how are screen shots ranked ?

Thursday, January 1, 2004 by HG_Eliminator | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

now im normally not one to complain but. i cant figure the ranking of the screen shots. i have posted a few screen shots. i had uploaded this to screen shots and got a 7 https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=13&SkinID=3791 ..while this screen was an 8 https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=13&SkinID=3814 im not saying mine is any better than this one .. it just confuses me that even tho mine was posted first and has been customized, with extras . it got a lower rateing. i thought the voteing at time of upload was based on originality and look. as well as any extra modofications u could come up with...this one got a 6 https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=13&SkinID=3837 and i thought it was very clean and original. the modifications i have made to most of these desktops took time to do. yes i didnt make most of the original graphics ... but hand drafting new graphics like the mail and trash buttons on the sysmeter took a noob like me a lot of time .not to mention porting a skin from one app to another.....im not angry just confused
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Leo the Lion
Reply #21 Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:42 PM
My pleasure HGE....but i am not being critical.....I am just giving you my humble opinion of what i would like to see You have showed with the thredz set up what you are capable of so use that statndard as a bench mark and never fall below it

Leo the Lion
Reply #22 Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:10 PM
Travis....you are a man after my heart with a Chanija piece in your screenshot.......i did a lot of testing with others for Cha on his subzero masterpiece before its release and although it was not a WB i still think it is one of the best works i have ever seen........maybe and hopefully it won't be too long before Cha will join us here and make his next work a WB..........i digress..........Again this is not critisism just my "eye"........Love the wall....love it to bits and the clock of yours blends nicely with it........next change the WB so you have got a contrast and the blue in subzero would be great.......the Boss (Brad) ported a version over here onto WC.......then the "piece de la resistance" ........grab Cha's sub zero iconpackager theme here at WC or if you are feeling really wreckless pop over to DA and grab the lot and build your own package and change every single icon including apps and quicklaunch into subzero......and expand the Start Panel out so we can see all the right side.......now add in a bit of spice of your own and make a calendar - Rainy or DX2 - to match that lovely clock of yours. I'd like to see a Winamp in their as well but i would like to see the setup with all the other components first before deciding which skin to use. That lot would rock my socks off
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kongit
Reply #23 Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:22 PM
I got the finesse before he made the subzero form of it. I am thinking about contacting chaninja and seeing if he minds if I upload it. I had to do a lot of work to get it to work right. And about those icons. It'll give me something to do. I don't feel up to making a winampskin. and a calender. hmm that shouldn't be very hard.

icons: i have almost all of the osx icons in png format...almost a 1000 from (crap whats his name err I hate my memory) and I was working at converting them to icons and a iconpackager theme. I got board of it though because the osx style isn't my favorite. I think I'll get the iconpack here and add the rest from deviantart for the chaninja style.
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Leo the Lion
Reply #24 Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:34 PM
re the Winamp there will be something out there that will fit in with the set up anyway but the matching calendar would look great. Still feel that with the wall, clock and calendar as a base you need a good contrasting colour to come from the WB and icons hence sub zero. Good Luck. That little lot will keep you off the streets for a while

kongit
Reply #25 Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:56 PM
I got the sub zero color of the same skin. I also got sub zero. Now my job tonight is to transform them to windowblinds. I got some other goodies from neowin that I might be able to include (like toolbar icons and animations) I also got the icons. But First I will make the calender. won't be hard. its just some special layerstyles i cooked up.

I gotta lot to do.

HG_Eliminator
Reply #26 Thursday, January 1, 2004 6:08 PM
thx for your help guys. il take your advise and keep pluging away. il keep my threads as my standard to match or beat

Jafo
Reply #27 Thursday, January 1, 2004 11:45 PM

I guess in one word....'Integration'.

If all the 'parts' look like they were 'meant' for each other.....much in the fashion of a full suite as you see with screenshots of them by Pixtudio [for example], or as is mostly the case with alternate shells such as LiteSTEP or Hoverdesk, where all components are intentionally integrated.

