First off, many thanks to Amra, Stoli, and Jingai for this fantastic skin!
Amra created the grey theme for me a while back. I loved it. I thought I'd take it in a darker direction, so I came up with my Metrodark mod. I wanted a skin with consistency throughout, so I altered pretty much every image to have the same look and feel throughout. I also increased the transparency of dialog windows that pop up over a video (like when adjusting the audio sync. Makes it easier to see the adjustments). I also removed many of the different colors to give more emphasis to the artwork itself.
Here are some examples...
BTW, 666 just got cancelled!
and I changed the "thumbnail" to match the style used in movies
I've also altered the weather display a bit
and I changed the selected items to just a different color font
XBMC replaced my beloved TiVo... so I thought I'd throw in a picture of the little dude...
here is an example of my semi-transparent dialog pop-ups
I need to learn how to create a theme pack. As it stands now, I created an entire textures.xbt file for this mod (with corresponding color.xml).
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated...
And once again, thanks guys for this excellent skin!