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theCoder:
--- Quote from: gamecreature on July 15, 2006, 02:55:43 pm ---If you haven't done so already, download the Blue layout and see how I've prepared the art. If I recall correctly, the mask is called "bluesnap.gif". Go to the pulldown menu where the elements are and select one of the custom boxes (preferably one you haven't used yet). Click on it, tell it what art you want to use and make sure the transparent box is checked. The custom window automatically sizes to the size of the art.
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Thanks. That helped a lot. I put a black box on the original background image, a couple of pixels bigger than the transparent pocket overlay image. I had a problem with the overlay image and the transparency. I filled in a rounded shape with hot pink, and drew in a couple of pixels in the corners with the same color. Somehow the dithering of Photoshop made about 6 other shades of pink that did not make it as transparent. This put a weird dark pink halo around the images. I had to go in find all of these pixels (magic wand tool) and change them to the transparent color. The snap images with a black background now fad in perfectly. The others have a black band on one or more sides. It's not perfect, but much better than what I had before.
Thanks again GameCreature.
gamecreature:
I agree, it's much better. The great thing about skins is that they're not permanent and changing them is a lot easier than changing the rest of the art on your cabinet. I had completely forgotten to warn you about paint tool's tendency to want to make things "smooth." When using freehand paint, the pencil tool (not the brush) will insure that all of your pixels are solid. When making shapes, I think I made a mask on the channels layer and played with the contrast until all of the greys were gone.
richms:
The antenna you have made wont work very well at all. it needs to be tuned for 2.4Ghz, a long bit of wire will work worse then one just the right length
You can pop the modem mini-pci out of the n600s and put a wireless card in there, you will still have to get a pigtail for it to a normal connector and an antenna, preferably near the top of the unit. Otherwise get a cheap USB stick and a usb extension cable, the key is to get ip up away from the laptop itself
Ninten-doh:
Coder,
What about making the background behind the featured game black or something so that it "pops" a little bit more? See my very crude mockup below. I think this ties the game name and screen shot together a little better. My 2 cents for what it's worth. :cheers:
theCoder:
Apparently the package from Unimarc with my replacement Ipac is on my doorstep at home. I know what I'm doing tonight.
--- Quote from: richms on July 17, 2006, 06:46:56 am ---The antenna you have made wont work very well at all.
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Boy you got that right. I pretty much figured I'd be plugging in to the copper until I could come up with something else. Unfortunately my PCI slots are at the very top of the cab and are blocked by the top rib/skin of the cab. I could possibly go USB, but I wouldn't want it to be a permanent thing. I've only got 2 USB ports to play with. I guess I could put in a small hub. Do you have a particular wireless lan USB brand/model you'd recommend?
--- Quote from: Ninten-doh on July 17, 2006, 08:40:14 am ---Coder, What about making the background behind the featured game black or something so that it "pops" a little bit more?
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Great input. I'll toy with it and post another.
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