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swiz · Jul 30, 2003, 11:59 PM

If people dont mind waiting a little while I would put forth the time to do it but keep in mind Im getting married so time is precious right now.

decursive · Jul 31, 2003, 12:08 AM

Originally posted by swiz:
If people dont mind waiting a little while I would put forth the time to do it but keep in mind Im getting married so time is precious right now.

no! i demand you postpone your wedding and start theming.

or not. hope you have a great wedding.

digitaljames · Jul 31, 2003, 12:36 AM

I'd be happy with just having the widget resources at the moment. We could make this theme open source.....

ambush · Jul 31, 2003, 12:43 AM

Originally posted by NetworkShadow:
I think you just captured exactly what the theme should look like. I'd like to see that theme made!

The first concept and this one are the best.
Please finish it

Cerbero · Jul 31, 2003, 08:40 AM

Just one problem with that concept.. The top of the titlebar text will land outside of the actual titlebar.

Oh and if the theme is going to be "open source", i'd be more than happy to put the PSD for my mockup up, if that's going to the help anyone.

Patcarla · Jul 31, 2003, 10:51 AM

Indeed that is getting really close...
I worked a bit on my previous mockup.. It's quite different to what you guys are doing but anyway.. I think I'll keep going in that direction.
Here are the pictures.
As you can see the grid/holes are in the widgets now. As you can also notice (picture 3) the grid are really greads and you can see what behind across them. I kind of like it.

LeeG · Jul 31, 2003, 02:49 PM

Originally posted by mrtew:
How about something a little less blue and a little more literal to the computer? Have I gone too far?

THIS is how the theme should be - looks great!!

Lee

Cerbero · Jul 31, 2003, 03:09 PM

Here's what I have at the moment. Tried to capture the aluminum look a bit more in the buttons. I based it somewhat on elements from Apples PMG5 site.
And like I said before, mrtew's concept, while great looking, won't work because of the restrictions in the theme format, the text would stick out the top of the window

Not sure how this would work, if the buttons are possible to do etc, as I haven't played around much with theme creation...

honz · Jul 31, 2003, 04:22 PM

Cerbero, that's the best I've seen so far! The buttons look great, although like you say I'm not sure if they're achievable, I really know didly-squat about themeing for mac. But over all it looks very promising. I think you've captured the feel perfectly.
I'm just hoping at least one of these styles makes it all the way to fruitation.

TheIceMan · Jul 31, 2003, 05:30 PM

Originally posted by mrtew:

I like this. Is there no way to work around the text display? Since the text is centered anyways, would that work?

quandarry · 04:56 PM

i think this one by cerbero is cool...

Groovy · Jul 31, 2003, 07:09 PM

Originally posted by mrtew:
How about something a little less blue and a little more literal to the computer? Have I gone too far?

I like it! the right side widget should be 4 holes though

mrtew · Jul 31, 2003, 08:48 PM

Yeah, my titlebar will take some getting used to anyway. I placed it in my copy of brushed along with the widgets everyone seems to like. I don't know how to get around that old bug where the background apps use the mask from the close box on all three widgets though. That seems like it will prevent them from being used. But like I said... I am not going to do the theme anyway, I just wanted to see what the titlebar would look like in actual use. I've seen worse, but I've also seen better.

ARENA · Jul 31, 2003, 09:38 PM

Originally posted by quandarry:
i don't think this titlebar makes it...maybe if it went straight across and didn't dip down.

*note: widgets and everything you see is from a metal theme i'm working on...release if ever unknown...probably for panther but who knows...

i think this one by cerbero is cool...

The one by Cerbero is awesome!! I hope someone build it.

NetworkShadow · Jul 31, 2003, 09:59 PM

Originally posted by quandarry:
i don't think this titlebar makes it...maybe if it went straight across and didn't dip down.

*note: widgets and everything you see is from a metal theme i'm working on...release if ever unknown...probably for panther but who knows...

i think this one by cerbero is cool...

I think they should both be mixed, they both have great parts.

Patcarla · Aug 1, 2003, 12:15 PM

I'm really getting carried away to the realistic side...

As everybody seemed to go to a minimalistic design, I decided to go the other way..

