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MusicBee & Add-Ons => Customizations => Skins => Topic started by: Clarence on May 10, 2020, 09:38:22 PM

Title: Cassette C90
Post by: Clarence on May 10, 2020, 09:38:22 PM
2 Base Themes
2 Accent Colours
5 Player Colours
A 'bell and a whistle' or two...

Cassette C90:
(http://i.imgur.com/Edsuy67.png) (https://imgur.com/Edsuy67)  (http://i.imgur.com/iHEGbxe.png) (https://imgur.com/iHEGbxe)

(http://i.imgur.com/gpKg4o0h.png) (https://imgur.com/gpKg4o0)

(http://i.imgur.com/SawoUJs.gif) (https://imgur.com/SawoUJs)

DOWNLOADS:

Dark Theme:
Black Player/Blue Accent (https://www.mediafire.com/file/nqgifj4kvxouk06/CassC90_Black_Black_Blue.xmlc/file)
Black Player/Red Accent (https://www.mediafire.com/file/6wmd9ixhenrwl8n/CassC90_Black_Black_Red.xmlc/file)
Grey Player/Blue Accent (https://www.mediafire.com/file/qhjqx1spea3d9x2/CassC90_Black_Grey_Blue.xmlc/file)
Grey Player/Red Accent (https://www.mediafire.com/file/ngeoe3qka7vov2z/CassC90_Black_Grey_Red.xmlc/file)
Silver Player/Blue Accent (https://www.mediafire.com/file/0ovfh30zdn9daej/CassC90_Black_Silver_Blue.xmlc/file)
Silver Player/Red Accent (https://www.mediafire.com/file/xeqrkmltpuwtiy6/CassC90_Black_Silver_Red.xmlc/file)

Light Theme:
White Player/Blue Accent (https://www.mediafire.com/file/9ukfg06liqskcfo/CassC90_Light_White_Blue.xmlc/file)
White Player/Red Accent (https://www.mediafire.com/file/ov3cyvgsc0wr2t3/CassC90_Light_White_Red.xmlc/file)
Grey Player/Blue Accent (https://www.mediafire.com/file/kw0qjc5qsko7fj7/CassC90_Light_Grey_Blue.xmlc/file)
Grey Player/Red Accent (https://www.mediafire.com/file/ghqh2kb5yssrsz4/CassC90_Light_Grey_Red.xmlc/file)
Charcoal Player/Blue Accent (https://www.mediafire.com/file/ow5j0dq2v96wo06/CassC90_Light_Charcoal_Blue.xmlc/file)
Charcoal Player/Red Accent (https://www.mediafire.com/file/ckwhs5h9atuhio8/CassC90_Light_Charcoal_Red.xmlc/file)



I hope you enjoy the skins.


Title: Re: Cassette C90
Post by: HirriAshana92 on May 10, 2020, 11:07:11 PM
skin is great
i not see skin like this before
thank you
Title: Re: Cassette C90
Post by: frankz on May 10, 2020, 11:11:27 PM
Nice one.
Title: Re: Cassette C90
Post by: Clarence on May 10, 2020, 11:27:34 PM
@HirriAshana92 I'm glad you like it, thank you for your comment and welcome to the forum.

@frankz  Cheers frankz, appreciated.
Title: Re: Cassette C90
Post by: frankz on May 10, 2020, 11:43:34 PM
(Still not giving up my Classique Teal though  :) )
Title: Re: Cassette C90
Post by: Clarence on May 10, 2020, 11:49:37 PM
Nor me frankz...although it's the original red for me.  8)
Title: Re: Cassette C90
Post by: Adson on May 11, 2020, 10:40:39 AM

... like it  :)

Thanks for sharing your beautiful skins.
Title: Re: Cassette C90
Post by: Clarence on May 11, 2020, 11:08:28 AM
You're most welcome Adson, and I'm glad you like the skins.
Title: Re: Cassette C90
Post by: Clarence on May 12, 2020, 12:15:39 AM
Hey Coogan!

I was tidying up after finishing the above player and I had a thought...so I took you at your word   :D ...

Quote from: Coogan date=1587522218 on another thread link=topic=31284.msg173409#msg173409
As far as the overall height of the player, I'd imagine one and a half times would look really good...

