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Windows => Third Party Plug-ins, Programs, and Skins => Topic started by: JC on June 22, 2003, 11:52:18 am
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Designed to look familiar ...
I couldn't sleep last night, so I started work on a brushed metal style 9.1 skin. My Photoshop skills are very limited. Additionally, I don't have access to the application I am emulating, so the menus, rollover column headers, etc ... are hard for me to skin correctly.
Anyone have some screenshots of the options windows for this application they would be willing to send me?
Also, for those of you familiar with skinning, I can't seem to find the button next to the search window in the skin directory. What is it called?
Thanks!
BTW - you can see my progress (not much) right here (http://home.mindspring.com/~jc2000/images/MC9/metal2.jpg).
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Looks sweet.
Will help you if I can but I have no idea about this skinning sdk thingy. :)
Keep it up. Hope to be able to use it soon.
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Go for it ::)
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Designed to look familiar ...
Beware of A**** ;)
Also, for those of you familiar with skinning, I can't seem to find the button next to the search window in the skin directory. What is it called?
It's the same button that is used in the "Frame" area - "Frame_Button.gif". I hope this will be changed soon because it's hard to make one button which looks good in the frame area and next to the search box...
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Beware of A**** ;)
It's the same button that is used in the "Frame" area - "Frame_Button.gif". I hope this will be changed soon because it's hard to make one button which looks good in the frame area and next to the search box...
Thanks for the helpful hints ;)
Thanks to knickelfarz, a new version (with updated search button) can be found here (http://home.mindspring.com/~jc2000/images/MC9/metal2.jpg).
Modified the look of the metal and skinned the main window search button.
Notes
- The fact that the sidebars stretch vertically to expand the application window create odd patterns ... I'll probably change to a solid gray on the side borders for this reason.
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...a new version (with updated search button) can be found here.
Of course I refered to the Skin SDK when I sad "It should be changed soon"- Sorry ;D I tried to say that it would be much better if the SDK would offer the possibility to use a different button for the search bar...
The fact that the sidebars stretch vertically to expand the application window create odd patterns ...
Use "DrawMode="REGION_E_VTILE" for the vertical borders ;)
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This looks great!
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Of course I refered to the Skin SDK when I sad "It should be changed soon"- Sorry ;D I tried to say that it would be much better if the SDK would offer the possibility to use a different button for the search bar...
Use "DrawMode="REGION_E_VTILE" for the vertical borders ;)
I owe you thanks again ... I understood your response about the search button, but as you can see, I didn't even know which image to adjust in my first attempt. After your post, I modified the button to look "so-so" with the skin, before, it looked awful.
I agree that it would be nice if it were a seperate image. The button, which looks nice on the main page, looks out of place in the other windows.
Thanks for the VTILE setting information ... looks a million times better now!!!
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Screenshot of newest version (http://home.mindspring.com/~jc2000/images/MC9/metal3.jpg)
Big thanks to knickelfarz ... he has this skinning thing down pat. I suppose this is about as far as I want to take this skin until the changes settle down a bit.
If anyone wants it, I may post it for download tomorrow. Not sure if the JRiver guys want me to do that or not.
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JC,
The skin looks great... If you can make it available (even by e-mail), I'd appreciate it.
Might I suggest that you don't overlook the mini-me skin, either?
Scott-
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You should base the mini-me on the LowerRight skin. Add the metal color and rating options - that would be awsome. Good work so far.
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It's a mod of PixOS, correct?
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It's a mod of PixOS, correct?
Yes.
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So can you upload it for us PLEASE ;D
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where can i download this skin...?
have u also a similarlooking hairstyle skin?
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Looks darn good.
Reminded me of iTunes - who's going to make the iTunes clone skin? :)
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So can you upload it for us PLEASE ;D
I'll upload it to my site this afternoon unless I hear complaints from JRiver. I'll post a link to the skin in this thread.
Please be aware that it's only the Mega-Me main interface that is skinned. I don't have access to the "real deal", so getting images for the option windows and such is not possible for me now. If anyone has some screenshots they could donate, I would be appreciative.
Also, I don't want to spend too much time on it considering the SDK is likely to change in the near future. Just the main interface (which is what I use) and the other elements will come into play eventually.
Nila,
This skin should be pretty close (aside from the seperator bars and the list shading). ;)
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Click here (http://home.mindspring.com/~jc2000/images/MC9/metal4.gif) for a picture of the current version.
I've tested it with tonights 204 build and haven't encountered any errors yet ... of course, YMMV.
If you want to download it, you can find it here (http://home.mindspring.com/~jc2000/images/MC9/iTunes.zip). Comments are welcome ...
Due to the universal usage of some colors and buttons, the options windows look rather weird. I'll probably wait to see if any elements will be split apart before uploading an updated version. I'll spend more time trying to tweak the colors, as they look rather weird right now in some cases.
Have fun, and I recommend switching to a "standard" skin when you install any future beta builds as this version may not play "nice".
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JC, looks absolutely amazing. Just what I was looking for!
