Carbon Fibre Skin
Sunday, April 13, 2003 by badblueboy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I can download all skins(WindowsBlinds) except Carbon Fibre by BoXXi. According to Author there is no problem but anyhow doesn't work. I have even reinstalled the complete ObjectDesktop incl. WindowsBlinds but without success.
Can anybody advise.
badblueboy
Can anybody advise.
badblueboy
BoXXi
Reply #2 Sunday, April 13, 2003 8:24 AM
Reply #2 Sunday, April 13, 2003 8:24 AM
O.K....... I mailed it to you, to the address in your profile. 
badblueboy
Reply #3 Sunday, April 13, 2003 9:01 AM
Reply #3 Sunday, April 13, 2003 9:01 AM
Thanks BoXXi. It works perfectly now!!
badblueboy
badblueboy
Phydeaux_3
Reply #5 Sunday, April 13, 2003 9:17 AM
Reply #5 Sunday, April 13, 2003 9:17 AM
I thought Carbon Fibre had more of a "braided" look, like this:
http://www.designinsite.dk/gifs/mb0632.jpg
I have two pieces of carbon fibre from Formula 1 (found in Montreal around the track after the race). I think they are from Ukio Katayama's Tyrrell ('95-ish), as he had a nasty crash there during the race. One of the pieces is a flat piece of "skin", the other is a chunk of wing or something but you can see the aluminum honey-comb interior, very impressive, state-of-the-art materials.
Your theme looks good too BoXXi, just not quite as "real" as I was hoping for.
Maybe if the braid was at a 45° it would stand out more? I dunno...
Nice work. I shouldn't criticize, I'm not even a skinner.
smooches,
» Phy³ . . .
http://www.designinsite.dk/gifs/mb0632.jpg
I have two pieces of carbon fibre from Formula 1 (found in Montreal around the track after the race). I think they are from Ukio Katayama's Tyrrell ('95-ish), as he had a nasty crash there during the race. One of the pieces is a flat piece of "skin", the other is a chunk of wing or something but you can see the aluminum honey-comb interior, very impressive, state-of-the-art materials.
Your theme looks good too BoXXi, just not quite as "real" as I was hoping for.
Maybe if the braid was at a 45° it would stand out more? I dunno...
Nice work. I shouldn't criticize, I'm not even a skinner.
smooches,
» Phy³ . . .
BoXXi
Reply #6 Sunday, April 13, 2003 11:07 AM
Reply #6 Sunday, April 13, 2003 11:07 AM
Hey don't blame me, blame the guy that wrote the tutorial!!
Jafo
Reply #7 Sunday, April 13, 2003 8:47 PM
Reply #7 Sunday, April 13, 2003 8:47 PM
Phydeaux_3.....carbon fibre can be laid up in many forms, from resin composites to integral aluminium or carbon honeycomb, and ultimately top-coats such as paint affect its appearance anyway.
Back about '86 or so, I had Prost's McLaren Carbon Fibre brake disk in my hot little hands....one of the first instances of its use in brakes...[they had trouble getting 'em hot enough to work]...looked like plastic, rather than carbon....though the bit of Minardi I have [from about '87] is a thin honeycomb section of side pod which is exactly like BoXXi's wall....
Back about '86 or so, I had Prost's McLaren Carbon Fibre brake disk in my hot little hands....one of the first instances of its use in brakes...[they had trouble getting 'em hot enough to work]...looked like plastic, rather than carbon....though the bit of Minardi I have [from about '87] is a thin honeycomb section of side pod which is exactly like BoXXi's wall....
Alexandrie
Reply #8 Monday, April 14, 2003 8:12 AM
Reply #8 Monday, April 14, 2003 8:12 AM
There was a skin Brad was supposed to released, we made it last year, and some other skins too. Here is ss taken by Brad
https://www.wincustomize.com/download.asp?LibID=13&file=odnt-aug02b.jpg&SkinID=851
https://www.wincustomize.com/download.asp?LibID=13&file=odnt-aug02b.jpg&SkinID=851
BoXXi
Reply #9 Monday, April 14, 2003 9:19 AM
Reply #9 Monday, April 14, 2003 9:19 AM
Treetog and Alexandrie were kind enough to let me have that skin in the screenshot when I was making my carbon Fibre skin, to help me with the margins etc. It's called "Carbonix" and it's just fabulous!! (thanks Renato and Johanne 
)
I hope you guys get to see it soon too. How about I make a screenshot and post it in the S/S area?
)I hope you guys get to see it soon too. How about I make a screenshot and post it in the S/S area?
ptrcstn
Reply #11 Monday, April 14, 2003 7:22 PM
Reply #11 Monday, April 14, 2003 7:22 PM
that is one sweet skin... I hope to see it soon so I'll keep my fingers crossed.... 
c242
Reply #12 Monday, April 14, 2003 11:35 PM
Reply #12 Monday, April 14, 2003 11:35 PM
I really wonder now how many other great skins still are unreleased and never seen by the public yet ?
Jafo
Reply #13 Monday, April 14, 2003 11:37 PM
Reply #13 Monday, April 14, 2003 11:37 PM
Dunno about 'great', but I have a few 'unreleased'...
Digital3000
Reply #14 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 7:24 AM
Reply #14 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 7:24 AM
Yea I would love to get my hands on the skin to.. ahhh they should release it..
c242
Reply #15 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 8:30 AM
Reply #15 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 8:30 AM
Maybe that was another exclusive subscriber skin that never made it for some unknown reasons ? 
c242
Reply #16 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 8:31 AM
Reply #16 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 8:31 AM
Sorry to be so sarcastic, but that's my way to do a hint in a special direction...
BoXXi
Reply #17 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 8:40 AM
Reply #17 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 8:40 AM
I have around 15 unreleased WB skins. I have been waiting until WB4 was finished so that I could add the new features, but now I find myself busy with real life issues and very little time to work on adding the new stuff. And most of them have a matching DX theme with them too!
I have a holiday coming up in about a week, maybe I will finish them off then.
I have a holiday coming up in about a week, maybe I will finish them off then.
cosmo-alpha
Reply #18 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 1:31 PM
Reply #18 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 1:31 PM
Love the skin. Mucho cool colors. One question....Can you change the font color? When I go to a white background, all my text is invisible. 
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Reply #1 Sunday, April 13, 2003 8:17 AM