(http://i.imgur.com/gxGKhiwh.png) (https://imgur.com/gxGKhiw)


Think you're big fonts will fit that? This screenshot is on a bog standard 1366x768 pixel laptop so the skin should look better on your 1920x1080.  

Let me know if you want to test drive it and I'll finish tinkering with it.

Clarence
Title: Re: Cassette C90
Post by: Adson on May 12, 2020, 11:36:27 AM

... it seems that it is not possible to enlarge the progress bar nor is it possible to show a wave bar as progress bar.

These would be great features since it is sometimes difficult to hit the thin progress bar.


Maybe you like to have a look at that when you edit the skin the next time?

Thanks in advance  :)
Title: Re: Cassette C90
Post by: Clarence on May 12, 2020, 12:41:06 PM
@Adson...correct on both counts.

Enlarging the progress bar is controlled by MusicBee but does not work with the style of graphics or their method of implementation used in my skins. Unfortunately it's a trade off between the look I want to achieve and an (optional) function (or two).

Similarly it's not possible to make a wavebar active in every skin I produce. That is a matter of my choice but based on logic. Let me explain using C90 as an example.  

The 'screen' area in this skin is shown as being in the top half of the player body. That's because I've made it look that way for the sake of the design/aesthetics. However, to place a waverbar in the player, MusicBee considers the whole player height to be the screen and places the wavebar vertically centre. There are parameters that I can set to control placement, just like a button or text, but with a waverbar these parameters are overridden by MB and it places it as described. So I can put it anywhere I like left to right, but up or down is always 'middle for diddle'. In this case, totally obliterating the image.  

I believe that this override was put in place some time ago for a very valid purpose but until it becomes available for independent positioning it's another trade off...either every skin has to have a full height screen or some can have a more 'unique' appearance and no wavebar.

A bit long-winded I know, but I hope it clarifies why certain things are done certain ways.
Title: Re: Cassette C90
Post by: Coogan on May 12, 2020, 11:30:55 PM
To Mr. & Mrs Clarence:

Thank you for another wonderful skin.  
I really like that you enlarged the bottom panel.  I work as a DJ and very often somebody will come up to see what song
is playing.  This should really make things easier for them. (and me)   ;D


Coogan
(love the red scroll-bars btw..)

(https://i.imgur.com/CTsW6XT.png)
Title: Re: Cassette C90
Post by: Clarence on May 13, 2020, 12:13:19 AM
Glad you liked it Coogan and thanks for trying it out.
I can see the need for the larger display with things like DJ work and hopefully this will help.
I'm not sure that it will appeal to a wide audience but it can probably go in the bag with the rest of the skins after I've tweaked it a little.
In the meantime, you have the only model in public ownership, so be gentle with it and don't dent her!
(Still don't like those scroll bar overlays, but each to his/her own.)

Quote from: Coogan on May 12, 2020, 11:30:55 PM
To Mr. & Mrs Clarence:

Mrs C is immune to flattery Coogan. I tried it once, didn't work so I gave up 45 years ago. Nice try though!
Title: Re: Cassette C90
Post by: Coogan on May 13, 2020, 12:25:55 AM
Quote from: Clarence on May 13, 2020, 12:13:19 AM
Mrs C is immune to flattery Coogan. I tried it once, didn't work so I gave up 45 years ago. Nice try though!

I see my charm is weaker than is used to be.
Guess I'll have to dust off the ol' guitar one day.  ;D

Coogan
Title: Re: Cassette C90
Post by: beatlesdave270 on May 13, 2020, 09:24:06 AM
Quote from: Clarence on May 11, 2020, 11:08:28 AM
You're most welcome Adson, and I'm glad you like the skins.

I love the skins, just wondering if you could design a Jukebox style skin? Kind regards Dave Thompson.
Title: Re: Cassette C90
Post by: Clarence on May 13, 2020, 01:09:02 PM
Glad that you like the skins beatlesdave270

I'm not sure that I fully understand what you want, I'm assuming what you mean is...

"Help! I need somebody, Not just anybody".
And there was me thinking... "Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away".
I told myself "Hey Dude(?), refrain. Don't carry the world upon your shoulders".
But ever dauntless, I thought, you know what..."There's nothing you can do that can't be done. Nothing you can sing that can't be sung".