Keep up the good work and if you need somewhere to host it going forward, just PM me. I'd be happy to do it.
Adam
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Looks amazing. I'll let you know if I have any problems.
One comment would be that the minimize/restore/close buttons would be really cool if they were translucent grey, and then changed to the colors only on mouse over.
-kiwi
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JC,
Thanks again for the skin... while it's missing a few items, I still think it's the best out there!
A few comments, for what little they might be worth:
- The Menu_Back is a little light for my taste... especially considering that there isn't a frame around it. I replaced it with:
(http://pages.sbcglobal.net/scottraymond/Menu_Back.gif)
- The blue scroll bar seems out of place.
- The center lighting on the MainFrame_TopBorder seems a little strong.
Again, a great skin! I'm sure there are a lot of people that appreciate your work - I hope MC will include it in the distribution.
I'm eagerly awaiting the Mini-Me!
Scott-
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The skin looks great! I would like to see the blue scroll bars removed and replaced with something more suiting for the theme (even though it would deviate from the iTunes actual look). I like the above background image for the drop-downs as well. Thanks again!
// AJ
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Quote:
My Photoshop skills are very limited
Man if this is what you make when your skills are limited, I would love to see what you could come up with when you play around a bit more.
The skin is GREAT!!
Thanks,
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I love it!
It looks like iTunes but it does SOOOOOO much more than iTunes could ever dream of doing!
Eat yer hearts out, Mac users. Woot!
Please keep us updated when this'n goes "official" and when there's a matching mini-me. Gots ta have the matching mini-me! Nice work, JC!
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Thanks for the nice responses everyone.
I tried a light gradient with an outline for the menu background initially, but changed it to something more Mac OSX style ... unfortunately, since I have to tile the background with the pattern, I can't have an outline (and no drop shadows like with the Mac). Unless knickelfarz has another trick up his sleeve, I'll probably deviate from the current background to a light gradient with a dark outline.
I tried to make the gridlines in the list blue tinted like iTunes (and to match the scrollbars), but the color MC9 uses is derived from the color of the separator bars. So, to get blue gridlines in the list, I had to have blue seperator bars, which looks awful :(
I may change the buttons to clear (to match the play/pause/ffw/back buttons) and rollover to blue ... then I could change the scrollbars to clear also. This will, of course, have to wait until tonight as I'm at work right now.
I may try a mini-me skin after the GUI changes settle down ... probably won't be for a while though. Much more involved, but if anyone has some interesting ideas, I would appreciate them. Insomniacs have to have something to kill the evenings ;)
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I just noticed that some of the buttons in the plug-in manager are blank. You might want to check that out.
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Wow...that is so awesome!
Count my vote for a Mini-me skin!! MC is in bad need of a good mini-me skin.
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I already have an iTunes mini-me skin. I think it was a WinAmp skin.
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I actually revamped the skin with a few tweaks. When I finish polishing, it should look much better as Adam (from ipodlounge.com) turned me on to an excellent OSX visual style for XP.
Since I can see the windows in action, it helped me a lot in getting the right look for the dialog boxes and such.
Additionally, pestering knickelfarz has been helpful (for me, not him) ;)
I should have something released by the weekend. Although the icons can be changed now, I probably won't change those ... not enough creativity, I suppose :)
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could you pass on the name or location of that visual style for XP? I'd be interested in seeing how it works.
Just wish I had extra money to pony up and get a G5! Too bad it would be pretty much for playing with... can't to development on it, or play games, so it's very hard to justify. But I'd still like one...
At least I can run the VS and pretend (be a poser ;D ).
OT: Does anyone know how to get the scroll bars in Pheonix/Firebird to not be twice as wide when using Visual Styles?
kiwi
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could you pass on the name or location of that visual style for XP? I'd be interested in seeing how it works.
This thread at ipodlounge.com (http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3202) has the information near the bottom. Adam posted a link.
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I personally really like the way the scroll bar and min/max/restore/close icons look in the Graphite mode of that theme. It's much more subtle. Just as a thought for future updates.
kiwi
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How do you install this skin? I went to the skin manager and hit browse. Then I selected the zip file with the itunes skin. MC9 said it installed OK but when I selected the skin, it crashed with only half of the screen showing and no tabs visible to change it back. I ended up having to reinstall. What did I do wrong? ? This is a really cool looking skin and I would love to be able to use it.
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How do you install this skin?
What I did was use WinZip to unzip it to the Skins folder, and the folder info in WinZip put it all in Skins/iTunes. Then I opened MC9 and it had it listed in Mega-Me Skins.
I liked it, but it still needs a bit of work to get rid of the PixOS parts (like the Properties dialog box).
Dan "da Man"
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How do you install this skin? I went to the skin manager and hit browse. Then I selected the zip file with the itunes skin. MC9 said it installed OK but when I selected the skin, it crashed with only half of the screen showing and no tabs visible to change it back. I ended up having to reinstall. What did I do wrong? ? This is a really cool looking skin and I would love to be able to use it.
danstigator
Sorry for the confusion ... I don't know how to create an "install" for the skin (anyone care to help me out?), so what Dan said is correct, just take the iTunes folder in the zip file and put it into your MegaSkins directory.
