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Makki · Jan 22, 2005, 10:15 PM

Ultraman

Nice desktop screenshot
Nice website
Nice walls collection
Nice Lady in iChat

Makki

digitaljames · Jan 22, 2005, 11:05 PM

Originally posted by Syzygy:
Yeah, I agree with crooner, that's an awesome mod, you can't post that and expect us not to ask!

Are those custom images, or are they combined from other theme? (if so, what themes?)

They are recolored menu items from PM2k5 with the borders cleaned up. The rest is just the standard Power Metal 2.0 theme with some of the blue elements made to match the menu highlights. It's really more of what might be a graphite variant.

Super Nova · Jan 23, 2005, 01:05 AM

sweet screenshop eyevaan, what programs did you use?

SuperNova

Tick · Jan 23, 2005, 01:53 AM

Originally posted by Burk3:
ive got that desktop pic at work. It's nice.

Ya, I liked it too, Now to find those awesome Where the Wild Things Are icons.

senseigmg · Jan 23, 2005, 02:25 AM

Just got my PB on thursday, haven't looked back to windows since.

number_six · Jan 23, 2005, 08:22 AM

The imac at home, ...

Theme : PlasterStYL by Gerrit, as usual
icons : Mix between Decipher and Serenity
Wall : One picture I've discovered in www.e-sh.ru

what else? .... Oh, music : Maximilian Hecker, My friends, ...

haley · Jan 23, 2005, 02:42 PM

Theme: "Mislabeled" mod by Justin here
Desktop pic: Jour Gris by Mubach

Makki · Jan 23, 2005, 03:55 PM

Hey thats a nice desktop you have there Haley

Makki

Stuphalina · Jan 23, 2005, 06:11 PM

Introducing Transparent LuGUI. (No, you can't have it. Sorry.)

I just finished it, and a million thanks to Tom and Rick for their help.

Tune: rockin' along to my boy, Darin.

valdur · Jan 23, 2005, 07:00 PM

Theme: Windows sucks and keeps crashing...

:: video of CES show at vegas and ONE of the crashes that a live audience saw..
:: that's what bill gets for trying to imitate Apple and its iLife suite....give it up bill...

ZXspectrum · Jan 23, 2005, 07:04 PM

Originally posted by Stuphalina:
Introducing Transparent LuGUI. (No, you can't have it. Sorry.)

I just finished it, and a million thanks to Tom and Rick for their help.

Tune: rockin' along to my boy, Darin.

very nice.

let us know if you decide to release it.

thanks.

demograph68 · Jan 23, 2005, 07:40 PM

Non-releasable theme mods suck.

digitaljames · Jan 23, 2005, 07:56 PM

Originally posted by demograph68:
Non-releasable theme mods suck.

They suck for people who can't use Photoshop to mod it themselves. You have those skills so why does it suck for you?

Stuphalina · Jan 23, 2005, 08:12 PM

Yeah, well it was my first big mod- not that it's a big mod - and as Tom told me, very easy to do. Just try!

Hi I'm Ben · Jan 23, 2005, 08:14 PM

Originally posted by valdur:
Theme: Windows sucks and keeps crashing...

:: video of CES show at vegas and ONE of the crashes that a live audience saw..
:: that's what bill gets for trying to imitate Apple and its iLife suite....give it up bill...

What icons are those in Adium, and where can I get that WMP theme?

demograph68 · Jan 23, 2005, 08:18 PM

You're right. I was just being a jealous ass

I'd love to do it myself though I'm not interested in recycling peoples finished work.
I might change the sidebar color but that's it. It really is a bitch though when the theme has elements that won't apply right in shapeshifter. It gives me a ****ing headache.

haley · Jan 23, 2005, 11:30 PM

Updated from earlier today....

clean
dirty

Updated from earlier today...

