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Leopard Dark Glass Dock mod + New Glow + PSD Files
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I dig the new dock's reflection, but like most of you - that "scurve" is truly a scurvy thing. So, I made a grey-black gradient, keeping the reflection. Then, I altered frontline.png cause I hated that white line. That's when I realized the "glowing ball" effect was also reflected and that was a bit silly. So, I altered those.
After it all came together, it looked a little like this :
Since I've seen a lot of these mods in the past few days, and I only spent about 20 minutes putting this all together, I figured I may as well include the working PSD files (I use layer styles for everything, so modding it in Photoshop should take but a few seconds, really) I used for making these suckers. They're very small and the whole package is only about 84k.
So, it's an open source mod
Download it from my site (it's NOT a GUI site, I just have a few domains/servers and I can spare the bandwidth) :
http://revmitcz.com/darkglassdock.zip
EDIT :
I've updated the .zip file to split all the indicator PSDs into separate files and the template_scurve file includes all dock sizes in one file. They should be much easier to work with this way. I've also included updated instructions working w/those files.
Oh, and I made the glowing balls a little closer to the original color/size, so they're not quite as jarring this time around.
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"At first, there was Nothing. Then Nothing inverted itself and became Something.
And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
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That looks so sick! Thanks for sharing.
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24" AlumiMac 2.4ghz C2D, 4g Ram, 300g HD, 750g USBHD • 80g iPod • 160g ATV • iPhone 3g
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Originally Posted by swiz
That looks so sick! Thanks for sharing.
I've been a big fan of your work for many years. Consider this as me doing just a wee bit to repay the favor
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I like it ! Thanks so much !
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Looks awesome! Thank you!
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so...
what if i want to get rid of the lanes dividing apps & files?
easy to do? or...?
either way, this KILLS the original dock (which is just ugly).
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Last edited by fisherKing; Nov 1, 2007 at 10:26 PM.
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"At first, there was Nothing. Then Nothing inverted itself and became Something.
And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
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Originally Posted by fisherKing
so...
what if i want to get rid of the lanes diving apps & files?
easy to do? or...?
either way, this KILLS the original dock (which is just ugly).
Theoretically, you could drop a 1x1 pixel transparent png into the /Dock/Contents/Resources folder, named "separator.png" and it'll at least be invisible. Whether or not it will be automatically resized to match what the separator was or not - I have no idea. I'm just theorizing over here
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I've been fooling around with those, as well. Seems reflections are drawn under the Dock, and their intensity can be completely controlled by changing the transparency of the S-curve images. So, by making it completely opaque, you can have a matte dock:
I just put a 65% opaque black layer underneath the original S-curve images, so the reflections are still there, but they're much subtler:
If anyone wants them, all these files can be downloaded here.
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hey guys,
need a lil bit of help here..
i'm using the darkvariable trans dock, and i'm just wondering why my dock looks like this:
notice the white line below the dock? that's the problem.
any1 know how to get rid of that 'white line'?
thanks
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Originally Posted by antares
hey guys,
need a lil bit of help here..
i'm using the darkvariable trans dock, and i'm just wondering why my dock looks like this:
notice the white line below the dock? that's the problem.
any1 know how to get rid of that 'white line'?
thanks
log out, log in? or restart? worked for me...
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"At first, there was Nothing. Then Nothing inverted itself and became Something.
And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
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tried restarting once, didnt work..
i restored my dock to the original one, and it still has the white line.
somebody help please.. --"
thanks
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the white line comes from the frontline.png file in the dock.app/resources file.
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Originally Posted by antares
hey guys,
need a lil bit of help here..
i'm using the darkvariable trans dock, and i'm just wondering why my dock looks like this:
notice the white line below the dock? that's the problem.
any1 know how to get rid of that 'white line'?
thanks
Someone kinda beat me to it, but yeah - it's the "frontline.png" file. If you download the .zip in my original post, I've provided a frontline that removes it. Just follow the instructions
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So how do I install this? Can someone kindly post instructions? Thanks.
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Originally Posted by loveanh
So how do I install this? Can someone kindly post instructions? Thanks.
RTFM
(it's in the zip file at the top of this page)
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Originally Posted by revmitcz
RTFM
(it's in the zip file at the top of this page)
thanks, looks real nice
what dos RTFM stand for?
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Originally Posted by cybergoober
Read The F***ing Manual
That wasn't nice
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Awesome - thank you.
One thing. In your ReadMe, you indicate that 9 files need to backed up, trashed, and then replaced with 9 files in your archive. However, there is also an indicator_large.png file in the Resources folder as well as in your archive that is not mentioned in the ReadMe. I replaced this one too even though the ReadMe didn't mention it. Was I supposed to? If so, you might want to update the ReadMe file.
Thanks again, this is a fantastic mod and looks great with the default Leopard desktop.
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Originally Posted by Mrjinglesusa
Awesome - thank you.
One thing. In your ReadMe, you indicate that 9 files need to backed up, trashed, and then replaced with 9 files in your archive. However, there is also an indicator_large.png file in the Resources folder as well as in your archive that is not mentioned in the ReadMe. I replaced this one too even though the ReadMe didn't mention it. Was I supposed to? If so, you might want to update the ReadMe file.
Thanks again, this is a fantastic mod and looks great with the default Leopard desktop.
Ahh... yeah, my bad. It's been updated. Thanks for the heads-up and the compliments.
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Originally Posted by revmitcz
Ahh... yeah, my bad. It's been updated. Thanks for the heads-up and the compliments.
No problem.
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Originally Posted by loveanh
That wasn't nice
LOL. You asked what it stood for.
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Originally Posted by cybergoober
LOL. You asked what it stood for.
glad to see you're still alive despite the bomb scare
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Originally Posted by revmitcz
Ahh... yeah, my bad. It's been updated. Thanks for the heads-up and the compliments.
so should I replace that 10th file too?
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Originally Posted by loveanh
so should I replace that 10th file too?
If you replaced the indicator files, then yeah.
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Very Nice. This (with a few mods by me) will be my new dock
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Originally Posted by adamfishercox
Very Nice. This (with a few mods by me) will be my new dock
wow, your sig is huge
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This weekend I made a ton of different Dock graphics. The originals are there too just in case...
Check out my new Licorice (Original) Dock graphics...
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