Dan da Man
I've removed most of the remnants in the current version which I hope to post this weekend. Still a few things to rectify (like the progress bar, radio buttons, etc ...).
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New Screenshot (http://home.mindspring.com/~jc2000/images/MC9/brushed.gif) of the modified skin.
Changes
- Updated maximize, minimize, close buttons on the main window
- Changed scrollbars to a more accurate color
- Updated buttons and dialog boxes to be more usable
- Added border around all menus
- Utilized transparency around the status and search windows for better blending into the main window
- Added checkbox visuals
- Change theme name to "Brushed Metal"
If you want to, you can download it here (http://home.mindspring.com/~jc2000/images/MC9/iTune2.zip).
To install, move the iTune2 folder inside the zip file (and all files inside) into your Media Center/MegaSkins folder. Activate the skin by enabling "Brushed Metal" from the skin manager.
Enjoy ... and if anyone knows how to make an installable skin, I would be appreciative.
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I have winzip at work, so if you like I can get you a exe for it tommorrow.
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I have winzip at work, so if you like I can get you a exe for it tommorrow.
Thanks, but I was really trying to figure out how to make an installable iTune.mjp file. This appears to be the standard installation extension for Media Center, but I don't know how to wrap up my skin into an installable package.
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Nice job JC! Like the fix for the minimize/maximize buttons. Now it matches the visual style! ;)
Like yer album art. ;)
Adam
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JC
to make the files u want do this:
Create a text file
Put this inside of it:
[Package]
Name=iPodSkin
Action=INSTALLSKIN
Url=http://www.musicex.com/mediajukebox/mj_data/skins/iPodSkin.zip
That should do it for u :)
Obviously just replace the name and url with whatever is appropriate.
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Thank you Nila! I'm on my way to work now, but I'll try that.
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"What I did was use WinZip to unzip it to the Skins folder, and the folder info in WinZip put it all in Skins/iTunes. Then I opened MC9 and it had it listed in Mega-Me Skins."
Thanks for the response!
OK so I tried unzipping the itunes2 folder to my desktop and then using Windows explorer to drag it to the Mega-me folder. The itunes folder shows up in the Mega-me folder in explorer, but when I go to the skins manager, it is not available to select as a skin. I also tried unzipping the itunes zip file directly to the Mega-me folder, but to no avail. What am I missing? ?
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It doesn't show up as Itunes...
Do you have one that says brushed metal?
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Yea, that was a little confusing for me too...the itunes2 folder will show up as "Brushed Metal" in the skin select area.
Nice work, even through the early stages, very nice skin.
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It doesn't show up as Itunes...
Sorry for the confusion ... figured the name was a bit too close ... I suppose I should've renamed the folder also.
:(
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After I put the itunes folder in the Mega-me skins folder, nothing new appeared in the skins manager. Only the default skins (Green Eyes, PixOs, Tekno, and Z) are present. Any other ideas?
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BTW, my version of MC is 9.0.180. Could this be the problem? If so, where can I download the newest version?
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danstigator:
I believe this skin will only work w/the new 9.1 beta.
If you're interested in using a beta you can, the link to it is at the top of this board.
I could be wrong about it not working w/9.0.180, but I know it works w/the 9.1 beta.
ADam
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Look in the first thread in the forum... it's the 9.1.x beta thread.
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I downloaded the 9.1x version and it worked like a charm. Thanks to all!!! The skin looks great! ;D
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Nice job JC, skin looks great! :)
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JC, absolutely fantastic work. What font are you using in those screenshots? Is that the standard MC font? I switched away and I would rather use the font you're using but I don't remember what the preset font is.
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Lucida Grande Regular 9 point.
Thanks for the kind words. I'm working on a mini-me version now (30% done) and it will contain the ttf file. If you need it beforehand, just PM me.
Thanks again. Glad you enjoy it.
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JC, it looks great and i think one of the best skins out there
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Love it.
What about a matching Hairstyle theme?
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Hairstyle skins are pretty basic so far. There's not much you can do... I wonder if this will change in the near future.
Scott-
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Hairstyle skins are pretty basic so far. There's not much you can do...
That's why I've decided that I should go ahead and start doing it myself ;)
I'll post it if it ends up looking ok.
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How's that Mine-me coming along JC? Hmmm??
:D :D
Adam
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How's that Mine-me coming along JC? Hmmm??
:D :D
Adam
Adam,
Glad you are still interested ... I spent some time working out some bugs and tweaking the display (as transparency and animation speed were concerns), but if you check this thread (http://www.musicex.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=MediaCenter;action=display;num=1056939845), you will see an early screenshot and I should be posting a new screenshot today.
Additionally, I will probably need some beta testers to confirm the Lucida Grande font is properly installed when installing the mini-me skin. Keep an eye on the mini-me thread. I'll post information over there when I get home from work.
