X - Bars is screen candy for your X1.
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I wanted something to watch and play with while I was listening to music on windows media player, so I created a suite of interactive graphics, like the visualisations on Windows Media Player on your PC, but these ones respond to touch. If you like [X-Bars] , I will post the others.
X - Bars works on any WM 6 or 6.1 device, any resolution, QVGA, WQVGA, WVGA of the X1 and Touch HD, and on your PC if you have powerpoint installed.
X - Bars
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Is a simulation of a graphic equalizer that responds to your touch.
X - Bars 2
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Is an example of modifying X - Bars with a colourful background picture, example British Flag.
To run [ X - Bars ] and [ X- Bars 2 ]
Simply download this file, Unzip, copy [X - Bars] and [X - Bars 2] to your X1 or WM device. Put some cool tunes on with Media Player, then tap [X - Bars] or [X-Bars 2] to run. Tap the welcome title screen to start.
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Tap any blank part of the screen to start a bar, and tap it again to stop the bar. There are 6 bars in total.
If you want to see the whole background picture tap the bars to start at the same time, there is a bit of skill involved, easily mastered.
The beauty of X - Bars is it can be very easily modified with your own background picture, if you want to change the British flag on [ X - Bars 2]. Heres how.
Modification
1) Open [X - Bars 2] on your PC with Powerpoint.
2) select Slide 3 in the left pane.
3) Select [Format] menu at the top, then [Background].
4) Click the drop down box, then [Fill Effects].
5) Click [Picture] Tab then [Select Picture]
6) Browse to select any picture or background you have on your PC.
7) Save the File, Copy to your device and run.
( I have created some ' X - rated ' versions of [X - Bars], looks crackin on the X1 !)
, , make your own
X - Boost
X - Boost is variation on X-Bars, requires good timing. Again this is best enjoyed with some music playin on media player.
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As with [X - Bars], [X - Boost] works on any WM 6 or 6.1 device, any resolution, QVGA, WQVGA, WVGA of the X1 and Touch HD, and on your PC if you have powerpoint installed. Simply download, unzip, copy to your device, click to run.
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How it works
As the boost bar goes across the bottom of the screen, you have to tap the green square to reveal the next bar, and progress to revealing the whole picture.
Warning : If you miss and hit the black, the slide starts again.
If and when ( and iv made it quite hard ) you reveal the whole picture, press the green sqaure again to start over or press the red square to exit.
Again this program was designed to be easily edited on your PC, and for you to use your own background picture. Heres How.
Modification
1) On Slide 2, Drag the white tab at the bottom of the slide to one side to reveal the whole of the British flag.
2) Using the [Insert] menu, select [Picture] then[From File...]
3) Browse and select any picture on your PC.
4) Resize the picture by clicking on the picture and then dragging the white anchor dots.
5) [Right Click] on picture with your mouse, select [order] then [send to the back], important !
6) Move your picture under the black background keeping it flush Left, so it is completely covered.
7) Delete the British Flag, tap and press delete, save your creation, copy to your device and run.
Quite interesting...
and where's the "x" version ??
X - Block
Test your reaction speeds. As a sqaure is revealed tap it before it dissapears, at the end, count how many you missed. I will be very suprised if anyone gets them all on there first go, or there 10th, or there 100th It is possible, if you concentrate and anticipate, you can do it.
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Again [X-Block] works on any WM 6 or 6.1 device, any resolution, QVGA, WQVGA, WVGA of the X1 and Touch HD, and on your PC if you have powerpoint installed. Again this is best enjoyed with some music playin on media player.
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Simply download, unzip, copy to your device, click to run.
As with [X- Bars] it is very easy to use your own background picture, to create your own mini game. Heres how.
Modification
1) Open [X - Block] on your PC with Powerpoint.
2) Select [Format] menu at the top, then [Background].
3) Click the drop down box, then [Fill Effects].
4) Click [Picture] Tab then [Select Picture]
5) Browse to select any picture or background you have on your PC.
6) Save the File, Copy to your device and run.
Heres some I made earlier...Surely everyone has a picture of there girlfriend they can use
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THANK YOU
This looks awesome. I will try when not at work (i should be working not looking on here )
X - Vision
After you've worked up a sweat with X - Block, here is something more relaxing to chill out with, and quite revealing !
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Again [X-Vision] works on any WM 6 or 6.1 device, any resolution, QVGA, WQVGA, WVGA of the X1 and Touch HD, and on your PC if you have powerpoint installed. Again this is best enjoyed with some music playin on media player.
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Simply download, unzip, copy to your device, click to run.
There are 7 backgrounds to be revealed. Tap the window to move to the next picture or tap anywhere else to exit, if the boss is lookin .
Again you can easily create your own slide slow with your own album of pictures or backgrounds. Heres how.
Modification
1) Open [X - Vision] on your PC with Powerpoint.
2) Select any slide in the left hand pane, by clicking on it.
