Sleek Design

[stoavio]

Well it's already been two days in the making and everything is going according to plan. I've decided to start a thread so users can post comments and feedback during Sleek's development (I've already given it a name :omg:) Its appearance has obviously progressed over the past two days and I've spent about 16 hours working on it so far. Since this is my first time skinning Winamp (or any application for that matter), I'm sure I'll encounter problems along the way. Infact, I already foresee usability issues, like I mentioned in the other thread, because of the design's highly unusual shape. I'm fairly confident now however that I'll be able to work around these issues. I'm well aware of the skin's bulkiness but that cannot be changed now. I'm happy with the shape and size of it and those are just issues I'll have to work around. I can't say for sure when the skin is going to officially be released for download. I will however keep you updated so those of you that are interested in watching it come together may. I'm also looking for more ideas.

My main problem is implementing the skin. I'm also worried about making it any more complex than it already is because I have a strange feeling that the more complicated the design becomes, the more difficult it's going to be to implement. I have absolutely no knowledge with XML. I know very little about winamp's API (Application Programming Interface) so it's going to be a long and rather difficult task. I am still looking for a programming interested in helping me with this. If you have experience with Winamp skinning and would like to help, please email me at [email protected]

Here's a preview of the skin:

[BuG]

wow, thats what i call a DAMN NICE SKIN...someone need to help you on that, thats talented design mate!

good luck, and im awaiting news of this, sad i cant help you i dont have any knowledge on this neither

[Kriz]

Thats sweet, kool job

[mm3h]

Kool (Y)

[Oblivion]

Top Class Effort (Y)

[forster]

Shiny... Mmmmm

[jymi]

wow thats sleek that alien dude is scary

[Banzai]

Wow looks grate let us know when it comes out!!!

[stoavio]

Thanks a lot guys. I really appreciate the kind words. I'll keep you updated!!

[mstx]

wow :woot:

[zeroxtremecool]

Really really cool stuff. I might have to load your's up and replace Reluna then again....

[Nard]

Not bad at all, but I'm not feeling the fonts you used for the time and song title text at all. I really like what you did with the alien though.

[cibbis]

wow thats pretty sweet, only thing bothering me is the font seems out of place with the rest of the skin

[Stokkolm]

That looks really nice :geek:

[stoavio]

The font for the song title / duration is only temporary; don't worry. Thanks again for the feedback guys!

[eye_crust]

nice looking, is it gonna be that huge tho? im using 1600x1200 and its fcukin huge!! hah (Y)

[stoavio]

For the time being, the skin's dimensions will remain the way they are. I may decide to reduce it's size but this is just an exploration of my skills. To see what I'm capable of.

[idkfa]

Very nice (Y)

OT: Where's your avatar from?

[stoavio]

Web Agent has a nifty wallpaper with this beautiful laadddy in it, so I cropped it and made an avatar. www.wa700.com :hump:

[idkfa]

Web Agent has a nifty wallpaper with this beautiful laadddy in it, so I cropped it and made an avatar. www.wa700.com :hump:

hrm, that url doesn't appear to be working too well...

[SimplyPotatoes]

uhh if the skin is going to be that big no one is going to use it in that form, i hope the other views of it are nicer

[Tran]

Nice skin, looks really slick. But on the other hand, it's pretty big.

[fukachu]

dont forget in winamp 5 (dunno bout 3) u can change the scaling so if its big at 100% change it to 50%

btw looks nice man!!!

[ArmyOfOneKiller]

for the link, i think he meant to say http://www.wa007.com/ i love that site,its awesome.

sweet skin man,any idea when it will be done?

[TruBD]

nice skin design, i like ur site too. looks real good