groovindj
This skin is designed to be used with a controller, so things on screen are mainly for display / information.
The left side of each deck can be switched between showing track info, effects info and pad controls.
Resolution is laptop sized (1366 x 768).
Available soon.
Posted Sat 02 Sep 17 @ 8:04 am
klausmogensen
Me: Cool! Must download and try out right now!
Me: Doh!
groovindj wrote :
Available soon.
Me: Doh!
Posted Sat 02 Sep 17 @ 12:01 pm
groovindj
It's uploaded, and approval has already been confirmed. Just waiting for it to be added to the download page.
Posted Sat 02 Sep 17 @ 12:12 pm
kradcliffe
I thought all ver 7 skins were 1920x1080 natively?
Posted Sat 02 Sep 17 @ 2:11 pm
groovindj
You mean V8 surely?
Well that was the concept, yes. But in reality it's not so easy. So many different screen sizes and resolutions. One size does not fit all.
V8 skins don't have to be 1920 x 1080, and not all authors make them so.
My laptop's 1366 x 768 so that was my starting point. It was coded and loaded (for checking) on this tower PC though, on a 32" HD screen.
Well that was the concept, yes. But in reality it's not so easy. So many different screen sizes and resolutions. One size does not fit all.
V8 skins don't have to be 1920 x 1080, and not all authors make them so.
My laptop's 1366 x 768 so that was my starting point. It was coded and loaded (for checking) on this tower PC though, on a 32" HD screen.
Posted Sat 02 Sep 17 @ 2:21 pm
kradcliffe
Sorry, yeah meant V8.
Ah, ok. Thanks for the info.
I think the full HD thing was based on V8 supporting SVG but that never happened.
Nice skin BTW :)
Ah, ok. Thanks for the info.
I think the full HD thing was based on V8 supporting SVG but that never happened.
Nice skin BTW :)
Posted Sat 02 Sep 17 @ 5:21 pm
groovindj
Did Atomix ever actually say it would? I know that many users have requested it for a LOOOOOOOOOONG time, and even staff have said they start skins in vector then convert - but I can't find a statement from Atomix anywhere. Maybe someone in a video?
VDJ 8 can draw straight lines, squares & rectangles internally - but I've been told it creates a "heavy" skin, and without curves it's not usable to create a whole skin anyway.
VDJ 8 can draw straight lines, squares & rectangles internally - but I've been told it creates a "heavy" skin, and without curves it's not usable to create a whole skin anyway.
Posted Sat 02 Sep 17 @ 7:47 pm
kradcliffe
It was in the original spec for the V8 release but got left behind.
Will see if I can find it.
Will see if I can find it.
Posted Sat 02 Sep 17 @ 8:06 pm
groovindj
It's now available for download.
https://www.virtualdj.com/plugins/index.html?addonid=80653
https://www.virtualdj.com/plugins/index.html?addonid=80653
Posted Sat 02 Sep 17 @ 9:16 pm
vdj_pARtybOy
this looks great! can you please make it 3 decks?
Posted Sun 29 Oct 17 @ 11:52 pm
wickedmix
very nice .. hoping this will work well on my tablet
Posted Mon 30 Oct 17 @ 12:04 am
Charlie Wilson
Seriously need more 2880 x 1800 resolution skins
Posted Thu 02 Nov 17 @ 8:22 pm
kradcliffe
There is no specific resolution for skins any more.
Generally they are made at a default resolution of 1920x1080 and can be resized up without issue. *apparently*
Generally they are made at a default resolution of 1920x1080 and can be resized up without issue. *apparently*
Posted Thu 02 Nov 17 @ 8:30 pm
groovindj
You're talking about a Retina display presumably? From what I read, the OS treats it as a 1440 x 900 display, because if you actually could/did run it at 2880 x 1800 everything would be crazy small and you wouldn't be able to read text etc. so my skin's resolution (designed for the average 15" laptop) isn't that far removed.
Posted Thu 02 Nov 17 @ 8:32 pm
djdad
When graphics like solid (or even gradient) boxes, circles etc get up-resized, the loss in quality is small, unless a skin at 1280x gets resized to 4000x and more. But if texts -
as part of graphics - get resized, its where you mostly notice the difference.
@groovin, i would recommend to avoid adding texts in the png , such as SPEED, KEY, RANGE, Shift Right, Loop Out etc and instead use <textzone> or <text> inside the buttons.
You can use dy="" to position text vertically inside a button (in case you dont want that vertically aligned) and also <icon> if you want to separate the icons inside a button and use it in other elements too.
as part of graphics - get resized, its where you mostly notice the difference.
@groovin, i would recommend to avoid adding texts in the png , such as SPEED, KEY, RANGE, Shift Right, Loop Out etc and instead use <textzone> or <text> inside the buttons.
You can use dy="" to position text vertically inside a button (in case you dont want that vertically aligned) and also <icon> if you want to separate the icons inside a button and use it in other elements too.
Posted Thu 02 Nov 17 @ 8:41 pm
groovindj
I know what you mean djdad. A lot of the skin was taken directly from screen grabs, which is why some of the text is on the bitmap.
Maybe I will get around to changing it one day.
Maybe I will get around to changing it one day.
Posted Thu 02 Nov 17 @ 9:04 pm