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- floink - 2003-11-15
how do i define colors for fex text in the xml files for a skin?
i'm used to the 6-digit syntax used in html-design but what is the 8-digit syntax used in xbmc skins?
i use photoshop to preview 6-digit colors and i'm wondering where i could preview the 8-digit colors?
/floink
- onkel bouncy - 2003-11-15
the first 2 are always ff, for the last 6 you can use your photoshop digits.
- Frodo - 2003-11-15
the first 2 define the alpha (transparency) of the color
so its aarrggbb
frodo
- floink - 2003-11-15
(frodo @ nov. 15 2003,15:06 Wrote:the first 2 define the alpha (transparency) of the colorok thats really cool =)
so its aarrggbb
would that then easily translate to;
ff as in white being 100% opaque and
00 as in black being 100% transparent?
is this technique borrowed from somewhere else or is it a xbmc-coders invention? it is pretty obvious when u know it.
/floink
- koldfuzion - 2003-11-16
i made this cause i dont have the time to make a full-fledge skinner for anything nowadays. i still skin, but time is limited.
so i took a shortcut for the hardest thing to get any other way... aarrggbb colors.
*requires .net framework... sorry, im not c/c++ coder.
click the image to get it.
might make color picking a little easer
Quote:is this technique borrowed from somewhere else or is it a xbmc-coders invention? it is pretty obvious when u know it.
i havent messed with nexgen, but seeing its an xbox app.. it probably uses the same format... evox, mxm, xbmp.. all use it.
- onkel bouncy - 2003-11-16
cool.
makes changing colors faster.
- floink - 2003-11-17
thanx for sharing koldfuzion
question: the 0x in the beginning of the color definition in your app are not to be included in the xml-files right?
- koldfuzion - 2003-11-17
no its not.
i updated the file to provide two textboxes, 1 for the original way and 1 for the xbmc way.
clicking in either box will automatically copy the text to the clipboard for pasting.