Topic: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin) (Read 4631 times)

gappie · « **on:** April 27, 2010, 08:04:35 am »

still a lot to do, but wanted to try something new..
skinning is fun

gab

prod · « **Reply #1 on:** April 27, 2010, 08:37:52 am »

Lovely!

Mr ChriZ · « **Reply #2 on:** April 27, 2010, 08:39:02 am »

Like!

kurushi · « **Reply #3 on:** April 27, 2010, 10:32:38 am »

Funny XD

Btw what is this view at the right?

gappie · « **Reply #4 on:** April 27, 2010, 05:07:41 pm »

thanks.. my wife only said 'mmm.. interesting' when she opened the program and did not blink an eye. ah well

Quote from: kurushi on April 27, 2010, 10:32:38 am

Btw what is this view at the right?

that is playing now, locked.. guess a lot of people do that nowadays, the locking i mean... the last two versions that is. very handy for adding or removing tracks from playing now.

gab

marko · « **Reply #5 on:** April 28, 2010, 01:35:53 am »

Looks neat, but what happens to the tree when you open the tag window? (a full one one that goes 50 / 50 with the tree for space)

I attempted something along these lines a while back, but quickly gave it up as a bad idea when the full tag window squished the tree background image, making it look horrible. I was unable to work around it, not with margins nor matrix drawing...

Did you solve this little problem? and if yes, care to share?

-marko

gappie · « **Reply #6 on:** April 28, 2010, 02:08:34 am »

it was also not my first experiment. i dont have a trick. the funny thing about the tree is that with the action window closed (or as the tree popup in coverview) it looks more like a lime tree, with the tag window open 50/50 its more like a oak. it is possible to make it look bad, like when you pull the tree over to the far right site, but in normal use it seems to hold up well.

gab

marko · « **Reply #7 on:** April 28, 2010, 02:24:25 am »

Ahh, ok. Will be interesting to test a release version.

Those player buttons are cooler than a cool a thing!! Nice work there.
I've not had a new skin idea in ages, but then I've been a little distracted with my new camera and Lightroom. I swear as I get older, learning curves get steeper

-marko.

AoXoMoXoA · « **Reply #8 on:** April 28, 2010, 07:04:08 am »

Interesting skin Gappie, any idea when you will post one for download?

Quote from: marko on April 28, 2010, 02:24:25 am

I've been a little distracted with my new camera and Lightroom.

-marko.

Wow. back to the future!
I sure miss film and I haven't been in a darkroom since 1972. Now that was photography.

gappie · « **Reply #9 on:** April 28, 2010, 07:46:01 am »

Quote from: AoXoMoXoA on April 28, 2010, 07:04:08 am

Interesting skin Gappie, any idea when you will post one for download?

dont know yet. today i made the birds fly, added some lightning and turned the day turn night. small things that take me some hours..

guess somewhere next week ..

gab

JimH · « **Reply #10 on:** April 28, 2010, 08:13:46 am »

Quote from: gappie on April 28, 2010, 07:46:01 am

... today i made the birds fly, added some lightning and turned the day turn night ...

and on the 7th day gappie rested.

gappie · « **Reply #11 on:** April 28, 2010, 08:19:24 am »

Quote from: JimH on April 28, 2010, 08:13:46 am

and on the 7th day gappie rested.

that gives some ideas for a name too. although, its not an apple tree.

gab

dbalkunjr · « **Reply #12 on:** April 28, 2010, 11:15:33 am »

Is there a way to customize my panes view to show playing now on the right like you did? I tried customizing the views but couldn't reproduce this.

gappie · « **Reply #13 on:** April 28, 2010, 05:31:56 pm »

Quote from: dbalkunjr on April 28, 2010, 11:15:33 am

Is there a way to customize my panes view to show playing now on the right like you did? I tried customizing the views but couldn't reproduce this.

of course there is way.. not sure where you lost the way.. so here is what i think is important to get there.
in option>general>features make sure that split view is enabled
in options>start up>start up interface set location to 'last location'.

now go to view>split view, and set it to 2 views.
make sure you put playing now in the second view.
go to views again and lock the second view.

does that help or did i miss the bottle neck.

gab

dbalkunjr · « **Reply #14 on:** April 28, 2010, 06:28:55 pm »

That did it. I was trying to accomplish this in customize view instead of realizing that I could do this with split views. Not thinking to clearly as my 8 month old daughter has an ear infection and has not allowed us to sleep in the last day. Thanks for your help. And by the way, I love the skin.

