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vStyler
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Reply #351 April 30, 2012 5:34:24 PM
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Latest screenies looking real goooooooooooooooood John!

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Reply #352 April 30, 2012 5:51:12 PM
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Quoting LightStar,
reply 351
goooooooooooooooooo
good.

EDIT: fixed

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Reply #353 April 30, 2012 5:51:52 PM
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Fixed...

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Reply #354 April 30, 2012 8:37:23 PM
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Quoting vStyler,
reply 349

Interesting question.

I've always tried to be a little creative when it comes to lighting a visual style, If you take anything, in the real world, you can see light hitting it from different directions, objects that stick further out, further in, different materials, and colors, some things absorb light, some reflect, some diffuse.

Typically if i make a more minimal, usable skin, I will light from top left, and keep it uniform thru out the skin, shadows bottom right, etc. Global lighting.

When i make a more out of the box skin, like this, or Penthouse, Krome etc.. I like to throw light sources in from different angles, different strengths, different colors and shades.

Whether it is physically correct or not, to me, doesn't really matter..as long as to the eye..it looks good, and if It doesn't, someone is always gonna let me know.

Now, if I were doing still life drawings, or nature paintings, It would be different but I think in UI design you have a certain amount of creative license to break the rules a little in the interest of coming up with something eye catching for the end user.

 

As far as method, my two main weapons are a good vivid light blend mode in Photoshop, and my trusty dodge and burn brushes.

I make almost everything with vector shapes, then if I am going to do any brushing, flatten the image and go to town with the brushes.

 

Whether any of this made sense or not, I have no idea.. hope it helped.

 

Rolo.. I'll try find a link to those walls, they aren't mine but fit the skin exquisitely.

 

Cheers!

 

Thanks for the insight. I especially appreciate how the lighting gives it a very definite sense of environment and atmostphere, a sense of place. To me, great skins and themes are all about immersion. Your approach to Andromeda, Penthouse, et al exemplifies this. I'm not great with graphics, so I learn a lot from quietly watching WIP threads like this and others, little things like adding a hint of blue to an otherwise flat gray and how much of a difference things like that make.

Anyhow, carry on.

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Reply #355 April 30, 2012 9:08:35 PM
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Oh yes, throwing about 10% blue to an otherwise 'browny' grey is a must for me anytime I do anything grey\dark.

Thanks for your input, and if you ever need any help, I'm always around (unless I take a 3 month break)

 

Lurk on!

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Reply #356 April 30, 2012 10:19:27 PM
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Still willing to do some dockage John. No rush, but could I have a current PSD to work off of?

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Reply #357 April 30, 2012 10:23:17 PM
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Yes, you may, and you get double points for ... Off..of.

 

stand by.

 

(The unfortunate side to working off a PSD that has the main layer flattened and brushed is.. you have to work off a PSD that has the main layer flattened and brushed)

 

Here you go.. http://www.sendspace.com/file/zozny3  The included WB is XP only, half ass finished..

 

WB Updated for everyone else too. (includes scrollbars)

 

Don't click the wrong link.

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Reply #358 May 1, 2012 8:12:58 AM
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Quoting vStyler,
reply 357
Don't click the wrong link.

Oops!

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Reply #359 May 1, 2012 11:11:14 AM
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Quoting vStyler,
reply 357
Yes, you may, and you get double points for ... Off..of.

This WB looks stunning! And that's that I'm running the XP version on 7!

(Do I also get dougle points for "that's that"?)

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Reply #360 May 1, 2012 1:43:26 PM
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Nope.. one point deduction for.. 'Dougle"

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Reply #361 May 1, 2012 3:57:12 PM
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Sliders and checkboxes and completed shellstyle XP.

 

 

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Reply #362 May 1, 2012 4:09:22 PM
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Absolutely fantastic John!

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Reply #363 May 1, 2012 4:25:02 PM
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Damn nice scrollbars!!!

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Reply #364 May 1, 2012 5:11:08 PM
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Damn nice everything!!

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Reply #365 May 1, 2012 5:28:40 PM
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Damn nice........crap.......late again as usual.

Looking very good vStyler. 

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Reply #366 May 1, 2012 5:57:01 PM
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Loving the borders/scrollbars, but the lighting on the tool/menu bars kinda bom me out.....
Will there be a 'flattened' single color version where...

I'll be grabbing it no matter what, though.

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Reply #367 May 1, 2012 6:35:55 PM
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U know, you just solved a problem all XP skins with gradients have.. when you re-size any window with a toolbar containing textures or gradients it creates remnants along the dividing lines. There absolutely nothing that the skinner can do about it. Always been a bug , always will be, unless Neil delves back into XP to remedy it.

 

So.. simple solution.. a flat toolbar\statusbar sub-style., easy enough, two images replaced, wham bam, bobs ur uncle.

 

Of course some people.. may also appreciate the choice.

 

Great suggestion...

 

Everyone else, thanks too

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Reply #368 May 1, 2012 6:48:15 PM
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Loving this!!  Can't wait to see it finished. 

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Reply #369 May 1, 2012 8:50:14 PM
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Start button.. and no, I wont be doing a winflag version.

 

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Reply #370 May 1, 2012 8:52:33 PM
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This is working out better than expected. Looking forward to the finished product.

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Reply #371 May 1, 2012 9:27:08 PM
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Quoting Uvah,
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This is working out better than expected

 

you expected.....less.... 

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Reply #372 May 1, 2012 10:45:50 PM
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Gettin there... Dont forget to zoom.

 

Enough for one day.

 

 

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Reply #373 May 1, 2012 11:28:24 PM
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Wow! This looks fantastic! Is there a way that I can be notified when it is available? Can't wait!

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Reply #374 May 2, 2012 3:29:57 AM
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Quoting vStyler,
reply 367
So.. simple solution.. a flat toolbar\statusbar sub-style., easy enough, two images replaced, wham bam, bobs ur uncle.

Yeah, had that in mind myself.

Quoting vStyler,
reply 369
Start button.. and no, I wont be doing a winflag version.

Who needs a steenkin flag anyway....
Love the way it looks now!

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Reply #375 May 2, 2012 5:21:13 AM
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Quoting sydneysiders,
reply 371

Quoting Uvah, reply 370This is working out better than expected

 

you expected.....less.... 

What I expected Master vStyler has provided with exceptional aplomb.  Classic Keeper. (That's a new gallery thingy I thinked up)

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