MMI skin - preview

Cris · 01-30-2006, 04:52 PM

This is as far as I got, but couldn't get any further untli I got some opinions...so what do you think?

The final version will have menus in different colors.

EDIT: Version 1 gone. Updated to version 2.

Enforcer · 01-30-2006, 05:24 PM

Are you using BTBE's original PSD's?

SOPRANO · 01-30-2006, 05:30 PM

Looks good

Cris · 01-30-2006, 05:34 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Enforcer

Are you using BTBE's original PSD's?

No. I started this from scratch.
BTBE's skin is really nice, but I wanted it to be a bit more similar to the original...

and it's hard to keep it that way with 800x600...

Cris · 01-30-2006, 06:18 PM

This is how version 1 looked...not good...

Multimedia on.

HACKTHS · 01-30-2006, 11:05 PM

Awesome skin! I e-mailed you a few questions. Wondering if you planned on making a red version with an Audi logo- would be perfect in my Audi! Also wondering how easy it would be to remove a few of those menu items- TV, etc? Never made/modified a skin with Roadrunner.

Cris · 01-31-2006, 04:04 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by HACKTHS

Awesome skin! I e-mailed you a few questions. Wondering if you planned on making a red version with an Audi logo- would be perfect in my Audi! Also wondering how easy it would be to remove a few of those menu items- TV, etc? Never made/modified a skin with Roadrunner.

The final version will have different screens in different colours. This one is based on green, but I'll make one with the main menu and playlist in red.
Once I'm done, I'll release the .psd, so that anyone could modify it to his liking.

I don't know what exactly, but something just doesn't look right...I'll play with it a little and try to figure it out...

Enforcer · 01-31-2006, 04:14 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Cris

I don't know what exactly, but something just doesn't look right...I'll play with it a little and try to figure it out...

It's got a tacky Ford logo on it.

Cris · 01-31-2006, 04:23 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Enforcer

It's got a tacky Ford logo on it.

Yeah, besides that...

Enforcer · 01-31-2006, 04:44 AM

Get me some pictures of the original and I'll tell ya.

Cris · 01-31-2006, 05:01 AM

http://microsites.audi.com/satellite...emulation.html

Enforcer · 01-31-2006, 05:12 AM

Nice emulation.

Lots to keep you busy

Enforcer · 01-31-2006, 07:14 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Cris

Well, what do you think I should do?

Copy it verbatim, then see how it works in the car.

make it available for download, let others test it.

get feedback

put that together with your own thoughts.

make changes

release again.

repeat.

Cris · 01-31-2006, 05:26 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Enforcer

Copy it verbatim, then see how it works in the car.

make it available for download, let others test it.

get feedback

put that together with your own thoughts.

make changes

release again.

repeat.

Oh no...I was afraid you'd say that...

What's wrong with my version is that it's not proportional to the original one. That one is wider and not that high... BTBE really found a nice way around this, by keeping most of the original proportions, and adding a control bar at the buttom to fill the screen up.
The only thing wrong with BTBE's skin, and whis this type of skin, is that it doesn't look good on a touch screen. It just has too much black in it, that all the fingerprints on the TS are REALLY visible...So, I don't think I'm going to finish this, as it's not really worth it...that iDrive skin kicks *** anyway...

Enforcer · 01-31-2006, 05:37 PM

this sort of screen would look good with a bit of flash for the lines and things.

another thing that might look good is to replace the black with a moving image, like a vis.