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The skin looks great, especially after I sorted out the fonts and switched on ClearType. One thing I noticed though is shown on the screenshot in the previous post. There is a white horizontal line running through the location bar which looks ugly. I notice that it isn't on the screenshot posted by you JC. Do you know what causes that to appear?
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The skin looks great, especially after I sorted out the fonts and switched on ClearType. One thing I noticed though is shown on the screenshot in the previous post. There is a white horizontal line running through the location bar which looks ugly. I notice that it isn't on the screenshot posted by you JC. Do you know what causes that to appear?
I have the white line also ... I believe it has to do with the way I'm streching the image for the location bar, but haven't spent any time with it to try and fix it. On my computer (1600x1200), it is barely visible, so it hasn't been high on my todo list. I may play around with it some this evening to see if I can remove the effect.
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Hmmm....
using 1280x1024 here and no line.
I tried a few things like changing the font size, also tried it with the lucida grande font, but couldn't make the white line appear. Odd one huh.
This really is a most excellent skin package JC. Thankyou very much for bringing it to us.
-marko
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Updated version here (http://home.mindspring.com/~jc2000/images/MC9/brushed_metal.mjp). (Installable package file ... use "Save Target As ..." then run for Firebird browsers - and possible others).
- Removed white bar through the location bar
- Updated toolbar icons to more appropriate inactive images
- Increase depth of bevel on outside of application
- Other changes I can't recall at this time ;)
Enjoy.
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Finally started this brushed metal hairstyle today :P
Here is where I'm at:
(http://www.guillaumeratel.net/bmhs.jpg):
In list mode:
(http://www.guillaumeratel.net/bmhs2.jpg)
As Scott observed above, hairstyle is still too basic. At this point, there are a few things I wish I could do and that hairstyle doesn't allow yet:
_ increase the alpha blend value for the buttons on the right-hand side in list mode (as you can see it's a little too bright right now)
_ change the font for the buttons, so that I can change the color to something darker and use the Lucida Grande (although I don't know yet if LG would be appropriate for a big size display)
_ display tag infos, so that I can really make use of the big display bar at the top
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Looks good so far,
It'll make a nice tripple set.
MC Should start supporting skin sets soon as well as individual skins - call them 'themes' or something so that we can change them all together :)
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Finally started this brushed metal hairstyle today :P
Very nice ... I wish my computer setup more easily afforded an opportunity to utilize hairstyle. I would love to integrate MC into my home theater system.
Impressive indeed!
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It would also be nice if the menu background stripes were more faded. As dark as they currently are, it's somewhat hard to read the menu text.
Or I guess you could make the menu text a little more bold.
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What happened to that all grey version?
Did it get banned? Is there any where I can take a look at it?
It also had alternating stripes in the library which looked nice.
Cheers.
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What happened to that all grey version?
Did it get banned? Is there any where I can take a look at it?
It also had alternating stripes in the library which looked nice.
Cheers.
It was previously available in this thread ... not sure why the author pulled it. I thought it looked very nice ...
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OK.
Is there any chance of you adding alternating stripes in the library? I think the skin looks great as it is but that striping did look nice ;)
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It was previously available in this thread ... not sure why the author pulled it. I thought it looked very nice ...
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I didn't pull it to be a jerk or anything...
The original "Brushed Metal" skin used a directory under MegaSkins named "Itunes2" or something like that. I manually renamed it to "Brushed Metal", and worked on my grey version of the skin there. And like an idiot, I didn't back the files up.
When I installed the last update to JC's skin, via MJP file, it overwrote all of my files--since the internal directory name had been changed to "Brushed Metal". I had not expected the directory name to change from "Itunes2".
So I have no more grey skin anywhere. Which is too bad, since I had spent a few additional hours working on "standard-looking" scrollbars and such. :-[
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OK.
Is there any chance of you adding alternating stripes in the library? I think the skin looks great as it is but that striping did look nice ;)
Gridline display is defined in the application. Not sure which option as I'm at work right now (no MC9 on my laptop). If you enable the stripes, they will display, even in my skin, but the option to display or not is set within MC9.
I'll post with the exact location when I return home this evening.
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I didn't pull it to be a jerk or anything...
I feel terrible nameless. I'm sorry to have costed you so much work. Perhaps someone that downloaded it still has it and can send it to you?
I wish I had it, but I wiped all my "test skin" directories and went with the defaults to confirm the install file worked properly.
I'm terribly sorry about killing your skin! If anyone has it, could they PM nameless so he can post it again?
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No problem JC, it was careless on my part. No one can send it to me, since I hadn't yet made it available for download (it wasn't quite finished yet, to my mind). The screen shot I posted was a "preview". No biggie. ;)
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Inactive toolbar blend functionality has been added to support build 9.1.214
Installable MJP file here (http://home.mindspring.com/~jc2000/images/MC9/brushed_metal.mjp).
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I'm sorry to hear about your skin getting assimilated, nameless, but I must say that I'm glad folks are shying away from the word "iTunes". Let's just disassociate that copyrighted trademark word as much as we can from MC9, and the skins we post about it.
