vStyler vStyler

K r o m e - WIP

K r o m e - WIP

cos you can never do too much marketing :P

er months of buggering around in C4D I think I might just be ready to try pull off a true Chrome windowblind.. You know. not just metallic looking gradients and highlights, but real, rendered, reflective materials and about as far away from Vista as I can possibly imagine going, at least regarding material composition.

 

Finished.

 

 

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Reply #176 Top

Rather good?
Yes, rather. ;)

Reply #177 Top

Just as the saying says, "you can't trade Coby Bryant for just one player. You'll need to trade all the other masters for vStyler" :w00t: :w00t: :thumbsup: <3

Reply #178 Top

Just as the saying says, "you can't trade Coby Bryant for just one player. You'll need to trade all the other masters for vStyler"

Ditto, and maybe throw in a few Journeymen...lol.

Reply #179 Top

Vista is finished, few more tweaks and some testing and It'll be released.

heres a screeny of an explorer window. one Nav button is disabled, one active.

 

Reply #180 Top

Ahhhhhhhh! Love it!

Can one Pre-Order? :grin:

Reply #181 Top

It wont be long, day or two.

Reply #182 Top

it's looking mighty fine, john. i'll buy it when it's released. btw, how does it look on Win7?

Reply #183 Top

Not sure John, don't have Win 7, don't expect to anytime soon.

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Reply #184 Top

V, can't pick a wall?  lol  Every screeny you've done has a different wall, just shows the versatility of KROME!!   BTW, please send permission.  :grin: 5*

Reply #185 Top

Not sure John, don't have Win 7, don't expect to anytime soon.

Your skins are built solid for Vista so to make them WIn 7 worthy all you need to do is..

1. Make the start button maximum 50 pixels wide.

2. Make the Vista logoff buttons no larger than 53 pixels wide or it will get cut off. Only 1 button is used instead of 2 so it needs the shutdown glyph/ text.

3. The taskbar buttons would need to have the part where the icon goes in your design removed.

** might require making the logoff arrow as a glyph but that depends on the design. If done the usual way like in Vista it should be OK.

 

Everything else will work fine as not much changes from Vista to Win 7.

Reply #186 Top

V, can't pick a wall? lol Every screeny you've done has a different wall, just shows the versatility of KROME!!

he's a hyperactive wall changer when making blinds....every screenie will be different throughout the day....especially when initially selecting colours....up to 200 times a day...to make sure the shadings blend the best with the widest range of walls......yeah...nuts.. ;P

Reply #187 Top

he's a hyperactive wall changer when making blinds....every screenie will be different throughout the day....especially when initially selecting colours....up to 200 times a day...to make sure the shadings blend the best with the widest range of walls......yeah...nuts..

Guess that's what it takes to put out his calibur of skin.  :grin:

Reply #188 Top

Decided to change the tooltip to use a graphic provided by Messiah1 from his docks. That's it, near the cursor.

Reply #189 Top

I plan at some point to install a seperate HD to install 7 on, I've heard nothing but nightmares trying to partion XP, Vista and 7 and I just can't see myself making adjustments to an OS I don't have yet and can't test any changes I make. When I have Wb7 and Win 7 I'll do updates... Im sure some things will change by then to where even If i made a 7 version now it will need updated again.

 

Looks good Jim , you have permission to release when I release the WB... leave a link to it plz.

Reply #191 Top

XP File animation, rendered also in C4d

Man that is so realistic! The K shines as it turns, the reflection is awesome!

Reply #192 Top

XP File animation, rendered also in C4d

Sa-weeeet!

Reply #193 Top

I plan at some point to install a seperate HD to install 7 on, I've heard nothing but nightmares trying to partion XP, Vista and 7

Dual booting Vista and 7 is a piece of cake, John. Dunno about XP.

Reply #194 Top

And there in lays the problem ... no WAY I'm getting rid of XP, more people on it than Vista and 7 combined.

 

Reply #195 Top

I kinda miss XP, but I am getting used to Vista. Won't go to 7 for a while, I guess. Letting go of XP was rough...lol. I guess you need it, skinning for 3 OS's must be tough. Good thing DX works on all 3 the same.

 I suppose making a blind for 7, without actually having 7, would be a bitch, but if you do, I'll test for you.

Reply #196 Top

I speak from experience about tripple booting with XP, Vista and Win7.  Don't try it.  It knocked out XP until I removed the partition that had Win7 on it.  Then all was good.  I put Win7 on a different drive and just swap em out when I want to use it.  Bit of a hassle but not too bad. 

 

Back on topic: Everything looks great so far.  Jim's DX theme is looking sweet.  Docks are about done and then I just need to work up a screeny.  Great work John and the others involved.  Another winner in my book.

Reply #197 Top

WB done, winflag substyles added, screenshots made, description written... upload in progress. \o/

 

Thank goodness too, this was a difficult one. :zzz:

Reply #198 Top

It all looks pretty snazzy...turned out better than I expected it too.(and  I dont usually like silver skins):D

 

Reply #200 Top

It all looks pretty snazzy...turned out better than I expected it too.(and I dont usually like silver skins)

It's a reflection of it's creator.....