Ellisr63 Steel Grey Series

[ellisr63]

Well I had today off and I got an idea in my head..... this is what it became..
What do you think?

Master Bedroom Template
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/Master.jpg

[bph]

It's bold, but I rather like it.

[Squintz]

I like it.

[ellisr63]

Thanks,
On this one I'm using a carbon fiber and dark grey steel PS style.... It took me all day to get this far but as soon as I get a couple of the other templates ready in PS it should go fast. I think I'm going to try some dif layout styles from what I've done in the past and see how they look.

[ellisr63]

Changed to this Color setup and page indicators...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/MasterEvolution.jpg

here is the local traffic Cams...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/LocalTraffic.jpg

[lpott6]

Ron, Nice work. You are becoming quite the PS stud.

[Dean Roddey]

I'd definitely use a slight drop shadow (the one on the Base tab) on the white button text, to give them a little 3D'ish feel. Just a little would do it, i.e. make F3 just a dirty white or light gray perhaps.

[ellisr63]

Dean, I think it helped a lot5... i went black on the drop shadow... do you think it was too much?
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/MasterEvolutionV2Dropshadowtext.jpg

Here is the Projector Template.... not sure if I want this style of transport or not yet.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/Projector.jpg

Local Weather....
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/Weather.jpg

Local Radar....
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/Radar.jpg

[Dean Roddey]

Looks ok to me.

[ellisr63]

Changed the Projector Graphics... Is this better? I still have to work on the little arrows that change color according to the status of the projector.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/Projectorv2.jpg

[Squintz]

That is really cool. I might be contacting you for some graphic help in the near future. Hope you don't mind.

[Steve]

Ron, those are really nice. You're becoming quite the Photoshop wizard. One suggestion if I may. I like the sublte touch of connecting the inner frame with the button, but it may be a bit to subtle. Maybe just changing the text color of the button on the frame that your currently in?

[ellisr63]

Ron, those are really nice. You're becoming quite the Photoshop wizard. One suggestion if I may. I like the sublte touch of connecting the inner frame with the button, but it may be a bit to subtle. Maybe just changing the text color of the button on the frame that your currently in?
I assume you are talking about.... when the projector template is selected have the text change color so that it is easy to see which template was selected. I can do that easily by just selecting another text box and having the text go to green and hiding the original white text. I will try that tonight. I wish that there was a way to use the checkbox wizard and change an image according to which template was loaded instead of a driver... in some instances a driver indication is not appropriate. Thanks for the suggestions.
Ron

[Double_J]

Wow. Awesome.

[ellisr63]

Well I think I have the Projector looking better now.... I also put a Glow around the Projector Overlay to make it stand out a little more and a LED that shows you that this template is on )in this case it was driven from the power field but in some like the Horoscope it will always be green but you will never see the LED till the template is brought up :-). What do you think?
tia,
a. http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/ProjectorFinal.jpg

b. http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/ProjectorFinalV2.jpg

Which do you like better.... a or b?

[Dean Roddey]

I like that look a lot. That's the best one you've come up with yet.

[Ripper]

Looking good Ron :-)

[ellisr63]

Well this one was a hard one.... Not sure if I am 100% happy with this one yet. What do you think?
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/Horoscope.jpg

[penngray]

Very cool! Again you give me ideas.

To bad I suck at PS, is there a "quick" tutorial somewhere to get up and running on it. I loaded a jpeg of a remote control into PS back a couple of weeks ago and spent 2 hours getting nowhere.

[ellisr63]

BTW I just started PS in Feb of 2006... so if I can do it anyone can :-) .Ripper had a link somewhere on CQC... I have a jumbled up set of bookmarks to some I have been using here...http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/ellisr63/lst?.dir=/PS+Tutorials&.view=l

[ellisr63]

Just got the DVD selector template done...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DVDSelectorDVDChanger2On.jpg

[ellisr63]

Here is the CD Selector Template....
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/CDSelector.jpg

[ellisr63]

Here is the Sat Selector template
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/SatSelector.jpg

Here is the Sat Channel Groups screen that is what appears when you select your Sat receiver...

