+- XBMC Community Forum (http://forum.xbmc.org)
+-- Forum: Development (/forumdisplay.php?fid=32)
+--- Forum: Skin Development (/forumdisplay.php?fid=12)
+---- Forum: WIP Skins (/forumdisplay.php?fid=160)
+---- Thread: A New Skin Concept (/showthread.php?tid=46946)
- fr500 - 2011-01-23 10:25
Ok fellas, bear in mind i'm very very noob and this is just another home screen for shade.
Different font of course and it's just a WIP
![[Image: screenshot000.png]](http://dl.dropbox.com/u/149537/screenshots/reshade/screenshot000.png)
How can I make a label have 2 colors? like on the mockup the time is white and duration is blue
- ZombieRobot - 2011-01-23 10:42
This whole font song and dance has to be the worst thing about skinning for me but its got to be done. it drives me up the wall
- Amelandbor - 2011-01-23 13:37
Maybe try using Raleway, it's free if you redistribute the license with it.
http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/fonts/14-raleway
- pieh - 2011-01-23 13:50
fr500 Wrote:How can I make a label have 2 colors? like on the mockup the time is white and duration is bluehttp://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Label_Formatting
<label>time / [color colorname]duration[/color]</label>
- Stranger - 2011-01-23 16:07
Amelandbor Wrote:Maybe try using Raleway, it's free if you redistribute the license with it.
http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/fonts/14-raleway
Why don't you rename the fonts and strip the internal names. High logic font creator is an amazing app especially for swapping out lower case for all caps. It would be beneficial if fonts were packed along with textures, as discussed many times before. The only true problem with licensed fonts is not being able to get your skin into the repo. I think getting the right font is so important and worth the effort and risk to use the best, look at what aeon did.
- fr500 - 2011-01-23 19:03
Amelandbor Wrote:Maybe try using Raleway, it's free if you redistribute the license with it.
http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/fonts/14-raleway
That actually looks good might be a good alternative to Helvetica Neue and I could make 2 font configs for people who want/can install helvetica manually.
Edit: Yup, instant improvement
Then:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/149537/screenshots/reshade/screenshot000.png
Now:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/149537/screenshots/reshade/screenshot001.png
- Stranger - 2011-01-23 19:17
fr500 Wrote:That actually looks good might be a good alternative to Helvetica Neue and I could make 2 font configs for people who want/can install helvetica manually.
Edit: Yup, instant improvement
Then:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/149537/screenshots/reshade/screenshot000.png
Now:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/149537/screenshots/reshade/screenshot001.png
It does! But, If you alter the aspect of the type it will be even better
- Dvorac - 2011-01-23 19:31
Later on if someone does ever attempt at coding up the skin I am hoping they stick to Helvetica Neue, but that discussion isn't even a problem right now.
fr500: There are a few things I noticed immediately upon looking at the screenshot and well they all lie in this area. The gloss overlay should not extend all the way to the top right corner it ends more to the left (I am not sure if that was a personal choice). Also, the time is way too far up. Looks nice though!
- fr500 - 2011-01-23 22:20
Dvorac Wrote:Later on if someone does ever attempt at coding up the skin I am hoping they stick to Helvetica Neue, but that discussion isn't even a problem right now.
fr500: There are a few things I noticed immediately upon looking at the screenshot and well they all lie in this area. The gloss overlay should not extend all the way to the top right corner it ends more to the left (I am not sure if that was a personal choice). Also, the time is way too far up. Looks nice though!
Thanks, yes I'm not happy with the way it is now, the time should be smaller too but I still think it should be closer to the title because it's part of the "Now Playing" info.
Also I'm not happy with the preview window I don't really know how to achieve that look as if it was boxed and under a crystal. I'll try making the overlay cover maybe 90% of the width to see if it looks better. Also I have to try on 4:3 AR videos to see how it looks, I made the overlay on the back 16:9.
- MaDDoGo - 2011-01-23 22:23
@fr500 are you using the "skin" posted here as a base?