Dave

kurushi · « **Reply #15 on:** May 07, 2010, 11:47:35 am »

Hi Gappie in the preview it seems that the skin is growing good job^^

gappie · « **Reply #16 on:** May 08, 2010, 05:25:23 pm »

thanks kurushi. yes. im enjoying it. enough has changed already again. some small thing left that are puzzling me.

gab

kurushi · « **Reply #17 on:** June 06, 2010, 06:39:45 am »

Lol i haven't noticed the buzzy bee for the seek bar I LOVE IT

chirpp · « **Reply #18 on:** June 09, 2010, 02:54:51 pm »

So how do I get my hands on this skin? I don't see it under plug in manager and no link in this post. Please can I play too?

kurushi · « **Reply #19 on:** June 09, 2010, 04:37:38 pm »

gappie haven't released it yet he need to polish it before to release.

chirpp · « **Reply #20 on:** June 09, 2010, 05:38:58 pm »

I see. I thought even though it was not released, it was released somewhere for testing.

No biggy. I will patiently await it's arrival!

gappie · « **Reply #21 on:** June 10, 2010, 05:17:46 am »

thanks for the interest... im still playing around. trying different icons and stuff.

but when someone wants to take a look... its here: http://www.gappie.nl/fotos/SummerHeat.zip
download the zip file and move the folder inside the zip to the J River\Media Center 15\Skins\ folder

i call it 'summer heat'

gab

kurushi · « **Reply #22 on:** June 11, 2010, 03:58:02 am »

Thx Gappie for sharing.
Nice job with the Cover view icon!

I 'll test it i haven't so much time now.

kurushi · « **Reply #23 on:** June 12, 2010, 08:46:26 am »

Gappie i have set the 2 split view like you have say in you're earlier post but when i restart MC only one view appear.An idea for to save my changes?
My mind it's ok now:)

chirpp · « **Reply #24 on:** June 14, 2010, 10:31:49 am »

Thank you for sharing! I will play!

Ekpen · « **Reply #25 on:** June 14, 2010, 01:35:29 pm »

Got the new skin to work. Thanks for sharing with the rest of us.
I can not wait for my Acer Aspire 9810 to come back from Acer Repairs, to see how it will look on a 20.1 inch screen.
I hope to also test the whole JR suite of software on a Mitsubishi 82 inch TV later.
George T. Omoregie

gappie · « **Reply #26 on:** June 15, 2010, 12:44:14 am »

im glad you all like it.

i hope that between all the football games i find some time to finish it.

gab

chirpp · « **Reply #27 on:** June 17, 2010, 05:00:47 pm »

Hi Gappie! Just wanted to give you some feedback on what I see. First off, pretty darn cool! Of course I was not aware it was a mini skin too, so that was a double bonus!

I love the icons - birds, clouds, etc.

One thing I noticed - If I move my "middle" cloud, which should be the volume level adjustment, it slides ok. However depending on where I place it, it also seemingly click whatever is right above it. So I have either stopped playback (if on top of the "right" cloud) or paused it, due to being near the "sun".

I love everything else with it and appreciate your work!

gappie · « **Reply #28 on:** June 25, 2010, 05:59:44 pm »

thanks chirpp,
you are right. i tried to lay those icons a bit over each other because, i liked how it looked. but i guess its a bit overdone. i have to fiddle around a bit with that. taking it away totally takes a bit of the fun away though.

thanks again for the kind words.

gab

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