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Title: Kandinsky Light
Post by: Fluke on January 10, 2017, 05:27:48 PM
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/18af/eqg7mox7al95egdzg.jpg)

Kandinsky Light
Version 1.0.3 | Download Link (http://www.mediafire.com/file/30mydi7dxo3qy7d/Kandinsky_Light.xml)

A light, minimal theme for Musicbee 3.0 inspired by the old Zune desktop player.
You can find a dark version of the skin here (http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=20695.0). Let me know about any issues you
find or potential changes you'd like to see!

Install Instructions

Place file in your Musicbee/Skins folder and select it in Musicbee under View > Skins.

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Update Log

Jan. 16, 2017 - Changed border images in file to fix issues relating to title bar. (v 1.0.1)

Jan. 22, 2017 - Changed color of star rating in the main panels to match color in player
controls bar. Changed color of check tick marks in Preferences window to match skin
highlight color. (v 1.0.2)

Jan. 3, 2018 - Adjusted star rating lowlight color so that it doesn't stick out against the
background. (v 1.0.3)

Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: Steven on January 10, 2017, 06:21:27 PM
this looks great
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: Fluke on January 10, 2017, 06:47:44 PM
Thanks! :D
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: DarkerthanDreams on January 11, 2017, 08:14:24 PM
download link is not working says "this download is currently unavailable" :-\
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: Havokdan on January 11, 2017, 09:23:30 PM
Thanks, great skin :), I edited just to use the green color here and it was reasonable (I'm not very knowledgeable).
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: Fluke on January 11, 2017, 09:25:48 PM
Quote from: DarkerthanDreams on January 11, 2017, 08:14:24 PM
download link is not working says "this download is currently unavailable" :-\

Mind trying it again? I think it might have been some sort of temporary server error, since it looks to be up now.
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: DarkerthanDreams on January 12, 2017, 04:23:15 PM
Quote from: Fluke on January 11, 2017, 09:25:48 PM
Quote from: DarkerthanDreams on January 11, 2017, 08:14:24 PM
download link is not working says "this download is currently unavailable" :-\

Mind trying it again? I think it might have been some sort of temporary server error, since it looks to be up now.

yes it is working now thank you!
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: AvikB on January 14, 2017, 04:57:05 PM
I am currently using MusicBee 3.1 and found two issues:
(http://i.imgur.com/mzY2opQ.png)
Titlebar on both MusicBee main window and Preference window has weird issue.
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: Fluke on January 14, 2017, 11:26:45 PM
Hmmm, are you using a 10pt font? For some reason, I sometimes get something like that when I use the default 9pt font. (It might be a separate issue, but if anyone knows why that happens please let me know!)

Otherwise, I'm not too sure. I'm still using Musicbee 3.0.6190 (the latest non-beta patch from December 2016) and I'm not seeing any issues personally.
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: hello7i on January 15, 2017, 11:46:06 AM
Hi Fluke! I have a little problem with skin. It's on, but does not work. MusicBee ver. 3.0.6132
I don't use 10pt front, but i think it won't help with this trouble. Can you help me?

UPD: Using 10pt doesn't fix problem

(http://s8.hostingkartinok.com/uploads/images/2017/01/613c7071336107fbfd78bef5f9afec6a.png) (http://hostingkartinok.com/show-image.php?id=613c7071336107fbfd78bef5f9afec6a)
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: redwing on January 15, 2017, 12:26:41 PM
Nice work!

BTW border image sizes for both skins need to be adjusted.

Quote from: redwing on December 14, 2012, 10:02:33 PM
The border image sizes should be as follows.

FormBorderTop ------------------------------------------------- 1x28 [pixels]
FormBorderTopRight , FormBorderTopLeft ------------------ 5x28
FormBorderRight , FormBorderLeft  -------------------------- 4x1
FormBorderBottomRight , FormBorderBottomLeft ---------- 4x4
FormBorderBottom  -------------------------------------------- 1x4
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: Bee-liever on January 15, 2017, 12:33:13 PM
Hey Fluke!  Your border images are incorrect and is probably the culprit behind the problems users are having with this otherwise great looking skin.
The border elements should be in .png format with a 96 dpi value.
The dimensions should be:
Border Bottom: 4px high x 1px wide
Bottom Left/Right: 4px high x 4px wide
Left/Right: 1px high x 4px wide
Border Top: 28px high x 1px wide
top Left/Right: 28px high x 5px wide

Hope that fixes things.

EDIT:
Oops! redwing posted and I was still typing  :o
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: AvikB on January 15, 2017, 08:05:51 PM
Quote from: Fluke on January 14, 2017, 11:26:45 PM
Hmmm, are you using a 10pt font? For some reason, I sometimes get something like that when I use the default 9pt font. (It might be a separate issue, but if anyone knows why that happens please let me know!) Otherwise, I'm not too sure. I'm still using Musicbee 3.0.6190 (the latest non-beta patch from December 2016) and I'm not seeing any issues personally.
no i am using a lots of custom font size for different panels.
Maybe it is a issue with v3.1, can't really say. :)
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: Fluke on January 16, 2017, 05:48:40 AM
Thanks all for the helpful replies! I'll try fixing my border images and will roll out a patch soon for both the skins. Hopefully will fix the title bar errors.

UPDATE: I've changed the border images and updated the download link. I must have misread the dimensions on the wiki, since all of the border elements were rotated in my initial skin (e.g. 4x1 instead of 1x4 pixels). Thanks to Bee-liever and redwing for taking the time to find out what was wrong. Let me know if that resolves the issues you guys were seeing!
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: Fluke on January 16, 2017, 05:52:16 PM
Quote from: hello7i on January 15, 2017, 11:46:06 AM
Hi Fluke! I have a little problem with skin. It's on, but does not work. MusicBee ver. 3.0.6132
I don't use 10pt front, but i think it won't help with this trouble. Can you help me?

