Touch Theme: AF_Metal

AsusFreak · 02-19-2010, 04:03

Hi all,

over weeks I consolidated ideas for a new theme. My main goal was to use all the display giving lots of information and trying to stay usable for both grid and absolute point mode. Additionaly there should be an alternative design just to differ from other themes. So my idea of a hifi receiver look was born with this brushed metal design. After this I spent a weekend to realize my new theme - and here it is!

Album Art is as big as possible without losing space to give as much text information as possible. Without album art it should be usable as well so I placed this nice metal guitar in the album art section.

All buttons are animated and touchable by using the absolute point mode.
Repeat modes are shown in the black display area. Shuffle Mode, Hold, HDD and battery information are placed in this black area as well.

Custom statusbar is used to spend the same look to the menus.

New Version:
new FM Screen with new FM-related buttons (presets lists are here),
new buttons on base rockbox menu,
hotkey feature on album art area (if you are interested in browsing via pictureflow plugin please take a look at this).

Absolute need of a daily build.
Download is here.

Give it a try and please leave your comments. I spent a lot of time to do this so I am looking forward to your feedback.

Thanks in advance.
AsusFreak

MartyLK · 02-19-2010, 04:18

Very nice looking theme!

Peaceful1 · 02-19-2010, 04:36

very great ;one of the best I ever saw
thanks for sharing your hard work
never saw such detailed icons in a theme
font size not very small and not very big,the exact standard size
wow look at the folder icon
really good
very nice design
love the vol button
so detailed
it well be great if u make a wooden skin edit like these images background :here it well make it look like pro-wooden sound systems

AsusFreak · 02-19-2010, 05:32

Thanks for your feedback, peaceful.
I stored your bitmaps.
I think after a while of lazyness I might build an alternative design with these colours.

Thanks.

BTW: Greetings to Tehran. My best friend here in Germany is persian.

Ginsu · 02-19-2010, 12:17

Very nice

I like the base screen. The WPS is informative without being crowded, and the icons are fancy. IMO the text is too small to click using absolute mode, but that might just be a personal problem, since I haven't yet found a Rockbox theme that's comfortable to use in absolute mode. By all means, keep up the great work!

bkd11 · 02-19-2010, 12:42

Very cool.

I love the animation on the volume knob.

Duke Dylan · 02-20-2010, 03:01

WOW. Very cool. Don't know if the custom status bar will work very well with other themes, but all in all a very nice theme. Soon I will post mine...

Achmed_Tarquin · 02-27-2010, 00:20

Very nice.

Thank you

AsusFreak · 03-03-2010, 08:50

Hi all,
I just reuped my themes AF_Wood, AF_Black and AF_Metal.
The developers changed the syntax for multifont. Now we have to set a ".fnt" in the multifont definition code.
So after changing to this new syntax all themes with multifont support didn't pass the .rockbox checkwps tool and disappeared from the download page.

@MoMonster: Take a look at your breeze theme as well.

So if you want to use a newer build with multifont themes you have to use a build after March 2nd, 2010.

AF_Metal get some new features as well (see Post #1) and I'm currently editing my last theme AF_Sand and add some cosmetic changes like smaller buttons in the popup menu.

Sorry if this causes some trouble when you are updating rockbox but this is the price I have to pay using the daily build instead of using the stable V3.5...

AsusFreak · 06-03-2010, 09:33

Hi.

As I did it with AF_Black I had to change the 3x3 grid mode (because it was broken).

So I fixed it and spent some more time on this theme:

WPS-Redesign: more clear borders, a new menu button, bigger album art.
Configuration Screen on PAUSE,
new FM Screen,
Popup Menu has been dropped (because 4 buttons on the right side of the WPS should be enough).
´

So I hope you'll like the new design. Enjoy it.

bkd11 · 06-03-2010, 15:45

Very nice! Love the radio screen.

andrewthecoder · 06-04-2010, 10:54

Thankyou so much =)
This is my favourite theme now you have fixed grid mode, visual changes look great too, hope you keep developing your themes.

AsusFreak · 06-29-2010, 07:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrewthecoder

hope you keep developing your themes.

Yes, here's the update for the last new features.

New:
- screen related buttons
- FM Screen with new buttons
- Base menu with new buttons
- Album Art as touchscreen area for the hotkey function
- Configuration Screen is dropped (Seems to me I overran the buffer size

)

If you want to browse your albums via pictureflow plugin instead of the standard list in the rockbox menu than you might read the AF_Flow thread.

By the way:
in the FM screen there is a new channel button which brings you to the presets list. It's highly recommended to load a region preset list from here otherwise the button is useless...

02-19-2010, 04:18	#2
MartyLK HTC HD2 owner Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: The good 'ol USA Posts: 152	Very nice looking theme! __________________ My cellphone of choice: HTC HD2 by .T..Mobile - The Superhero of Cellphones

02-19-2010, 04:36	#3
Peaceful1 .....silence..... Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tehran(IRAN) Posts: 1,041	very great ;one of the best I ever saw thanks for sharing your hard work never saw such detailed icons in a theme font size not very small and not very big,the exact standard size wow look at the folder icon really good very nice design love the vol button so detailed it well be great if u make a wooden skin edit like these images background :here it well make it look like pro-wooden sound systems __________________ peace is not a reason its a way of life my ROCKBOX is --->clip+ed-clip ed-Fuze ed-D2+ed Fiio E3-FiioE5-FiioE7 AKG 518DJ,AKG 340,MDR-Q68 Black,EP-630,Cowon CE1 Last edited by Peaceful1; 02-19-2010 at 05:13..