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/SatSelectorGroups.jpg

[Steve]

This really isn't a criticism because I truly like what you did with this, I am just not thrilled with the LED marker, it just looks like a lost dot on the template. I still kinda think highlighting the words somehow would work better, at least imho.

[ellisr63]

This really isn't a criticism because I truly like what you did with this, I am just not thrilled with the LED marker, it just looks like a lost dot on the template. I still kinda think highlighting the words somehow would work better, at least imho.
I tried the Colored text and i wasn't successful:-( ... You see the center Overlay only gos up to the text. If I make it go all the way I don't think the Buttons will work for exiting back out. The Only Way I can think of is to make the same command widgets for all the buttons and load them on each template. I added another Template and I put a Blue Light behind the active Template. Is that enough to differentiate the Template from the rest?

[Steve]

Just some brainstorm ideas... You said the overlay goes up to the text. First, what if you change the green LED (which just looks like some sort of status indicator light) to say maybe an arrow and put it more toward the text like right at the border?

[ellisr63]

Just some brainstorm ideas... You said the overlay goes up to the text. First, what if you change the green LED (which just looks like some sort of status indicator light) to say maybe an arrow and put it more toward the text like right at the border?
good idea... I will try that tonight.

[ellisr63]

Well this one was a tough one... I'm still not happy with the way the "Resolution" text is coming out. Any suggestions .. likes or dislikes on this template?
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/SatChannels.jpg

[ellisr63]

Showime Channels... had to go with text as there is not enough room to use their logos.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/ShowtimeChannels.jpg

[Dean Roddey]

Take the logos and put them behnd the blue glass, clipped to the blue glass area, and very transparent. It might be too busy, but it might look ok.

[ellisr63]

Take the logos and put them behnd the blue glass, clipped to the blue glass area, and very transparent. It might be too busy, but it might look ok.
This is what I got for HBO...What do you think?
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/HBOChannels.jpg

[Dean Roddey]

Looks pretty nice to me.

[ellisr63]

Here is the new Russound Template.. I will be putting drop downs for each selection abd you will select the Zone you want ifo on..
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/RussoundSelector.jpg

Here is the Zones Roll out..
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/RussoundZonesRollOut.jpg

Here is the Volume Roll Out..
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/RussoundVolumeAllRollOut.jpg

[dabreeze]

ellisr63

This is looking great!!! Any chance of sharing the templates? I understand there is much development you are doing yet ....

Thanks

Dabreeze

[ellisr63]

ellisr63

This is looking great!!! Any chance of sharing the templates? I understand there is much development you are doing yet ....

Thanks

Dabreeze
Sure, no prob... just as soon as I get the set complete i will share. :-)

[ellisr63]

Is it possible yet to locate a popup whereever you want yet or does it still default to the center?

[ellisr63]

Here is the Denon Surround Roll Out... (decided there was no need for the left hand Denon 2807 as that is beingcontrolled now from the upper Roll Outs)...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DenonSurroundRollOut.jpg

[Dean Roddey]

If you did a little vertical gradient at the top of that dropdown, that would probably make it look more like it was coming out from under the thing above it maybe. You might have to play with it to make it look right. But just to shade towards arker subtly as it comes up to the top. But the concept looks very good in general.

[ellisr63]

How's this?
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DenonSurroundRollOutFinal.jpg

[Dean Roddey]

I like the first one better. I was talking about just a small gradient just at the top, to make it look like it's going under the thing above it.

[ellisr63]

Here is the Denon Sources...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DenonSourceRollOut.jpg

[ellisr63]

I like the first one better. I was talking about just a small gradient just at the top, to make it look like it's going under the thing above it.
Is this like you meant?
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DenonSourceRollOutMatch.jpg

[Dean Roddey]

It's hard to get it across in words, but I meant just at the very top to add a little a darkening of the original one. Not to apply a gradient to the whole thing or to get rid of the nice looking original drop down. But to just darken just the top, starting above the buttons and getting darker going up or something like that, so that it looks like it's going under the line above it.

