progression - my newly completed skin

davidp · 11-11-2007, 09:47 PM

hi all, i have been working on a new skin on and off for the past couple of months, and believe it is finally complete.

features:
transparent ilists (thanks Guino)
changeable font colors (thanks monkeyracer)
changeable list colors
has the newest coverflow (thanks moahdib)
has a fader section of the mixer screen (front/rear/sub)
audio and gps combo screen
and some other stuff im probably forgetting.

heres some screen shots:
main screen:

audio browser:

video player:

video browser:

skin browser:

network connection:

mixer:

label color changer:

list color changer:

logo chooser:

pop up menu (auto-closes after 5 sec.)

external gps (IG4):

file manager:

coverflow v4:

background chooser:

audio/gps combo screen:

i will post the download link in a bit, i just have to get it compressed, and uploaded.

any input or suggestions are greatly appreciated

David

davidp · 11-11-2007, 10:08 PM

here are the download links, enjoy, and give feedback

skin:
http://www.mediafire.com/?bsjzzm9do2x

psds:
http://www.mediafire.com/?72zjy1wtbxy

fonts:
http://www.mediafire.com/?0dl1nzi5jvy

david

monkeyracer · 11-11-2007, 10:36 PM

looks good, I like to see how someone else implemented the font color chooser.
Downloading now.

treetop777 · 11-12-2007, 12:46 PM

The bar have been raised again! Excellent work..Thanks for sharing.

treetop777 · 11-12-2007, 09:21 PM

For some reason the buttons seam to lack depth as compared to your screencaps (above); i tried different BG's but they still look weird. Sorry maybe it's just me.

EDIT: I see a good example: alternate between the audioGPS screen and the GPS screen and you'll see the difference in the buttons..

Is there an exit button hidden somewhere?

davidp · 11-13-2007, 01:53 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by treetop777

For some reason the buttons seam to lack depth as compared to your screencaps (above); i tried different BG's but they still look weird. Sorry maybe it's just me.

EDIT: I see a good example: alternate between the audioGPS screen and the GPS screen and you'll see the difference in the buttons..

Is there an exit button hidden somewhere?

forgot to add an exit button, there really isn't a very good place to put one in the main menu though, i might make a second menu screen as i think this one is a bit crowded.

with some colors the buttons do lack a little depth, any ideas of how to make them more 3d, but still use labels so i can change the colors? also, in your screenshot, did you change the fronts for the labels? in my shots they are the Tranjan Pro font, that may be the issue.

david

EL CAMINO · 11-13-2007, 02:08 PM

you can always use a simple push and hold, to have 2 commands in a single button. for example in your minimize button you can have a push and hold for exiting. you know for testing or in those beta releases is a good option.

VmtSquad · 11-13-2007, 03:06 PM

It would be nice if we could change the font.

monkeyracer · 11-13-2007, 04:02 PM

That can be done in the same manner as the color.
First you would have to set a global definition for the font (example: #Font#)
Then create a font.skin (empty),
then in each skin you would need to have

Code:

/, INC, FILENAME
INC,font.skin

then have a list of fonts to choose from,
then when one is selected, you would need a button like this;

Code:

B005,672,308,105,58,"SETVARBYCODE;LISTTEXT;LISTTEXT||WRITETOFILE;$skinpath$font.skin;=/DEFINE Font $LISTTEXT$||RELOADSKIN||Load;Font Select.skin",

Then each label would look sorta like this:

Code:

L02,26,28,87,32,#FRed#,#FGreen#,#FBlue#,22,"#Font#","=menu","CENTER"

hope this helps.

blk02si · 11-13-2007, 10:55 PM

Nice Skin!

Everything is working for me, I am going to go through all your ilist code to learn more about the feature. Thanks again for sharing!

davidp · 11-13-2007, 11:09 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by monkeyracer

That can be done in the same manner as the color.
First you would have to set a global definition for the font (example: #Font#)
Then create a font.skin (empty),
then in each skin you would need to have

Code:

/, INC, FILENAME
INC,font.skin

then have a list of fonts to choose from,
then when one is selected, you would need a button like this;

Code:

B005,672,308,105,58,"SETVARBYCODE;LISTTEXT;LISTTEXT||WRITETOFILE;$skinpath$font.skin;=/DEFINE Font $LISTTEXT$||RELOADSKIN||Load;Font Select.skin",

Then each label would look sorta like this:

Code:

L02,26,28,87,32,#FRed#,#FGreen#,#FBlue#,22,"#Font#","=menu","CENTER"

hope this helps.

ok, i tried making a dir list to display the fonts folder in windows, but almost none of the names match, some just say bold etc. i want to be able to change the font from in the skin, but this would make it almost impossible to find the right font. any ideas?

here's a shot of the list:

also, i added an exit button as a push and hold on the minimize button as suggested, will upload the new version once i get the font list figured out.

david

monkeyracer · 11-13-2007, 11:30 PM

did you add a Special Directory List:

Code:

/, SD, Alignment;Alignment, Disp;MODE, Icon Width, Icon Heigth, Path
SD,00,00,50,50,"C:\WINDOWS\Fonts","*.fon,*.ttf",540,324,,,,,,

or something like that, I haven't tried this yet, so I'm not sure what the results would be.

davidp · 11-14-2007, 12:03 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by monkeyracer

did you add a Special Directory List:

Code:

/, SD, Alignment;Alignment, Disp;MODE, Icon Width, Icon Heigth, Path
SD,00,00,50,50,"C:\WINDOWS\Fonts","*.fon,*.ttf",540,324,,,,,,

or something like that, I haven't tried this yet, so I'm not sure what the results would be.

yea, with more than one filetype specified, the list is empty, if i only specify one type or *.* then the list is full of misc. names, like in the screenshot, the fonts in the fonts folder don't actually show the filename, so arial bold is actually named arialbd.ttf, and the others are similar. I wonder if there is any way to make it show the actual font name and style instead of the filename?

david

GizmoQ · 11-14-2007, 12:12 AM

Nice skin! This was my first play with iLists and coverflow - well implemented, congrats.

Does anyone else have a problem loading videos from the video browser? Everytime I double click on a title in the video browser it clears my winamp playlist, loads the video directory into Winamp and starts playing the video in the audio mode and never switches to video player.

monkeyracer · 11-14-2007, 12:17 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by davidp

yea, with more than one filetype specified, the list is empty, if i only specify one type or *.* then the list is full of misc. names, like in the screenshot, the fonts in the fonts folder don't actually show the filename, so arial bold is actually named arialbd.ttf, and the others are similar. I wonder if there is any way to make it show the actual font name and style instead of the filename?

david

I was thinking that guino would have to implement this into RR, something similar to "TRACKNAME" but maybe "FONTNAME" It would be even cooler if it would show the font in the font itself, quick preview...

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