2010-05-31, 20:40
Hello !
This is a current idea I am working on in Photoshop (these are 100% pure mockups, I am very new to the whole XBMC skinning and wanted to ask a few questions here before I even start digging into it).
As you can see, I am posting a few views I've been thinking about, and I would like to know if some experienced skinners can already, like, by "instinct" say that some of the thing's I'm doing are either impossible, or very hard to achieve or anything ...
Since this will be my first skin ever, I think I should avoid to go ahead and try exceptional behaviour or "effects" before I even had a better look into the matter really ...
On a side note : any kind of criticism is welcome ... the main purpose may be to get some advice on the "technical" side, but if you want to say anything from the artistic point of view, feel free ... just keep in mind that these are mockups i quickly did today to get some technical feedback, and as such there's plenty of unpolished details (failures on quite some margins, font inconsistencies etc).
- Home view for Movies
- Home view for TV Shows
- Library view for Movies
- Library view for TV Shows
Again, any kind of technical feedback like "forget about the fading glow around the boxes, it'll be shithard to do this in XBMC" or whatever might be of use is HIGHLY welcome , I have absolutely no clue about XBMC skinning yet !
Oh, and for those that would like to say "hm, seen too many of these skins already" -> Yes I know, this is actually supposed to be a personal skin for myself
If it ever becomes reality, I will obviously release it somehow for the sake of the community / open-source spirit, but it's not meant to be a real addition to the already awesome amount of skins out there Just trying to fit my own and my wifes wishes into a skin somehow ;-)
Thanks in advance !
This is a current idea I am working on in Photoshop (these are 100% pure mockups, I am very new to the whole XBMC skinning and wanted to ask a few questions here before I even start digging into it).
As you can see, I am posting a few views I've been thinking about, and I would like to know if some experienced skinners can already, like, by "instinct" say that some of the thing's I'm doing are either impossible, or very hard to achieve or anything ...
Since this will be my first skin ever, I think I should avoid to go ahead and try exceptional behaviour or "effects" before I even had a better look into the matter really ...
On a side note : any kind of criticism is welcome ... the main purpose may be to get some advice on the "technical" side, but if you want to say anything from the artistic point of view, feel free ... just keep in mind that these are mockups i quickly did today to get some technical feedback, and as such there's plenty of unpolished details (failures on quite some margins, font inconsistencies etc).
- Home view for Movies
- Home view for TV Shows
- Library view for Movies
- Library view for TV Shows
Again, any kind of technical feedback like "forget about the fading glow around the boxes, it'll be shithard to do this in XBMC" or whatever might be of use is HIGHLY welcome , I have absolutely no clue about XBMC skinning yet !
Oh, and for those that would like to say "hm, seen too many of these skins already" -> Yes I know, this is actually supposed to be a personal skin for myself
If it ever becomes reality, I will obviously release it somehow for the sake of the community / open-source spirit, but it's not meant to be a real addition to the already awesome amount of skins out there Just trying to fit my own and my wifes wishes into a skin somehow ;-)Thanks in advance !
