Making Subsonic Radio Themes

eagle4life69 · Post by **eagle4life69** » Jun Wed 01, 2005 12:51 pm

I'm working on it. Wife kicked me off the computer and now I get a little bit of time (the whole "lets spend time together" Crap) so I get a some few moments here and there. Also I'm trying to get the wooden poles just right, I am not an atrist but a photo manipulator so I'm getting lost. How you did your wood like that I may never know.

Post by **subsonic** » Jun Thu 02, 2005 11:48 am

All I did was follow a tutorial. There's a lot of photoshop tutorials.

eagle4life69 · Post by **eagle4life69** » Jun Thu 02, 2005 11:51 am

okay I'll look it up I have books on Photoshop I never really thought of going back to that.

I'll look today when I get home. It would be cool if I was a graphic artist for a living

QuickGold · Post by **QuickGold** » Jun Tue 07, 2005 9:32 am

Search google for photoshop tutorials; there's lots out there

eagle4life69 · Post by **eagle4life69** » Jun Tue 07, 2005 10:53 am

I can create beautiful Wood But trying to turn wood planks into wood polls. Now thats a pain.

knedeau · Post by **knedeau** » May Wed 03, 2006 11:54 am

Actually, I'm a webmaster for a living, and I actually have Flash AND photoshop (among other other graphic progs) and I was also thinking of making and submitting a Theme (with hopes that perhaps it will be posted..Hey, it can't hurt to at least TRY!). I think I may have to raid Flashkit.com to see if I can find how Subsonic did that AWESOME movie clip of tinkerbell for the cursor, as well as the cool shadow movies for the buttons/links. Where there is a will, there is a WAY! Anyway, If I posted some links to the .swf files, would anyone be willing to offer some constructive criticism?

I was thinking of trying to make it similar to the current DW Cali theme, but make it geared to WDW Magic Kingdom. Any thoughts?

Post by **subsonic** » May Wed 03, 2006 12:05 pm

Any theme is a good theme at this point. Actually, this has been the most disappointing feature I've added. I made the tomorrowland theme and released the sources in hopes to see themes flooding in. So far it's been nothing. I even said, if people just do layouts I'll convert the header into flash for them. I don't care what the theme is as long as it's "family friendly" and hasn't been done yet.

I will tell you that I'm more intersted in the overall look than what the flash does. I would prefer images over .swfs in the beginning.

But yeah, get to it! Feel free to join the chat or IM me if you have any questions.

knedeau · Post by **knedeau** » May Mon 08, 2006 1:40 pm

OK! I've worked on in all weekend! It's done and ALMOST ready to go! I've got the SKIN and the Flash Header (I just need to make the links live and we're good to go!) WOOHOO!

I think the WDW fans will like it! Can we say VERY excited!

Post by **Dr. Ravenscroft** » May Mon 08, 2006 2:01 pm

If my back would let me today I would be jumping in anticipation, so instead I will tap roll my fingernails on the counter top.

Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy!

Post by **subsonic** » May Wed 10, 2006 11:10 am

I need to implement it into my test site so I know how it looks. I'll let you all know. I realize the source files I put up are in sections and it might make more sense to put them all into the same file to show the layout.

knedeau · Post by **knedeau** » May Sat 13, 2006 10:30 am

WOOHOO!! I can't wait till it's up! It looks very cool! Hang onto your seats everyone! It's going to be an exciting ride!

I want to thank Sub for nudging me on the side nav reworking! The 2nd edition is WAY better than the 1st! (You Rock!)

eagle4life69.... did you ever figure out the wooden poles in photoshop? Have you tried using the bevel tool? If you google "Photoshop Tutorials" you'll get a plethera of tips! You could also try overlaying a transparent gradient over the woodplank. Good luck!

knedeau · Post by **knedeau** » May Sun 14, 2006 9:50 am

Dr. Ravenscroft... I'm sorry that your back is not feeling well. At least your Heart and Soul can still jump for joy!

Post by **Dr. Ravenscroft** » May Tue 16, 2006 9:28 am

Well my back is better now. It only hurt because I was doing some demolition the weekend before. I've had a week to recover and I can now jump.............and my co workers just gave me a cold stare

I like the tomorrowland theme but the original is all I ever use on my work computer's. I would love to design a version of New Orleans Square but, I Not So gooood wit dem new fangled veiw boxes. Actually it is because I don't have the experience needed to complete the task. I can get a few things done but I don't know about the other stuff.

Post by **subsonic** » May Wed 17, 2006 11:37 am

I'm revising the code to randomly switch themes for a user visit. Unless a user has selected a theme.

knedeau · Post by **knedeau** » May Wed 17, 2006 3:14 pm

How cool is that! You rock Sub!