[ellisr63]

It's hard to get it across in words, but I meant just at the very top to add a little a darkening of the original one. Not to apply a gradient to the whole thing or to get rid of the nice looking original drop down. But to just darken just the top, starting above the buttons and getting darker going up or something like that, so that it looks like it's going under the line above it.
I think you meant something like this?
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DenonSurroundRollOutFinalFixed-1.jpg

[Dean Roddey]

Yeh, something like that. Maybe you could add a slight flair out at the top, kind of like the active button, to blend it in more or something. Not too much since that would make the whole dropdown wider which would require more oomp to drop it down smoothly.

[ellisr63]

I think I got it now... man was that hard.. I also changed the Buttons to these deep Blue ones.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DenonSurroundRollOutFinalFixed2.jpg

[Dean Roddey]

Yeh, that was more what I was getting at.

[ellisr63]

Here i the DVD Movie Detail template...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/MovieDetail.jpg

[ellisr63]

Here is the new DVD Catalog... text is in black or blue.... which is better? Any suggestions?

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/ChangerCat1BlackText.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/ChangerCat1BlueText.jpg

[ellisr63]

New CD Catalog...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/CDCatalog.jpg

[ellisr63]

New Denon Fm upper roll out...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DenonFMRollOut.jpg

[ellisr63]

resized the Russound Sources and Volume Roll Out to fit completely over all 3 selectors.. (was 20 pixels short and looked a little cramped)

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/RussoundZonesRollOutFinalBlue.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/RussoundVolumeAllRollOutFinalBlue.jpg

[ellisr63]

Worked on the FM Roll Out... centered it and put a door in, got the blend looking good now.. (took a while to figure out what I had to do to make it work :-) ). Also Changed the Text on the projector template and changed the buttons from Metal to blue. How does it look now?
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DenonFMRollOutfinalfixed.jpg

[ellisr63]

Made a new Denon Source Roll Out to match the FM one..
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DenonSourceRollOutNew.jpg

[ellisr63]

Moved the Proj down....
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DenonFMRollOutfinalfixedV2.jpg

[ellisr63]

Here is the new Denon volume roll out....
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DenonUpperVolumeRollOut.jpg

[Dean Roddey]

That's quite cool looking. I like that.

[ellisr63]

That's quite cool looking. I like that.
Thanks Dean.

Here is the new Russound Status roll Out...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/RussoundStatusRollOut.jpg

[ellisr63]

New Transport buttons.... ("A" is the newest and "C" oldest) What do you think?
A.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/ProjectorFinalV2withnewtransport.jpg

B.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DenonFMRollOutfinalfixed.jpg

C.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/ProjectorFinalV2.jpg

[Squintz]

I really like the "upper roll out meets the center image" interfaces.

[ellisr63]

Here is an example of Bedroom 2.... in this zone the denon receivers are not needed as this is a stereo non HDTV Zone that is fed from the Russound only. All Russound functions are in the LCD at the top... in addition you have the Tuner readout from Zone 2 of the Denon if you wish to listen to the radio. the denon FM Roll Out is still in place but the Volume Roll out is now switched to the Bed 2 zone of the Russound.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/Bed2.jpg

[wolverines]

Looks pretty cool. How in god's name do you keep pumping out updates of these templates so fast? I feel like I can't even get off the ground.

[ellisr63]

Photoshop:-)... I use styles and just save the PSD as another name and then change it to what I need... makes alignments perfect

[ellisr63]

These are for the Autopatch.. How do these look?
Any preferences or suggestions?
Which do you like better...1,2 or 3?
1.http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/Autopatch1.jpg

2.http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/Autopatch2.jpg

3.http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/Autopatch3.jpg

[ellisr63]

This is a simple Roll Out for Zone Specific Russound...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/RussoundIndividualZoneRollOut.jpg

[Dean Roddey]

I'm not sure I'm seeing any difference in those three up above.

