Upcoming Skinning Features? [Archive]

chicubs

11-01-2003, 02:07 PM

So Paul/Matt, are there any new skinning features in a "soon-to-be" release QCD version? Anything you could tell us about?...you know what I want ;) ;) , but what are you going to give?

Young Twig

11-01-2003, 02:47 PM

So Paul/Matt, are there any new skinning features in a "soon-to-be" release QCD version? Anything you could tell us about?...you know what I want ;) ;) , but what are you going to give?

I thought you were quitting... :confused:

chicubs

11-01-2003, 02:49 PM

I thought you were quitting... :confused:

I am unless something comes along that sparks me and Im hoping there is.

Young Twig

11-01-2003, 03:00 PM

I am unless something comes along that sparks me and Im hoping there is.
In that case...

I WANT ALPHA-BLENDING!!!

chicubs

11-01-2003, 03:17 PM

In that case...

I WANT ALPHA-BLENDING!!!

lol, you said it/

krazyd

11-01-2003, 04:25 PM

chicubs

11-01-2003, 04:27 PM

I have a pretty low-end computer, so I really don't want any more drains on resources like alpha blending. I think that it would be nice to try, but only as long as there was an option to disable it. Any thoughts?

Of course, they're has to be a disable option as I think we still have some 98 users around.

drewkeller

11-01-2003, 04:30 PM

computers are so stinking inexpensive these days....

Young Twig

11-01-2003, 04:48 PM

computers are so stinking inexpensive these days....
There are a lot of poor people these days. I, for example, have a 566mHz, 128 RAM computer...

chicubs

11-01-2003, 04:49 PM

There are a lot of poor people these days. I, for example, have a 566mHz, 128 RAM computer...

muwahhaha 3000amd with 512....muwahaha

Young Twig

11-01-2003, 04:51 PM

Well, we also have another computer (1gHz, 256 RAM) but it really needs to be reformatted. Until then,. I prefer this one.

Heigar

11-01-2003, 05:06 PM

Young Twig

11-01-2003, 05:08 PM

I built my own,cuz if you search around you can find some good deals .P4-2ghz,
1gig of ram,120gig hard drive,17 inch flat screen crt for under $500.(including case).That's what I'm running on right now.
Well, we had this one lying around the house... We just needed a monitor and crap, so, one day... We got the stuff.. :D

Did you ever notice how off-topic these threads get?

Heigar

11-01-2003, 05:11 PM

Yeah, they sure do and quickly too.A computer is a computer as long as it can run QCD.:)

chicubs

11-01-2003, 05:20 PM

To get back on topic....if I got alpha blending I would finish Oakley, which I started, but it looked too fugly without smooth edges. The same with lcd doodle and the one I showed a few months ago. They need alpha blending.

Heigar

11-01-2003, 05:33 PM

Just think of the possibilities a skinner would have with alpha-blending.Pretty mind boggling,it would be freaking awesome.

Tokelil

11-01-2003, 05:56 PM

One more time for me... Besides antialiased edges, what does alpha blending do?

chicubs

11-01-2003, 06:20 PM

One more time for me... Besides antialiased edges, what does alpha blending do?

Allows you to create shadows also....for me its really just the smooth edges that I want.

chicubs

11-01-2003, 06:35 PM

heres an example of anti-aliased

chicubs

11-01-2003, 06:38 PM

heres one with a small shadow

krazyd

11-01-2003, 07:19 PM

That does look pretty cool! :)

drewkeller

11-01-2003, 09:04 PM

I built my own,cuz if you search around you can find some good deals .P4-2ghz,
1gig of ram,120gig hard drive,17 inch flat screen crt for under $500.(including case).That's what I'm running on right now.

sorry to go off topic again, but you can get a new computer these days for $500 with software. if you try to buy the software, that can easily run you $500 just by itself.

Heigar

11-01-2003, 09:29 PM

Yeah,computers are getting cheaper,but it's funner buying in pieces and assembling yourself.I know about the software being expensive ,good thing I found a copy of photoshop 6 at a local comp store for $120 now I just buy the upgrade and save myself $400.

Hanzo

11-02-2003, 03:33 PM

Don't you think we need both? I'm a graphics design student, so I know the difference between alpha-blending and anti-alias.

Anti-alias would make skins without jagged edges, now I'm using a black wallpaper so the assasin skin looks excellent, but changing the wallpaper to something brighter makes it look horrible.

Alpha-blending would make the "always on top" function to have a reason to exist. What's the point of having QCD on top if you can't see what's below it?

I personally would like to have even the visuals alpha-blended, I hope I'm not asking too much. BTW those are pretty cool skins

Qaz

11-05-2003, 11:52 AM

Alpha-blending would make the "always on top" function to have a reason to exist. What's the point of having QCD on top if you can't see what's below it?
If there's some minimalist-mode in the skin, then it will fit over the window's titlebar. It just goes so damn small that way. Anyway, would partial transparency allow clicking through skin?

drewkeller

11-05-2003, 02:03 PM

would partial transparency allow clicking through skin?
no, the window is still 100% there, just not 100% opaque.

krazyd

11-05-2003, 02:13 PM

I personally would like to have even the visuals alpha-blended, I hope I'm not asking too much. BTW those are pretty cool skins
What exactly do you mean here? The Wave fumes vis already has an option to show the background through the vis...?

Hanzo

11-05-2003, 02:41 PM

What exactly do you mean here? The Wave fumes vis already has an option to show the background through the vis...?
No, I mean the ability to have the visuals alpha blended so you can look thru them.