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[Theme Changes] Attention Theme Makers: Upcoming Game Collections in ES

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    mediamogul Global Moderator @pjft
    last edited by mediamogul 13 Jul 2017, 16:48

    @pjft

    Context is key. Here they are in their natural habitat...

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      pjft @mediamogul
      last edited by 13 Jul 2017, 16:51

      @mediamogul Context is key indeed!

      It still looks slightly "taller" than other logos overall, but it's minor.

      Looks great - thanks for sharing!

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        mediamogul Global Moderator @pjft
        last edited by mediamogul 13 Jul 2017, 16:59

        @pjft

        It still looks slightly "taller" than other logos overall

        Keep in mind that the logo in front is always enlarged. 'Last Played' is a bit taller than it's neighbors in the picture, but it's still in-line with the larger logos found in Carbon.

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          pjft @mediamogul
          last edited by 13 Jul 2017, 17:06

          @mediamogul Hah, you are indeed correct! Forgot about that. :)

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            UDb23 @pjft
            last edited by 13 Jul 2017, 17:11

            @pjft Found some nice new fonts I believe would fit. As usual will update logos and custom texts over the weekend.

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              pjft @UDb23
              last edited by 13 Jul 2017, 17:21

              @udb23 Looking forward to it! I'm sure we'll have plenty of great options here to update Carbon then :)

              Thanks all for the hard work!

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                UDb23 @pjft
                last edited by 16 Jul 2017, 14:54

                @pjft "controller" and Text icons for Carbon finalized (download here).

                "Controllers" now all line art as requested (no fills); added one alternative "controller" for "custom collections.
                Added new "custom collection" and "Favorites" texts.
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                (size should fit properly when in ES)

                Can you test them and give me your feedback ?
                Thanks.

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                  mediamogul Global Moderator @UDb23
                  last edited by 16 Jul 2017, 16:16

                  @udb23

                  One thought off hand is that 'Custom Collections' is really close to the AdvanceMAME artwork currently in Carbon as seen below.

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                  What about something that would evoke the notion of custom creation? There are probably more than a few solutions there, but one example would be an architect drafting font like the one below.

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                    pjft @UDb23
                    last edited by 16 Jul 2017, 16:20

                    @udb23 thanks. I'll test them during the week, as I am unable to do so today. Thank you!

                    A thought on the naming of custom collections: that's actually mostly the internal name for it. It can end up being called that in the theme of you'd like it, but I don't object it having a more user-friendly name like "my collections", "game collections" or something.

                    Maybe I should stop naming things as that's clearly not my forte :p

                    Thank you!

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                      UDb23 @mediamogul
                      last edited by 16 Jul 2017, 18:52

                      @mediamogul @pjft mmm...
                      ok let me think how I can get it right for both your comments...

                      btw: I referred to "Guardians of the galaxy" for font and colors for "collections".
                      Maybe different colors (metal like) could be enough and "My collections" as text ?

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                        mediamogul Global Moderator @UDb23
                        last edited by 16 Jul 2017, 19:16

                        @udb23

                        Maybe different colors (metal like) could be enough and "My collections" as text ?

                        I think a change in colors would help to delineate the two logos nicely and metal seems like a great choice. As for naming conventions, it might be more cohesive to use 'Collections' rather than 'My Collections', due to the convention already existing for 'Favorites' rather than 'My Favorites'.

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                          pjft @mediamogul
                          last edited by 16 Jul 2017, 19:25

                          @mediamogul said in [Theme Changes] Attention Theme Makers: Upcoming Game Collections in ES:

                          @udb23

                          Maybe different colors (metal like) could be enough and "My collections" as text ?

                          I think a change in colors would help to delineate the two logos nicely and metal seems like a great choice. As for naming conventions, it might be more cohesive to use 'Collections' rather than 'My Collections', due to the convention already existing for 'Favorites' rather than 'My Favorites'.

                          Agreed. Ultimately, the naming I provided was more of guidance or direction than any mandatory decision.

                          In fact, as there aren't many themes yet with these features, we're kind of setting the standard for the future so make of it what you feel best!

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                            mediamogul Global Moderator @pjft
                            last edited by 16 Jul 2017, 23:27

                            @pjft

                            You were right about the logo sizes. The previous images I shared were mock-ups, but once they were actually added to the theme, they needed to be a good bit smaller. Also, I could have sworn that the front-most logo used to enlarge. Either that's been changed recently, or I'm a victim of the Mandella Effect.

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                              TMNTturtlguy @mediamogul
                              last edited by 16 Jul 2017, 23:59

                              @mediamogul you are correct, the center logo used to get larger.

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                                mediamogul Global Moderator @TMNTturtlguy
                                last edited by 17 Jul 2017, 00:00

                                @tmntturtlguy

                                Just out of curiosity, why was that changed?

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                                  TMNTturtlguy @mediamogul
                                  last edited by 17 Jul 2017, 00:06

                                  @mediamogul I have no idea, lots of little things like this started happening with the carousel and and z index changes started rolling out. I don't think it was intentional.

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                                    mediamogul Global Moderator @TMNTturtlguy
                                    last edited by 17 Jul 2017, 00:11

                                    @tmntturtlguy

                                    Can't make an omelette...

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                                      jdrassa
                                      last edited by 17 Jul 2017, 00:39

                                      By default, the center logo still gets larger. It is larger in all of the screens above. However, it is themable now as part of the carousel changes. Off hand I know that the nes mini theme doesn't change the size of the selected system.

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                                        mediamogul Global Moderator @jdrassa
                                        last edited by mediamogul 17 Jul 2017, 00:55

                                        @jdrassa

                                        However, it is themable now

                                        Ah, nice. That's definitely as it should be.

                                        It is larger in all of the screens above.

                                        They appear larger, but in motion there's no size change in focused logos. Could it be that the increased size was just never added back to the Carbon theme?

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                                          jdrassa
                                          last edited by 17 Jul 2017, 01:06

                                          The carousel change did result in some tweaks to the default scaling. Previously, the height/width of the logo were scaled at different proportions (1.5x for width and 1.05x for height) . As part of the carousel change, this was changed so that they were scaling at the same rate (1.5x). This lead to complaints that some logos were too big. After discussion, the decision was made to set the default to 1.2x, which may explain why they may not seem quite as large as they did in the past.

                                          Details about it can be found here:
                                          https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/issues/126

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