[ellisr63]

I'm not sure I'm seeing any difference in those three up above.
There is a metal bar going thru the last 2... one is silver and the other is CarbonFiber.

[Dean Roddey]

Oh, I like the bar going through it myself. Either one is fine, probably the carbon fiber looks best to me.

[ellisr63]

Just made a new Denon DTS roll out

first the Denon surround Roll Out appears...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DenonSurroundRollOutV2.jpg

Then you select the surround mode... in this case DTS..
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DenonSurroundRollOutV2withDTSRoll.jpg

[MikeW]

Those are some nice looking interfaces, but I can't help but think I'm looking straight at an elephant on that last image. :-)

[ellisr63]

Those are some nice looking interfaces, but I can't help but think I'm looking straight at an elephant on that last image. :-)
:-D :-D :-D

[ellisr63]

Added the Stereo button:oops:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DenonSurroundRollOutV2withStereo.jpg

[bph]

Just curious... what's the difference between "listen to" and "hear"? (Did you mean "watch or hear"?)

[ellisr63]

Just curious... what's the difference between "listen to" and "hear"? (Did you mean "watch or hear"?)
:oops: :oops:

[ellisr63]

Took a little break tonight and just cleaned up the blending of the Russound single zone roll out amd separated the exit with a bar. Plus corrected my above message error
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/RussoundIndividualZoneRollOutFinal.jpg

[penngray]

Ron, what is http://audio-rack/radar.htm ?

I was looking at your Radar example and I guess you have a local radar.htm file you created. Is that available?

[ellisr63]

This is the info...<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<!-- saved from url=(0051)http://radar.wunderground.com/data/nids/MUX19_0_t.gif?t=1140384865F:\cqc\precipitation_rad ar.html -->
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Radar</TITLE>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#000000 leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 scroll=no border="0"
marginheight="0" marginwidth="0">
<DIV align=center><IMG src="http://static.viacomlocalnetworks.com/~radarmaps/anim/kpix/radar5_anim.gif"> </DIV></BODY></HTML>

[Dean Roddey]

Personally, I think that you'd be better sticking to that common stop of drop down instead of having some that go one way and some that go another. It would make for a more consistent look and feel and user experience.

[ellisr63]

Personally, I think that you'd be better sticking to that common stop of drop down instead of having some that go one way and some that go another. It would make for a more consistent look and feel and user experience.
The only reason I did that one that way was I had read that there was the possiblity of being able to view the video on the touchscreens in the future and this would be less intrusive.. I also like the full page overlays better.

[ellisr63]

Added DD abd DTS logos...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DDDTSlogo.jpg

[ellisr63]

Designed a New Autopatch template.... What do you think?

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/Autopatch4.jpg

[Squintz]

That one makes me disy looking at it.

[Double_J]

I have to agree with squintz on that one. Maybe if you move one up a 1/2 inch.

[noshali]

Looks like a smiling face :-)

regards,

[ellisr63]

How about this?
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/Autopatchredesign.jpg
with a roll out..(got a problem right now on the roll Out... for some reason it is in 8 bit true color and i can't get it to Alpha:-?

[noshali]

Much Better

[zaccari]

The second one is what I envision for my matrix switch (although I think I'm going to orient it horizontally.

Russ...

[Dean Roddey]

Why not follow the circular or paradigm like the others?

[ellisr63]

Finally got the roll out working...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/Autopatchredesignwithrollout.jpg

[ellisr63]

Why not follow the circular or paradigm like the others?
Don't know why I didn't think of that. For some reason I was thinking that since the denon was being controlled from the top that the rest couldn't:oops: slaps forehead

[robertmee]

Is the text on your buttons imbedded graphics or static widgets? The reason I ask, is if someone wanted to use this template set as a baseline and didn't have the same source/zones names as an example, would they need photoshop to modify or use the Interface editor to just change a text widget?

