Update Easy Grey version 1.1
I made some changes, and created a new version of the Skin: Easy Grey version 1.1.
I put the version-number in the main.xml (About...), not in the Skin Name itself.
Changes:
1. Rating stars: I forgot about them because I never use them. They were still in color. Changed that to greyscale to match the 'mood' of the skin.
2. Increased the 'Status Text', above the progress bar. The Rating Stars looked bad next to the (very small) 'Status Text'. Those Rating Stars... Well, if anyone wants to use them: they are ready.
3. Changed the modern TAG Window Text color (very white). Less shining, more compatible with other text-colors. (Thanks: Marco)
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Update Skin Easy Grey version 1.2
A new version of the Skin: Easy Grey version 1.2.
I put the version-number in the main.xml (About...), not in the Skin Name itself.
Many small improvements. Seventeen images updated, sometimes just a pixel, some changes in background color and margins.
Examples:
1. Modern TAG Window: different background, improved text-color, it looks more compact, like an editor.
2. Action Window and Display window: removed many margins to get a clean look. An image in 'Display' fits perfectly, no top or bottom-line. Very nice view when you select: 3D Visualization: Oscilloscoop. See attached Printscreen.
3. Tree-menu: All background color-bars (mouse-over) perfectly sized and aligned with Tag-, Display- and Action-titlebars. All with 1 pixel between them vertically. Issues about 1 pixel? Yes, indeed.
4. Very small changes in the Viewheader. Horizontal aligning of color-bars (Tabs and Playing Now background), vertical dark lines between Tabs. One pixel line below the Tab-title. A new Tab shows the real background color of the main List-area.
5. Search menu: It looked nice with rounded corners but the same Search menu shows on different places. One left, below the Tree-menu, whenever the Tag-window is active, can stretch as wide as the Tag-window. Rounded corners start to look messy. Not acceptable. Rectangular looks better.
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Update: Easy Grey version 1.3
I put the version-number in the main.xml (About...), not in the Skin Name itself.
Update notes:
1. Playerbar_Search.png: stretching was not working properly. Changed Code. Now everything stays pixelperfect.
2. Updated Icons:
- SmallIcons.png, Options.png, ActionBarNavigation.png: a few new Icons. Added a transparent border. This slightly reduces Icon display-size and gives them some 'air' in Tree-menu and Options windows. Yes, it took some ingenuity with Photoshop actionscripts to automate Icon-size changes
Action-bar Icons were grey, now back to original colors.
3. Frame_Spotlight.png: changed design and changed size. Image was not so square at large Skin sizes (200+).
4. minor changes, not worth mentioning.
Testing: I have a 55 inch LG Oled. Never used it at 3840x2160 resolution and 100% size (Windows-setting). 100% makes text very small... My eyes are usually 2.00 meters (78 inch) away with a Windows-setting of 300%. With 100% I needed to get up close: 70 centimeter (27 inch). Anything for a test... It was nice to play with Font-size and Skin-size. Font 8pt and Skin 400% looks good! Mainframe borders and images stay perfect. Set font to 8pt and Skin 200% and enjoy editing your database. Impressive.
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Learned about better organizing all the Skin-information on the forum. Thanks: SkGe
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Update: Easy Grey version 1.4
I put the version-number in the main.xml (About...), not in the Skin Name itself.
Update notes:
1. Update Player Control-buttons. Re-created the buttons,just a tiny bit different: thicker lines, the buttons gained weight. Most important: at some skin-sizes the vertical/horizontal lines are pixel-sharp ('hard lines'). Typical: Windows resolution 1920x1080, size 100%, Skin-size 150% (or Windows size 150% and Skin-size 100%): Player buttons are really sharp-edged.
2. MainFrame with the rounded corners kept me busy. At small Skin-sizes (50%, 60%), the corners looked bad. Improved images and xml-coding.
3. Frames of popup-windows (Options) with border and rounded corners also had problems with small Skin-sizes (50%, 60%): right-border disappeared. In the end: removed rounded corners. Just a 1 pixel border remains. (and disappears again as soon as the popup-windows go 'overboard' and the 'maximize' has to jump in to cure the issue...)
4. Some things are not possible: the button to Maximize the mainframe-window (Frame_FullScreenArrowsExpand), is very close to the horizontal Slider (adjust thumbnail-size). I can change that but at larger Skin-sizes (150% +) the maximize-button gets distorted (not square).
5. Put the 'old' (but improved) Spotlight-button back.
6. Some minor changes, and xml-code cleaning/updating. 26 images changed.
I am happy with the current 'state'. For me this Skin is about limiting distractions and placing the most important assets at the center: video/audio/images. Album Art is visually essential and database-selections should be clear and helpful. And yes, I like clean, well-made icons and 'skin-Art'.
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Update: Easy Grey version 1.5
I put the version-number in the main.xml (About...), not in the Skin Name itself.
Update notes:
1. The MainFrame with the rounded corners is not looking good at small skin-sizes (50% - 80%). Not acceptable. Kept me busy for some hours. In the end: replaced it with a rectangular field, one color.
This is quite a change, unfortunately. Well, it does make the layout-elements more consistent in the design.
2. minor changes.
That's it. Don't know what else to do. Maybe (re)create some icons?
Version 1 is ready.