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Windows => Third Party Plug-ins, Programs, and Skins => Topic started by: gappie on April 27, 2010, 08:04:35 am

Title: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: gappie on April 27, 2010, 08:04:35 am
still a lot to do, but wanted to try something new..
skinning is fun

(http://www.gappie.nl/fotos/CoverMountain.jpg)


 8)
gab
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: prod on April 27, 2010, 08:37:52 am
Lovely!
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: Mr ChriZ on April 27, 2010, 08:39:02 am
Like!
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: kurushi on April 27, 2010, 10:32:38 am
Funny XD

Btw what is this view at the right?
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: gappie 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  :)

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
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: marko 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
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: gappie 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
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: marko 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.
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: AoXoMoXoA on April 28, 2010, 07:04:08 am
Interesting skin Gappie, any idea when you will post one for download?

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.
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: gappie on April 28, 2010, 07:46:01 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
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: JimH on April 28, 2010, 08:13:46 am
... today i made the birds fly, added some lightning and turned the day turn night ...

and on the 7th day gappie rested.
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: gappie on April 28, 2010, 08:19:24 am
and on the 7th day gappie rested.
;D
that gives some ideas for a name too. although, its not an apple tree.

 :)
gab
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: gappie on April 28, 2010, 05:31:56 pm
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
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: dbalkunjr 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
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: kurushi on May 07, 2010, 11:47:35 am
Hi Gappie in the preview it seems that the skin is growing good job^^
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: gappie 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.  8)

 :)
gab
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: kurushi on June 06, 2010, 06:39:45 am
Lol i haven't noticed the buzzy bee for the seek bar I LOVE IT  :D
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: chirpp 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?
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: kurushi on June 09, 2010, 04:37:38 pm
gappie haven't released it yet he need to polish it before to release.
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: chirpp 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!
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: gappie on June 10, 2010, 05:17:46 am
thanks for the interest... im still playing around. trying different icons and stuff.  8)
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
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: kurushi on June 11, 2010, 03:58:02 am
Thx Gappie for sharing.
Nice job with the Cover view icon! 8)
I 'll test it i haven't so much time now.
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: kurushi 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:)
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: chirpp on June 14, 2010, 10:31:49 am
Thank you for sharing!  I will play!
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: Ekpen 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
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: gappie 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
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: chirpp 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!
Title: Re: The tree is a Tree (working on a new skin)
Post by: gappie 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