[ellisr63]

The text that is embedded in the templates is the large 1, 2, 3 and the HBO logos (these are in the blue buttons) the rest are either png images (I did have some of the exit text embeddeed but I think I changed all them) or straight text from CQC. I could remove the imbedded text without too much work. :-)

[ellisr63]

Was looking at my other zones and I noticed I didn't need all the buttons... So I decided to try this out. It gives me more space for my DTV channels, Weather and Horoscope. What do you think?
tia,

intro screen for Bedroom 3
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/Welcomenew.jpg

DVD Selector...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DVDSelectorAllChangersonNew-1.jpg

[ellisr63]

Here is the DVD Catalog...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DVDChanger1CatNew.jpg

Here is the DVD Detail... (leaves room for more text :-) )
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DVDChanger1DetailNew.jpg

[robertmee]

Looking good...Is this 800x600 or 1024x768?

[ellisr63]

800x600 for my Fujitsu 3400

[ellisr63]

New CD selector...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/CDSelectorLge.jpg

New CD Catalog...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/CDCatalogLge.jpg

New Cd Detail..
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/CDDetailLge.jpg

[ellisr63]

New Weather.... Allowed me to increase the Font size :-)
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/WeatherLge.jpg

NewRadar.... nice Wide screen :-)
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/WeatherRadarLge.jpg

New 6 day weather forecast..
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/Weather6DayLge.jpg

[ellisr63]

NewTraffic Cams... I Wish I knew how to resize these to fit like the Weather images do :-( . Does anyone know how to do this?
tia,
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/TrafficLge.jpg

[zaccari]

I doubt there's a simple answer to that one. I'd do it with a php or asp script (assuming you're running your own server). That script would open the page you have displayed above, get the URL (since it likely changes) then imbed it with a height and width tag to stretch the thing. PHP makes reading HTML extremely easy (it is just like opening a file) so that's how I would do it. I'm fairly certain you can probably do it with ASP but I'm not 100% sure.

Russ...

[Dean Roddey]

The CQC web server can do that easily. It's similar to what the SwizzleURL macro does when invoked via the web server.

[zaccari]

You can embed a CQC web server page inside a CQC web widget? Can you do it without authentication? That's cool!

Russ...

[Dean Roddey]

I'm not sure what you are asking there? There is a web widget, and it can display a page served up by a web server, and we do provide a web server that can serve up pages. But that's all obvious stuff so I assume that you are asking somethng else.

[ellisr63]

Dean this is what I have...
here is my weather radar..
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/WeatherRadarLge.jpg
and here is a traffic cam...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/TrafficLge.jpg
as you can see they are dif sizes. I have both of them in the HTMLRoot directory. here is my traffic setting in CQC.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/problems/V2/trafficcamsetting.jpg
and here is the Weather setting in CQC.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/problems/V2/weatherradarsetting.jpg

here is the source for my traffic cam..
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<!-- saved from url=http://static.viacomlocalnetworks.com/~kpix/webcams/sj_dwntwn.jpg?t=1140384865F:\cqc\San_Jose_web.html -->
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>San_Jose_Web</TITLE>
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Does this make sense now?
tia,

[Dean Roddey]

Someone else will have to answer that. It's more of an HTML question than a CQC question, and I'm no HTML guru by any stretch of the imagination.

[ellisr63]

New Security Template...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/SecurityLge.jpg

[Double_J]

I like the 3d effect. Did you try it with the 2 center buttons only showing the face and not the 3d look. Just curious if that would add or remove some punch.

[ellisr63]

I like the 3d effect. Did you try it with the 2 center buttons only showing the face and not the 3d look. Just curious if that would add or remove some punch.
Thanks, I will try that tonight. I still have to do the roll outs and popups for the camera selections and arming keypad too. :-)

[cavalier240]

Have you, or are you planning on making these available for personal use?

[ellisr63]

Have you, or are you planning on making these available for personal use?
Yes as soon as I get the set complete it will be available for personal use.

