Watercolor Emico

[Jamushroom Veteran]

IMO you should make it match the right side of the captionbar. Right now the colors are looking a bit out of place. The shellstyle should also use Tahoma as the main font.

Besides all that the shellstyles looks nice. It covers up the bug that's causing the use of shellstyles as well.

Edited June 18, 2008 by Capric0rn

[Krokus]

Too Vista-ish for me. :p

Don't like those shells.

[Yggdrasilly]

Took your suggestions, and made a revised version. The bar is the same colour as the right end of the title bar, where the caption buttons are, and changed the fonts to Tahoma. I tried it out with the font size at 8px, but it just didn't look right so I changed it back to 7.

Any other suggestions? Once I get this one down, I'll make one for Blue, and then for the other colours when you release them. [And of course, with your permission, I'll release them, or give them to you for release with the styles.]

Personally, I think one of the best parts of using these, is that the styles actually show up in the Appearance window, instead of having to fish them out of the windows\Resources\Themes folder every time. :p

[Jamushroom Veteran]

Could you show me a preview of the shellstyles with Tahoma set to 8px without the font being bold?

Also, it would be easier for you if you made the shellstyle for Blue first. When that version is done I could give you a PSD file with the other colors. It's easier to change the image with a color overlay instead of opening a few files for copy/pasting :p

[Yggdrasilly]

That sounds a lot easier, actually. :laugh:

Here's a preview of Blue, with Tahoma 8px. To me, it just looks a little too big.

[Jamushroom Veteran]

You're right, the other font settings look better. With Tahoma 8px regular it looks to.. regular :p Thought it looks to be more centered then 7px.

Which app are you using for the shadows behind the window? Probably done with Styler isn't it?

[brentaal]

You're right, the other font settings look better. With Tahoma 8px regular it looks to.. regular :p Thought it looks to be more centered then 7px.

Which app are you using for the shadows behind the window? Probably done with Styler isn't it?

It might be Y'z Shadow (no setup needed)

[Yggdrasilly]

Yep, it's Yz Shadow. :3

Okay, I'll go with the 7px version. :laugh: How does it look, other than that? Any other suggestions?

[Jamushroom Veteran]

I've got an idea for it. I'll make a quick mockup :)

Edit:

Nevermind that, It didn't turn out as nice as I thought it would :p I'll be updating all the styles with a new toolbar so that the toolbars wont look weird while using a shellstyle.

Edited June 18, 2008 by Capric0rn

[andy_rose]

@Yggdrasilly: Great shellstyle. I hope Capric0rn gives you permission to release those!

[Jamushroom Veteran]

@Yggdrasilly: Could you maybe make one based on the scrollbars? Since that's the design for that kind of controls that I'm using inside the frame. Then we can decide which one looks the best.

I mean, it really looks nice but I'm having second thoughts about using the captionbar inside the frame.

Edit:

Nevermind 1st part. I forgot it is just a separate shellstyle :p I'm going to make a left shellstyle to go with the theme as an add-on.

Edited June 18, 2008 by Capric0rn

[andy_rose]

@Yggdrasilly, ask Capric0rn for permission for releasing those shellstyles. i think he will give you a go :)

[Crusoe]

Nothing really constructive to add to the thread - sorry - other than that this is an excellent visual style. Can't wait for the other colours.

[Yggdrasilly]

Once the themes are all finished, and I finish the shellstyles, I'll make a screenshot/mockup thing and [hopefully] get permission to release them for this.

@Capric0rn: I actually tried to make it look like the caption bar, what with the little squares and colour transition, but it doesn't look right. It stretches to the size of the window and distorts the squares. :/ I think the solid colours look good, though. I'll play around with them anyway and see if I can't find something else interesting to do with them. :D

[tehmemories]

Ergo Blue WIP.

Based on the LE5_Black theme by *I forget the name*

Had some free time :)

[Jamushroom Veteran]

^I don't really like the way the blocks are screwed up. The caption buttons also don't look as sharp as they should.

@Yggdrasilly: I didn't mean adding the blocks :p Because for that kind of a shellstyle it shouldn't be in there. It looks better without that part in it. I made a mockup yesterday where the bar would go from the light blue to the darker blue but that didn't look so nice.

@Everyone else: IF you decide to make a skin for an application based on Watercolor Emico you should begin with making one for Blue. If I decide to give permission for releasing it I'll give you a PSD with the other color overlays in it. It's easier that way to make skins for the other color styles.

[tehmemories]

As I mentioned. I was just messing around :p

*cough* maybe to give people ideas *cough*

[Jamushroom Veteran]

Ah alright :p Well if someone would make that kind of a Winamp skin for Watercolor Emico then I think it would be better to base it on the small frames.

Here's a mockup that I made while I was bored with working on Watercolor Emico: Black:

Note that it's just a mockup and that I'm not thinking about using it for my Winamp skin.

Oh.. and another thing. Watercolor Emico: Black is done and will be sent out to the testers later today. A release can be expected tomorrow. Maybe even today if I'm in a good mood :p

[andy_rose]

That is great news my friend!

[Krokus]

That would be great! :)

[hey07]

Nice theme. Also looking for Olive color.

And, looking for EL 7 in VISTA. Hope to see any info soon.

[Krokus]

I will never upgrade to Vista.

I don't like the transparant effects.

And I don't think LE 7 will come to Vista?

It's a Windows XP Visual Style

[Jamushroom Veteran]

LE 7 will be for Windows XP only. I wouldn't count on any info about LE 7 because em3 is very busy with work. This thread is not about LE though, so could we not discuss that here? :)

Watercolor Emico: Black has been sent out to the beta testers. Now let's catch some bugs if there are any :p

[Setnom]

Oh.. and another thing. Watercolor Emico: Black is done and will be sent out to the testers later today. A release can be expected tomorrow. Maybe even today if I'm in a good mood :p

\me asks what Capric0rn needs to be in a good mood!! :p

[Krokus]

I hope there's no bugs. :)

So it will be released faster. :p