Front-row (pdm Skin Mod) Options

[Sharpe]

The custom icons you use have a bigger canvas size than the actual image within - ie transparent space all around the image - The way it's coded, In order for it to look "right" it needs to be all image with no space around it.


This post has been edited by Sharpe: Sep 24 2007, 07:14 AM

[maximusoctavious]

I understand.

[maximusoctavious]

Can u create a toggle button, to go back to all black screen while viewing my media? The way it was before the update? This way I can still use my cover view. I really like it. The all black background allowed for this. Thank you. Sorry to bother..

[maximusoctavious]

I added this to my video pics, to go with the now showing feature.

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/9915/shootercd1tg3.png

[djdafreund]

Hey thanks for the new updates. Man, it's looking REALLY good, loving the views too!!! Very nice blend of everything. Starting to look kind of proffesional. Using it now on my xbox in my theater already, possibly perminantly now with the beautiful added views in that room, now that it all perfectly matches.

Thank you sir, and keep up the great work. Hard work never goes un-noticed with me. GREAT JOB!!

[djdafreund]

Shoot, missed the window to edit. 2 things i forgot, after playing around more with it. 1, I would like to see the 'Feature Presentation' low res. snapshot get removed, ruins the whole quality of the skin. 2, Move the on screen info when playing a video more to the top instead of to the right side and about 3/4 to the top. Seems very out of place. Or at least AT the top, and centered. Volume looks fine currently. I also noticed (looking at my LCD display) that it's showing 0-1MB freemem when using "ICONS" view, and around 6-7MB when using "BIG ICONS" view. I mention this in case, i didn't notice other skins getting quite this low. I'll double-check though.

Idea's to replace the "Feature Presentation"
1- Noticed using a bad,low-res animated pic, maybe you could replace with a film,"(3). . (2). . (1). .,blackscreen" effect like a black screen showing the 3-2-1 countdown til a movie starts. Lower res wouldn't look that bad since it's already low detail with that going on.

or

2- Have the semi screen look currently still there, but have it fade to black, then switch to the chosen menu. (similar to showing the screen, like current but without the Feat.Pres. picture showing up, and then having the screen turn dark like the lights are going dark in theater.)

Some idea's to think about at least.

This post has been edited by djdafreund: Sep 25 2007, 07:07 AM

[maximusoctavious]

"QUOTE"Idea's to replace the "Feature Presentation"...

NO WAY! This feature is what makes it stand out more. The 3-2-1 feature has been used time & time again in other skins like unleashX. Maybe a little more higher res though. The skin is amazing.

[djdafreund]

1st, it hasn't been used time and time again, 2nd, unleashx ISN'T a skin. Ouch. It doesn't blend with everything else, due to the quality, and the way it does it.

This post has been edited by djdafreund: Sep 25 2007, 09:04 AM

[maximusoctavious]

1st, wrong! I used to make skins for unleashX. 2nd know what your talking about before you say something.

[djdafreund]

in other skins LIKE unleashX.

Umm, who's words were these? Your need to know what your talking about. Your the one that said it. Read it again before you talk the walk. If you meant the wrong thing, then fine, but YOU called unleashx a SKIN, so yes i DO know exactly what i'm talking about. Maybe you MEANT to say "skins FOR unleashx", which would've been correct, but you didn't, hense the reason why i called you out on YOUR exact words. Don't cut others down for a simple mistake on your end. I was simply joking about you calling it a skin. ALSO, who WOULD care about how many skins for unleashx that have that when this is XBMC forums? Back to the topic now please

This post has been edited by djdafreund: Sep 25 2007, 03:52 PM

[competes2win]

1st, wrong! I used to make skins for unleashX. 2nd know what your talking about before you say something.

I've never seen a 3-2-1 countdown in an unleashx skin before... maybe give us an example of all these skins? and even still thats not the issue here. Don't need to always get in fights, the main issue here is a disagreement about the "feature presentation" ... I personally dislike it and agree with djdafreund. the Back-row skin is an otherwise amazing skin, but when you go from an amazing looking skin to basically a low res animated screen shot that visually has nothing at all to do with the skin's appearance it, in my opinion detracts from the skin.... maybe upscale the rez for the picture and make it visually more similiar to the rest of the skin so that it's not like a foreign object in an otherwise great skin...

Personally, I do think the 3-2-1 would be great... maybe an opening of the curtains to reveal that oldschool grainy black and white 3-2-1 animation.

[Sharpe]

Yeah I agree it does look out of place - to be honest I only put it in there because I was so surprised that gifs worked at all and I was all excited

I've done something else to replace it and kind of gone for a movie trailer green classification screen thingy that appears over the white screen.

I did try a countdown style gif but I thought that looked just a cheesy as the Feature presentation gif. But you never know I might alter it again.

[djdafreund]

That's sounds cool (green thing), or even just have it kind of look like the screens turning black to ready for the movie. (lights going out.) Anyway, looks great, and thanks again for your skin. Lovin' it.

[Garage Battle]

I cant download the skin off of that 4share thing, keeps sending me in a loop.

Could you please host it on a less malware/spyware infested site. Thanks!

[maximusoctavious]

Yes, it was a typo. Unx is a dash. I have created skins in the past using the 123 method. Here is one I just made for the xbmc. lo res example. Also the skins I made arn't for download, either are the ones I paid for before learning to do it myself from "BOA".

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/7688/featureru6.gif