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Update 8/21: New iPod 5G WPS: Applebox.
fatherfork:
Wow Larry, I'm thrilled to hear that you like my theme so much ;D
You most certainly may upload your modified version, as i think diversity is a great thing; more options = more happiness ;)
About the album art thing, I still use the old system, so it hasn't been a priority, but I'll definitely read into the new way of handling it.
Everything you need to change:
The backdrop: if you use the same one as mine, there's no need to change the name.
The font: same as above.
The theme name: Change "Applebox.cfg" to "Applbox_LarryMod.cfg" or whatever you want.
The wps: Change the folder name and the ".wps" name to your new names.
Inside the theme cfg file; it should look something like this, with only the first line changed if you kept everything but the wps name the same:
wps: /.rockbox/wps/Applebox_LarryMod.wps
font: /.rockbox/fonts/helvB12-L1.fnt
backdrop: /.rockbox/backdrops/applebox_backdrop.bmp
foreground color: 2A2A2A
background color: FFFFFF
Good Luck!
Steven
lalittle:
Thanks for the instructions Steven. I'll give that a try, then look into how to post it when I'm finished.
I like the fact that your theme uses a larger font than most the 5G themes do. The smaller fonts make the themes look really nice on the "gallery" page, but I find them to just be a bit too small for "normal" use, such as when I'm in the car and want to see things in a quick glance.
Thanks again,
Larry
fatherfork:
--- Quote from: lalittle on September 05, 2006, 05:25:01 AM ---I like the fact that your theme uses a larger font than most the 5G themes do.  The smaller fonts make the themes look really nice on the "gallery" page, but I find them to just be  a bit too small for "normal" use, such as when I'm in the car and want to see things in a quick glance.
Thanks again,
Larry
--- End quote ---
I completely agree. Larger fonts come under some scrutiny for "not looking as good", but are ultimately easier to see and more practical.
lalittle:
Stephen -- are the psd files in the zip ("Applebox.psd" and "Top Bar.psd") actually needed for the wps to work, or are they there for "developement" reasons? I don't see these files in other themes.
Also, is there any way to use image files that have transparent backgrounds? I tried removing the background from some of the bmp's so I could place them over other parts of the image, but when I save the file as a bmp again, the background becomes white again rather than transparent. Is there any way of doing this?
Thanks again,
Larry
fatherfork:
--- Quote from: lalittle on September 11, 2006, 04:58:05 AM ---Steven -- are the psd files in the zip ("Applebox.psd" and "Top Bar.psd") actually needed for the wps to work, or are they there for "developement" reasons? I don't see these files in other themes.
Also, is there any way to use image files that have transparent backgrounds? I tried removing the background from some of the bmp's so I could place them over other parts of the image, but when I save the file as a bmp again, the background becomes white again rather than transparent. Is there any way of doing this?
Thanks again,
Larry
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The psd files really shouldn't even be there, that was a mistake by me. Oh well, I guess it makes it easier for you ;)
bmp doesn't support actual transparency, so when you delete the background and it's transparent in photoshop or whatever, it won't be in the final file. Therefore, the pink color is used, as rockbox recognizes it as "transparent". if you really want to get rid of the pink, you'll have to crop it down and change the location of the bmp in the wps.
Steven
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