New Skinelements in ThumbnailPanel (1 Viewer)

[Bavarian]

Hi Skinners,

from SVN 23486 on you have a new feature in ThumbnailPanel to play with.

ThumpnailPanel now has Frames.

The SkinEngiene is painting the Frames in front of the Thumbs.

The new skinning elements are:

<control>
[INDENT]<type>thumbnailpanel</type>
...
[B]<showFrame>[COLOR="RoyalBlue"]true[/COLOR]</showFrame>
<frameNoFocus>[COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Thumb_Frame_NoFocus.png[/COLOR]</frameNoFocus>
<frameFocus>[COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Thumb_Frame_Focus.png[/COLOR]</frameFocus>[/B]
...
[/INDENT]
 </control>

Here are one example of this new feature:

Currently myMusic is looking like this:



Now you are able to round the corners with the new feature, like this:




I hope to see a lot of new frames in your up comming skins.

 

[Spragleknas]

Looks great!

Details like these makes a major improvement of the "look and feel" for skins.

(given )

 

[emphatic]

How is this different from before? Does it mean that you can have real transparency directly around these images, or do these frames have to be the same color as the background (like some skinners has done in the past)?

Thanks!
Emph

 

[Bavarian]

Hi Emph,

let me start with the definition of one panel item:

"Old" ThumbnailPanel draws:
1) Folder
2) Thumb


"New" ThumbnailPanel draws:
1) Folder
2) Thumb
3) Frames

In other words, the skin engine is drawing first the Folder, then on top the Thumb and then on top the Frame.
This means that some parts of the Frames need transparency otherwise you will not be able to see the Thumbs.

 

[Spragleknas]

I don't think you understand the question (or I did not understand the answer ).

Is the "cut off" in the rounded corners (now seen as blue) the background (ie. background.png), or just part of the frame image containing the same colour as the background to "disguise" it?

 

[Bavarian]

The "cut off" in the rounded corners are part of the frame image containing the same color as the background to "disguise" it.

 

[Spragleknas]

Ah... so not what emphatic was hoping for, I guess. This won't work if you use advanced background or fanart then...

 

[joostzilla]

Ah... so not what emphatic was hoping for, I guess. This won't work if you use advanced background or fanart then...

I agree, what we really need is a mask. The frame on top still has some nice design possibilities though. Focus glow, highlights etc.
Btw why cant we have masks. The thumbmask works fine in filmstrip. Why not for thumbnail panels?

 

[Harley]

...works perfekt !



Many thanks to Bavarian !

Greetings Harley

 

[Harley]

Ah... so not what emphatic was hoping for, I guess. This won't work if you use advanced background or fanart then...

That will be no big problem, if you use a smal border arround that covers the edges, you can use it also with advanced backgrounds or fanart.

Greetings Harley