I love looking at other peoples screens to see how creative they can be. I'm more of a minimal/simple screen kind of guy. Feel free to post a screenshot of your minimal/simple screens on here guys
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=826189
Show us your Home Screen!
Look in there. No need for 2.
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So at work I have a laser etching machine that is all computer controlled and when I'm bored I mess around with it trying to figure out what types of things I haven't etched and what kind of cool art I can etch on to stuff. Lately I've been testing the Android Developer's battery door design, and attached is what I've come up with.
For higher res pics goto http://picasaweb.google.com/juphro/batterydoor and make sure to click the "zoom in" magnifying glass.
I'm also in the process of testing the other battery door colors.
Member, baggus, actually asked me if I could try the design on his so that's why his name is on the bottom. It turned out very nice! I wanted to also see something in the Android font so that's what I came up with in the second pic in the next post. NOTE: the Android font is *not* able to be copied commercially, I have done so for my own personal use.
More information about the Android robot remixing can be found at http://www.android.com/branding.html and a supposed vector of the Android robot can be found at http://www.android.com/media/android_vector.jpg
Did you know the Android robot can be modified and reproduced freely?
If you are interested in designing your own art for a battery door or interested in how its done, just pm me
How the process works:
-Design your custom image (either png w/transparent background or vector graphic works best)
-Image must be black and white. Laser turns on for black, turns off for white.
-Make sure your image looks good on the battery door w/o resizing. Resizing causes distortion if it is not a vector. PM for the template if you're interested in actually doing this.
-Import the image into the etching program on the template which has been premeasured.
-Instead of printing to a inkjet, the image prints to an Epilog Laser Engraver
The template is too large of a file size for me to upload, so again, just pm me.
A laser shoots down on the battery door literally vaporizing a thin layer of material. How the laser cuts is based on speed an power settings determined by the operator. Each material (rubber, wood, aluminum, plastic, etc) has its own settings based on the speed an power of the laser. I have the settings for almost any material, have tested the speed and power for the G1 finally and strangely enough, the settings are different for the white G1 battery door (J Treat is donating his).
Normally, its $45 for regular customers but since I'm in charge of the machine (and personally own a G1) I would much rather charge $20. Free UPS return shipping if you live in the states. Add $3.50 for USPS international shipping. PM me for details.
Design Ideas
More pics- battery door from white G1. No custom designs on this color, sorry. Banding starts to occur in areas that have large spaces (banding example pics can be found on page 5. Its also not as smooth. Same thing happens when you print photos on a non photo printer, on non photo paper. I am also unable to etch on the curved parts of this color. It just comes out nasty/burnt lookin.
Again- designs are limited for the white G1.
Some people have asked about covering the "With Google." Without actually modifying Android Guy this is how big he would have to be to cover the words- his body is exactly as big as the words. It takes up almost the whole back.
Again, pls goto my Picasa site (above) to view more pics in original size. Other things I've etched -> http://picasaweb.google.com/team1933/lasers
Thats kinda cool. Its amazing what you can do with the right equipment.
if you do the battery door that comes on a white g1, im only a paypal click away from ordering one (seriously)
good job man, they look nice
Wow! really nice.....
yeah, let me know how i can get one made with my name please.
send me a message plz! those look F'n COOL!
Me to fellow Chicago friend!
I hate you for showing me a really cool mod for my phone that i can't do myself >:|
O well... next best thing......BUTTERKNIFE
(seriously though that looks amzing. i wish i had a laser etcher laying around)
WOW!
Thanks guys!! I'm waiting for a white g1 battery door to arrive (its like a tan color). The black one uses different settings so I have to tweak it so that it comes out right every time. When I get it just right I'll post more pics in the first thread and get you guys some more info about it.
@G1-evolve, wootroot, and regulatorg1: you got pm.
i'd probably jump on something like this too if i could get my name on it, it looks sweet
You know what would be really awesome.. is to fill in those desings with paint to give them some color. I just may have to order one to see if I can do it.