[ellisr63]

Security with Alarm keypad Roll Out.... (now i just need to get the Elk M1 installed :-) )...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/SecuritywithKeypadLge.jpg

[ellisr63]

New Horoscopes template..
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/GreyHoroscopeLge.jpg

[zaccari]

New Horoscopes template..
This template looks square compared to the curved lines of the others.

Russ...

[ellisr63]

This template looks square compared to the curved lines of the others.

Russ...
How about this??? On this one I made the little Horoscope buttons with imbedded images and then made the press image a ring that is a sort of white to give the impression of the switch moving.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/HoroscopeLgeNew.jpg

[Dean Roddey]

That's quite nice.

[robertmee]

The Horoscope is very nice...The only drawback is from a usability standpoint (IE Guests), everyone might not know their sign by symbol.

[Squintz]

I like that last horoscope screen.

[ellisr63]

The Horoscope is very nice...The only drawback is from a usability standpoint (IE Guests), everyone might not know their sign by symbol.
added numbers to the small buttons.. if you know the month your sign starts you will know which one to push:-) ... don't have enough room to put the actual name there.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/HoroscopeLgeNewwithnumbers.jpg

[ellisr63]

New channel guide...(still a work in progress though :-) )
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/HDTVLocalsLgenew.jpg

[bph]

added numbers to the small buttons.. if you know the month your sign starts you will know which one to push:-) ... don't have enough room to put the actual name there.



In my personal opinion, that lowers the "classiness" a great deal. What's the worst that happens? They click Cancer instead of Saggitarrius, and have to try again?

They might actually have fun "deciphering" the symbols... or having a conversation like "what month werr you born in... you're either x or y"

[ellisr63]

In my personal opinion, that lowers the "classiness" a great deal. What's the worst that happens? They click Cancer instead of Saggitarrius, and have to try again?

They might actually have fun "deciphering" the symbols... or having a conversation like "what month werr you born in... you're either x or y"
What I will do is embed the images in the templates i give out and let the user decide if they want numbers or not.

[ellisr63]

HDTV Channels template with Channel Groups roll out..
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/HDLocalswithchannelgrouprollout.jpg

[ellisr63]

I like the 3d effect. Did you try it with the 2 center buttons only showing the face and not the 3d look. Just curious if that would add or remove some punch.
Tried it.... I thought it looked better before

[ellisr63]

New HBO..
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/HBOLge.jpg

[ellisr63]

Just asimple mod for DTV Channels...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/SatDTVChannels.jpg

[ellisr63]

Finally got the ELK M1G up and running (well at least for security :-) )... how's this for the zones? The LEDs are all in an Ok state.. they are depicting a window, door or motion detector according to their location in the room.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/SecurityZonesAllOk.jpg

[Dean Roddey]

Why not do a simple floor layout and put them on that?

[ellisr63]

Why not do a simple floor layout and put them on that?
I was trying to come up with something dif from what everyone else is doing and would not be too squarish.. I'll try some other ways and see what I can come up with.. BTW I am doing these all with the LogZone. What is the actual dif from LogZone and PhysZone... I read the Learn section and they appear to be the same to me? If they are meant for dif items could you give me an example of their use?
tia,

[Squintz]

You could round off the cornes of the floorplan to make it not so sharp. Although a sharp floorplan might actually complement the rest of the design.

[ellisr63]

Here is a floorplan...Anyone know how to get the smoke to read out status with The Elk in CQC?
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/SecurityZonesAllOkV2.jpg

[Dean Roddey]

Try copying that layer and paste it, so that you have two. Then change the bottom one to a light gray and shift it down/right one pixel. That should give a nice relief type look.

Another option might be to create the second layer beneath, set it to a light gray, and add a slight amount of gaussian blur.

[ellisr63]

Whipped up 2 more variations.... still trying to get it the way you're talking about Dean)
1. http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/SecurityZonesAllOkV4.jpg

2.http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/SecurityZonesAllOkV2a.jpg

[ellisr63]

Another Variation... This time with Lighting status... What do you think 1, 2 or 3?
tia,
3. http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/LightingTemplate.jpg

[Dean Roddey]

I think that the drop shadow looks better than the etched myself.

