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    Gwyllion @Alturis
    last edited by 13 May 2019, 14:01

    @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
      last edited by 25 May 2019, 04:50

      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
        last edited by 26 May 2019, 07:17

        @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
          last edited by 26 May 2019, 13:01

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

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            Gothrek
            last edited by 14 Aug 2019, 18:46

            sam coupè
            satella view
            sufami turbo
            thomson
            neogeocd
            pokemini

            someone?

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              RussellB
              last edited by 20 Sept 2019, 21:10

              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 21 Sept 2019, 07:55

                @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
                  last edited by 28 Sept 2019, 02:33

                  !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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                    stahl80
                    last edited by 29 Sept 2019, 10:10

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

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                      Zenjiro
                      last edited by 24 Oct 2019, 01:40

                      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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                        Zenjiro
                        last edited by 4 Nov 2019, 04:21

                        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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                          Zenjiro
                          last edited by 13 Nov 2019, 01:56

                          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
                            last edited by 13 Nov 2019, 17:34

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

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                              Clyde @Zenjiro
                              last edited by 13 Nov 2019, 17:36

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

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                                Zenjiro
                                last edited by 13 Nov 2019, 19:38

                                @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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                                  Zenjiro
                                  last edited by 13 Nov 2019, 22:38

                                  @Clyde Here is the FB Neo system image:

                                  FBNeo.png

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                                    Clyde @Zenjiro
                                    last edited by 14 Nov 2019, 12:01

                                    @Zenjiro Thank you very much!

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                                      Zenjiro
                                      last edited by Zenjiro 18 Nov 2019, 01:57

                                      One of my all time favorite game series is the Mega Man series. And one of my fondest arcs of said series is the Mega Man Zero series on the GBA. So here is my current WIP collection comic and system logo:

                                      system_smallscaled.png
                                      comic_smallscale.png comic_rip_zero.png

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                                        Triquick @Zenjiro
                                        last edited by 19 Nov 2019, 17:49

                                        @Zenjiro said in New Comic Book Theme!:

                                        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.

                                        All your additions and changes look great, what's the best way to install your theme? I've only ever installed a theme through the ES Theme Menu.

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                                          Zenjiro
                                          last edited by 20 Nov 2019, 00:12

                                          @Triquick

                                          Just download the repo by clicking the "Clone or download" button d0cd0d26-5f76-4774-b255-7d1045dfa692-image.png

                                          Extract it and place the extracted folder in the themes folder, on your device.

                                          If any thing doesn't load or things seem sluggish it might be because the resolution of the images I uploaded are to high. I might have to create another fork, one for older raspberry pis and another for newer devices. I'd imagine the newer raspberry pi 4 would have no issue.

                                          I test everything using the Windows version of EmulationStation from jrassa or fabricecaruso. Their links in the readme.

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