Theme: "Mislabeled" mod by Justin here
Desktop pic: Jour Gris by Mubach turned desktop pic (by him too)

Stuphalina · Jan 24, 2005, 12:09 AM

Originally posted by demograph68:
You're right. I was just being a jealous ass
I'd love to do it myself though I'm not interested in recycling peoples finished work.
I might change the sidebar color but that's it. It really is a bitch though when the theme has elements that won't apply right in shapeshifter. It gives me a ****ing headache.

Oh, go for it. I just copied others, and it's not a novel concept in any way.

wingchuner · Jan 24, 2005, 12:10 AM

Loving this Mod...Great job
Here's my little desktop

http://home.comcast.net/~wingchuner/screenshot1.jpg

grayware · Jan 24, 2005, 12:16 AM

Originally posted by digitaljames:
Swiz *might* let me share it but it's a guaranteed no on the icons since he is updating the set for a March release...we'll see.

Gerrit Vanoppen · Jan 24, 2005, 03:50 AM

Originally posted by Stuphalina:
Yeah, well it was my first big mod- not that it's a big mod - and as Tom told me, very easy to do. Just try!

Well done mod, nice screenshot

crooner · Jan 24, 2005, 06:10 AM

Originally posted by Stuphalina:
Yeah, well it was my first big mod- not that it's a big mod - and as Tom told me, very easy to do. Just try!

Well I think it looks great. And my, what good taste you have in music!

badidea · Jan 24, 2005, 06:42 AM

Originally posted by Tick:
I'm not finding these where the wild things are icons anywhere. Does anyone have a link to them/archive of them?

If you still need those icons then I can send them via e-mail...

Stuphalina · Jan 24, 2005, 09:39 AM

Thanks all for the nice posts.

TheGUiTom · Jan 24, 2005, 10:45 AM

Originally posted by Stuphalina:
Yeah, well it was my first big mod- not that it's a big mod - and as Tom told me, very easy to do. Just try!

Yepyep!

acronym16 · Jan 24, 2005, 10:46 AM

ZXspectrum · Jan 24, 2005, 02:52 PM

Originally posted by Stuphalina:
Thanks all for the nice posts.

Nice. But I don�ft understand why you and other people on this forum are refusing 2 share their work

Isn�ft that what this community is all about

Tick · Jan 24, 2005, 02:54 PM

Originally posted by badidea:
If you still need those icons then I can send them via e-mail...

Just got them, thanks though

Tick · Jan 24, 2005, 02:58 PM

Originally posted by digitaljames:
They suck for people who can't use Photoshop to mod it themselves. You have those skills so why does it suck for you?

Because he has to redo work that is already done, and he might not get it to the same degree as the person posting the screen shot.

siMac · Jan 24, 2005, 03:01 PM

Originally posted by Makki:

Er...?

ZXspectrum · Jan 24, 2005, 03:17 PM

Originally posted by digitaljames:
They suck for people who can't use Photoshop to mod it themselves. You have those skills so why does it suck for you?

A year ago I posted a thread that made a few people mad. I suggested that we would pay for themes.
But everybody told me that it is all about sharing and it�fs a work of love bla bla bla�c.

Maybe you didn't thought about it but posting a theme with a transparent Menubar will make some people understand theming better! There are not a lot of info out there you know.

eyevaan · Jan 24, 2005, 03:29 PM

Originally posted by Super Nova:
sweet screenshop eyevaan, what programs did you use?

SuperNova

thx - its a low key DT. programs: DragThing5, iPulse, CandyBar and ShapeShifter . . . I think that is it. DragThing controls the process dock and the trash can. PM me if you have any other questions.

Hi I'm Ben · Jan 24, 2005, 03:45 PM

Originally posted by siMac:
Er...?

Reminds me of when bush got re-elected.

acronym16 · Jan 24, 2005, 04:00 PM

Originally posted by siMac:
Er...?

OK I'm going to say it, what the ****? (exuse my language) but makki allways seems to be getting into an argument about his mods or anything else he does, I'm not saying thats his fault but surely it would be sensible to make someone a little less "risky" as a new mod? no? Oh well just my thoughts. I barely see any moderatieng being done or needing to be done here anyway.