I am liking how they are looking. Most def if you get some going for the brown backing I am all aboard for this mod
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You know what would be really awesome.. is to fill in those desings with paint to give them some color. I just may have to order one to see if I can do it.
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I have seen color laser etchings that use a so called "color bonding" process but I have yet to see it done.
If you can etch a picture of Taylor Swift into it, ill pay.
looking sweet
i like the android guy, it would by cool if you could through an on his chest and give him a cape! LOL!
only thing that would suck on my phone is that i have the silver/tan or whatever backing on mine and im sure it would be a crazy dirt and grime magnet where its etched out.
you figure out a pricing amount and method? should i pm you for this? does it really matter if you post up a price on this thread?
also i saw on the previous post where you got started up that it wasn't lined up correctly on the silver/tan back, you got that figured out right?
I might have to get one done from you and fill in the etched part with some clear coat or something maybe even a bronze finish to go with the phone
you should buy a heap of battery doors off the net and then do custom desighns for people and sell them with like 20% profit or sumthing.
also would it be possible for you to upload template for the sketch?
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only thing that would suck on my phone is that i have the silver/tan or whatever backing on mine and im sure it would be a crazy dirt and grime magnet where its etched out.
you figure out a pricing amount and method? should i pm you for this? does it really matter if you post up a price on this thread?
also i saw on the previous post where you got started up that it wasn't lined up correctly on the silver/tan back, you got that figured out right?
I might have to get one done from you and fill in the etched part with some clear coat or something maybe even a bronze finish to go with the phone
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I remeasured my template, and on every battery door that gets done the "with google" gets measured again after putting the battery door in the machine. Spending the extra 5mins to double check is worth not wasting a battery door. Will edit first post w/price.
@MiNdAr: the template is too large of a file size to attach but I'd be more than happy to email it.
im still working on my design, ill be shipping you my battery door probably monday or tuesday to have for when i get the design finished, glad you decided to share this service with the community man
its 2:45pm and the mail man just came and left me a brown little package outside my door!
Just wanna let everyone know that I just got my custom battery door and its looking FREAKEN NICE!
has the dev. theme on the back with my xda id on the bottom..
and it took 3days to get here after speaking with justin.
great work and i'll prob be ordering another one with different styles later on.
Hey there everyone. So, I'm wanting to make this wallpaper. I can see it in my head, but I don't have enough experience in Photoshop or GIMP to make it come to life yet. I've been playing around with GIMP, but have only had it for a couple of days. I've done some reading and messed around with it a bit, but without some serious help present, this is just outside my expertise. I want to combine these three things -
1) Gothamesque Cityscape: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4691870612/
Scaled to 640 x 480 (I can do this part, it's easy...)
2) GOTHAM Banner:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4691238235/
Scaled to 640 x 80(the 640 is a must, but the 80 is open to your judgement)
I can do this part too, but blending is not part of my skill set yet.
3)Hoping to get a Bat Symbol, or Signal on the "O" for GOTHAM. I don't really have as much preference on this part, as long as it fits the color scheme.
The lights that are beaming from the city to the sky hits the "O" pretty much in the middle. Was hoping to use that idea to illuminate the symbol that is going to be covering the "O" for a bat signal type theme.
Here is a super rough draft idea of steps 1 & 2 so you can kind of get a feel of where I want to go-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4691909852/
So, that's it. Anyone willing to help a brother out? You'll receive my eternal gratitude and/or I'd be willing to make you a custom boot animation in return(providing it's from a video - that's all I have experience with at the moment). Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks in advance!
