft) in it?

Thanks.

jeffreyd_tx · 12-08-2006, 06:58 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by JohnWPB

Wow! Those look REALLY nice! How, in the red one for example, are you getting such a variation from the deep maroon background, to the bright red of the buttons? I have been working with all sorts of levels of the transparency, and when I try to get the colors nice and bright on the buttons, they usually come out with a much lighter shade, pink in the case of the red one? I am starting to think I am doing my transparency backwards

. I should probably make the buttons almost totally transparent, and the "background area" darker....

I am a musician, not an artist so I really couldn't give you an explanation to how I made them. I just started mashing buttons in photoshop until I got the results I wanted

The backgrounds are all solid colors or continuous patterns. There is no need to adjust the background. I attached a sample of a button with a patterned background. Note the blending options, gradient overlay and bevel/emboss effects I added. Let me know if I can help.

On a side note, I wish I could completely wrap my head around what is the perfect skin for me. I feel like Manny,

, I have about 8 incomplete skins. j/k MGD!!!

Finally (I hope you don't mind me sneaking this in here), if anyone has a nice carbon fiber background, please let me know (PM me).
EVERYONE I found in a web search does not satisfy my tastes. I want one that matches the Alti's dash.

SteveC · 12-08-2006, 07:56 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by jeffreyd_tx

This transparency thing is an awesome idea. I tried it on a skin I a have in WIP and it is a breeze to swap out backgrounds.
The last one is the same color used in Blue Devil

What? No obligatory carbon fiber ...

LOL

Nice work

Steve
PS that will teach me to read ALL posts before posting - just saw that you are looking for one hahaha

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