Walls, for example only need to 'suit' the components....being 'trendy' or 'topical' is irrelevant to the 'rating'.

If it doesn't 'grab' me it'll be down around 5 or 6....if it's OK it'll be up around 7 or 8 and if it evokes a 'wow' then a 9 or 10....


Leo the Lion
Reply #28 Friday, January 2, 2004 4:26 AM
Integration.........thats the word i was looking for, Thanks Jafo

Travis....try this winamp skin (second colour skin down)https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=10&SkinID=916 with your SS if you are going to put the sub zero WB and icons into it. Hopefully the outer pane will match the clock and calendar and the inner pane blue will match the sub zero blue. Not 100 percent sure but you might give it a whizz and see what it looks like
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HG_Eliminator
Reply #29 Saturday, January 3, 2004 12:35 PM
this any better ? http://skins2.wincustomize.com/HG_Eliminator/screenshots/NewBitmapImage5.jpg

kongit
Reply #30 Saturday, January 3, 2004 12:39 PM
leo its a nice skin, but I prefer modern ones. I kind of like mmd3 with it. ps the icons, toolbar icons, animations, and logoff and shutdown dialogues have been added.

and hg, that image is humongous, its almost a megabyte. well thats not that big, but still its a little large

Leo the Lion
Reply #31 Saturday, January 3, 2004 3:16 PM
HGE.......OK its moving in the right direction but not sure about the Wall. If i was you i would be looking for a wall to match the green in WB or the Sysmeter. Its not easy but if you search in the right places you will find one. I remember it took me 3 hours once of wading thru' sites to find the wall i wanted. I like the Rainy....but would like to see you make it bigger.....show off that top bar on the Rainy and get it to look as much like treetogs/alex's top of the start menu as you dare. By making it bigger the year font will display better. Then pick out the fonts, size and thickness in the sysmeter and use them in the bigger Rainy. Some people can knock Rainys two a penny but i have just made one to match DanilloOC's elsdeegrey skin and it took me 5 hours before i was satisfied with it and i am still not 100 percent happy. Are you going to recolour some icons as well?

Travis.......It looks good from the small ss i have seen and hopefully Cha will give you permission but you may have to be patient. Still that will give you time to mess around with it a bit more and perfect it

Leo the Lion
Reply #32 Saturday, January 3, 2004 3:53 PM
http://www.depthcore.com/v4/fullview.php?id=644

http://www.depthcore.com/v4/fullview.php?id=512

HGE.......not sure about these two walls but i will have a stalk round
the net and see if i can find some more.

Excuse me for a while i have got a rather pressing appointment with a rather nice greek goddess on another thread

Leo the Lion
Reply #33 Saturday, January 3, 2004 4:38 PM
HGE

nice one from greenarmani http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/2332740/

and http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/1794135/

kongit
Reply #34 Saturday, January 3, 2004 4:57 PM
hg have you thought about icons yet?

If you don't want to recolor anything the gt2 icons might look good:
https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=2&SkinID=1076

however I think that either the copperdeck or apollo icons would look the best with it, but you would have to recolor them.
https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=2&SkinID=1063
https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=2&SkinID=900

HG_Eliminator
Reply #35 Saturday, January 3, 2004 11:46 PM
look at the desktop i made while goofin around trying ideas for the other theme. its in my profile. is a litestep theme with matching rainy and sysmeter .. im gona work on the WB and icons tomorrow
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HG_Eliminator
Reply #36 Saturday, January 3, 2004 11:54 PM
good ideas guys and thx for the help. il prolly use the copper deck icons i had colored here https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=13&SkinID=1111 for the desktop. and im not sure but i dont really like the way the media buttons look on the sysmeter i think il have to do a little retasking

kongit
Reply #37 Sunday, January 4, 2004 12:15 AM
It looks nice

HG_Eliminator
Reply #38 Sunday, January 4, 2004 12:18 AM
thx travis i didnt think itd come out this well when i started ..heres a faster link to the desk i whipped up useing images from x boxes web site... http://home.bresnan.net/~incomand/wsb/media/701/site1050.jpg
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