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BlackCats101's skin-it'll be alright on the night...;)

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Yes that's right folks here is the first ever world-exclusive screenshot of the ESPN skin I am creating...:-D
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As you can see, I have not really started! (In fact it was a quarter of an hour ago) but I have a lot to learn, so any progress is welcomed by me! Estimated tome of arrival? How about 2059?
I'll do my best and keep showing you new screens when I have a chance...
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I looked over that screenshot for 3 minutes before I saw the ESPN logo :D
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"Keep on the great work"
"Best skin ever"

euh... well... not really... but good luck :-D, you can do it!
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Ha ha :-D I know it's rubbish at the moment.. but it will be good. All graphics editors have to start somewhere-right, Minty?... Minty?...
(Minstrel suppresses snorts of derisive laughter)
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Working on the title screen...
I need to find a suitable picture and sort text colurs out..Image
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Ha ha-this is such poor quality...:roll::-D
Still, It is all useful in the learning process :nerd:

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Experimenting with background themes. I think that orange could lend itself to the ESPN theme...
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I think that orange would give me a seizure if I looked at it too long.
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I really like it BlackCats!!!

Keep it coming, buddy!!! =D>


...forgot to say that I really like the orange one!!!
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If it's to be an ESPN skin then it ought to be based on red, white and black. ;)
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Cheers, flea. As you can see it is years away (possibly literally ;)) from being finished. All those different text colours are just evidence of me practising with Minty's guide. I know what you meant E about the orange, it is rather bright. However I am sick of blues and greys in my game-it's time for some variation!
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I like the orange color. Looks like ESPN :)
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No, I won't point and laugh honest. 8-) The late response is just becuase I'm not around much weekends as I am performing and doing other stuff with my theater on weekends so it's the first I've seen of it.

You're on the right track; it does take a lot of experimenting to get used to the system, the more you tear things apart the more it begins to come together. You're working with a new program too. You can't expect to go from point a to step 246a instantly, but keep working on it and you'll be fine. On that end as I said there are tons of tutorials out there for PaintShop, google up 'paintshop pro tutorials' and you'll see what I mean. I've learned a lot of great techniques from tutorials. Here's a bit of a compiled listing from about.com:

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/paintshopprotutorials/
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Cheers, Minstrel. I think I might work with that orange background despite the mixed response. I'll do an alternative later-possibly in red or black(!)
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A black background sounds pretty cool :-D
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With a new orange background (firefox logo!) and silver matchday title panels:
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(don't ask me where the team names have gone because I don't know!)
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LoL, probably they thought they could use a day off!!! :-D

That looks pretty cool my friend!!!
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The colours clash pretty nastily in this example as they are too heavy, and the text is all in the wrong colour. However it gives you an idea of the bits and pieces I can tweak with. What are your thoughts? Would an orange sidebar be the better alternative?
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Yeah I think an orangey-red sidebar would be pretty cool. :thup:
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I think I am making some progress-take a look at my latest one-I quite like it even if I say so myself!...feedback?

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Background looks great =D>

Sidebar needs some work, as does the top.

Good job for your first time :-D
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BlackCats101 wrote:The colours clash pretty nastily in this example as they are too heavy, and the text is all in the wrong colour. However it gives you an idea of the bits and pieces I can tweak with. What are your thoughts? Would an orange sidebar be the better alternative?
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So far I like that one the best.
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U are getting real good man!!! Keep it up...as I always say :-D

BTW, witch stadium is there in the background...looks to me like the Camp Nou from Barça, but probably Iam wrong there..
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Uhrff...the skin crashes the game on the loading screen now whenever i try to load it up:rant:. I've given up for the time being. :-D
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Got game back to working state, but this meant changing nearly every component back to its default setting. Needless to say I am not happy :roll: :thdn:
the sooner Sega make a comprehensive skin editor programme the better.
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