8)
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Maybe you would like to take a look at the bug thread for 224... I posted a list of obsolete images. You can even remove the "Thumbs.db". ;)
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Finally started this brushed metal hairstyle today :P
I would _love_ to give that hairstyle a whirl, simple or not. I'm looking for something simple for family members, and I've already mimicked the look of the brushed metal skin in myHTPC. Your hairstyle would fit in transparently. Any chance of releasing a beta?
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You'll find a download link in this thread :
http://www.musicex.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=MediaCenter;action=display;num=1058407203;start=0#1
It is still in beta and I don't have time to work on it for the time being. Hope it will work for you though...
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Hello JC
There's no Refresh Button in Action Windows, or whatever it's called, in your skin.
Mats
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Hello JC
There's no Refresh Button in Action Windows, or whatever it's called, in your skin.
Mats
Since the last build, .231 we are talking about the Home Page Button. The house thing in the Action Window.
Mats
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I hope JC doesn't mind but I have taken the liberty of editing the Brushed Metal skin to include the Action Window buttons and also to enlarge the top bar and player caption window so that evrything fits better under the new version. If anyone requires the new graphics and xml file just PM and I will send them to you as I do not know how to create an MJP yet...
Adam
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I hope JC doesn't mind but I have taken the liberty of editing the Brushed Metal skin to include the Action Window buttons and also to enlarge the top bar and player caption window so that evrything fits better under the new version. If anyone requires the new graphics and xml file just PM and I will send them to you as I do not know how to create an MJP yet...
Adam
Plz send them.
Mats
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Inactive toolbar blend functionality has been added to support build 9.1.214
Installable MJP file here (http://home.mindspring.com/~jc2000/images/MC9/brushed_metal.mjp).
WOW JC, you've made a fantastic skin!!! It's that i was looking for... clean and clear with some dots of colors; perhaps I would prefer to add soft colors to main player keys too, but just a sensation of mine.
Many, many thanks!!! ;D
Stebajo
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Adam:
Thanks for doing that. JC seems to be MIA at the moment.
Is there someone out there that could create the MJP file based on Adam's edits?
I'll be happy to host it until we can find JC again. This skin is just too cool.....
Adam (the other Adam that is) :D
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I hope JC doesn't mind but I have taken the liberty of editing the Brushed Metal skin to include the Action Window buttons and also to enlarge the top bar and player caption window so that evrything fits better under the new version. If anyone requires the new graphics and xml file just PM and I will send them to you as I do not know how to create an MJP yet...
Adam
I'm waiting :P
Mats
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Terribly sorry for the hiatus everyone. I've been out of the country for a bit and apparently, I've missed a lot. Thanks to NoCodeUK for updating the skin and of course I don't mind.
I'll be installing the new beta soon and will update the skin to follow. Does the minime skin still work?
Thanks all, hope to have an update soon,
JC
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Hi JC. Good to see you back.... Basically all I did was add support for the Action Window and I also extended the top frame bar and the player bar as they seem to be too small in the new version so its just 2 graphic files changed and the main.xml. I included the action window icons from PixOS rather than design anything new.
matshif
If you want me to send you the files you will have to PM your email address. I have nowhere to store the files so have to send them.
Adam
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Hi JC. Good to see you back.... Basically all I did was add support for the Action Window and I also extended the top frame bar and the player bar as they seem to be too small in the new version so its just 2 graphic files changed and the main.xml. I included the action window icons from PixOS rather than design anything new.
matshif
If you want me to send you the files you will have to PM your email address. I have nowhere to store the files so have to send them.
Adam
I have one in my Profile and you have got an other as a Message in Interact.
Thank you
Mats
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Sorry matshif...nobody else had an email addy in their profiles. I didn't even think to check. I will send you the files as soon as I get home tonight...
Adam
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Sorry matshif...nobody else had an email addy in their profiles. I didn't even think to check. I will send you the files as soon as I get home tonight...
Adam
No hurry. I'm away this night and be back tomorrow 19/8, in the evening. But thanks a lot. Maybe I should remove my e-mail adress in Profile?...since "nobody else had an email addy in their profiles" :-/
Mats
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I guess we are all just a paranoid lot :) I always set my email address to hidden just as a security thing...
Adam
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There are just too many darn "Adam's" here. I'm one of 'em and even I can't follow it all.
Anyway, glad you're back JC!!! :D
We thought we'd lost you there.
Adam (the one from the 'lounge).
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Woot, JC's back in the house!
Glad to see the triumphant return, and aye, you have missed a lot.
I wanted to ask "a skin maker" this question, and, since you make the skin I use most, I figure you can totally answer it. Hehe, ready?
I would LOVE it if I could, on my system, somehow map the normal "minimize" button (top right) to the "activate mini-me" command. That is, I click minimize, and MC snaps into your brushed metal mini-me. Then, if I want to REALLY minimize it, I can use the minimize button on your mini-me (I'm gettin sickka typing "mini" already!).
