New NotSoEpicNoir-Chiculeo Hybrid Theme
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Many thanks for that. As suspected Paint Shop Pro X2 doesn't recognise .kra files.
I have downloaded and installed Krita and had a little play. However I try and cut and paste the template over the top and it doesn't give the same effect as your backgrounds . I've also converted the .jpg to .kra and tried that and no joy. Also converted the .kra file to a .png and tried it in PSP X2. Again no joy.
Krita is quite good tho.
Rgds
CCF
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Think I've sussed it....Change the layer opacity to 80%.
Save as a .jpg
Done.
Thank you so very much
KR
CCF
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@AkiAfroo I will share my theme when I am finished. Still have to work on the games list. Does anyone know if the grid view is working?
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@CCFox Your theme looks really good now.
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@bmoxey Wow that looks amazing!
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@bmoxey It has one last bug I think, the box art images change size when you move over them as your browse. That hasn't been fixed.
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I have made more progress with my theme, including centering text on left, using the console image and console logo and changing some of the system logos. I probably should simplify the PC Engine one (or call it TurboGrafx 16).
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@bmoxey you can create a github and we can enjoy it while you are doing some change xD. im in love of your mod.
pd,would be possible to add video preview in the background ? like after 1s or 2s after scroll the platforms display a blurry video in background with same effects backgrounds does.backgrounds image + ..waiting 1s and platform video autoplay.
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Update:
I have completed the majority of the game list screens. A choice of three....
Screen with one up and down arrows:
Screen with two up and down arrows:
Screen with no up and down arrows:
All three are in each system folder. There are 3 theme.xml files named theme1.xml, theme2.xml and theme3.xml. You pick the screen you want and rename the filename to theme.xml.
With the screen with no arrows I would like to have the system logo centralised if possible. I've tried a few different ways on the script to achieve this without success. Any pointers would be appreciated.
The back images are a mix from Tronkyfran theme and @hoover900 's images. @hoover900 kindly let me have a copy his image to work with and guide me on who to use them and credit should go to him for it.
I will now start digging around the net for the missing console images.
Comments good or bad always welcome....
Kind Regards
CCFox
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@CCFox Thank you. I really think the theme looks better without the arrows.
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Thanks, man. I really appreciate it.
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Final update this evening:
On the non arrows screen I have managed to centralise the logo. I even got a ruler out!!
Screen shots:
Nintendo NES - This is the widest looking logo I have:
Vectrex - This is the deepest looking logo I have:
Bout done and ready to share is anybody wishes to.
Kind Regards
CCFox
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Looking forward to it.
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A few more tweaks now done. I do have a slight problem though. When the theme first starts it for a split second on the game list the marquee art appears then disappears. Then it never comes back until you restart the theme. I am guessing it shows it before it loads the game list screen background. Not a major but I would like to stop it. Anybody have any ideas on how to do it?
I will be culling some of the older systems that I can't find artwork for.
KR
CCFox
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I have made some progress on the Game List view. Still tweaking and moving things about. I have created a github and will upload when I am happy with the look.
Updated system view.
I am using skraper to create a large image file with the wheel, 3dbox art , mask and image art. Is there a better way to do this?
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Looks lovely matey. Might combine your game list with my front screen...lol
As for skraper I used that as well to scrape my games. I registered so i was able to get 20k scrapes per 24 hours. Took about a week for mine. I scraped 3d box art, game image with game logo and box art combined and marquee.
Rgds
CCFox
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correction...I scraped images, marquee and videos.
I would have to re scrape my games for this to work for me....oh hum no great shakes there.
Thankfully I still have my old 3d scraped images somewhere.
Rgds
CCFox
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@CCFox Do you combine the images in the theme file or in skraper? I don't like that I am creating a very large graphic file for each game in skraper. I would prefer to just create a separate file for the screenshot, wheel and 3dbox art and combine them in the theme file. But I dont know how to add images, 3dbox art and wheels in the theme file. I only know you can add a md_image and md_video.
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@CCFox Just to clarify. I have created my own xml file for skraper to use to combine the images as I want into one png file.
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