Sorry Dave, just seemed too good an opportunity to miss.  ;)

In all seriousness, my first statement was true. I'm not sure that I fully understand what you want. Are you just looking for something that has the 'look/feel' of a jukebox in terms of player appearance or are you thinking of the ability to select tracks in some way directly from the player panel. eg. press buttons for track D21.  

The first option 'could'  be possible in some way but the limited space available in the player height would make it a huge challenge. The second option might be possible as a plugin of some sort. Going back to my programming days it could definitely be written as a stand alone module with it's own UI but I've never had the desire to look into calling outside modules from within MusicBee, with the inherent potential for API, data passing and integration issues etc.. There are people on here who are clearly far more capable than I am in doing something like that. I also wonder whether something could be linked into a Theatre Mode...that thought being prompted by the beautiful FLUENT CAROUSEL by mmakes which, incidentally I think is excellent.

Whichever way you were thinking of it would mean someone investing a lot of time in it which would be the main stumbling block I suspect. However, I'd be interested in how you perceived it just purely from a design interest point of view.
Title: Re: Cassette C90
Post by: phred on May 13, 2020, 01:26:31 PM
Quote from: beatlesdave270 on May 13, 2020, 09:24:06 AM
I love the skins, just wondering if you could design a Jukebox style skin?

https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=24864.msg143235#msg143235
Title: Re: Cassette C90
Post by: Clarence on May 13, 2020, 01:38:20 PM
@phred Thanks! I hadn't spotted that one before. Just given it a +1

@beatlesdave270 You might want to do the same. The more it gets it may stand a chance of being integrated one day.
Title: Re: Cassette C90
Post by: phred on May 13, 2020, 01:48:56 PM
That was a concept proposal. Basically hiccup was showing it and saying it would be nice if this could be done.

Giving it a +1 isn't likely to get something like that implemented.

I'm not capable of creating skins other than 'borrowing' someone else's skin and changing the colors. But what hiccup displayed can't be done with the current MB skinning elements.
Title: Re: Cassette C90
Post by: beatlesdave270 on May 14, 2020, 02:24:28 PM
Quote from: Clarence on May 13, 2020, 01:09:02 PM
Glad that you like the skins beatlesdave270

I'm not sure that I fully understand what you want, I'm assuming what you mean is...

"Help! I need somebody, Not just anybody".
And there was me thinking... "Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away".
I told myself "Hey Dude(?), refrain. Don't carry the world upon your shoulders".
But ever dauntless, I thought, you know what..."There's nothing you can do that can't be done. Nothing you can sing that can't be sung".

Sorry Dave, just seemed too good an opportunity to miss.  ;)

In all seriousness, my first statement was true. I'm not sure that I fully understand what you want. Are you just looking for something that has the 'look/feel' of a jukebox in terms of player appearance or are you thinking of the ability to select tracks in some way directly from the player panel. eg. press buttons for track D21. 

The first option 'could'  be possible in some way but the limited space available in the player height would make it a huge challenge. The second option might be possible as a plugin of some sort. Going back to my programming days it could definitely be written as a stand alone module with it's own UI but I've never had the desire to look into calling outside modules from within MusicBee, with the inherent potential for API, data passing and integration issues etc.. There are people on here who are clearly far more capable than I am in doing something like that. I also wonder whether something could be linked into a Theatre Mode...that thought being prompted by the beautiful FLUENT CAROUSEL by mmakes which, incidentally I think is excellent.

Whichever way you were thinking of it would mean someone investing a lot of time in it which would be the main stumbling block I suspect. However, I'd be interested in how you perceived it just purely from a design interest point of view.


Ha ha brilliant use of Beatles songs there lol.
Yeah the first option sounds good. Ive seen the other Jukebox skin too and given it a +1.
Title: Re: Cassette C90
Post by: Clarence on May 14, 2020, 04:00:53 PM
@beatlesdave270 I saw your +1 and comment on the jukebox post.  Your initial request seems to have sparked a little interest in a round about sort of way. And rightly so in my opinion as that idea of hiccup's from 2018 is certainly something that would appeal to me as a user.  I hope that someone who is well versed in Theatre Mode is able to bring it to life as that seems to be the general consensus so far of how it might be achieved.

As it seems you originally meant a look/feel type skin, I've duly noted it and should I ever have time or a sudden flash of inspiration I'll maybe, possibly, might, have a look at the idea.

...But please don't hold your breath. You see..."It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log"

.... OK. No more, I promise.