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Here's me still 'at it' skinning the controls/cockpit of a Republic F105...buzzing over Melbourne at mach 1.5 and scaring the pants off the locals.....there's one of 'em just to the left of the HUD....he's the blip front/center of the head-up radar.

Not just altering xml....but hunting down photos of the aircraft to add 'bits' of detail to make things a little more realistic....things like the throttle quadrant and main radar cowl....are borrowed from various photos....re-skewed/sized/rotated/etc to suit.

The 'skinning' involved is about as 'complicated' as it gets.

If I get REALLY eager I'll start from scratch and make it all  fair-dinkum exact.  [there's poetic licence as is...to suit screen proportions/resolution.]

This is about how SKINNING differs from wallpaper making.....the result can be interfaced with.....buttons move....gauges read [all those gauges actually work]....;)

 

SKINNING's FUN .....:)

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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Nice one, Rick! Love that Robo-Def, Harley!!!

Mine? Ethan!  <3

WB- Aero Station - Mg

WS- Aero Station - WebGizmos

OD2+ - Aero Station - RedneckDude

Wall - SydneySiders :inlove:

Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

My first screenshot made on my 42 inch TV that sometime i use as a monitor B)

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Jafo, that is awesome!  Are you sharing in wallpapers?

Come on, man. Share with us....

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Here's mine. A little this, a little that.

Edit: The wall and DX theme by RedneckDude.;)

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 4
Jafo, that is awesome!  Are you sharing in wallpapers?

Come on, man. Share with us....

Jim...that's a screen shot, and were Jafo to make a wall of it, I think he'd need a permission from the folks who put out the software for the game.

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Laptop

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Copper Deck VII

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Copper Deck has always been one of my favorite themes since finding WinCustomize. :sun:

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 6



Quoting RedneckDude,
reply 4
Jafo, that is awesome!  Are you sharing in wallpapers?

Come on, man. Share with us....


Jim...that's a screen shot, and were Jafo to make a wall of it, I think he'd need a permission from the folks who put out the software for the game.

 

 

skinning the controls/cockpit of a Republic F105...

 

Doc, I meant the controls/cockpit. Why not put those on a wall and upload? I would most definitely use it!!  :grin:

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Copper Deck VII

Do you mean Copper Deck on 7?   Or for 7?

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Do you mean Copper Deck on 7? Or for 7?

I rebuilt Copperdeck II a couple of years ago for Vista. A complete rebuild in sks6 (the WB5 version of copperdeck was screwing up my system so I decided to rebuild it from scratch). So it was a cinch to do a couple of tweaks to make it work in W7.

 

I was unfortunately never able to obtain permission to upload, or I would have done so then.

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Doc, I meant the controls/cockpit. Why not put those on a wall and upload? I would most definitely use it!!

About 50% of that cockpit is graphics from/by Alphasim.  It's been 'altered' extensively to suit a widescreen monitor, with the 'scale' revised from 1024x768 to 1680x1050....correcting resolution/proportion distortions [the round bits are still round].  The other 50% is drawn [by me] and/or is photograph 'parts' altered to suit.

Most of the xml gauges are 'original', but several are modded to function differently/correctly and others are from entirely different aircraft/sources.

If/when I start from scratch and do a photo-real and accurate version.....that'll be appropriate to distribute.

Game screencaps are often/always[?] publicly distributed/shared but as wallpapers here on Wincustomize....we don't accept them as 'ours to distribute' contributions to the wallpaper gallery...;)

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Wizard1956, reply 5
Here's mine. A little this, a little that.



Reduced 35%

Original 1680 x 1050

 

Thanks for the plu....oh, nevermind.    :rolleyes:

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 14

Doc, I meant the controls/cockpit. Why not put those on a wall and upload? I would most definitely use it!!


About 50% of that cockpit is graphics from/by Alphasim.  It's been 'altered' extensively to suit a widescreen monitor, with the 'scale' revised from 1024x768 to 1680x1050....correcting resolution/proportion distortions [the round bits are still round].  The other 50% is drawn [by me] and/or is photograph 'parts' altered to suit.

Most of the xml gauges are 'original', but several are modded to function differently/correctly and others are from entirely different aircraft/sources.

If/when I start from scratch and do a photo-real and accurate version.....that'll be appropriate to distribute.

Game screencaps are often/always[?] publicly distributed/shared but as wallpapers here on Wincustomize....we don't accept them as 'ours to distribute' contributions to the wallpaper gallery...

 

:'(  

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

that's nice Doc luv it, mine is called shore leave  which I made  and is in my gallery *_*  

 

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Beautiful!

Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Narbytrout, what blind is that? And, where's the other monitor? 

Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Essorant's 'Revolver', Jim.

Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top

 

 I was thinking of uploading but not sure if I would bother  the ruby is not a globe, I made the wall paper using chaoscope  I guess I just wanted to get ideas on how I may be able to improve it, I called it Ruby Love, maybe a name change  possibly I don't know , what do you think ?

Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Needs a background... a theme idea/concept... Maybe a fighter jet...  *_*

Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Doc, you are aware than you can shorten the space between icons in the Nexus dock by opening the Dock Properties dialog -> Appearance -> Icon Spacing?

Also, change the style of the Weather module to 'Style 2' - I think you will thank me for it, the new default weather icons are nothing short of amazing. |-)

Finally, to change Ethan's style, open WorkShelf Preferences and... just kidding! Gorgeous baby. ^_^   

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