UPD: Using 10pt doesn't fix problem

(http://s8.hostingkartinok.com/uploads/images/2017/01/613c7071336107fbfd78bef5f9afec6a.png) (http://hostingkartinok.com/show-image.php?id=613c7071336107fbfd78bef5f9afec6a)

Thanks for the comment! I think checking the "Skin Windows Borders" option under View > Skins should make the changes you're looking for. I also recommending downloading the latest version of the skin to (hopefully) fix any remaining errors with the title bar. Let me know if that works!
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: AvikB on January 17, 2017, 11:26:55 AM
ok after the recent update it works flawlessly. Using it daily, love it. :)

(http://i.imgur.com/RtjhdSgl.png) (http://i.imgur.com/RtjhdSg.png)
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: hello7i on January 17, 2017, 06:19:27 PM
He-hey Fluke! Everything is okay now. Good work dude :3
(https://pp.vk.me/c604520/v604520324/4d540/6jHR4Ok9_XI.jpg)
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: JonhyDread on January 19, 2017, 02:23:43 AM
Quote from: AvikB on January 17, 2017, 11:26:55 AM
ok after the recent update it works flawlessly. Using it daily, love it. :)

(http://i.imgur.com/RtjhdSgl.png) (http://i.imgur.com/RtjhdSg.png)
That looks perfect. how did you get your settings to look like that?
Also, is there a way to export your musicbee settings? Cause i would love to have mine look like that *-*
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: George on December 29, 2017, 04:03:23 PM
Hello guys,

at the right side (Playing Tracks) there is a gray starr rating. This rating is visible because i had focused that row before.

How can I hide this misleading gray starr rating?

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Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: Fluke on January 03, 2018, 07:20:32 PM
Quote from: George on December 29, 2017, 04:03:23 PM
Hello guys,

at the right side (Playing Tracks) there is a gray starr rating. This rating is visible because i had focused that row before.

How can I hide this misleading gray starr rating?

(https://u2q9iw-db3pap001.files.1drv.com/y4mQLSyu3LvzKatuT5ot4M-52V2Vw3yFXtVJuPkANJBdWMnYishLnGB5A8iYcAhEa0WTnpBHQ3pk048zl1fIX0tX5AgQP5v0LmXjCzCnSwX2glNJFXjvWG_bQaI9i-6cqgmD1-lz491u-GPMaKQpvXe0jcOEWqptaZq24mARp-ipn_5WnE8sHyiN6O4NUvWj7zVB3mAh0Qu_1ZLCgPGMVQi5Q?width=1281&height=728&cropmode=none)

I've updated the skin so that the lowlight star rating (the gray color) is now changed to the white background color. I've updated the download link for the new skin version. Let me know if that fixes things for you.

Also just in general for anyone using the skin, keep letting me know if you find anything that should be changed!
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: fkm on February 24, 2018, 10:44:36 AM
Is there anyway to change the pink highlights and font to say a blue? Not sure what to change in the file!
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: Fluke on February 26, 2018, 07:36:16 PM
Quote from: fkm on February 24, 2018, 10:44:36 AM
Is there anyway to change the pink highlights and font to say a blue? Not sure what to change in the file!

Yup, that shouldn't be too difficult. In the top of the XML file, you should see a group of items inside a tag called "variables" that are assigned rgb values. The ones marked "Highlight" and "Highlight2" control the highlight color (currently set to shades pink). The ones marked "Primary-Text", "Secondary-Text", and "Tertiary-Text" control  the text color (currently set to shades of gray) and "Highlight-Text" controls the color of text that's been highlighted (currently set to off-white). If you use the spectrum visualiser like I do and want to change its color, you can alter the values for "Spectrum2-Medium" and "Spectrum2-High".

Here's something that I came up with pretty quickly that might help you get started:
Code
<variables>
        Highlight="14,96,220"
        Highlight2="34,116,240"
        Highlight-Text="235,235,235"
        Spectrum-Low="0,198,255"
        Spectrum-Medium="186,224,232"
        Spectrum-High="152,178,220"
        Spectrum2-Medium="118,85,220"
        Spectrum2-High="207,211,245"
        Primary-Text="75,75,75"
        Secondary-Text="85,85,85"
        Tertiary-Text="150,150,150"
        Background="252,251,247"
</variables>
It looks like this:
(https://i.imgur.com/y10NA23.png)

Good luck!
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: tom white on February 28, 2018, 02:45:58 PM
I really like the look of the skin with blue highlights instead of pink. Thanks for the tips on getting it set up that way. You do good work, sir!
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: George on March 13, 2018, 07:14:14 PM
Nice, thanks a lot Fluke!

I changed back the 'Panel.StarRating.Default' color but the color for 'Panel.StarRating.Lowlight' is now perfect ;-)

Again, Thanks for your great theme and support!
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: musicslvas on January 12, 2020, 07:33:47 AM
very nice
Title: Re: Kandinsky Light
Post by: HHM on April 02, 2020, 04:25:29 PM
I love both versions and use them alternately for quite a long time, however it's only now that I found a small bug in light version

in kandinkski dark, when you have tabs pinned with icon only mode the icons are barely visible:

(https://i.imgur.com/zScMLsv.png)


however they are invisible in light skin:
(https://i.imgur.com/BptJieN.png)


is there a chcance to do sth about it?