[mythtv-users] New Theme: Leafers-wide

[Korey Fort]

The brightness is the point. The whole point of it is to be  flashy and eye
catching. It's still a work in progress so I'm not sure that white is what
the text will really be in the end. It's just that since the background goes
from brown to yellow and some places red or orange that it's hard to find a
color that will pop on every window. So for now I think my workaround will
probably be to put a shadow and dropcolor around some text. 

Your comments are welcomed and appreciated. I'll try to include a darker
background for my fellow migraine sufferers in the room!

"Let ye without segmentation fault cast the first int!"

Korey Fort

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Justin Hornsby
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 7:25 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] New Theme: Leafers-wide

Hmmm... like this one?  http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Themes

About this new theme....

Sadly what follows is "great but..."

It's fantastic that you've taken the time out to make a new theme.
While MythTV isn't quite bereft of choice, new themes are welcome.

Now for the but...

I had a look at the screenshot and I was taken aback.  Wait!  I don't
have anything against the idea of the theme per-se, but I feel the
background image is far too bright & colourful - to the point where
the text and images are hard to make out without a lot of
concentration.

If I may suggest a few tweaks:

Turn down the saturation of the colours somewhat.
Decrease the image contrast and darken it a little.

Here's an example of what I mean:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/justin.hornsby2/pg/leafers-wide.jpg

I split it down the middle so you can see the difference.  It's just
too bright otherwise, IMHO.

Anyway - keep up the good work - it's a very good starting point make
no mistake :)

Regards,
Justin.

-- 
Justin Hornsby
Moderator of www.mythtvtalk.com and MythTV advocate.
email: justin(dot)hornsby(at)gmail.com
web: http://www.juski.co.uk
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