probably all you actually need to do is make a logo, name it mc360_logo.png and put it in the skins media dir.

but, i edited 'custom1112_GamesHome.xml' and 'Home.xml'to look for mine.

heres how:

search for mc360_logo in each xml and comment/replace it with your logo name. Place your created logo in xbmc/skin/MC360/media/ and reboot. voila.


awesome skin blackbolt, thanks

for the new build you'll find the logo for the extras blade in 'custom1113_ExtrasHome.xml'

Yummy, dimensions?

Dont Work. think you need to put it in to an xpr for it to work

yeah it does, just triple checked it. works perfect. what doesnt work is just replacing the the logo (as per suggestion/guess^^) seems the xbe will check for skin xprs before straight files of same name. no big, doesnt load any slower....

myMC360_logo.png
custom_MC360_logo.png
1MC360_logo.png
etc.png
etc.png
etc...

Thanks

seems animated gifs work fine too








man I love this skin

I suppose a button rollover would be better than an animated.gif, but since my coding skills blow...

What are the max dimensions for a custom logo?

The max dimensions of the logo isthe max resolution of your screen..
So there is no max.. but when the logo fills the whole screen, I think it isn't very functional..

been workingon a few .gif(s) found out how come gif endup broken when trying to use them in xbmc.. its due to color "use 8bit color and all is good..! well sofar..! just thought i would throw that out to you guys!

gasclown: very nice

as for gifs. animated gifs will use memory. Really i don't see why you feel you have to change it any way. Other then the fact is you wanted to see that you could.

As for your comment, the XPR will load faster (probley really not noticable0
because they are in a more native format for 'DirectX on the Xbox'.

gasclown: very nice

as for gifs. animated gifs will use memory. Really i don't see why you feel you have to change it any way. Other then the fact is you wanted to see that you could.

As for your comment, the XPR will load faster (probley really not noticable0
because they are in a more native format for 'DirectX on the Xbox'.

This doesn't mean just make a xpr with your custom logo and wallpaper

I've added custom logos ready for next release... pick and choose your own

.gif will use up ram.. but at the same time its fun to have.. i know its useless but fun..

I have some questions about the custom logos. what is the original size of the blackbolt logo? Also if i wanted to replace the BB logo with mine how would i do it where i didnt have the white surrounding the image?

Say i have a camera logo for the images, surrounding the image is a white square. I ran it through photoshop and turned it into a transparent gif but it still has the boarder. would i need to turn it into a png like the original?

EDIT: ok i figured out how to get the clear background, now i need to know what the original size is. thanks.

the logo size is defined in the same script yr editing at 128x128. seems the logo needs to be made like below without any further script change:

I have the newest T3CH and MC360 build, but I cant find this option. Can you plz tell me what I have to do?
TIA.

It didn't work. I did everything you said.

try again then, cos it does work, the orange blades' logo can now be found in 'custom1113_OrangeHome.xml' which makes a lotta sense atm. team Bb could lock these down if they wanted to but seems theyre cool bout such things

thanks again for the awesome skin team blackbolt

Preview:



Install instructions

Get the logo: download.

1. Transfer these files from your PAL dir to your PC:
   • custom1112_GamesHome.xml
   • custom1113_OrangeHome.xml
   • Home.xml
   And make a backup of them.
2. open the first file in notepad, and search for MC360 Logo
   after that edit the <width>, <height> and <texture> tags, and replace them with the folowing information:
   
   CODE
   <width>128</width>
   <height>85</height>
   <texture>xbmc_logo.png</texture>
   
   
   The complete logo_code will be like this:
   CODE
   
   <control>
       <description>MC360 Logo</description>
       <type>image</type>
       <posx>428</posx>
       <posy>89</posy>
       <width>128</width>
       <height>85</height>
       <texture>xbmc_logo.png</texture>
       <visible>!Control.HasFocus(1) + !Control.HasFocus(2)</visible>
       <animation effect="fade" time="100">WindowOpen</animation>
   </control>
   
   
3. Repeat these steps for the other 2 xml's
4. Transfer the xbmc_logo.png to your \skin\MC360\media\ folder
5. Transfer the three XML files back to your PAL dir, overwrite the old files
6. Tell me if you like it.

Have fun.

MotoMod......

Just got the game blade done so far.....workin long hours

Check it out:

1) Configurable Skin logo.....moved MC360 logo to the bottom and replaces with skin logo
Just add skin_logo.png to media folder

2)Configurable color labels....for light or white themes

3)Configurable description display....for a cleaner look

this screeny doent have a skin logo.....



Let know what ya'll think, and I'll finish it up and post it!

m0t0fo

^^^^

Good idea! I hate how any logo covers the wallpaper.

And custom BG colors? Awesome!

I hate how you cant see the highlighted text in file explorer. Changing that blade to a blue would be more ideal!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh yeah great idea on removing the logos..they useless anyway and make things look cluttered.

post your files !!

Thank you gasclown!
Works like a charm!

I love how you moved the logo to the bottom middle! Share how you did it, please?

Nevermind.. figured it out... eventually...

And to those who say it doesn't work:
Remember to put your custom logo in the skin\media folder, not the xbmc\media folder. Thats what I did the first time I tried. Oops..

I just did the simple XBMC 360 Logo, but the font is stretched upwards and looks very bad.. How do I make the font look normal as it does from my computer? I use Photoshop and the font size is 30pt.

