2009-12-08, 13:24
I am fairly confident that I could mimic the exact look of the current menu using text. Here is how I would do it, can 't do it yet I have no computer at home:
1. Create a text based wraplist with a suitable font in white. like so:
Music Videos Movies TV Shows etc
2. Create an image strip fading from white to grey (top to bottom), but also increase the darkness towards each end of the strip and overlay this over the text this will provide the gradient look and create the faded effect toward the edges.
3. Mirror the text and overlay with another strip to fade the text out.
This should look very close to the original but will have the benefit that it can be easily localized for other languages and can have extra entries easily added.
If someone understands the above they can have a go, I will probably be out of commission for a week or so.
1. Create a text based wraplist with a suitable font in white. like so:
Music Videos Movies TV Shows etc
2. Create an image strip fading from white to grey (top to bottom), but also increase the darkness towards each end of the strip and overlay this over the text this will provide the gradient look and create the faded effect toward the edges.
3. Mirror the text and overlay with another strip to fade the text out.
This should look very close to the original but will have the benefit that it can be easily localized for other languages and can have extra entries easily added.
If someone understands the above they can have a go, I will probably be out of commission for a week or so.