Modern Skin: Alpha Channels

2011-10-16T14:26:57Z

Mahfujalubna:

Creating a Modern Skin --> [[Modern Skin: Intro|Intro]] --> [[Modern Skin: Winamp 2 to W3+|Winamp 2 to Winamp 3+]] --> [[Modern Skin: Simple Skin Tutorial|Simple Skin Tutorial]] --> [[Modern Skin: XML Intro|XML Intro]] --> [[Modern Skin: Simple Skin Tutorial (Continued)|Simple Skin Tutorial (Continued)]] --> [[Modern Skin: Container| Container]] --> [[Modern Skin: Group|Group]] --> [[Modern Skin: Relative Positioning| Relative Positioning]] --> [[Modern Skin: Complex Skin|Complex Skin]] --> [[Modern Skin: Non-Rect Player| Non-Rect Player]] --> [[Modern Skin: Layer Composition| Layer Composition]] --> [[Modern Skin: Alpha Channels| Alpha Channels]] --> [[Modern Skin: Animatedlayer|Animatedlayer]] --> [[Modern Skin: Snap Points|Snap Points]] --> [[Modern Skin: Drawers|Drawers]] --> [[Modern Skin: Skin Scripting| Skin Scripting]] --> [[Modern Skin: Drawer Scripting| Drawer Scripting]] --> [[Modern Skin: Animating a Skin|Animating a Skin]] --> [[Modern Skin: Maki Overview| Maki Overview]] --> [[Main_Page#Glossary_of_Terms|Glossary]]

Alpha channel controls the transparency value of an element. By adjusting the alpha value of an element, you can make the element totally transparent or not transparent at all. Winamp3 blends that element with the background image if the transparency of that element is increased.

Take a look at the two images below. Both images have a red rectangle layer on top of the Boxer skin. The red rectangle in the first image has no transparency: the result is an overlap of images. The second image uses alpha channel to create some transparency: the result is the blending of the red rectangle and the Boxer skin.

[[Image:Layer-notblend.png]]

<nowiki>*</nowiki> No transparency: images overlap.

[[Image:Layer-blend.png]]

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Some transparency: images blend.

'''Complex Tutorial'''

[[Image:Complexskin diag alpha.png]]

In Complex Tutorial, Group #2 (the second circle from the left), has blue triangle blended with the red circle. This is done through Alpha Channel have [http://www.kidney-stones-symptoms-cure.com/ symptoms of kidney stones] . Note that the graphical asset for this group is the same as the ones used to demonstrate Layer Composition. The only difference is that we adjusted the alpha value for the triangle in this section. Here's the process.

Lets go through in detail how do to each step:

==Make the Graphics: The Red Circle and Blue Triangle==

red-circle.png    [[Image:Red-circle.png]]

triangle.png       [[Image:Triangle.png]]

==Define the Elements in the XML Code==

[[Image:Layercomp xml.png]]

==Define Layers Using those Elements==

[[Image:Alpha xml1.png]]

[[Image:Alpha xml2.png]]

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==Place the Layers in the Same Area==

[[Image:Alpha xml3.png]]

==Change the Alpha Value for the Triangle==

[[Image:Alpha xml4.png]]

Mini-browser

2011-10-16T14:21:08Z

Mahfujalubna: /* Skinning The Minibrowser Window (Not used in Winamp 5.x) */

{{ClassicSkin}}

==Skinning The Minibrowser Window (Not used in Winamp 5.x)==

[[Image:Mb.gif]]

'''Note:''' The Minibrowser is only used pre-Winamp 2.9. But if you still want to skin it, go ahead. The Minibrowser skin is similar to the Playlist skin in many aspects. Both skins are designed to be scaleable due to the fact that most web content doesn't fit into the default viewable area.

The file you will be working with is called mb.bmp. This file contains all the graphics you need to complete in order to skin the Minibrowser. The top two rows of graphics within mb.bmp allow you to create the titlebar [http://www.gallbladderdetox.com/gall-bladder-symptoms/ gall bladder symptoms] of the Minibrowser. The first graphic on the page is the top left corner of the Minibrowser window. This is then followed by the graphic that generates the title of the window. NOTE: this graphic is centered within the window. We then come to the little graphic that is tiled across for every time the window is scaled horizontally. [http://www.kidney-stones-symptoms-cure.com/ symptoms of kidney stones] Finally we come to the graphic that completes the titlebar with the top right corner of the window with he close button in it's default state. The next row is all the same graphics, however, all the images are a little dimmed to demonstrate to the end user that the window is now inactive or the window that is not in focus.

[[Image:Mb2.gif]]

'''mb.bmp'''

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Modern Skin: Alpha Channels

Mini-browser