Here quake is the one you saw in my pictures.

You can also use pics from the old skins that had png images. I used some from the older tigerblue from xbox-skins.net. Someone in an earlier post said it took him hours. I had this done in about 10 minutes. Follow the direction in one of the post above. Copy your png images to the media folder. Rename them and change the name in the xml. That's it. You can even leave the dimensions the same. Here are some pics from mine skin with some of my personal custom background pics.

Here I made the images change with the tab. Check it out. I can post how to do it if anyones interested.

Hell Ya Im Interested, That Looks Awesome Great Job.
Post some Files PLEASE

jonboy666

First you need some .png photo files. You can go to http://www.xbox-skins.net/ and get these or if your good, just make your own. I got mine from that site. I'll use one for example. On the skins website, browse to xbmc skins. Go to about page 8 and find the Tiger Blue XL skin and download. Browse to the media folder and there will be a list of .pngs. Copy the media folder to your computer. Now you can just go in and browse as thumbnails. Take the ones you want to use and put them in you c:/skin/m360/media folder. You can rename them to whatever you like.

Next transfer these files from your c:/skin/mc360/PAL directly to your PC:

* custom1112_GamesHome.xml
* Home.xml

I'll use Home.xml as the example. First for both of the files you need to delete the mc360 logo.



Delete the entire code above. Next scroll down until you see the code below.

This is where you will add code. Copy and paste the same code right below it. It will look like so.

Then edit what you copy and pasted to look like code below. You can play around with the width and height of the .png to make it look perfect.

To change your png just change this to whatever your png is.
Repeat above steps with the following:
*<description>Music description Multiline</description>
*<description>Pictures description Multiline</description>
*<description>Video description Multiline</description>
and so on. The only one you can't do (or I haven't figured out is the mc360 guide).

You'll repeat the same steps in the custom1112_GamesHome.xml.
The only difference between the 2 is that you'll need to change the <posx>463</posx> to <posx>428</posx> in the custom1112_GamesHome.xml. Hope I didn't confuse anyone too much. Have fun with this. Be sure to make a backup of the original xmls just in case you delete or add something wrong.

need to add <control> after the first
[code]<description>Music description Multiline</description>
<type>label</type>
<posx>425</posx>
<posy>205</posy>
<width>210</width>
<height>200</height>
<wrapmultiline>true</wrapmultiline>
<include>19091</include>
<font>font14</font>
<textcolor>FF000000</textcolor>
<include>shadow-grey</include>
<visible>Control.HasFocus(5) + !Control.HasFocus(1) + !Control.HasFocus(2)</visible>
<animation effect="fade" time="100">WindowOpen</animation>
</control>

Thanks for the guide dhrandy1,

I've made some adjustments and here's my result,



Download here

The game screen is also adjusted.

Nice job. Looks good. Just a note, if anyone else wants to change the pics, just rename and copy it to the media folder. Then it will load. I'll try to upload mine later today. It'll be easy for the people to make there's look like mine. I'm just on lunch right now.

i love this mod, im just trying to fool my friends that i have a 360 on my xbox so i added a 360 logo

Here are the files for my logo change. I have also included some extra png files and instructions in the download. Enjoy.

Download

faster90,

i like that idea! it looks very nice!

Please ,Reseed this file in other site, this site is slow down and errors report.
Thanks !!!!

Here are the files for my logo change. I have also included some extra png files and instructions in the download. Enjoy.

More links, if one don't work, try the next.

Download
Download
Download
Download

Thanks Dhrandy1, and congratulations for the good work!!!!

How does one move the logo to the bottom center? I think that's awesome, more room for wallpaper! Please explain. thanks

Just change the posx and posy. You have to mess around with it until you get it right. Make sure you backup the originals.

Let the posx and posy be the default.
Create a new 128 * 128 canvas.
cut your target picture and paste it into the above canvas ... Later adjust the postion...[easier than changing the values]

Hyperiority,

you probably shouldn't put M$ copyrighted material on here - for your own sake and for Team Blackbolt's

M$ nor teamBB -- will care about personal stuff!! [i'm not posting a direct download link - the logo - AM I ] ??
This thread is an exception unless u post direct links......

My new mod with pictures in system tab, special thanks all members this fórum for icons and ideas for this.





Very Goood!!!!

This isn't really a mc360 question, but I'll try anyways. How do you make the animated gif's. I like them better than my single pics.

yo, raditz14. i dont mind that your using my logo at all. but leeching it from my site?... cmon.

Download for this mod. caution I'm replaced in tab live for "file explorer" and "trailers movie" for "copy game disc" in media tab, my language is portuguese brazilian, not a english usa.it forgives the written harm!

I'm not too sure about this. I'd consider it to be "borderline" personally, since I know that this would be considered modding, but at the same time by displaying M$ material may not be most "ethical" way of displaying it.

Again, it's my personal opinion, and also based on the fact that BB was asked by M$ through e-mail to remove this "type" of material prior to releasing the skin. One could argue this is a "mod" of the skin, which is true, but indirectly it is also linked to BB's forum, which is linked to X-S.

I say it again...
This thread is just to display our ideas .... SO it is surely an exception....
This is based on individual effort and surely not combined....


Anyway, my post seems to be removed.