[Amra]

For anyone who is interested, I've updated/tweaked the Red Slate, Blue Slate, & Blue Mosaic themes to (hopefully) make the text a little more visible as well as changed a few colors here & there.

Check the MediaFire link in my signature.

[scrolling]

Are you using the latest Github build?

Yep, you'll need to grab a newer Alaska build from github. The flags have changed. The missing flags you've circled are now transparent so the background shows through, and the rating / year text will show up darker (same color as the other flags.)

Thanks that worked.

[George]

Did you perhaps set up custom background files or folders for Home 1? If so, I think you'll need to reset them to default in order to see the theme backgrounds. Let me know if that works for you.

That did it, thanks!

[the_alien]

Just a small color mod

[Amra]

Ok, here's another one to play around with. As always, big thanks to Hitcher for the inspiration and a great skin to work with, and the other helpful folks around here who helped me figure things out along the way.

Stencil

Very nice. Always like your theme ideas.

[D0nR0s4]

Just a small color mod

Want to share?

[the_alien]

Want to share?

Sure, I'll put it up tomorrow. (Has to find all files I've touched first )

[hcopp]

For anyone who is interested, I've updated/tweaked the Red Slate, Blue Slate, & Blue Mosaic themes to (hopefully) make the text a little more visible as well as changed a few colors here & there.

Check the MediaFire link in my signature.

Thanks!

[ppic]

Very nice theme

i love it !!!!!

[scrolling]

Juanflaco

Would it be possible to make this menu a bit darker or less transparent so the menu in back doesn't bleed through.

Thanks

[Juanflaco]

Juanflaco

Would it be possible to make this menu a bit darker or less transparent so the menu in back doesn't bleed through.

Thanks

Ah, bummer. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I hadn't realized panels could stack but I suppose a lot of script settings windows will show this behavior. I'll tinker with it and will post edits along with a new zip file.

edit: looks like the best option is just to remove all transparency from the panel. See here for an updated zip file for new users, existing users can just replace Stencil.xml in your Alaska/colors directory with the code below (also includes a minor change to darken some video info labels)...

Code:

<colors>

    <!-- Standard Colours -->

    <color name="Black">FF08090D</color>
    <color name="White">FFFFFFF1</color>
    <color name="Red">FF660D00</color>
    <color name="Green">FF00ff00</color>
    <color name="Blue">FF0000ff</color>
    <color name="Clear">00FFFFFF</color>

    <!-- SVN Colour Hack - Same as ListTitleFO colour -->

    <color name="FFFFFFFF">FF525252</color>

    <!-- Theme Colours -->

    <color name="BackgroundColor">AAFFFFF1</color>
    <color name="BackgroundFilterColors">DDC7BE88</color>
    <color name="ButtonFilterColor">FF2B2830</color>
    <color name="ArrowFilterColor">FFD9D7A3</color>

    <!-- Home 1 Colours -->

    <color name="HomeWindowFrameColor">FF2B2830</color>
    <color name="HomeWindowTextBackgroundColour">FF2B2830</color>
    <color name="HomeWindowTextColour">FFD9D7A3</color>

    <!-- Home 2 & 3 Colour -->
    
    <color name="MainMenu">335C504F</color>

    <!-- Global Colours -->

    <color name="Time">FF2B2830</color>
    <color name="TimeAMPM">FF5C504F</color>
    <color name="Date">FF5C504F</color>
    <color name="RSSBody">FFC7BE88</color>
    <color name="RSSHighlight">FF5C504F</color>
    <color name="RSSHeadline">FF5C504F</color>
    <color name="RSSTitle">FF2B2830</color>
    <color name="NowPlayingTrack">FF2B2830</color>
    <color name="TextFocused">FFD9D7A3</color>
    <color name="Text">AA2B2830</color>
    <color name="TextDisabled">77ABAB8E</color>
    <color name="TextSelected">FFC7BE88</color>

    <!-- Flags -->

    <color name="FlagDiffuse">FF2B2830</color>
    <color name="CodecDiffuse">FF2B2830</color>
    <color name="StudioDiffuse">FF2B2830</color>
    <color name="FlagText">FF2B2830</color>
    <color name="StarRatingDiffuse">FF2B2830</color>

    <!-- OSD -->

    <color name="OSDNowPlayingBack">FF000000</color>
    <color name="OSDNowPlaying">FFC7BE88</color>
    <color name="OSDNowPlayingTitle">FFD9D7A3</color>
    <color name="OSDProgressBar">FFABAB8E</color>
    <color name="OSDPlayingDuration">FFD9D7A3</color>
    <color name="OSDBackground">FF000000</color>

