As the title implies, does anyone know how to create animated themes ? Is there any software to create it ? Unlike normal themes, animated themes is so cool
http://www.applian.com/pocketpc/themedream/index.php
http://matrixstats.gigabytesol.com/click?67872-7045
they use cpu and they use batt
and as a rule animated themes are the DEVIL!
Thanx mate...you really help me a lot. Cheers !
Hi,
I've developed quite a few themes in Wisbar and WAD, including the most authentic iphone skin and the vista theme modified from a theme posted here.
I'm looking for a new challenge and would love to have some ideas for a unique interface. Any ideas are most welcome.
if someone has a drawing or sketch to share, please do so that I can make and share with everyone!
Cheers
go for Manila
go for manila - TouchFlo2
My idea is WM7 Theme (not sure fake or not but its nice )
thanx for the suggestions
how about something new? we have a wonderful cube by Slither that has the potential of being moded into manila.
WM7 is for gesture based devices so that's out of the question till we have gesture based hardware!
How about retaining the same look and feel of our current WM devices but allow flick and scroll/gestures and transitions?
Like scrolling today items vertically or horizontally using flick and scroll. And when I click messaging for example, it will have a nice transition before it shows up. In other words, it's like rewriting the WM shell.. hehe.. I'm just dreaming..
We dont need any hardware... wm7 uses the camera to recognize the gestures... wm7 will work for any wm6 device...
wm7 ui is very cool to see
+1 WM7 kicks ass ^^
I am wondering if if there are some themes out there for the HD (some which take advantage of the increased resloution and bigger display).
Hope to see some in the near future
Ps: does anyone know a nice tool to create new themes for the HD?
I tried out the diamond theme, working, but not fullscreen
Anyone created one which works perfektly on the HD?
Just a Start...... Nice & simple....
More to come when I have some more time.....
Crystal Clock.....
HTC 3D Icons
Nisse's "diff" background on all tab's for HD
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WOW! Simple and looks GREAT! Nice work!
Could you post the files needed here with a little howto? Would appreciate it a lot!
Hope didnt ask to much cos its my first WM device.
Thanks in advance!
Ascenca
Complete themes need to be adjusted for the wvga... as for that theme, nice background! can you post it? Is the program you use to have backgrounds in all screens the same as the one for the diamond?
Any news about new themes?
Can anyone explain to my how tofind/install these things:
Crystal Clock.....
HTC 3D Icons
Nisse's "diff" background on all tab's for HD
Thanks in advance!
Ascenca83 said:
Any news about new themes?
Can anyone explain to my how tofind/install these things:
Crystal Clock.....
HTC 3D Icons
Nisse's "diff" background on all tab's for HD
Thanks in advance!
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i wont try to advise you on the HD for icons and the background changer but I can tell you that if you go to the diamond forums you can find tons of custom clocks. Most are just .manilla files so all you have to do is install total comander and copy/past them into the /windows folder and restart TF3D
I've gone and installed the Black Diamond theme and now I'm stuck with something only using 70% of the screen.
Are there any theme files yet using the whole HD screen?
Ascenca83 said:
Any news about new themes?
Can anyone explain to my how tofind/install these things:
Crystal Clock.....
HTC 3D Icons
Nisse's "diff" background on all tab's for HD
Thanks in advance!
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Hi Ascenca, if you are still looking for the Crystal Clock, here is what I used.
I found it somewhere in XDA and it works great on the HD.
PS: I use the standard ROM.
Hey everyone!
I decided to stop this theme!
its not fun enough for my taste.. a little too generic even
I might start working on some palm pre inspired skins like this for pcmc:
so stay tuned?!
UPDATES AS OF 4/13/09:
Dialer skin added (see post #2)
wm6.5 skin added (see post #3)
s2u2 skin updated (vga support added and graphical errors fixed)!
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s2u2 Preview:
*not everything is shown (one wallpaper, some of the buttons/sliders)*
INSTRUCTIONS:
-- backup original s2u2 gfx file if you wish to keep the original skin
-- unzip the qvga or vga gfx folder from the .zip file attached depending on your devices resolution
------ (excluding wallpapers, vga works with wvga and qvga works with wqvga)
-- there are different styles of unknown and nopicture callerid wallpapers, buttons, sliders and wallpapers within the zip
------ choose the one you want to use and name it to the correct filename (arrows.png, buttons.png, buttonl.png, wallpaper.jpg, nopic.png, unknown.png)
-- copy/move the gfx folder into your s2u2 folder and overwrite originals
-- you will want to disable the bottom bar and topbar in settings, and it would probably look best to disable the s2text for the dialer screens too in the lang file
FAQ:
Q: Are the call buttons/sliders hardcoded into a particular incoming caller wallpaper?
