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I've been thinking about changing when I came across this picture. It does more for me as well you know
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Posted: 2003-12-16 09:13:32
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On 2003-12-13 23:13:13, Vlammetje wrote:
Last Christmas Theme for this year I think, but this one is kinda too cute to not do a theme of

XXmas




I really liked this one... A real sexy santa or whatever *lol* Maybe its you?

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[ This Message was edited by: dragontrumpetare on 2003-12-16 13:14 ]
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Posted: 2003-12-16 14:13:32
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I really like your themes Vlammetje. But I have one comment. There is a "problem" when going from the stand-by screen into the main menus. You usually make the background picture dimmer for the icons to be easier seen.
But the top and bottom bar then really stands out being clear while the rest is dimmed. It would be a lot better if you made a "dim"-gradient to make the transfer to the title bar seamless. Spawn once did that with an ElfQuest theme with elegant result (although it doesn't completely fit to the bottom bar). Examples of my points:

Vlammetje's


Spawn's


I don't mean to be negative, just a comment. I know that you can to do it with Photoshop or Gimp.

Kristian André
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Posted: 2003-12-16 16:25:43
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@kristaga,
considering the choice of wallpaper that vlamm used, it is very difficult to smoothen the transition between the status bar and the blurry desktop. you have a clear/crisp statusbar image from the standby screen (128x14) that you carry over into the desktop and the menu. if you decide to change the desktop image (128x127) you are forced to use the clear/crisp staus bar plus the desktop image. this is why you see some themers use one image all throughout the theme.
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Posted: 2003-12-16 17:13:01
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Kristian, thanks for your comment.

Unfortunately I am not at all a Photoshop wizard, I am learning it as I go.

Maybe some day
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Posted: 2003-12-16 19:45:51
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not difficult for the 'smooth transition'. try using 'feathers' of approx 5px when selecting the part to be blured.
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Posted: 2003-12-16 19:56:10
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i agree with expert. i never used the feathers until i accidently placed it on and the theme came out pretty smooth although i think i used only 3px but it all depends on preference and sometimes wallpaper
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Posted: 2003-12-16 22:14:42
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Ahh - my good old Elfquest theme - the one that won me that weeks contest and one of my absolute personal favorites.

I actually spend alot of time on that one - because instead of just blurring the wallpaper - feathers or not - I masked only the part of the images behind the leafs in the top and buttom and specificaly did not touch the leafs. I deliberately made the leafs a size where they would be bigger than the status and softkeybars so they would also show in the desktop. Masking and working on only the elfgirl but leaving the leafs untouched made a good effect I think - gave it that kinda 3d effect - as if shes looking out from behind the leafs. Besides the fact that its a pretty picture, I think this is one of the reason many people like it - even those that cant tell why its a litle different from most themes. Im glad you noticed the effect I was trying to create

But we cant do that on all themes - it very much depends on the material. Sometimes we just have to go the easy way
Luckily Vlammetje has made so many sweeeet themes - some also with different kinds of effects.

By the way - come to think of it - it was actually Vlammetje who desided that weeks elfquest topic and who pointed me to the place where I found the picture for the elfquest theme - so shes partly to blame for me having that creative fit the night I made that theme

[ This Message was edited by: TheRealSpawn on 2003-12-16 23:17 ]
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Posted: 2003-12-17 00:14:33
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Well I have located the 'feathers' in photoshop now...... just can't exactly make them do what I want yet

And your right.... your Elfquest is one of the best themes ever I too love it
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Posted: 2003-12-17 09:30:35
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TheRealSpawn wrote:
only the elfgirl but leaving the leafs untouched made a good effect I think - gave it that kinda 3d effect - as if shes looking out from behind the leafs.


Well, your elf is actually a he. His name is "Cutter" (Skarpegg in Norwegian, I don't remember his Danish name, maybe "Ilder"? "Snijer" in Dutch).


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Well I have located the 'feathers' in photoshop now...... just can't exactly make them do what I want yet :P

I think I would work in two layers. The original sharp image on the bottom and the blurred one above. Then I would have feathered the blurred image (then you will se your original sharp image appear gradually around the edges). In the end I would merged the layers.

The result should be the desired one. I have to admit that I'm not experienced with Photoshop eiter. I usually use Gimp (http://gimp.org/) because it is free and have similar tools as Photoshop, and even there I'm just a novice.

Kristian André

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[ This Message was edited by: kristaga on 2003-12-17 15:25 ]
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Posted: 2003-12-17 16:11:57
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