Here ya go, let me know if it sucks. I just threw it together, if you need anything changed feel free to ask
Awww man, that is like 95% of the way to what I was looking for! If I had to be nitpicky, I would just like the symbol to cover that hint of black on the left of it and was thinking of maybe adding a bit of glow to it? I know in GIMP they call it Alien Glow, or maybe just making it look a bit more like the light from underneath is why that part is brighter than the rest of the letters. I hope that makes sense? I really like how you integrated the Gotham in the sky - keeping the same colors but it's still visible. Very appreciative, I am. I'm in the middle of posting my Batman boot animation (with a preview) on the Gallery thread. Check it out!
this should be better, let me know.
Looks great man! Thank you so much Going on my phone now, with my new Batman boot screen and animation. I gonna play around and make some icons soon. I think I should be able to handle doing those. I can handle cropping, scaling, rendering kind of things, just not blending and lighting effects yet. Thanks again!
Just giving it a shot.
Nice work Now, if I could just combine the best of both worlds there...lol I like the GOTHAM better on the first one and the Bat symbol better on the other. No offense to either of you, of course. Unfortunately though, it doesn't look as good on my phone as it does on the computer. This is entirely my fault as I wasn't factoring in how it lays stretched out by the launcher and you don't see enough of it's glory on my home screen. I definitely am going to use it for a wallpaper on my regular PC though! Now, I'm playing around with the idea of just a Bat symbol (the newer one from the films that is just the bat itself - not the oval) in the middle of the sky, half way between the skyline and the top. This blended in a bit with the transparent clock widget looks cool because then it's modern gothic looking Bat clock. Thanks for your efforts though, they will be put to good use, some how
Quick question for you xda minds..
I got the ICS update tonight on my prime..loving it...but I have one small pet peeve..
Like some skins out there..there are five small squares showing which screen you are currently on the top of each screen..
Does anyone know if we can remove them like other settings/skins?
I can't seem to find it for the life of me...
Thanks!
No doubt I don't like those page markers at the top of the page at all, and the lock screen pattern dots also took a step backwards IMHO.
Not until you root and we get unlocked bootloader can those be removed
That's what I figured...oh well. The big positives far outweigh the small negatives!
If they really bother you, install a home replacement app and customize it as you see fit.
Hi
Windows phone 7.8/8 with various tile size looks good but it doesn't fit well in smaller screen like 3.7" in Lumia 800.
I have tested some WP8 simulator app also. But today I thought of downloading an image of wp7.8/8 start screen to
see how it will look in this screen size.
Then I zoomed the image a bit so it fits the screen till edges without leaving any space on left & right sides. I was surprised
as I felt it more natural to look at & elegant too. I don't know if Microsoft &Nokia can do that or not , but I personally feel that
In today's world where all manufacturer are running after making larger screen , it would be better to utilize more screen space
claverly .
Vote if you like it http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/f...ch-live-tile-usage-area-till-edges-of-the-scr
What do you fell? Just for opinion if you don't want please don't abuse. Thanks
I think that this new startscreen is amazing but i don't know where are the other apps.. is there the same app list of Mango?
Devil Trigger said:
I think that this new startscreen is amazing but i don't know where are the other apps.. is there the same app list of Mango?
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yes same app list.
I cant see any attachments
I think it's fine and looks finished like this. stretching from edge to edge will make a feeling that icons are cut off.
Not sure how to word this but hopefully it makes sense to someone who can help
When taking screen shots on my 21Ultra, it would then process a blue line around the area it thinks you would like to capture and you can crop the screen shot automatically from that, or re adjust.
My 23ultra doest do that. It just takes the whole screen them it's up to you to manually adjust
Is there a way of fixing this in settings ?
Ok not a great pic but it looks like this. Puts a blue line around where it thinks you would like then you press the white circle in the blue square top right
Anyone ?
Quazza said:
Ok not a great pic but it looks like this. Puts a blue line around where it thinks you would like then you press the white circle in the blue square top right
Anyone ?
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Your answer lies in this article:
How to take a screenshot on the Samsung Galaxy S23 phones
There are several ways to take screenshots on the Galaxy S23 series. We guide you through all of them with quick and easy steps!
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