A: No, use whichever unknown or nopic wallpaper I have included, select either slide2end, slide2answer or simple answer and end buttons in s2u2 settings and you will see the sliders/buttons/wallpapers work independently from one another
Q: Will there be more FAQs??
A: Yup, as soon as I get more
WARNING:
I havent been able to test all aspects of the VGA version, but it should all work
If you encounter any issues (graphical) please upload a screenshot and/or description so I can work to fix it
Enjoy!
htctoucher
dialer and commmanager skins!
Preview of the comm manager and dialer skins:
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**if anyone knows why in the dialer incall screen portrait the disabled pause and add call buttons are still htc-styled please let me know..
I skinned every image I found that corresponded to that part of the dialer but they havent changed!**
DIALER INSTRUCTIONS:
-- first note that it is a QVGA skin, i dont know what the most popular VGA dialer is
-- unzip cab from zip attached
-- uninstall any previous versions of opal phone canvas if you have them installed
-- install the cab to device, not storage card
DIALER KNOWN ISSUES:
-- Not everything is skinned in the dialer, and there may be some issues as it is impossible for me to test everything
That being said, I tested everything I could, and I cannot find any skin-related issues
I tried my best to skin everything but there are over 200 files so it may be that I missed some
-- Also, I am still working on how to change the font color for smart dialing portion of the opal phone canvas
If anyone knows, please post or PM me!
it is the opal phone canvas, and I think its done by registry keys but the cab I used didnt install any
**comm manager coming as soon as i figure out which version this is so I can make the cab..
any help pointing me in the right direction would be great! (its part of NFSFAN's 6.5 rom)**
here are just the files for opal phone canvas
only use these if you already have opal phone canvas already installed (the version WITH THE INCOMING SLIDER
http://www.4shared.com/file/101415925/b94b89f1/htctoucher_opalphonecanvas_retouched_files_only.html
Enjoy!
htctoucher
windows mobile 6.5 skin!
Preview of the skin for windows mobile 6.5 users
This theme will *only* work if you are running WM6.5!!
INSTRUCTIONS:
-- download the .zip attached
-- unzip the folder "files to put in windows directory" somewhere so you can look inside it
------ the Titanium_240x320.cpr file fixes the date issue mentioned above, and the StartMenu_GridScene_240x320.cpr will change your start menu from 3 to 4 columns
-- choose which files you want to copy to your device, and do so
-- soft reset
------ you will not see the changes until you soft reset
KNOWN ISSUES:
-- some of the graphics of the lock screen have not been skinned, like the locked dialer for example
when I get more time I will skin these as well
Also, I was going to make a cab, but figured not everyone will be using titanium weather and may not want some files or 4 column start menu etc.
If cab is requested by some of you, I will make one, but its a pretty simple installation anyway
Enjoy!
htctoucher
just in case, this ones reserved for even later
Typical htctoucher Theme.Looks really cool.The Blue is allways royal.loved the arrow for ur s2u2.It would be cool if u add mort button skin.Great work.
Very nice icons for notifications! The slider needs a little touch up. Anyways, great job ! You need to update your theme color like blue to other colors. Blue is getting bored...
Amazing look and pretty impressive.
wow that baby is sweet lookin....please make a QVGA theme as well
Looks great and I am already looking forward to using it .
One question though, what formats will you make? WVGA?
Cheers!
// X
I love it! I cant wait to see the rest. good work!
you're pimping again
looks great.
Yes, please!
When you get finished with all this, mind if I cook them into a ROM? possibly some minor, minor branding involved (just on the M2D and/or S2U bg if you'll let me do so)
Man.. you're sick.. in a really really beautiful way.
Where do you get all those graphics? The notif icons look reeeaaaallly good. But try using a different color for the bkgnd.. maybe red? or purple? or yellow? or green? o orange?
