ORIGINAL THREAD (OLD): About the X-Factor Skin (3 Viewers)

[Rico]

Cul8er

Looks Great man

i should also use the dvd cover in mp tv series if i was you and in the video OSD

then you have all the same dvd cover


if you need anymore graphics files i can always search for you if you need them
just send me a pm then with what you need


keep up the good work

Br

Rico

 

[cul8er]

Hi,

TVSeries and osd updated

cheers
cul8er

 

[emphatic]

Nice! You really should remove the cover reflection in the TV-Series now though as the cover is now "floating" like that.

Emph

 

[cul8er]

Updated all common now playing images (moving picture, tvseries and weather).

 

[edterbak]

Hi cul8er,

About the games in your skin. I already mentioned things about this earlier on, and I think you have made a couple of changes already.
When I look for instance at sudoku, I must say it looks extremely nice. But, (sorry, there is always a but) it seems to me that difficult to read from a distance. Dark numbers on a reasonably shaded background. I think the playabillity can be improved if numbers are bigger and the contrast is bigger between background and game/numbers.

Side Question: Is it possible to build in an option to let the user determine the size of the gamescreen/font size itself from within MP?? Could be helpfull. Some people have <32" screens and some have 50"+. Makes a huge difference.

Again, I realy like the concept/approach you are taking with this skin. I wil most certainly use it

 

[AIstudio]

Hi cul8er,

Boy has this skin moved along since you first started it. Seems to be going VERY well indeed

Just one thing that niggles me though. The white line that goes under the DVD boxart in various views.
I have attached a picture with it circled. To me it just looks off and doesn't really fit with the rest of the design? Your main screen menu has a box and the background passes straight behind, instead of having a cutout (That would be the way to go for me). No cutout, just straight across the back, maybe its just me.

Good to see the progression and I hope that it will be put together, all working, soon

Regards

Kev

 

[dyamant]

Can i load this nice skin anywhere ??

 

[cul8er]

Hi,

AIstudio;
I agree that this cutout isn't that good. I will see what I can do to improve. Do you have an example (mockup)?

dyamant;
This skin is running on my HTPC but is not yet released as some plugins are not yet supported. I'll release as soon as those "last" skin files are finished.

edterbak;
I agree but unfortunatelly I'm stuck in getting the fonts bigger. I have put a question on the skin page but no answers so far... Keep my fingers crossed.

cheers
cul8er

 

[Rico]

nice work cul8er


with the updated skin files

 

[AIstudio]

Hi cul8er,
with regards to

Do you have an example (mockup)?

do you have the un-flattened file for the moving_pictures_listview ?
Also what drawing package are you using?
You can pm me the file if you like and I will mock up what I mean
Regards

Kev