[ellisr63]

I think that the drop shadow looks better than the etched myself.
#1 or #3... both have the same drop shadow but dif backgrounds.

[Dean Roddey]

I like the lighter background myself. The other one is a little too dark to get the effect.

[ellisr63]

Here is the HVAC BGD with Text added for each Zone..
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/HVAC.jpg

Security sample of Zones....
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/SecurityZonesAllOkV4new.jpg

[Dean Roddey]

That looks quite good, I think.

[ellisr63]

That looks quite good, I think.

Thanks Deanhttp://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/smilies/bow-1.gifhttp://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/smilies/bow-1.gif
someday I hope to be good enough to sell these.

[ellisr63]

Is the text better this way?
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/HVACV2.jpg

[Dean Roddey]

It's a littel hard for me to read, but that may be due to the size and quality reduction of the screen cap.

[ellisr63]

Maybe this will be better...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/Lights.jpg

[Dean Roddey]

I still like the drop shadow on the lines though. You could always make it pretty light, and drop it maybe 2 pixels down and left. Maybe it'll work, maybe not. I'm not sure. It might make it too busy looking.

[robertmee]

It would be cool if instead of the red/green LED, you could use a grey/dim indicator and then yellow with a slight halo for lights on. Almost like it is illuminating the area.

[ellisr63]

What I would like to do is use animation but I haven't figured out how I would do it with the ELK. One of the options I would like to try is a light beam pattern for lights on and for motion detector.

[zaccari]

I've been trying to draw a rough floorplan and I just can't get anything that I "like". A part of me wants it to be to scale and another part doesn't really care. In either case I just can't even get the lines to meet here and there and the like. I want to do a lighting display but I just can't get over the rough look of the background.

Russ...

[ellisr63]

Door Open...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DoorOpen.jpg

Door Closed...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DoorClosed.jpg

[ellisr63]

Moved the Floorplan (Blue Outline of floor) up a layer... is this better?
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/DoorClosedV2.jpg

tia,

[Dean Roddey]

That looks nice to me.

[ellisr63]

Here are some LEDS sizes 10, 13 and 15 pixels
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/LEDS.jpg

Here are the LEDS....
http://www.mediafire.com/?02jnhnmiamy

[bph]

Is it just me or do others have difficulty accessing the last link?

[robertmee]

Is it just me or do others have difficulty accessing the last link?

Broke for me too. I can get here: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/ellisr63 but no further.

[ellisr63]

Broke for me too. I can get here: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/ellisr63 but no further.

:-( try hitting the refresh again... I don't know why but Yahoo does that to me a lot lately too. I will try and see if I can find another free server to post on tonight.

[ellisr63]

All links for downloads have been switched to Mediafire... hopefully everything will work better now. All Downloads are for CQC 2.0 or newer.. I believe all are up to date. if there are any problems let me know.

[ellisr63]

Finally got the new Autopatch LGE template done....
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/AutopatchNew.jpg

and here is the new rollout... decided to nake it roll out from the left side of the recess to cover the sources instead of from the right side and showing the recesses.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/AutopatchRollOut.jpg

what do you think?
tia,

[ellisr63]

Updated Leds to include 8 pixels, 6 pixels and 4 Pixels...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/LEDs2.jpg

Download from here...
http://www.mediafire.com/?ezymzqjlmmq

[robertmee]

Finally got the new Autopatch LGE template done....

what do you think?
tia,

Looks good. Do I understand correctly, that a user first selects a source and then is presented with the zone to assign that source too (exit of course, escapes and doesn't assign anything).

Your templates are looking really great...I wish it were 1024x768 as I would probably use them on my 15" touchscreens.

[ellisr63]

Looks good. Do I understand correctly, that a user first selects a source and then is presented with the zone to assign that source too (exit of course, escapes and doesn't assign anything).