Kate · Jan 24, 2005, 04:09 PM

Originally posted by ZXspectrum:
Nice. But I don?ft understand why you and other people on this forum are refusing 2 share their work

Isn?ft that what this community is all about

No. A community can have all sorts of common things and common sense has not always a great part in this. This community shares merely ideas and a spirit of designing according to individual needs. This does not necessarily mean that everybody is willing to share the outcome of these ideas and efforts.

But that should not prevent you from sharing with others. But be careful, there is a subtle hook, do not share things that originate from others while your contribution is merely a wig on top.
This by far has made the spirit of this community sour more than once.

ZXspectrum · Jan 24, 2005, 04:32 PM

Originally posted by Kate:
No. A community can have all sorts of common things and common sense has not always a great part in this. This community shares merely ideas and a spirit of designing according to individual needs. This does not necessarily mean that everybody is willing to share the outcome of these ideas and efforts.

But that should not prevent you from sharing with others. But be careful, there is a subtle hook, do not share things that originate from others while your contribution is merely a wig on top.
This by far has made the spirit of this community sour more than once.

nicely said but i think that you are taking it 2far.

posting a theme with a transparent Menubar will make some people understand theming better! There are not a lot of info out there you know.

siMac · Jan 24, 2005, 04:51 PM

Originally posted by Hi I'm Ben:
What icons are those in Adium, and where can I get that WMP theme?

Click my sig to get UnityADM-1 status icons.

nbn22385 · 11:24 PM

Not work safe

http://screenshots.haque.net/screens...shot-24692.jpg

Theme = Milk 2.5 (personal mod)
Font = Handel Gothic D Light (so very original, i know)
Wall = Elin Grindemyr (based on ultraman's style)
Dock icons = Smooth Series

Stuphalina · Jan 24, 2005, 05:23 PM

Originally posted by ZXspectrum:
nicely said but i think that you are taking it 2far.

posting a theme with a transparent Menubar will make some people understand theming better! There are not a lot of info out there you know.

I'm sorry, but "understand theming better"? I don't quite understand what you mean by that. PLease explain.
I cannot give out the theme because the original author of it does not want me to. What Kate said was exactly it. Please read her post again if you did not maybe understand it at first.

Tick · Jan 24, 2005, 05:30 PM

Originally posted by Stuphalina:
I'm sorry, but "understand theming better"? I don't quite understand what you mean by that. PLease explain.
I cannot give out the theme because the original author of it does not want me to. What Kate said was exactly it. Please read her post again if you did not maybe understand it at first.

Instructions for doing that would rock

eyevaan · Jan 24, 2005, 05:42 PM

Originally posted by nbn22385:
Wall = Elin Grindemyr (based on ultraman's style)

joy

acronym16 · Jan 24, 2005, 05:45 PM

Originally posted by Tick:
Instructions for doing that would rock

It's pretty simple you just get the menu bar elements in themepark, send them to photoshop and set the transparency to 99% and put it back in

Tick · Jan 24, 2005, 05:49 PM

Originally posted by acronym16:
It's pretty simple you just get the menu bar elements in themepark, send them to photoshop and set the transparency to 99% and put it back in

There you go ZXspectrum

ZXspectrum · Jan 24, 2005, 06:02 PM

Originally posted by Stuphalina:
I'm sorry, but "understand theming better"? I don't quite understand what you mean by that. PLease explain.
I cannot give out the theme because the original author of it does not want me to. What Kate said was exactly it. Please read her post again if you did not maybe understand it at first.

Thank you for your advise about reading the post again. I did and still didn't get it! It�s not like somebody here is showing is work at the louvre. It�s not only directed to you but people here should relax and be more helpful

Acrimonium · 07:11 PM

Oooooh, a screenshot... Here ? ? ?