BTW, thanks to mrtew for the Handle/title bar idea.

mrtew · Aug 1, 2003, 03:49 PM

Originally posted by Patcarla:
I'm really getting carried away to the realistic side...
As everybody seemed to go to a minimalistic design, I decided to go the other way..

BTW, thanks to mrtew for the Handle/title bar idea.

Your titlebar is working a little better than mine I think. I don't understand the vented buttons at all though. How about making the vents the backgrounds for the scrollbars? Maybe that wouldn't work though with the tiling it uses. Maybe it would be the toolbutton background below the titlebar. The widgets are sort of cool looking but they just don't say G5 at all to me. I think that between everyone we should be able to firgure this out. I always thought that there should be open source themes out there that everyone can modify and release without someone screaming "you stole all my valuable work'.... maybe this one will either become that or will prove that the open source concept can never work for themes!

NetworkShadow · Aug 1, 2003, 05:40 PM

Originally posted by Patcarla:
I'm really getting carried away to the realistic side...
As everybody seemed to go to a minimalistic design, I decided to go the other way..

BTW, thanks to mrtew for the Handle/title bar idea.

A little bit on the over kill side... You also need to work on your anti-aliasing a bit on a few things.

Cerbero · Aug 1, 2003, 07:21 PM

I've been working on a more complete mockup.. I'm assuming the highlights on the titlebars would work, since Max has a similar thing in the latest version of Brushed.
Would anyone be interested in making this theme into reality?

Click to zoom

The menubar needs a lot more work, as well as the scrollbars...

Btw, if anyone's interested in the wallpaper, I put it up here (1280x960)...

Patcarla · 07:48 PM

Originally posted by Cerbero:
I've been working on a more complete mockup..

Great Job Cerbero!

Very simple and very close to the G5. I keep working on mine and my "realistic version"

Here is a neww version with new widgets and toolbar button..

Fluid · 07:49 PM

Cerbero, I'll work on it. I may need some help. I'll do the titlebars tonight.

Sage · Aug 1, 2003, 07:34 PM

Beautiful! I mean that, seriously... that's one of the prettiest themes I've seen in a long time. I demand that someone make it!

(My only suggestion is that on the "Path" button, the holes look a little too much like Mickey Mouse...

)

Cerbero · 08:21 PM

Originally posted by Fluid:
Cerbero, I'll work on it. I may need some help. I'll do the titlebars tonight.

Cool, man

Give me a shout on AIM if you need anything. I have everything you've seen so far as PSDs.

Fluid · Aug 2, 2003, 03:21 AM

Taken a bit longer than expected. What I have so far:

http://fluidusa.com/screens/G5.jpg

jessejlt · Aug 2, 2003, 05:50 AM

Originally posted by Fluid:
Taken a bit longer than expected. What I have so far:

http://fluidusa.com/screens/G5.jpg

Looks slick.
Suggestions:
1. Instead of having the entire active widget light up, just have the background of them light up, like Iza did in that one black theme.
2. Semi-transparent menus.
3. Uniformity is our friend. No special Brushed implementation, just one unified theme throughout.
jesse ;-)

NetworkShadow · Aug 2, 2003, 12:07 PM

Originally posted by Fluid:
Taken a bit longer than expected. What I have so far:

http://fluidusa.com/screens/G5.jpg

Looking good. It's smooth and crisp looking, just what a G5 theme should be.

Fluid · Aug 2, 2003, 04:26 PM

Well. Tom I leave for a 2 week vacation so instead of just leaving the theme I thought this theme should be created by the community so here is the .tpark for who ever wants to continue the work.

http://fluidusa.com/screens/G5.tpark

digitaljames · Aug 2, 2003, 07:02 PM

Originally posted by Fluid:
Well. Tom I leave for a 2 week vacation so instead of just leaving the theme I thought this theme should be created by the community so here is the .tpark for who ever wants to continue the work.

http://fluidusa.com/screens/G5.tpark

I didn't see any modified elements in it....exported it as a resc based theme and applied...looks like aqua. Am I doing something wrong?

Toyin · 11:57 PM

I don't know, when I saw this topic I pictured something a bit trurer to the actual machine. Here's a quick and dirty mock-up

Personally I wouldn't use it (too busy, like the design of the machine.)