Your templates are looking really great...I wish it were 1024x768 as I would probably use them on my 15" touchscreens.
Yes once I get it finished (programming) ... exit will cancel and room selection will select that room for the source and close the roll out.

I wish I had 15" touchscreens so I could run 1024x768.

[ellisr63]

Been Procrastinating.... Finally got the full width Russound template done. here it is with the zone roll out with the new LEDs for status.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/RussoundZonesRollOutFinalwLEDs.jpg

[MikeW]

Whenever I try to download the "Steel Grey" series it directs me to the "Modern Series" download page.

[ellisr63]

Sorry.... It's fixed now. just remember some things may not work as this template is being modded daily. If you have suggestions or implementations you have made please let me know so they can be implemented.
tia,

[MikeW]

Sorry.... It's fixed now. just remember some things may not work as this template is being modded daily. If you have suggestions or implementations you have made please let me know so they can be implemented.
tia,

Thanks. The main reason I haven't deployed CQC for general use in my house is due to the lack of a good interface. Nothing against Dean's built-in interfaces, but they don't really do it for me. I really like the Steel Grey series look.

Are the individual buttons and panels available in a photoshop format so they can be manipulated if necessary?

[ellisr63]

Thanks. The main reason I haven't deployed CQC for general use in my house is due to the lack of a good interface. Nothing against Dean's built-in interfaces, but they don't really do it for me. I really like the Steel Grey series look.

Are the individual buttons and panels available in a photoshop format so they can be manipulated if necessary?
Let me know which template the ones you like are on and I can make them available for you.

[MikeW]

Let me know which template the ones you like are on and I can make them available for you.

Thanks for the offer. I'll go through them and let you know. One thing I noticed is that it would be helpful to me if the circular buttons on the HDTV Local interface were not part of the background image. I would like the ability to place these buttons anywhere on the interface. This is just one example. What I'd really like to do is to use your background panels and then place your buttons where I want them to be able to create a more custom interface, but with the exact same buttons and images that you created.

[ellisr63]

Thanks for the offer. I'll go through them and let you know. One thing I noticed is that it would be helpful to me if the circular buttons on the HDTV Local interface were not part of the background image. I would like the ability to place these buttons anywhere on the interface. This is just one example. What I'd really like to do is to use your background panels and then place your buttons where I want them to be able to create a more custom interface, but with the exact same buttons and images that you created.
Do you use Photoshop? If so I think I could zip up a template and you could select which ones you want off the template.

[MikeW]

Do you use Photoshop? If so I think I could zip up a template and you could select which ones you want off the template.

It depends on what your definition of "use" is. :-) I have it and it's installed, but my knowledge of how to use it is very limited. However, if I can get all the individual panels and buttons by using your file in Photoshop then I'll take it. I'll PM you for the details.

Thanks

[ellisr63]

PM'd you with info... hope this helps you. :-)

[ellisr63]

Added a Projector Roll Out..
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/Steel%20Grey%20Series/ProjectorRollOut.jpg

[ellisr63]

I had something go haywire on my graphics today wgen I was using the grey series and I really liked the effect... What happened was one of my other templates was apparently displaying partially under my grey master and I liked the look of a silver light shinning under the master template. This is as close as I've been able to get. whatcha think? I also got rid of the changer LEDs and just have the changer number appear if the changer is on.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/V3/Ultimate%20package/Main.jpg

[ellisr63]

I think this is how it was...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/V3/Ultimate%20package/Main-1.jpg

[ellisr63]

Changed the LCD svreens and the BGD a bit... What ya think?
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/V3/Ultimate%20package/MainBlue.jpg

[ellisr63]

Did some work on the grey series too...
New DVD Detail Template...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/V3/Ultimate%20package/DVDDetail-1.jpg

[ellisr63]

Here is the new Intro..
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/V3/Ultimate%20package/IntroNew-1.jpg

[ellisr63]

Did some changes to the Traffic template today...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/rsxer63/V3/Ultimate%20package/Traffic-4.jpg