    <!-- Window menu colours -->

    <color name="MenuValue">FF5C504F</color>
    <color name="MenuValueFO">FF2B2830</color>    

    <!-- Poster/Panel/Landscape view colours -->

    <color name="PosterTitle">FF2B2830</color>
    <color name="LandscapeTitle">FF2B2830</color>
    <color name="LandscapeText">FF5C504F</color>

    <!-- Episode view colours -->

    <color name="EpisodeLabelFO">FF2B2830</color>    
    <color name="EpisodePlot">FF261E1B</color>
    <color name="EpisodeNF">AA2B2830</color>
    <color name="EpisodeWatchedNF">AA261E1B</color>
    <color name="EpisodeWatchedFO">FF261E1B</color>

    <!-- Info dialog colours -->

    <color name="InfoTitle">FF2B2830</color>
    <color name="InfoPlot">DD2B2830</color>
    <color name="InfoYear">FF2B2830</color>    
    <color name="InfoGenre">FF2B2830</color>        
    <color name="InfoDetails">FF2B2830</color>
    <color name="MovieInfoLines">882B2830</color>
    <color name="InfoRating">FF2B2830</color>

    <!-- Progress dialogs -->

    <color name="ProgressDialog">FFD9D7A3</color>
    <color name="ProgressFilterColor">FF2B2830</color>
    <color name="SettingsHeading">ff2B2830</color>    
    <color name="SettingsDetail">CC2B2830</color>        

    <!-- List & File colours -->

    <color name="ListTitleNF">AA2B2830</color>
    <color name="ListTitleFO">FF2B2830</color>
    <color name="ListSelectedNF">AA660D00</color>
    <color name="ListSelectedFO">FF660D00</color>

    <!-- Wall colours -->

    <color name="WallIconDiffuse">895C504F</color>
    <color name="WallArrowBackDiffuse">FFFFFFF1</color>
    <color name="WallArrowDiffuse">FF5C504F</color>
    <color name="IconDiffuse">898A7D7C</color>
    <color name="InfoPanelPictureDiffuse">ddFFFFFF</color>

    <!-- Watched colours -->

    <color name="WatchedIconBackFO">862B2830</color>
    <color name="WatchedIconBackNF">86FFFFF1</color>
    <color name="WatchedIconDiffuseFO">86FFFFF1</color>
    <color name="WatchedIconDiffuseNF">862B2830</color>

    <!-- Dialogs -->

    <color name="DialogBack">FFC7BE88</color>
    <color name="DialogBackground">CCC7BE88</color>

    <!-- Panels -->

    <color name="PanelDiffuse">FF2B2830</color>
    <color name="PanelDiffuseDivider">FF5C504F</color>
    <color name="PanelListTitle">FF2B2830</color>
    <color name="PanelListLabel">FFABAB8E</color>
    <color name="PanelListItem">FFABAB8E</color>
    <color name="PanelListItemSelected">FFC7BE88</color>
    <color name="PanelListItemDisabled">77ABAB8E</color>
    <color name="PanelListItemFocused">FFD9D7A3</color>

</colors>

Thanks again, scrolling!

[grey]

Juanflaco, experiencing the same problem as in the picture here: http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/725/alaskaoy.jpg

text isn't visible...

thanks

[Riderzzz]

Juanflaco, experiencing the same problem as in the picture here: http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/725/alaskaoy.jpg

text isn't visible...

thanks

update to the updated alska on github. see release thread.

[Hitcher]

Juanflaco, experiencing the same problem as in the picture here: http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/725/alaskaoy.jpg

text isn't visible...

thanks

Already covered.

Very nice theme

Are you using the latest Github build?

Yep, you'll need to grab a newer Alaska build from github. The flags have changed. The missing flags you've circled are now transparent so the background shows through, and the rating / year text will show up darker (same color as the other flags.)

Thanks that worked.

[portuga2000]

Hi, Folks

Great color themes here.
I'm trying to make one of my on, but this .xpr files are giving me a headache.
I am using XPRExpress to build a .XPR file just like the ones that came with Alaska, with the same name as my color .XML file and placed it on the media folder. But when i choose the color theme it doesn't load the files within the .xpr.

I've checked the .xpr with XPRExpress and the internal structure is right. It has a folder named "backdrops" with a filter.png file inside. But still no go.

Can somebody help me on this problem?

Thanks!