02-19-2010, 05:32	#4
AsusFreak Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 101	Thanks for your feedback, peaceful. I stored your bitmaps. I think after a while of lazyness I might build an alternative design with these colours. Thanks. BTW: Greetings to Tehran. My best friend here in Germany is persian. __________________ My rockbox themes for Cowon's D2 (in the order of their realisation): AF_Black, AF_Metal, AF_Wood, AF_Sand, AF_Remote, AF_Satin, AF_iAudio7, AF_Flow, AF_Squeeze. And - older - my first rockbox theme for IRiver's H10-5GB: AA_Simple Last edited by AsusFreak; 02-19-2010 at 06:54..

02-19-2010, 12:42	#6
bkd11 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA Posts: 173	Very cool. I love the animation on the volume knob. __________________ Legacy 8gb D2 still going strong after 5 years. Thanks to all the Rockbox devs for keeping it fresh. Check out: *Tactile Buttons in Hold Mode: Custom Patches* (Just in case the links ever go dead: *MediaFire Mirror*)

03-03-2010, 08:50	#9
AsusFreak Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 101	Hi all, I just reuped my themes AF_Wood, AF_Black and AF_Metal. The developers changed the syntax for multifont. Now we have to set a ".fnt" in the multifont definition code. So after changing to this new syntax all themes with multifont support didn't pass the .rockbox checkwps tool and disappeared from the download page. @MoMonster: Take a look at your breeze theme as well. So if you want to use a newer build with multifont themes you have to use a build after March 2nd, 2010. AF_Metal get some new features as well (see Post #1) and I'm currently editing my last theme AF_Sand and add some cosmetic changes like smaller buttons in the popup menu. Sorry if this causes some trouble when you are updating rockbox but this is the price I have to pay using the daily build instead of using the stable V3.5... __________________ My rockbox themes for Cowon's D2 (in the order of their realisation): AF_Black, AF_Metal, AF_Wood, AF_Sand, AF_Remote, AF_Satin, AF_iAudio7, AF_Flow, AF_Squeeze. And - older - my first rockbox theme for IRiver's H10-5GB: AA_Simple Last edited by AsusFreak; 03-03-2010 at 08:59..

02-19-2010, 12:17	#5
Ginsu Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 11	Very nice I like the base screen. The WPS is informative without being crowded, and the icons are fancy. IMO the text is too small to click using absolute mode, but that might just be a personal problem, since I haven't yet found a Rockbox theme that's comfortable to use in absolute mode. By all means, keep up the great work!

02-20-2010, 03:01	#7
Duke Dylan Weird Al Doppelganger Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 28	WOW. Very cool. Don't know if the custom status bar will work very well with other themes, but all in all a very nice theme. Soon I will post mine...

02-27-2010, 00:20	#8
Achmed_Tarquin Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 15	Very nice. Thank you

06-03-2010, 09:33	#10
AsusFreak Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 101	Version V4.0 Hi. As I did it with AF_Black I had to change the 3x3 grid mode (because it was broken). So I fixed it and spent some more time on this theme: WPS-Redesign: more clear borders, a new menu button, bigger album art. Configuration Screen on PAUSE, new FM Screen, Popup Menu has been dropped (because 4 buttons on the right side of the WPS should be enough). ´ So I hope you'll like the new design. Enjoy it. __________________ My rockbox themes for Cowon's D2 (in the order of their realisation): AF_Black, AF_Metal, AF_Wood, AF_Sand, AF_Remote, AF_Satin, AF_iAudio7, AF_Flow, AF_Squeeze. And - older - my first rockbox theme for IRiver's H10-5GB: AA_Simple

06-03-2010, 15:45	#11
bkd11 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA Posts: 173	Very nice! Love the radio screen. __________________ Legacy 8gb D2 still going strong after 5 years. Thanks to all the Rockbox devs for keeping it fresh. Check out: *Tactile Buttons in Hold Mode: Custom Patches* (Just in case the links ever go dead: *MediaFire Mirror*)

06-04-2010, 10:54	#12
andrewthecoder Lazy Programmer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland =) Posts: 486	Thankyou so much =) This is my favourite theme now you have fixed grid mode, visual changes look great too, hope you keep developing your themes. __________________ Audio; 16GB Cowon D2 DAB (Firmware: D2+ 1.13 + Rockbox + Full InvisibleShield - totally worth the money. +++ Rockbox Install Guide +++ Video; 32GB Cowon O2 + Noreve Premium Leather Case An awesome player is nothing without awesome headphones; I use Sennheiser CX400-II noise-isolating IEMs, so I can get lost in the music without deafening myself, even on noisy buses. For social use, I pocket my X-Mini II portable speaker. Bragging? Never Dentist Dunfermline

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