More skins !!

by **wholesale_phil** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:53 pm

noticed that with microplayer h and microplayer v .

by **rovingcowboy** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:51 pm

the micro player was added to the theme engine by petrcbr he was hired to fix the skin engine for monkey's use and he came up with that idea one great idea too.

only as you see it was orgianly done with one image map for both. now it has to have two different skins made. you can make the same image just turn all the images and coding in the ini file from horz to vert. and it will work.

by **wholesale_phil** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:14 pm

rovingcowboy wrote:....kind of keep that style to a minimum here some like it but with a name of media monkey you can expect more kids not just teenagers, to download this player.

no worries there, i did that just because the source image begged to be done, was perfect .

rovingcowboy wrote: you can't do them for the main player. but you can do any shape you want on the floating player here.

pretty much the same as wmp, there's the full mode and then the skin mode . never thought about reskinning the micro/taskbar mode .

by **rovingcowboy** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:22 pm

man am i hungry now. love apple pie, that other skin makes me think of something else?

kind of keep that style to a minimum here some like it but with a name of media monkey you can expect more kids not just teenagers, to download this player.

but man i can't wait for your other ideas. that sample image is way out of the box for the winamp skins.

you can't do them for the main player. but you can do any shape you want on the floating player here.

by **wholesale_phil** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:43 pm

downloaded at least one of the tuts over at mmwiki and i'll probably go back for more . it looks very similar to how wmp skinning is done . in the meantime, roving...on the matter of ''skinning outside the box''...here are some of my old wmp custom skins ...

old wmp skins

by **rovingcowboy** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:16 pm

he did that tut on mm 2 its old go to the wiki site and get the tuts on there for making mm 3 skins. my fast newbie one and more detailed info in mortens how to make them lesson. for mm 3.

by **nohitter151** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:13 pm

wholesale_phil wrote:i've done skins for wmp, jet audio, winamp, various forums (CSS) and modifications for MOHAA (pc game) . problem is even though i use tuts, i rely more on ''trial and error'' , using the tuts more as a back up . ie. i'm browsing MoDementia's tut for the skin star....

Don't look at that thread, its outdated and only for skinning MM2, MM3 has a new skinning engine and method. This guide helped me most when I began to skin:
http://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/index.p ... and_higher

by **wholesale_phil** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:10 pm

i've done skins for wmp, jet audio, winamp, various forums (CSS) and modifications for MOHAA (pc game) . problem is even though i use tuts, i rely more on ''trial and error'' , using the tuts more as a back up . ie. i'm browsing MoDementia's tut for the skin starter pack and i'm basically sitting here muttering ''wtf'' every ten seconds . it's not that it's was written badly but i have no clue why steps are being done . hence the fall back with my ''reverse-engineering'' style . i can figure out how to do something just not explain or even understand fully why it does something . roving...this is as close as i'll get to doing a stealers skin....

i am glad to see we'll probably skin in the same style, being we seemingly have the same aptitude (modify it because it's there) .

by **rovingcowboy** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:53 pm

Anonymous wrote:I appreciate it takes a long time to make skins .... and good work to those who have done so. Mediamonkey should employ some skinners....they must be making plenty of cash from all those opting for MM Gold.

someone brought that up before i don't remember the answer they got but, if Mediamonkey developers were to hire skinners wouldn't that put a damper on all the fun free skinners have in making them? me i only make graphics for programs i like. the more i make the more i like the program.

i only did 4 skins for winamp and they only have 2 of them on their site anymore they got rid of the other ones. not that they were not working its just they did not want them on the site.

i started making them here because i like media monkey and as a way of giving something back since i don't buy things online i use snail mail addresses for that, so its a form of fun and payback for me to make the skins. but i am wanting more help because i know i can't be the only one with off the wall ideas, so guest how about joining in and making some skins too. the more the merrier

by **rovingcowboy** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:46 pm

wholesale_phil wrote:i'm on it . granted any skins i submit will seemingly have a lot of philadelphia eagles themes or at least be of some dark green hue but i'm on it .

wow great a person from PA. too bad its on the wrong side. ha ha h aha a LOL how about a Pitt's team skin, i know i know your reply is whats that. ha h ah a LOL

yep i am from pitt's area. but live in texas now. boy do i get looks down here when i say go steelers. it don't matter if i call my self cowboy they still want to stomp on me for the steelers comment. fun fun fun.

by **Guest** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:58 am

I appreciate it takes a long time to make skins .... and good work to those who have done so. Mediamonkey should employ some skinners....they must be making plenty of cash from all those opting for MM Gold.

by **wholesale_phil** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:51 am

i'm on it . granted any skins i submit will seemingly have a lot of philadelphia eagles themes or at least be of some dark green hue but i'm on it .

by **rovingcowboy** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:58 pm

weeks or months?

umm? well okay depending on the level of free time one has that might be true. but it only takes 4 to 5 hours for a overlay of new images on another skin to make it look different,

and 24 hours to make one of your own idea where you got to get the images found or made. and then put them all together, and then set up the button locations by the ini file.?

if the skin is really creative it can take you 48 or 64 hours to get it set up.

now admitting i do not work and will park my butt in this chair until the skin is finished if i start one. so the above hours are solid work hour on the skin. and not hours with 3, coffee breaks of 8 minutes each. so if you can't park it in the chair and work then it can take you weeks to months but it is not really hard to make them. although this chair is getting very hard lately (my old donkey is just a smokin' ) like i been on a 3 month freight haul around the usa and canada again. i thought that feeling was only caused by the semi truck air ride seat?

yes that line ( ) in them is from a trucking song.

by **nohitter151** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:20 pm

danhackley wrote:Come on Mediamonkey - a fully fledged media player - with only 7 skins in the "skins" section ! Most programs will offer much more than this.

I am looking for skins for MM3, especially where the player is small and does not span across the entire bottom of the screen !! Skins like softblue claim to do this, but the player size is fixed and empty space spans the screen instead !

It does span across the screen, and there is open space, but you have to be the one to fill that space with something. There's no way (even with custom skinning) to just make that space "disappear". Put a lyrics panel, now playing, album art... anything down there.

As far as those of you asking for more skins... be patient! It takes weeks to months to make a full skin, and its hard work! Those of us skinning are just doing it for fun, and the information is out there for anyone to make a skin. If you aren't satisfied with what's available, learn to make your own

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by **Guest** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:06 pm

I agree, MORE SKINS come on you customizers make more skins.
oh cool tickle the apes to post

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