[URL=http://www.spymac.com/upload/gallery/f_0/user_7666/upload_330710.jpg> 1600x1024 <[/URL]

I changed only a few... But add my girl to the scene with DeskFun app...
A quick Photoshop to add wings, adapt colors, makes a .png floating on desktop and voila...

acronym16 · Jan 24, 2005, 07:10 PM

Originally posted by ZXspectrum:
Thank you for your advise about reading the post again. I did and still didn't get it! It�s not like somebody here is showing is work at the louvre. It�s not only directed to you but people here should relax and be more helpful

I think people here are plenty helpful (bad grammar). The concept is simple, it realy is, If someone goes through al the trouble of makeing a theme, or icons or watever then that work belongs to them. They own the rights to it, unless otherwise stated. This means you have to ask for there permission to release mods etc. To be perfecctly ohnest this is just good manars, I realy don't like it when someone takes my work(whatever it may be) and screws about with it. It's just rude. If they gave me the mod and said, look I like your work and I've done this with it and the quality was up to my expectations then I would allow a release as would most people here, however if it was taken and changed without my consent and given out then I would force them to take it offline. When people take the time and effor to make these things for us it is a very personal thing, I know this because I see all my work this way, its personal, it belongs to me and I'm proud of it (or else it gets thrown away) So I don't want some guy who doesnt care about it and the standards I was trying to reach messing around with it. Perhaps you are not proud of your work? or dont find it personal to you? or perhaps you havnt realy done much? In time I'm sure you will come to see your own work in the way I and many others do.

END OF POINTLESSLY LONG MESSAGE

ZXspectrum · Jan 24, 2005, 07:41 PM

Originally posted by acronym16:
I think people here are plenty helpful (bad grammar). The concept is simple, it realy is, If someone goes through al the trouble of makeing a theme, or icons or watever then that work belongs to them. They own the rights to it, unless otherwise stated. This means you have to ask for there permission to release mods etc. To be perfecctly ohnest this is just good manars, I realy don't like it when someone takes my work(whatever it may be) and screws about with it. It's just rude. If they gave me the mod and said, look I like your work and I've done this with it and the quality was up to my expectations then I would allow a release as would most people here, however if it was taken and changed without my consent and given out then I would force them to take it offline. When people take the time and effor to make these things for us it is a very personal thing, I know this because I see all my work this way, its personal, it belongs to me and I'm proud of it (or else it gets thrown away) So I don't want some guy who doesnt care about it and the standards I was trying to reach messing around with it. Perhaps you are not proud of your work? or dont find it personal to you? or perhaps you havnt realy done much? In time I'm sure you will come to see your own work in the way I and many others do.

END OF POINTLESSLY LONG MESSAGE

I am not an artist. But I would like to learn how 2 theme. So maybe it's a bit frustrating that there is not lot info out there about theming. Sorry if you took it the wrong way.

acronym16 · Jan 24, 2005, 07:46 PM

Originally posted by ZXspectrum:
I am not an artist. But I would like to learn how 2 theme. So maybe it's a bit frustrating that there is not lot info out there about theming. Sorry if you took it the wrong way.

The best way to learn about themeing is to do mods and alter current themes and then progress, manuals realy dont help with something like this

Stuphalina · Jan 24, 2005, 10:22 PM

Originally posted by acronym16:
The best way to learn about themeing is to do mods and alter current themes and then progress, manuals realy dont help with something like this

Exactly, plus I got help from the theme's creator in making the mod. I showed him first and he had no problem with me showing it. If he had said I could release it, I would have. Otherwise, there is no chance.

Look, I had been thinking about doing this mod for a long time, and it really was my biggest mod to date, so just go for it, ask question because we do help here, but don't complain if a person is sticking by the code of conduct.

Makki · Jan 24, 2005, 10:42 PM

Thanks Stuphalina very good advice. We want people who visit MacNN to feel like they can ask for advice or assistance freely without anyone cutting em down or etc.

Please feel free to share with us whats on your mind and maybe someone can help make that into a reality.

Makki