I dunno if it can be worked into a skin or if it'd be a reg hack or something like that... I'm 100% in the dark, and hoping that y'all know.
Cheers!
-Kurt (also the one from the 'lounge, :D)
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Any luck getting this skin to work with .235 ?
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Any luck getting this skin to work with .235 ?
Maybe NoCodeUK can be so nice and send us a fix for at least .234. I don't think there have been any change in the skin since .234.
Mats
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I forget what I changed now for .235 as I have moved onto doing my own XP Luna skin but I think it is the pane for the action window and the icons. If so I can post them to someone if the have space to serve them...
Adam
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I forget to mention I have also done some iPod rating icons. Thought it would be appropriate for the Brushed Metal look!! I can post those too if anyone wants them...they are an ipod outline which goes white on hover, and the screen light up on click/select...
Adam
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I forget what I changed now for .235 as I have moved onto doing my own XP Luna skin but I think it is the pane for the action window and the icons. If so I can post them to someone if the have space to serve them...
Adam
Please do. And the iPod rating too.
Thanks
PS You have to use the e-mail adress you used before There's nothing at my Profile any longer. Paranoia you know ;)
Mats
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I forget what I changed now for .235 as I have moved onto doing my own XP Luna skin but I think it is the pane for the action window and the icons. If so I can post them to someone if the have space to serve them...
Adam
if you wana quit it to be free for your luna adam.. i don't mind to update Ipod.
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Hi ToMy. Thanks for the offer but my problem is not updating the skin but serving it as I have nowhere to post anything online because my server does not allow remote linking. last time I mailed the new files to verybody but this is obviously not something I would want to do regularly!!
Adam
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Hi ToMy. Thanks for the offer but my problem is not updating the skin but serving it as I have nowhere to post anything online because my server does not allow remote linking. last time I mailed the new files to verybody but this is obviously not something I would want to do regularly!!
Adam
well you can mail the skin zip file to me after updating it and i will hold it in my storage serivce and post it then or i can PV you the link if you do wanna post it yourself... let me know :)
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Thanks Tomy. I will zip it up and send it to you when I get home from work tonight. Thanks for all your help, it is very much appreciated...
Adam
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Not sure if anyone is having problems hosting this, but I'd like to offer to host it as well.
Does anyone have it in an .mjp file yet?
The Other Adam ;)
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So any news about this ?
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So any news about this ?
So then we are at least two waiting.
Maybe, NoCodeUK already is celebrating the Bank Holiday.
Mats
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Hey guys calm down!! I was working all day and setting up a concert tonight...I do have life outside of MC, I know its hard to believe ;D I will send the files to somebody and they can host them...
Adam
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K I have zipped up the files. If somone gives me details to send it to them for hosting then I will and you can all access it. Freeservers really sucks!!
Adam
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Adam:
I've PM'd you w/my email address.
The other Adam.
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K I have zipped up the files. If somone gives me details to send it to them for hosting then I will and you can all access it. Freeservers really sucks!!
Adam
Is it possible to find the link here in this Forum or what? Maybe I don't understand you.
Mats
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Is it possible to find the link here in this Forum or what? Maybe I don't understand you.
Mats
It will be possible once ashawley has added it to his web space. Patience ;)
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Thanks JLee...it's a virtue guys ;D
I have mailed the files to Adam so as soon as they are up on his webspace you can all sownlaod them :) Enjoy!! Also my luna skin should hopefully have a beta available this weekend. If y'all could give me some comments that would be much appreciated...Cheers all. Sorry for the delay.
Adam
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It will be possible once ashawley has added it to his web space. Patience ;)
That's great. Your are fantastic in your work guys.
Thanks
Mats
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Please please please ?
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Listening to: 'Please, Please, Please' from '20 All-Time Greatest Hits' by 'James Brown' on Media Center 9.1
lol :D
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I have sent this to Adam. I am not sure of the details of the link to the files on his server. Adam??
Adam
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I have sent this to Adam. I am not sure of the details of the link to the files on his server. Adam??
Adam
Have some space on our server. Could place it if you want to. I'll send you my mail adress.
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Email me the files..
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Seems hard to get this skin in the air :P
Come on. I'm sorry I can't help you.
I must say that those of you, working with the skins are doing a fantastic jobb. ToMy, NoCodeUK, JC, DJ Hazelwood, kickelfarz, nameless and many more.
Thank you so much.
Mats
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Adam seems to be away. Can't do more than offer my server. But I don't get the files.
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Sorry guys. I don't know what has happened to Adam. He appears to have taken the files and done a runner ;D I had deleted the archive from my system but will repackage them and send them to Fex.
Adam
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Adam - I think this is just a ploy to create more excitement and suspense prior to the big unveiling.
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I sent them to Fex...honest I did!! Don't say he's done a runner now too :)
Adam
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I sent them to Fex...honest I did!! Don't say he's done a runner now too :)
Adam
Master skinner ToMy00's yer man.
