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      movd
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      @hansolo77, Let me preface this with I have never used photoshop, I have no graphic editing skills and I did this in paint.net. I attempted to made an atomiswave menu image. It is good enough for me, but not nearly as good as the officially created ones. Anyway, I figured I should share it if anyone is interested.system.png

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        hansolo77
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        That actually looks really good! I had trouble with the duo-tone bit.

        Who's Scruffy Looking?

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        • chubstaC
          chubsta @hansolo77
          last edited by

          I am aware this is no longer being developed, which is a real shame as it is by far the best theme I have seen, but to save duplication of effort does anyone have an updated theme set for the following systems:

          pc engine cd
          coco
          dragon32
          megadrive-japan
          msx2
          sgfx
          ti99
          try-80
          videopac

          Raspberry Pi 400 - overclocked to 2.3GHz
          Theme - Comic book
          Emulators: All of them...
          Roms: Pretty much all of them...
          Favourite games: Circus Charlie, Gorf, Gauntlet Legends
          Controllers: Mayflash F101

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          • chubstaC
            chubsta @chubsta
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            @chubsta im an idiot - but its too late to delete it - sorry!

            Raspberry Pi 400 - overclocked to 2.3GHz
            Theme - Comic book
            Emulators: All of them...
            Roms: Pretty much all of them...
            Favourite games: Circus Charlie, Gorf, Gauntlet Legends
            Controllers: Mayflash F101

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              Gwyllion @Alturis
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              @Alturis said in New Comic Book Theme!:

              Character settings

              Ufff so complicated for me... I´m only trying to get a ZX81 text.png , if any can help and get for me, I Will be your friend forever :)

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                Raze
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                Hi all,

                I've started to develop a section for this theme for windows based games. I have an x86 pc running Xbuntu and retropie and most of the games I want run perfectly through Wine. It's actually really fantastic - can even link to steam, gog, etc.

                I got artwork, and snaps etc, for a few games and got the 'rip' image done but got stuck with the windows text for the main screen. I'm hoping to get a bit of help. I don't have a Photoshop license, and can't seem to replicate the font effect well in Gimp.

                I've been able to hack together a windows text image using other images as you can see below, but it's not super great. I've also included my rip should anybody want to use it.

                I was really hoping somebody who's had success using some of the methods noted above would be willing to spend a few minutes and whip up an nice 'windows' text for me?? :) Ideally it would be blue like the older windows icons.

                Much thanks in advance. Cheers.

                ~Raze42

                windows.png

                windows word.png

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                  Raze @Raze
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                  @Raze alright. Well I took a crack at it in Gimp. It's not too bad, but not perfect....

                  windows.png

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                    Gwyllion @Raze
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                    @Raze could you plz make a ZX81 pic, please? My girlfriend is available...😜

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                      Gothrek
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                      sam coupè
                      satella view
                      sufami turbo
                      thomson
                      neogeocd
                      pokemini

                      someone?

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                        RussellB
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                        If someone can walk me through the process of how they are created in Gimp I'll start cranking them out!

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                          Clyde @RussellB
                          last edited by Clyde

                          @RussellB Though I don't know much about GIMP myself, there are two step-by-step guides for Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop in this thread. Click on their names to jump to the posts. Maybe you or anyone else can use them as a basis for GIMP (or Krita, see below).

                          You may also take a look at Krita, another free and open source image editor that is often mentioned as an alternative to GIMP. It's said to be "designed primarily for painting and animation purposes" (Wikipedia).

                          A quick web search got me these pages among many others:

                          • A detailed comparison of GIMP and Krita
                          • Krita Is the Free GIMP Alternative You Should Be Using
                          • Using Krita for ARC comics

                          Originally, I switched from GIMP to Krita because it's the standard image editor for my Plasma desktop environment from KDE. For my very simple image editing purposes, I found it easier to use than GIMP, but that's just my personal and unprofessional opinion. :)

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                            RussellB
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                            !POKÉMON MINI.png )

                            My first take on it... Needs some work because the borders are bigger than the the ones that come with it but I'm almost there. Bought and learned Photoshop. Worth it!

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                            • stahl80S
                              stahl80
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                              This theme is absolutely beautiful!!
                              Thank you for this 👌👍✌️

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                              • ZenjiroZ
                                Zenjiro
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                                Can anyone point me to where I can acquire the blank/template of the rip/comic_rip image used to put any desired character in?

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                                • ZenjiroZ
                                  Zenjiro
                                  last edited by

                                  I really love this theme. So much so I have taught myself how to use GIMP, created my own fork on github, and I am getting close to start pumping out newer themes and collections.

                                  Here is a current work-in-progress Banjo-Kazooie Theme:
                                  I still have some touch ups I need to do.
                                  Sorry for the low quality. Had to fit it into site restrictions.

                                  Banjo-Kazooie2.png

                                  Banjo-Kazooie_Comic6.png

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                                  • ZenjiroZ
                                    Zenjiro
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                                    I've created a fork for this theme which can be found here: https://github.com/Zenjir0/es-theme-ComicBook
                                    I am calling this a v3.0 of this theme. Please read the changelog in the readme for all changes that were made.

                                    Added Holy2tack's themes as well as my own touch-ups to holy's system/collection images.

                                    I've added my own original theme, Banjo Kazooie and a Template Theme. More to come in the future.

                                    I have not tested this theme on a Raspberry Pi yet. Most of my tests have been on either jrassa's or fabricecaruso's fork of EmulationStation. If you encounter an issue, please feel free to leave a ticket on the github. I will do my best to fix it.

                                    Same goes for requests. I already have a huge list of collections and systems I want to add.

                                    Hope you all enjoy.

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                                      Clyde
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                                      Since FB Alpha was replaced by FB Neo in Retropie awhile ago, could/did anyone make an FB Neo logo?

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                                      • ClydeC
                                        Clyde @Zenjiro
                                        last edited by

                                        @Zenjiro Thanks for taking over the baton. Any chance for a 4:3 version?

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                                        • ZenjiroZ
                                          Zenjiro
                                          last edited by

                                          @Clyde - "Any chance for a 4:3 version?"

                                          As of right now, no. My primary focus is on 16:9.

                                          I'll update the FB Neo system image.

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                                          • ZenjiroZ
                                            Zenjiro
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                                            @Clyde Here is the FB Neo system image:

                                            FBNeo.png

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