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

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    • mediamogulM
      mediamogul Global Moderator @pjft
      last edited by mediamogul

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

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        • UDb23U
          UDb23 @pjft
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          @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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          • pjftP
            pjft @UDb23
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            @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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            • UDb23U
              UDb23 @pjft
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              @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.
              0_1500216824503_fav txt.PNG

              0_1500216834368_coll txt.JPG
              (size should fit properly when in ES)

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

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              • mediamogulM
                mediamogul Global Moderator @UDb23
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                @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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                • pjftP
                  pjft @UDb23
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                  @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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                  • UDb23U
                    UDb23 @mediamogul
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                    @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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                    • mediamogulM
                      mediamogul Global Moderator @UDb23
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                      @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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                      • pjftP
                        pjft @mediamogul
                        last edited by

                        @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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                        • mediamogulM
                          mediamogul Global Moderator @pjft
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                          @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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                          • TMNTturtlguyT
                            TMNTturtlguy @mediamogul
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                            @mediamogul you are correct, the center logo used to get larger.

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                            • mediamogulM
                              mediamogul Global Moderator @TMNTturtlguy
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                              @tmntturtlguy

                              Just out of curiosity, why was that changed?

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                              • TMNTturtlguyT
                                TMNTturtlguy @mediamogul
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                                @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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                                • mediamogulM
                                  mediamogul Global Moderator @TMNTturtlguy
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                                  @tmntturtlguy

                                  Can't make an omelette...

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                                    jdrassa
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                                    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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                                    • mediamogulM
                                      mediamogul Global Moderator @jdrassa
                                      last edited by mediamogul

                                      @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
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                                        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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                                          jdrassa @mediamogul
                                          last edited by

                                          @mediamogul said in [[Theme Changes] Attention Theme Makers:

                                          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?

                                          Hopefully my previous comment should clear things up for you. The logos are larger, but not quite as large as they had been previously.

                                          Additionally you mention "in motion". Currently, the way the logos are handled, ES switches between 2 different logos (normal and large) so the logo just kind of suddenly becomes larger. One change that I have been working on is to actually have this transition animate properly so that the logos will appear to grow and shrink.

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                                          • mediamogulM
                                            mediamogul Global Moderator @jdrassa
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                                            @jdrassa

                                            the decision was made to set the default to 1.2x
                                            so the logo just kind of suddenly becomes larger.

                                            OK, I see. It's just been made a bit more subtle. looking at it closely now and knowing when the change occurs, I can see a size increase.

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