2014-01-04, 17:15
This "skin" is discontinued, in favour of a skin theme which is easier to maintain and use without loosing any of these improvements.
Please see http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=203291 for updated thread/project.
Thank you for your understanding.
Hello to all
Preface:
I have worked and continue to work on improving textures and other quality and consistency perceived problems in the default Confluence skin.
This is based on the Confluence skin that ships with XBMC and aside from the graphics mentioned below, this is exactly like default skin features wise.
XBMC is constantly evolving! So is the Default skin! As more images based on raster graphics are resized/rescaled not to mention the extra resizing done to some textures via skin within some dialogs, starts to become more apparent that this needs addressing. More so with Full HD screen and TV's since the skin was originally released.
This is a W.I.P. skin graphics and much work is still being done on the graphics. I hope soon to offer more color themes to you.
I decided, the time has come to let users actually use it, and gage interest and feedback.
SKIN FEATURES
The features available are the same as default skin, in essence this is really a skin theme, never meant to add/remove features, it means only to improve the general graphics. Also to provide designers with psd sources (with vectors) for the stuff used in here and whatever was used in original skin.
If you're planning on moaning about the current features or ask for new ones, this is not the right place.
Background info on the Skin:
Confluence skin was put together and released by Team XBMC headed by the skinner Jezz_X, it is based in Mediastream skin and a MOD for that skin and other ideas for other skins, it included features and concepts that worked well together and still do. More info here
To the people that have worked and continue to work on the Confluence skin over the years have been many, my hats off to all of you guys.
Its arguably the best skin for XBMC
Notable changes:
Downloading and installing is easy!
Note:
Don't install Gotham skin into Frodo and vice-versa. The Gotham skin has more refinements and changes.
Downloading:
Latest Versions:
2.2.7 Gotham - last update - 14/1/2014 e66cf43
2.1.5 Frodo - last update - 12/1/2014 ee1c882
See https://github.com/uNiversaI/skin.confluence/releases
PSD sources
The sources can be found at here or here
Todo:
Make a video? anyone volunteer?
Theme installer, so that the Themes feature can be used and installed from any skin. Need someone who understands this, as I have no idea.
Fix all the remainder graphic sources like flagging actually try to make psds and fix precision as most of this only exists in raster.
Too much to list.
Please help out if possible and you have interest with any above tasks or any you wish to work on.
Thank you to team XBMC members involved in past and future for making XBMC and skins possible.
Here is the new icon
PR's included in here.
The Icon Refresh PR forgive the lack of git-foo skill evidence. Merged into Frodo Gotham
The Header graphics and Header label PR changes and consistency improvements. reworked and merged - Gotham only
The Original OSD graphics PR Closed when things get better another PR eventually will follow. - Frodo and Gotham
The /background settings.jpg has no PR yet but it is open for discussion in this thread
Kind regards
Please see http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=203291 for updated thread/project.
Thank you for your understanding.
Hello to all
Preface:
I have worked and continue to work on improving textures and other quality and consistency perceived problems in the default Confluence skin.
This is based on the Confluence skin that ships with XBMC and aside from the graphics mentioned below, this is exactly like default skin features wise.
XBMC is constantly evolving! So is the Default skin! As more images based on raster graphics are resized/rescaled not to mention the extra resizing done to some textures via skin within some dialogs, starts to become more apparent that this needs addressing. More so with Full HD screen and TV's since the skin was originally released.
This is a W.I.P. skin graphics and much work is still being done on the graphics. I hope soon to offer more color themes to you.
I decided, the time has come to let users actually use it, and gage interest and feedback.
SKIN FEATURES
The features available are the same as default skin, in essence this is really a skin theme, never meant to add/remove features, it means only to improve the general graphics. Also to provide designers with psd sources (with vectors) for the stuff used in here and whatever was used in original skin.
If you're planning on moaning about the current features or ask for new ones, this is not the right place.
Background info on the Skin:
Confluence skin was put together and released by Team XBMC headed by the skinner Jezz_X, it is based in Mediastream skin and a MOD for that skin and other ideas for other skins, it included features and concepts that worked well together and still do. More info here
To the people that have worked and continue to work on the Confluence skin over the years have been many, my hats off to all of you guys.
Its arguably the best skin for XBMC
Notable changes:
- Improves 100% of Textures quality in OSD -- Frodo - Gotham
- Refreshed Icon (no more half covered Confluence text) -- Frodo - Gotham
- All Header textures now match Gotham
- All Header Labels now also match. Gotham
- Better color matching Frodo - Gotham
- Changed progress and scroll bars to match Frodo - Gotham
- New /background settings.jpg Frodo - Gotham
Downloading and installing is easy!
- Download source.zip
- Take resulting .zip and install in XBMC via Addons > Install from zip File.
Note:
Don't install Gotham skin into Frodo and vice-versa. The Gotham skin has more refinements and changes.
Downloading:
Latest Versions:
2.2.7 Gotham - last update - 14/1/2014 e66cf43
2.1.5 Frodo - last update - 12/1/2014 ee1c882
See https://github.com/uNiversaI/skin.confluence/releases
PSD sources
The sources can be found at here or here
Todo:
Make a video? anyone volunteer?
Theme installer, so that the Themes feature can be used and installed from any skin. Need someone who understands this, as I have no idea.
Fix all the remainder graphic sources like flagging actually try to make psds and fix precision as most of this only exists in raster.
Too much to list.
Please help out if possible and you have interest with any above tasks or any you wish to work on.
Thank you to team XBMC members involved in past and future for making XBMC and skins possible.
Here is the new icon
PR's included in here.
The Icon Refresh PR forgive the lack of git-foo skill evidence. Merged into Frodo Gotham
The Header graphics and Header label PR changes and consistency improvements. reworked and merged - Gotham only
The Original OSD graphics PR Closed when things get better another PR eventually will follow. - Frodo and Gotham
The /background settings.jpg has no PR yet but it is open for discussion in this thread
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Kind regards