On a side note, I do like many of the proposed theme's here, but except for Patcarla's version, none of the theme's remind me of the G5's design (which I'm not crazy about in the 1st place, but that's another thread all together)

mrtew · Aug 3, 2003, 12:24 AM

Originally posted by Toyin:
I don't know, when I saw this topic I pictured something a bit trurer to the actual machine. Here's a quick and dirty mock-up

Personally I wouldn't use it (too busy, like the design of the machine.)
On a side note, I do like many of the proposed theme's here, but except for Patcarla's version, none of the theme's remind me of the G5's design (which I'm not crazy about in the 1st place, but that's another thread all together)

Wow! If you can do something that cool quick and dirty with an idea you don't even like inspired by a design you don't like, I'd like to see what you can do when you are really running strong! I think that looks GREAT!

NetworkShadow · Aug 3, 2003, 01:30 AM

It might be a little over kill on the holes, but could be made into something really cool.

Crimson · Aug 3, 2003, 09:18 AM

digitaljames, that file you downloaded is just a core for a theme, not a them in itself... the file just tells what images go where and so on...

digitaljames · Aug 3, 2003, 10:02 AM

Yes, a generic tpark file is basically a template but he renamed it G5 hence my thinking he had included the resources shown in his screenie...

Originally posted by Crimson:
digitaljames, that file you downloaded is just a core for a theme, not a them in itself... the file just tells what images go where and so on...

I'mDaMac · Aug 3, 2003, 12:23 PM

Some nice concepts here. I honestly haven't given the G5 concept much thought since I posted that first idea. I like Cerbrero's concept - nice and clean. Toyin's idea does reflect the G5 a bit more but I don't believe those holes in the titlebar are possible with the way carbon apps stretch their fill.

Modro · Aug 3, 2003, 05:27 PM

Cerbero, I love your concept.

Exactly what I had envisioned, and it looks awesome. I love it.

This is one theme that NEEDS to be finished.

Imperial Guard · Aug 3, 2003, 05:55 PM

I agree.......... That is very impressive "Cerbero". What about black or VERY dark gray "Window TitleBar Buttons"?

quandarry · Aug 4, 2003, 04:09 AM

just the the window title bar, widgets, color and menu...not the buttons or list view.
?
?

Toyin · Aug 4, 2003, 10:36 AM

Originally posted by mrtew:
Wow! If you can do something that cool quick and dirty with an idea you don't even like inspired by a design you don't like, I'd like to see what you can do when you are really running strong! I think that looks GREAT!

Thanks mrtew.

Originally posted by I'mDaMac:
Some nice concepts here. I honestly haven't given the G5 concept much thought since I posted that first idea. I like Cerbrero's concept - nice and clean. Toyin's idea does reflect the G5 a bit more but I don't believe those holes in the titlebar are possible with the way carbon apps stretch their fill.

I thought that the title bars are just repeated not stretched. In the worse case scenario you could do this by resizing the title bar fill to something ridiculous like 2000pixels long.

Cerbero · Aug 4, 2003, 11:13 AM

Thanks everyone for all the positive feedback

I decided to try and make it into an actual theme myself. Some time has to be the first, right? Anyway, I'm having some problems with Carbon apps, as you can see to the right here:

Does anyone know how I can resolve that problem?

As you can also see, I had to give up the highlight on the titlebar, since Carbon and Cocoa apps handle that resource differently. Carbon apps stretch it, while Cocoa apps just repeat it.

bOOzo · Aug 4, 2003, 12:43 PM

Originally posted by Cerbero:
Thanks everyone for all the positive feedback
I decided to try and make it into an actual theme myself. Some time has to be the first, right? Anyway, I'm having some problems with Carbon apps, as you can see to the right here:

Does anyone know how I can resolve that problem?

As you can also see, I had to give up the highlight on the titlebar, since Carbon and Cocoa apps handle that resource differently. Carbon apps stretch it, while Cocoa apps just repeat it.

Just wanted to say that I too like your concept. Even though you can't use a highlight for the titlebars, you can still use it for the menubar.
The gradient on the buttons and scrollbars can't be horizontal though because they must be able to stretch, and when they do that they tile the fill. So a horizontal gradient would not work. I'd suggest that you just made them vertical instead.
I don't see which the problem is, could you explain it further?