Blue Devil Skin RELEASED - Page 56

SangreDeThor · 12-12-2006, 12:04 PM

its soo nice.. i want it! i love the BD theme!

DeadlyAP1 · 12-12-2006, 01:12 PM

That After Digital Orange rocks! It will match my S2000 dash almost perfectly!!! Can't wait till it's done. BTW: I am going to make a donation right now as my thanks for this great skin! Not a huge donation, but it's all I can afford this time of year.

JohnWPB · 12-12-2006, 01:26 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by DeadlyAP1

That After Digital Orange rocks! It will match my S2000 dash almost perfectly!!! Can't wait till it's done. BTW: I am going to make a donation right now as my thanks for this great skin! Not a huge donation, but it's all I can afford this time of year.

I am getting there. I have about 6 of the screens done so far....

Thanks for the Donation! I really do appreciate it!

JohnWPB · 12-12-2006, 07:45 PM

WoW! My car is red, but all the gauges, radio, interior lights ect is blue

So I can't really use this, but man I have to say the red looks HOT!

I have about 25% of the screens re-skinned, and steadily plugging away, man this is monotonous to say the least!

Here's a sample of the red:

afterdigital · 12-12-2006, 08:53 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by JohnWPB

john, you're scaring me.....

u have talent which i wasn't even aware of....how the hell did you that?!?

This is getting so big it's hard for me to contain my excitement!

Centrafuse, Streetdeck ----> eat your heart out!

JohnWPB · 12-12-2006, 09:02 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by afterdigital

john, you're scaring me.....

u have talent which i wasn't even aware of....how the hell did you that?!?

This is getting so big it's hard for me to contain my excitement!

Centrafuse, Streetdeck ----> eat your heart out!

Hehehe I was just demonstrating that the buttons, text box area's are simple a level of transparency.

The easiest way to describe it is to think of a clear transparency sheet for an overhead projector. if you draw on that sheet, in a semi transparent color you can see through the drawing. Now lay that sheet on a red surface, and the buttons or whatever you drew on the transparency will have a red background. Pick it up again, and lay it over a photo, such as the image above and you can see the car in the background.

So in all of the screen shots I have posted, all that has changed is the background color, texture or image. You are just seeing the background through the buttons and text area's ect.

So, when all is said and done, and I have completed the PSD's, anyone can then paint whatever color they want for the background or copy and paste an image, use a textured background ect to customize the look of the skin.

PontiacGA · 12-12-2006, 09:34 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by JohnWPB

WoW! My car is red, but all the gauges, radio, interior lights ect is blue

So I can't really use this, but man I have to say the red looks HOT!

I have about 25% of the screens re-skinned, and steadily plugging away, man this is monotonous to say the least!

Here's a sample of the red:

Thats ok, the red will get plenty of use in my ride.

jarred · 12-12-2006, 10:54 PM

John,

I'm hoping you could create a Hyundai logo for your skin. I've sent some bribe money your way.

Thanks,

Jarred

jmciver · 12-12-2006, 11:02 PM

Well, like everybody else has siad, the skin evolution is really looking good. I am especially feeling that After Digital Orange since it looks like it will match the Amber of my interior (BMW M3). Now if I can just get this high CPU usage under control so the skin will operate smoothly......

BTW, is there any way to disable the clock and just have the logo in the center? Also, I noticed that when I have GPS set up to use your compass on the main screen and in the GPS stats window, I lose GPS input to my nav software (iGuidance). Even if I reassign the com port in IG I still can't regain GPS input. Is that a skin issue or a RR issue?

JohnWPB · 12-13-2006, 12:54 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by jarred

John,

I'm hoping you could create a Hyundai logo for your skin. I've sent some bribe money your way.

Thanks,

Jarred

Bribe Accepted

Thanks for the donation man! I found a decent resolution Hundai Logo HERE. I removed the background and "chromed it" The link to the logo is in the 2nd post of this thread.

JohnWPB · 12-13-2006, 12:59 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by jmciver

Well, like everybody else has siad, the skin evolution is really looking good. I am especially feeling that After Digital Orange since it looks like it will match the Amber of my interior (BMW M3). Now if I can just get this high CPU usage under control so the skin will operate smoothly......

BTW, is there any way to disable the clock and just have the logo in the center? Also, I noticed that when I have GPS set up to use your compass on the main screen and in the GPS stats window, I lose GPS input to my nav software (iGuidance). Even if I reassign the com port in IG I still can't regain GPS input. Is that a skin issue or a RR issue?

You can take the BMW logo .PNG file, and simply paint the color of the center of the skin around it. Then it's just a matter of editing the skin file to replace the SWF with an image. Shouldn't be too hard. If you need some help, just let me know.

jmciver · 12-13-2006, 05:46 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by JohnWPB

You can take the BMW logo .PNG file, and simply paint the color of the center of the skin around it. Then it's just a matter of editing the skin file to replace the SWF with an image. Shouldn't be too hard. If you need some help, just let me know.

Yeah, I think I will take you up on that help. Any extra guidance is appreciated. I am still having a high CPU usage issue so disabling the clock should help some. What about the GPS input issue, has anybody ever seen this before?

JohnWPB · 12-13-2006, 11:55 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by jmciver

Yeah, I think I will take you up on that help. Any extra guidance is appreciated. I am still having a high CPU usage issue so disabling the clock should help some. What about the GPS input issue, has anybody ever seen this before?

PM me your email address.

As for the GPS issues, check the Blue Devil help file under "How Do I.... Use more than one GPS Device". and that should help you fix that problem

JohnWPB · 12-14-2006, 07:57 PM

Ok, I am done tweaking the transparencies and all. I am in the process of converting all of the Blue Devil skin over to the new look

With the new transparencies, and layer styles, it is VERY easy to change the entire look and feel of the skin.

Here are the latest images of what it's going to look like. For the following images, I have 3 different background color layers, all I am doing is turning what one on to change the skin to that color. In the one photo below, I used a texture to demonstrate that not only solid colors can be used.

Deep Water Blue:

Digital Copper:

Steel Denim:

SangreDeThor · 12-14-2006, 08:33 PM

wow i really like the brushed look

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