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#21 Levi- The perfectionist

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Posted 05 June 2007 - 08:08 AM

EDIT-

is coming...

As I posted in the other thread (Mac OSX Vista (flash));

"Levi- The perfectionist died in a themepark. thus the theme is no longer going ahead (edit, insert- quite as expected... here), sorry guys...
I couldnt get the windows to theme properly (edit, insert- ', still cant.' here), if i made them too transparent, a black showed up behind them.

Simply, the theme is impossible to make (edit, insert- 'perfect' here).

Transparencies only work in certain places, and when it doesnt, it looks horrible- a big black box appears behind the texture you make transparent. (edit, insert- 'thus im making a theme with transparency only in certain places called illuminous.' here)
Its one of the limitations of the Mac OSX theme engine, and thus I havent worked out a way round it. (edit- insert, 'other than to ... well, work around it' here)

I too loved the theme (edit, insert- 'BUT I LOVE THE NEW THEME MORE AND SO WILL YOU! (i hope)'here).

If I knew how to make this theme I would (edit, insert- 'and so I am...sorta' here.

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#22 Asakura H

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Posted 30 July 2008 - 01:05 PM

Hope you'll continue : )

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#23 Levi- The perfectionist

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Posted 04 August 2008 - 04:05 AM

Asakura H;506287 said:

Hope you'll continue : )

WHOAH... just a tad bump

I did continue.
Look at illuminous, Loco and iLeo and the like...

I abandoned full window transparency due to Mac's theming limitations (ie- the ugly grey windows).
I plan to persue transparent menu bars and Windows in future versions of iLeo however.

All my themes utilise transparent menus...

Roadmap

- Mac OSX unified vista theme concept (should be a link to download at beginning of thread... was a cool concept. But largely unusable.
- Illuminous- transparent menubar, unified windows, gloss. Based on the concept. No transparent windows though.
- Loco- A completely new theme that aimed to remove the gloss from Leopard and create a "Back to basics" theme that was easy on the eyes and consistant.
-iLeo- A loco revision, featuring more Leopard esque windows (and less stark whites)... its a perfected blend of illuminous, Loco and Leopard elements.

-iLeo Leopard- When theming potential of Leopard is fully realised I will adapt iLeo (transparent windows, vector theming, transparent menubars, consistant active/innactive windows... other)... I've dabbled a little but have found Leopard too inconsitant. When a theming tool is released ill have a look.