Looking good!!
wow! great response!
wow i only posted this morning and alraedy got a LOAD of feedback.. very motivating! thanks to everyone who has posted!
now i will try to answer all of them.. because i can (and i want this theme to have a lot of user input because ideas/concepts are best developed when bounced around - thats the great thing about this community!)
sathya said:
Typical htctoucher Theme.Looks really cool.The Blue is allways royal.loved the arrow for ur s2u2.It would be cool if u add mort button skin.Great work.
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hope its not too typical
yeah i will probably do a mortbuttons skin to go along with the startmenu hook as i am now using that
haizn24d said:
Very nice icons for notifications! The slider needs a little touch up. Anyways, great job ! You need to update your theme color like blue to other colors. Blue is getting bored...
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yeah i like the notifications too, agreed on the slider, gotta fix up the edges and the white lock icon.. forgot to do that before i flattened it and uploaded the preview
i think i will do multiple colors, but i am not sure how to implement other colors (should multiple backgrounds with one dominant color, or one background with a melding of multiple colors?)
i agree blue is overused, but to be honest, its my favorite color! and microsoft uses it a LOT (maybe i will bring in some cyan/very blue green as that is the color scheme in vista?)
what do you think?
ahdeshpande said:
Amazing look and pretty impressive.
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well thank you!
much appreciated, glad you like it
ranasrule said:
wow that baby is sweet lookin....please make a QVGA theme as well
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qvga is a definite as my device is qvga
this is gonna be my first theme where i attempt to do ALL RESOLUTIONS!
wvga, vga, wqvga, qvga
we will see how it goes, its gona be hard to test and honestly i wish i had a vga device (i have qvga, which means i can guess what wqvga would look like.. but i have no idea what vga/qvga will look like on device or how to position things in xmls cuz i cant test)
so please.. anyone with an old vga device, send it my way!
or if anyone knows a really good emulator.. i am using microsofts sdk, but it doesnt look good/right
Xfinity said:
Looks great and I am already looking forward to using it .
One question though, what formats will you make? WVGA?
Cheers!
// X
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thanks! glad you like it
check the response above
shadowline said:
I love it! I cant wait to see the rest. good work!
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i cant wait either
red_hanks said:
you're pimping again
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that i am, gotta keep my pimp hand strong, flex it often and consistently
nir36 said:
looks great.
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thanks!
Travito said:
Yes, please!
When you get finished with all this, mind if I cook them into a ROM? possibly some minor, minor branding involved (just on the M2D and/or S2U bg if you'll let me do so)
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what do you mean by branding?
i would love for people to build roms with these graphics, i think that would be amazing
for vogue roms at least i am going to ask NFSFAN if he would be willing to use my graphics in a rom, or allow me to use his rom with my graphics.. hopefully he agrees!
DaVince said:
Man.. you're sick.. in a really really beautiful way.
Where do you get all those graphics? The notif icons look reeeaaaallly good. But try using a different color for the bkgnd.. maybe red? or purple? or yellow? or green? o orange?
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haha thanks
i get them from my head! (i make all of my graphics from scratch)
yeah i am thinking of doing multiple backgrounds with different dominant colors.. maybe to match the tsks
JonasSavimbi said:
Looking good!!
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thanks for all the feedback!
i will have more previews tonight
please post any suggestions on what to improve, what you would like to see, suggestions for the background etc, anything you want
Looking forward to see this finished, maybe you can additional colors such as black.
wow, looks awesome buddy
htctoucher said:
thanks! glad you like it
check the response above
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I noticed your response and all I can say, fantastic news!
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please post any suggestions on what to improve, what you would like to see, suggestions for the background etc, anything you want[/B]
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Not at the moment besides keep up the great work!
// X
Love it
//Drakfisken
Can someone please tell me where I can find themes for a raph? (HTC Touch Pro) I imagine the diamonds themes would work but I don't even know how to install those.
Thanks guys.
did I miss something?
I guess you missed these stickies on top of this forum:
"[APP] Manila Customizer - Customize Clocks, Icons, Sliders etc [15 May] New Version"
"[REF][Updated 5/6]Customizing TF3D - The Collection!"
And just in case you don't know, there is a Raphael forum for software and TF3D themes.
Didn't see the TF3d themes but I saw those other threads and I don't see any instructions on how to get the themes to work on the phone?
awe man I installed that manilla.cab file and now my tf3d flow thing wont start with my phone. I have a black blank screen now wtf Someone help please. I cant figure out how to take it off to see if that will fix it.