3) Select [Format] menu at the top, then [Background].
4) Click the drop down box, then [Fill Effects].
5) Click [Picture] Tab then [Select Picture].
6) Browse to select any picture or background you have on your PC.
7) Repeat for all the slides for all your 7 chosen pictures.
8) Save the File, Copy to your device and run.
( Whoes eyes are those )
X - Show
This is a variation on [X-Vision] but the view window smoothly morphs around the screen. Its a good demo of the graphics capability of the X1 and Mobile Powerpoint.
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Again [X-Show] works on any WM 6 or 6.1 device, any resolution, QVGA, WQVGA, WVGA of the X1 and Touch HD, and on your PC if you have powerpoint installed. Again this is best enjoyed with some music playin on media player.
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Simply download, unzip, copy to your device, click to run.
Like X-Vision, there are 7 backgrounds to be revealed. Tap below the morphing window to move to the next picture or tap above the window to exit.
Again you can easily create your own slide slow with your own album of pictures or backgrounds. Heres how.
Modification
1) Open [X - Show] on your PC with Powerpoint.
2) Select any slide in the left hand pane, by clicking on it.
3) Select [Format] menu at the top, then [Background].
4) Click the drop down box, then [Fill Effects].
5) Click [Picture] Tab then [Select Picture].
6) Browse to select any picture or background you have on your PC.
7) Repeat for all the slides for all your 7 chosen pictures.
8) Save the File, Copy to your device and run.
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X - Panels
Help my Panels are corrupted !
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" here come the girls..."
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Here is the full suite of current visualisations wrapped up in a nice panel demo.
Press the green panel button for the fun to begin.
Press the yellow button for a taste of the dark side.
Press the red button if your lass is lookin
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Modification
There are 29 slides that make up this suite, all of the backgrounds can be changed and customised to suit your tastes. Use the instructions outlined earlier in this post for each program. Here are the slides numbers for each program to change the backgrounds, to select the slides simply click on them in the left hand pane in Powerpoint on your PC.
[X - Bars 1] - Change Background on Slide 4
[X - Bars 2] - Change Background on Slide 7
[X - Bars 3] - Change Background on Slide 10
[X - Block 1] - Change Background on Slide 11
[X - Block 2] - Change Background on Slide 12
[X - Boost] - Follow earlier instructions on [X - Boost] to change Picture on Slide 14
[X - Vision] - Change Background on Slides 15 to 21
[X - Show] - Change Background on Slides 22 to 28
Someone is severely bored xD rofl, this stuff is hilarious..
My advice is to enjoy the sunshine while it lasts, as there may be some dark clouds coming over.
this is beautifull. great taste.
not X rated though... you can still see this on tv in the states. so I would have to rate it R.
(inapropriate for children bosses and spouses... but i am sure that many of us have none of them ... dark humor for dark times (-_-)
I really apreciate these PP presentations. very well done. classy even @[email protected]
X - Cylon
A world first and X1 exclusive !
Whilst wanting not to descriminate agianst our silicon brothers, I offer you the chance to go inside the cylon helmet, and view the world in all its glory through there eye.
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Simply download, unzip, copy to your X1 and click to run. Tap the red eye to exit, or his view window.
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Also I have found that using SpeedBooster, see thread below you can Prioirtise powerpoint and speed up the Presentations and make them smoother, works particularly well with X-bars and X-show, the ones that push powerpoint mobile to its performance limits.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=459328&page=34
X - Menu
Here is a collection of other projects and concepts I have been working on over the past few months, including a few new additions. I have wrapped them up in a nice Menu screen with beautiful icons that really show the X1 fabulous screen. To end X -Menu at any time just tap the beautiful background.
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X - Menu
In my opinion Powerpoint is Microsoft at its best. They helped bring computing to the masses and then there suite off office applications like Powerpoint, Excel and Word brought us the ablity to quickly and easily produce our own content, and not just become passive users of commercial software.
This is the reason I did not get an iphone, it works fantastic, but I would not be able to produce my own content, it would give me no outlet for my own creativity. I admire poeple who can write code, but I work with images and powerpoint suits me down to the ground.
The pioneering open world, Operating Sytem that is Windows, Office and Windows Mobile is ideal for users to create there own content and express there own creativity, demonstrated by the many original contributions on this site and others like it.
It is the open world spirit I have tried to carry through into my Powerpoint creations, all of them can be easily edited and customised to your own tastes and your own designs.
Heres a brief outline of whats in X - Menu
Torch
This is a simple torch, the X1's screen is plenty bright enough to be an effective and simple torch. The context menu gives ability to chnage colours, apply a flash and fades away to give a full screen torch when not being used. Tap the screen to bring it back.
ScreenBuddy
As well as all the functions of Torch, it gives the ability to scroll 3 user created messages across the big X 1 and screen and flash your phone number.
X1
This is the X1 Panel Simulation.