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Okay....for some reason the files did not get through to Fex. I have now sent them to knickelfarz and he will host them. When he has put them up I will post a link. Please understand that I cannot email the files out to everybody as this would take me too long. Sorry for all the problems but this should be sorted very soon. Thanks for understanding...
Adam
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Okay....for some reason the files did not get through to Fex. I have now sent them to knickelfarz and he will host them. When he has put them up I will post a link. Please understand that I cannot email the files out to everybody as this would take me too long. Sorry for all the problems but this should be sorted very soon. Thanks for understanding...
Adam
<sarcasm>
What?! I'm supposed to wait more than 1 second for people to give away the fruits of their labor? That is teh sux0rz!
< /sarcasm>
Seriously: my respects to all the folks who donate their time and effort toward some pretty sweet skins.
:)
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So up to now we have involved JC, NoCodeUK, Ashawley, Fex and at last Knickelfarz.
There's only ToMy left.
Well, well......... ::)
Mats
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Good News!! Knickelfarz now has the files uploaded to his server!! He has also updated it to work with 241!! The man is a machine ;D Here are the links:
Screenshot (http://www.futurehome.de/mc/skins/brushed_metal/Screenshot.jpg)
Install Brushed Metal Skin (http://www.futurehome.de/mc/skins/brushed_metal/Brushed Metal.mjp)
Enjoy!
Adam
PS Special thanks to knickelfarz for his help and for hosting the files!!
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The man is a machine
Mmh, actually I'm a lazy slowpoke... not what you may think about Krauts ;)
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Good News!! Knickelfarz now has the files uploaded to his server!! He has also updated it to work with 241!! The man is a machine ;D Here are the links:
Screenshot (http://www.futurehome.de/mc/skins/brushed_metal/Screenshot.jpg)
Install Brushed Metal Skin (http://www.futurehome.de/mc/skins/brushed_metal/Brushed Metal.mjp)
Enjoy!
Adam
PS Special thanks to knickelfarz for his help and for hosting the files!!
Thanks to both of for a fast jobb. ;)
I'm not at home when I see the news above, but I have downloaded the file and sent it home.
I'll be back with comments tonight or tomorrow.
Take care
Mats
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Looks great. I'm not too excited about the iPod icons for the rating though (just reminds me that I DON'T have an iPod :'( ). But overall, a very nice job.
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Wow. I love the brushed metal and the color in the status bar and display area goes really well.
I echo the point about the ratings icons - they are just not easy on the eye for me. Also I'm just not sure about the blue highlight and scroll bars and the white background. This just doesn't seem to fit with the 'metal' look. I think a subtle silvery background would look better. I'm using E8E8E8 for tree and list background. I would change the AW to match but can't figure out how.
I wouldn't change the blue scroll bars to silver 'cos that would be too much silver / grey. I can't think what would be best - something subtle that goes with metal better than bright blue!
Great skin, Thanks for all your hard work. It was worth the wait.
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Looks great. I'm not too excited about the iPod icons for the rating though (just reminds me that I DON'T have an iPod :'( ). But overall, a very nice job.
Just copy the following gif in your folder called "C:\Programs\Media Center\MegaSkins\Brushed Metal 241" overwriting the existing one. You'll get the stars back.
http://www.fex.ch/List_Rating.gif
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Just copy the following gif in your folder called "C:\Programs\Media Center\MegaSkins\Brushed Metal 241" overwriting the existing one. You'll get the stars back.
http://www.fex.ch/List_Rating.gif
Cool thanks,
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I'm not a flake, really I'm not!!! :D
Sorry, guys. I was on vacation for the week and was out of the 'net loop.
And to prove it.... :)
I've hosted the Skin (http://www.home.earthlink.net/~ashawley01/brushed_metal.mjp) as well.
Adam
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Cheers guys. The ipod rating icons were just a bit of wimsey...I changed them because I could!! Any other changes should be down to JC. I only made it possible to work with the action window it is his skin otherwise...
Adam
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I want to thank everyone who worked together on the skin to get it functional (and looking very nice) with the newer versions of Media Center. With my current situation, I will not be able to devote the time to skin modifications as fast as the interface is changing.
The effort put forth here illustrates the wonderful community of users JRiver has going for it. I hope that I will be able to contribute in just a small way in the future, but my current schedule leaves little time for these types of activities.
Thanks again for everyone's effort on this. The skin looks excellent!
JC
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JC, we miss ya, hope to see you back in action here in the near future.
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OOh - what a nice skin. :)
Glad to see it works with the latest builds too.
Sorry you got no free time JC - I know that feeling!
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I have 9.1 and the brushed metal skin. it looks great!
But for some reason I can't activate the "visualization" part at all. It shows that I have visualizations selected but nothing shows up (the pane doesn't even show up) Anyone know why?
Cheers!
-pet
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You need to be in Playing Now and then it's possible that the splitter is all the way at the top of the right window. Look for two tiny triangles or try to drag it down.
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Ah that's got it, thanks!
The "Playing now" miniwindow is to the lower left, but you have to actually click on it's titlebar somehow before the mode switches.
