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lamedoo100 In reply to ??? [2011-04-16 06:41:48 +0000 UTC]

truly fantastic

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Neyfos In reply to ??? [2011-04-16 00:43:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, great work

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snipes2 In reply to ??? [2011-04-16 00:14:55 +0000 UTC]

nice work!

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WarrenClyde In reply to Uriy1966 [2011-04-15 23:35:49 +0000 UTC]

I stared at your avatar for 10 minutes.

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Uriy1966 In reply to WarrenClyde [2011-04-16 00:45:22 +0000 UTC]

My avatar hypnotic

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AlexandrePh In reply to link6155 [2011-04-15 21:34:45 +0000 UTC]

according to the description, yes

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AlexandrePh In reply to FallingDark [2011-04-15 21:36:15 +0000 UTC]

I wish I could but it's impossible to do like that, for an unknown reason you can't do something half translucent here...

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FallingDark In reply to AlexandrePh [2011-04-16 02:22:10 +0000 UTC]

Ah, too bad. Hopefully Windows 8 will have less limitations...

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SierraDesign In reply to FallingDark [2011-04-16 06:54:58 +0000 UTC]

Doubt it. If anything Microsoft will be more tight on what we can do.

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FallingDark In reply to SierraDesign [2011-04-16 14:10:26 +0000 UTC]

Eh, probably. I just figured that the default Windows appearance is so bloated already that I think they might have to go for a more minimal look on their next OS.

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SierraDesign In reply to FallingDark [2011-04-16 17:56:00 +0000 UTC]

They'll probably do something like the Elune or Shine 2.0 visual styles, as they seem to becoming increasingly popular nowadays.

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Seahorsepip In reply to AlexandrePh [2011-04-15 21:50:57 +0000 UTC]

depends on the way you convert the bmp to png...
so it is possible

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AlexandrePh In reply to Seahorsepip [2011-04-15 22:27:28 +0000 UTC]

Well, I've tried many ways to do it but it was always the same result (or worse ). Have you succeed on doing it ?

I think the only way I've seen until now was by using Rainmeter but that's all...

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Seahorsepip In reply to AlexandrePh [2011-04-15 22:45:01 +0000 UTC]

gimme the png and I give bmp back

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AlexandrePh In reply to Seahorsepip [2011-04-16 01:40:43 +0000 UTC]

I'll send my try tomorrow, but have you actually succeeded ? Because sincerely I've tried many ways, many ways in Photoshop and Alpha Image Convertor, creating first the png, convert it, creating the bmp, etc... I've tried the same way as for creating an alpha compatible png inside an msstyle but that still didn't worked.

The only way to make it work like this was if there was no 1st picture, only the hover and click state, but not normal. If there is the 3 states then the 1st and 2nd go over each other and also add a strange border (look at this start orb from brsev [link] )

Sincerely, if you can make it then you'll have to spread the word !

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Seahorsepip In reply to AlexandrePh [2011-04-16 11:03:14 +0000 UTC]

thats the trick...
eidting the states so that only the needed part overlaps so at hover state not a border since thats already in normal state etc
if you send the psd/xcf I willl give it a try

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AlexandrePh In reply to Seahorsepip [2011-05-09 08:49:44 +0000 UTC]

Hey
So I hadn't got much time to work on it, but here's what I've done today : [link]

By the way, I'm curious about how you'll proceed to achieve it

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Seahorsepip In reply to AlexandrePh [2011-05-12 19:10:47 +0000 UTC]

I do it by modifying the VS+ startorb
because somehow the standard state of the startbutton gets always screwed :/
so try this as orb: [link]
and add following image into the taskbar of the VS: [link]

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AlexandrePh In reply to Seahorsepip [2011-05-13 03:40:54 +0000 UTC]

Hum... I didn't thought about that.

But if someone use a different VS, or a different orb with the VS, then this won't work...
Also, I think the normal effect should be "deleted" from the hover and press effect, or they will be mixing, which won't look good.

So... I have to say that I'm not totally satisfied with this method, and I sure can't ask anyone to do the modifications by themselves. And in the end that's a start orb that I won't use myself, I prefer the steel orb, so... I don't plan to release it :/ And I don't think there's a huge ask for this, especially with this method...

But still thanks for trying it ! And now if you wish to use it for yourself, you can ^^

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Seahorsepip In reply to Seahorsepip [2011-04-15 21:51:17 +0000 UTC]

*png to bmp

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