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Pencils HD
A high definition Screen saver that shows off the incredible screen resolution and vibrant colours of the X1 screen.
S - Lock
This is a simple screen lock, again easily customisable to your own background, tap the unlock icon to exit the lock.
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X - Finger
This is something I first saw on the iphone and decided to reproduce it on the X1. It may fool some poeple.
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Score
A simple game. Tap the ball gently in the right place to score a goal and get a reward.
e-cards
This is a concept I will develop further. Why are we spending money buying cards for our loved ones when they are simply thrown away. Anyone can buy a card and write someones name on it.
It is a greater gift to ceate your own greeting card and send it in a e-mail. Its better for the environment too. Poeple will throw away a card but are less liikely to discard an e-card.
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All these creations are freeware and for personal use, you are encouraged to modify and customise them and make them your own, and post your creations on here for us all to share and enjoy.
Here is the link for Megaupload to download X - Menu, which by the way is brilliant, I will use it in the future instead of attaching files on XDA.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MAR10ZEK
" Ask not what your X1 can do for you, but what you can do with your X1. "
New Improved X - bars and visualisations
X - Bars
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Here are the new improved versions of X - Bars, Iv made the animation smoother, easier to edit on your PC, just change the background on slide 3, and a new title screen.
X - Boost
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Again smoother, faster, easier to edit ( change background on slides 3 ,4 & 5 ), also added 3 levels of increasing difficulty and a new title screen. Whern youve completed a picture tap the green square for the next level or the red square to exit.
X - Block
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Redesigned, easier to edit, change background on slide 3, new title screen.
X - Morph
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Formerly called X - Show, smoother faster, easier to edit, new title screen, to edit change background on slides 3,4,5,6 & 7.
If you have any suggestions for screen savers and visualisations please post them, I like a challenge.
X - Light V2
Remember the laser light shows of Jean Michelle Jare from the 80's, here it is re-created for the X1.
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Tap a laser torch to light a beam, tap it again to stop a beam.
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Then with your asbestos gloves on, tap the beam itself to start it pulsating !
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Simply download, unzip, copy to your X1, Put some techno house on and your asbestos gloves and off you go. Tap and hold to exit at any time.
X - Crystal - Krypton Magic
If you ever wondered what a party would look like on Krypton...take a look at this, you wont believe your eyes...its Krypton Magic
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Simply download, unzip, copy to your X1, click to run, and marvel at your X1
X - Club V3
If your X1 wont go to the Club, bring the club to your X1.
While your sat twindling your thunbs listening to some tunes on your X1, wack this on.
Tap the central mixing deck to start a visualisation, they last about 60 secs, and there are 9 in total.
If you get bored with one, tap the panel to get the next one.
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To run, download, unzip, copy to your X1, wack some tunes on and off you go.
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This Version 3, has much improved graphics, smoother, faster, more dynamic, more visualisations, see note below.
New visualisation feature if you tap the mixing decks on either side, see below. To exit tap the ' Gone Clubbing ' sign.
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Note
This is stuff you dont need to know, but may find interesting. Powerpoint is hardware accelerated, thats why the first few seconds of any slide is choppy, like Media Player, the X1 processor is ramping up to full speed.
To make use of this hardware acceleration smoothly, before each slide I have a dot zooming up and down off screen furiously. This warms the processor up and gets it ready to handle the visualisations.
Also powerpoint handles PNG files much beter, faster and smoother than it does JPEGS or Windows Meta Files. Hence the better looking graphics.
X - Pulse
The inner workings of the mind...
X - Pulse is a High Definition Screen Saver, very subtle, very pleasing to the eye which loves to see detail.
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Simply Download, unzip, copy to your X1 and click to run, double tap screen to exit.
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Looks amazing on your PC.
Sunrise
Spectacular HD Screen Saver.
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Watch the sun rise and set over the Earth, the Moon, Mars, Venus, Jupiter & Neptune. These are actual screen shots from my X1
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If ever there was a demo to show off your X1 to your friends this is it, it is silky smooth and the HD detail and effect of the sun rising and setting is awesome.
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Simply download, unzip, copy to your X1 and click to run.
It advances by itself, but you can tap a planet to advance to the next sunrise, or tap black space to exit.
Sunrise will also work as a screen saver for your PC too, where it looks even more spectacular.
That Venus is one funky lookin planet
Planets
Offers you the chance to zoom in to the planets, to see them in greater detail.
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The animations are silky smooth and again show the power the X1 has under the hood. This time there is no loading between slides, which advance by themselves, tap a planet at any time to exit.
I am hoping to upgrade to the o2 UK Rom2 when it officially released through SE. Can any members who have already upgraded to the official new rom , through SE, confrim that the animations in this HD screen saver are still silky smooth, with no pixelation, lag or juddering.
On Rom1 the animations in Sunrise and Planets is silky smooth, if the performance of Powerpoint is degraded in ROM 2 this would be a deal breaker for me, and I would stick with ROM 1.