Just an idea for some of the more creative people out there, I know this wont get a lot of people interested but its an easy enough project (i think) as most of the work is already done.
http://www.effectgames.com/effect/
used to do alot of cool stuff with retro styled games and ideas, but have since decided to close up and open source it all.
https://github.com/jhuckaby/Effect-Games
My idea was something like a live wallpaper using the canvas cycle demo. i.e.
http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/
Could be as simple as choosing a specific scene, or even something more clever like choose a base scene and it changes depending the time of day and the weather.
Im an engineer and programming in java isn't exactly my forte, just giving an idea out to the awesome creative minds here on xda.
Thanks.
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I was thinking that it would be great if one of you highly skilled programmers on here can develop a theme/interface that mimics th dashboard on xbox live it would be if MS did it you know like a branding thing but since they dont I hope someone on here can...Does anyone have any other theme ideas and if this is repeat of anothers post I'm sorry surfing site on ppc cause my computer doesnt work.
Heh, cool idea!
I'd say a fully black theme would suffice for me. It's only dark gray on WM6.
Else I have no idea.
WM6VW
A nice theme with the exact red and bleu colors of the Volkswagen interior lighting would be nice. Especially driving at night
a LCARS theme
Now that I am using scenes, it occurred to me it would be GREAT to have the scenes change automatically according to time (work 8-5, fun 5-10, sleep 12-5 etc.) I am not skilled enough to create this, any takers?
I think it wouuld be worth $3 or so....
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Is it possible?
Sounds like something locale cam handle.
It looks like there is no Locale plugin for this- any devs interested? I think it would be a winner...
So I made my Homescreen too look like WP7 but I was wondering is there a way to have animated gif widgets?
Have a look at http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/appwidgets/index.html if you have no experience making widgets. It's possible to make one that's animated by breaking the gif apart and making the widget one big ImageView that's constantly being updated with the new frames, but it might have adverse effects on your battery. I don't think it'll animate on it's own if you simply supply a gif as the drawable for the imageview.
aww man I think making widgets is way beyond my scope I would definitely try it maybe I just got into the whole rooting and flashing roms like a week ago =P but thank you for the reply
No problem, dude. Check out a book called 'Professional Android 2 Application Development' by Rito Meier if you want to take a crack at developing android apps. It's a pretty good book and goes over most of the "fun" stuff (includes widgets, live wallpapers), as well as the basics. You should probably read some Java tutorials beforehand if you've never done any sort of programming, since the book kind of assumes you know that. Good luck!
I thought it would be fun to try to create a TWRP theme. I've never been amazingly good with GIMP/Photoshop, but I really want to make a theme or two of my own to both sharpen my skills and learn more about the process.
My first idea was, for some strange reason, a Star Trek LCARS interface theme. I mocked up some screens (see attached images) and wanted to poll the readers here to see if anyone thought this was a good idea or a horrible interpretation (or both, I guess).
I know that there likely will be several problems with what I'd like to do vs. what I will be able to do, but I am trying to figure out the base set of screens before I actually go make the individual images and start working on the XML. Maybe some of you out there who have already created themes could share some tips....?
Feedback welcome!
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anorris666 said:
I thought it would be fun to try to create a TWRP theme. I've never been amazingly good with GIMP/Photoshop, but I really want to make a theme or two of my own to both sharpen my skills and learn more about the process.
My first idea was, for some strange reason, a Star Trek LCARS interface theme. I mocked up some screens (see attached images) and wanted to poll the readers here to see if anyone thought this was a good idea or a horrible interpretation (or both, I guess).
I know that there likely will be several problems with what I'd like to do vs. what I will be able to do, but I am trying to figure out the base set of screens before I actually go make the individual images and start working on the XML. Maybe some of you out there who have already created themes could share some tips....?
Feedback welcome!
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What are you using to make your shapes/frames with? Do you have Adobe Illustrator? If so, i recommend you use the pen tool in there to make your shapes/frames. It creates vector art that you can enlarge or decrease to any size without losing resolution. Check your inbox.
Right now, I'm just using GIMP (on Win7) for everything. As I said, I'm not really that good with it, but I'm trying to learn. Could GIMP do the same with the path tool?
anorris666 said:
Right now, I'm just using GIMP (on Win7) for everything. As I said, I'm not really that good with it, but I'm trying to learn. Could GIMP do the same with the path tool?
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Same in principle, but not going to look nearly as good as Illustrator. GIMP is good for open source, but can't compete with the quality of Adobe.
Now thats an awesome theme.
Keep on going.
Hey deadpool, where did you get your kindle fire font? (the one in your sig)
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Now thats an awesome theme.
Keep on going.
Hey deadpool, where did you get your kindle fire font? (the one in your sig)
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Doooooo iiiittttt!!!!
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@OP That. Is. Awesome.
Release this already! It looks amazing, do not stop.
Thanks for the encouragement. I'm actually reworking some of the base shape primitives to ensure better quality at the resolution. Same idea as CodenameDeadpool was getting at with the vector-based shapes suggestion, but not quite the same as having Adobe Illustrator doing the heavy lifting.
So i just cracked my cs5 back open and started studying up on theming, I'm looking to get into doing full android design but figure let's start small..
Anyhow, any devs looking for designs for logos, signatures, boot animations, graphic elements for UI, etc. shoot me a PM, and any users with ideas, requests, etc, feel free to request on this thread, though I am looking to try and fall in with the devs, i will be open to suggestions if they become common requests, especially boot animations, i am looking to put something out there for people to use instead of bland Asus logos, they get so boring.
Requests are on first come first serve basis, and all work will be voluntary unless otherwise agreed upon.
Thanks!
anything similiar to this...but with a black background http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMgbpL1MiIM&feature=related
krash183 said:
anything similiar to this...but with a black background http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMgbpL1MiIM&feature=related
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If I had the original I could modify the images, right now I'm not using any 3d rendering software so I can't make that kind of animation from scratch without downloading a few more applications..i guess I'll get on top of that, but until then I can really only produce 2d animations with proficiency.
Thanks for the link though!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250730
link to xda thread with the boot animation
cool, I'll look into it- trying to get CS5 running on ubuntu on mt TF now, that would be perfect lol