Blue3: please add a more "professional" touch... (1 Viewer)

[Spragleknas]

The B3 retro skin has its own thread, so please don't crosspost.

 

[User 04]

Apologies

 

[User 04]

See,

Blue3 Retro - Page 2 - MediaPortal Forum,

for information on using the skins with RC4.

I hope this is not considered crossposting, if it is, please let me know .

 

[Bleazle]

...In my opinion the Blue3 layout in general is nice, but a bit too colourful which gives a very childish touch to the overall layout....

Hi all

I agree with the theme of this thread - the animations and work that has gone into Blue 3 are great and deserve A LOT of credit but the default skins look childish imho (having said that I've got to say that I admire the skills of the graphic artist(s) who came up with the Mepo images, even if I don't like them!)

I've spent a lot of time (and money) on developing my HTPC and I want it to look like a high end system, because it is one I've tried all of the skins I liked the look of and the ones I liked the most were Foofaraw and Xface (I'm not so keen on XFace now but I'm looking forward to seeing what the new version will be like)

So I finally decided to take the bull by the horns and have a go at throwing a skin together that suited what I was looking for, being:
1. Minimalist, professional looking design- very few colours and concise graphics
2. The animation effects I liked in Foofaraw
3. The animation effects I like in Blue3
4. No Meepo!

Here's what I came up with:

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Up-to-date pics plus a link to the latest release: https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/skins-50/bleazle-skin-49456/

I set out to make this skin just for my own use but once it started to look OK I figured I should upload it in case anyone else was looking for the same sort of thing. I'd read this thread a while ago and thought that some of the people that posted here might want to have a look at it.

This skin is based on the RC4 release of Blue 3. Big props go out to Harley and all of the other skinners & graphic artists who really know how to make this stuff!!

Dave