2014-08-18, 01:48
(2014-08-17, 13:50)N.O.W.A.L.L Wrote:Whilst I think this looks really nice (both mockup and celestium), imho its entirely wrong for this skin. The home screen has a flat look that only uses fake 3d effects like shadows to hint at the z-order of layers and shift focus (i.e. fanart is behind the home screen which has the focus). To suddenly go to a design that has reflections and light sources and 3d type effects is an entirely different and unmatching design paradigm. Celestium looks good because it uses these 3d and lighting etc. consistently through out the skin.
hmm, do you think you would be able to reproduce the subtle but aww so gorgeous perspective and light effects on posters Arcanthur made for Celestium? I find this technically superb
Imo, what works so far for Fuse is the simplicity of it. What distinguishes it from other skins is its focus on information rather than visuals. The flatness really helps with this approach - its not trying to mimic the real world, it isn't trying to say these are virutal dvds on a virtual shelf. Instead it is saying these are media files with metadata: these files you haven't watched, these files you recently added etc. As people become more comfortable with computers, there is less need for metaphors and analogies that link them to real world objects (for instance, the "desktop" metaphor).
Also keeping it relatively flat and simple means much less cpu drain - this is important considering xbmc/kodi is becoming much more orientated towards low powered devices like r-pi, fire tv, apple tv box and various android sticks.