Cheers!
-pet
:D
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Hi!
As JC and NoCodeUK didn't had the time to do it, I updated the skin to work with build 246 (also made some small fixes)...
Install Brushed Metal Skin for MC 9.1.246 (http://www.futurehome.de/mc/skins/brushed_metal/BrushedMetal246.mjp) (Will not overwrite older versions)
Enjoy ;)
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knickel:
Thanks for doing that! Not sure if you've got the time, but is there any chance of maybe updating the mini-me skin? I see now that right-click menus are black.
Also, (and this is asking for a lot)...one of the features I really dug about the mini-me skin was the fade-in and fade-outs of the hover on the Play buttons. Any chance of getting that added to the Mega me. ;D
Adam
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Not sure if you've got the time, but is there any chance of maybe updating the mini-me skin? I see now that right-click menus are black.
Not in the next few weeks, but maybe later if nobody else does it ;)
...one of the features I really dug about the mini-me skin was the fade-in and fade-outs of the hover on the Play buttons. Any chance of getting that added to the Mega me
This is not supported by MEGA-ME yet... Maybe it will be introduced with MC10... who knows... ;)
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Is it just me, or did the 9.1.260 build break the Brushed Metal Mini-Me skin?
Basically, the equalizer and viz windows are undocked from the main window. There seems to be no way to move them back to be adjacent to the main window, and moving one of the open windows moves the other.
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Try deleting the state.xml file from the Brushed mini-me folder. Make sure you're in MEGA-ME when you do that. Then switch back to the mini-me skin. It should revert back to the default settings. It does work fine here with .260
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Try deleting the state.xml file from the Brushed mini-me folder. Make sure you're in MEGA-ME when you do that. Then switch back to the mini-me skin. It should revert back to the default settings. It does work fine here with .260
I re-installed the Brushed mini-me skin, that did the trick. No problems. (re-installing probably re-set the state.xml file)
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I can't find Brushed Mini skin.
Please
Mats
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I can't find Brushed Mini skin.
Please
Mats
The Brushed Metal Mini-Me skin is here:
http://home.mindspring.com/~jc2000/images/MC9/brushed.mjp
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Thanks gpvillamil
Mats
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whats the latest working link for both the mega-me and the mini me skins?
Thanks!
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Ditto, for the latest link to the skin.
Also, are the track backgrounds in the list alternating colors in the latest version? I find it much easier to read through, than those where it is just one solid color. If it's not, is there any easy way to modify the xml to set the tracks to alternate colors?
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Hi!
As JC and NoCodeUK didn't had the time to do it, I updated the skin to work with build 246 (also made some small fixes)...
Install Brushed Metal Skin for MC 9.1.246 (http://www.futurehome.de/mc/skins/brushed_metal/BrushedMetal246.mjp) (Will not overwrite older versions)
Enjoy ;)
This seems to be the most up-to-date d'load atm (thnx knickelfarz).
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Very strange. I think that I'm going to have to do an uninstall/reinstall with my laptop. On my desktop, I get nice alternating colors for the lines... on the laptop... no go... Weird.
kiwi
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Kiwi,
You probably need to turn on grid lines in your MC preferences. That fixed the alternating lines for me.
BG
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Perfect!!!
thanks blueglow. I wonder how that ever got turned off.
kiwi
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Hi,
I tried using the mini-me skin and when I right click on it, the context menu background color is black and I can barely make out the text which is a darkish gray. FYI....
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Yeah hakuin, I had the same problem.
I'm no skinner (as you'll soon see) but I at least was able to make the menus show up better. They still are ugly though...
Installable Mini-Me Brushed Metal (http://www.home.earthlink.net/~ashawley01/mini_brushed.mjp)
Adam
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Nice....thanks!
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Since I've been asked for it, I'll paste the link to my mod of JC's skin in this thread:
I've actually also modified JC's mega-me (this time plundering the blue steel skin...). It matches the PN well. Here is a screenshot:
(http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/gr37/brushed246b.jpg)
You can download it here : http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/gr37/brushedmetal246b.zip (http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/gr37/BrushedMetal246b.zip)
(If anyone can tell me how to make a skin install file, I'll gladly replace the zip...)
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While I'm at it, here is the link to the Playing Now skin I made to match the Mega-Me (thanks to Drowbe for the inspirational model! ;))
I've plundered Drowbe's work on the [banned] playing now and JC's great brushed metal skins. I mixed them together and here is the result:
(http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/gr37/brushedpn.jpg)
You can get it here http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/gr37/BrushedMetal.zip (http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/gr37/BrushedMetal.zip)
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This is great! How do I install the Playing now skkin?
S
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never mind. I figured it out.
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Anybody able to work on a MC10 version?
ADam
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I put together a similar skin based on JC's work, JRiver's own metal skin, and the now default "Blue Steel." I just tweaked it to be happy with v10
It's in the forums under a post entitled "Newly remixed Skin"
here's a screenshot:
http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~knight/Armor.jpg