helpman Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Hi there!Finally I found out why I had problems uploading my theme. The name was "Helpman's Arcade Classics", and I guess that (') was messing it all...Now it's available for everybody http://www.gameex.com/themes/Helpman%20Arcade%20Classics%20v2.zipHelpman's Arcade Classics Theme by Helpman Size: 1024x768 Inspired by - Arcade84 from LarryJ Special thanks to KRC for his awesome system logos Backgrounds for:Start ScreenMAMEVisual PinballFuture PinballNintendo entertainment systemSuper NintendoNintendo 64Sega Master SystemSega Megadrive / GenesisPlaystationModel 2Zinc Includes The games that time forgot Intro video from CinemarcadeIt also includes system preview videos for Mame, Nes, Snes, N64, SMS, Genesis, Model 2, Zinc, Playstation, Pinball and Future Pinball. Also includes PSD file for editing in PhotoShop and some arcade fontsEditing the psd: There's a common background for everything, and different overlays for each system. Remember to save the overlays without background 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Congratulations on getting this theme out buddy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaps73 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Looks great, shame my cab monitor only supports 640x480 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 It may scale down fine for you, however. 1024x768 is a 4:9 resolution. Give it a try. If it doesn't work you can always revert back to the original theme you were using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaps73 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 It looks ace apart from the mesh/filter over the videos, its flickering like crazy!!You think you could do a version without this feature, oh & the text on the left in English please.Loving it tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazzleHP Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Grats man glad you got it all sorted out! You think you could do a version without this feature, oh & the text on the left in English please.I believe helpman included his .PSD files so you could load it into an image editor - say GIMP for example, make the scanline layer invisible and save over the top of the relevant overlay/foreground Do that a few times and you'll have your own version with no scanlines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaps73 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I don't have photoshop on my pc so can't amend it or I would :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazzleHP Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 you could load it into an image editor - say GIMP for example, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I don't have photoshop on my pc so can't amend it or I would :-(GIMP (Google it!) is an open source, FREE graphics editing program that has many features similar to Photoshop (upgradeable via various user created plugins) and it will render from .psd (Photoshop) and save to many of the same formats. Give it a try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpman Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 The scanlines are on a layer you can easily turn off on any picture editor supporting PSD files.also the text on the left is inside a group so you can change it or delete it. (after all, I made that to suit my cabinet, where I had to press a button then use the joystick for volume or paging.Even the text for the favourites or last games is editable warp text. (it's in spanish on my theme). You can just type anything there too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpman Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 I just opened my own psd and saved a couple pictures for you.https://www.dropbox.com/s/zra5p7xw843shru/MEDIA640.zipGrab that file and unzip it inside my theme's folder. It'll overwrite some pictures on the MEDIA folder.I just saved the front pictures, with 640x480 resolution. I also removed the controls text, changed the titles of favourites, most played, last played logos to english, and... adjusted the scanlines effect so it won't look so weird on that resolution.Please test it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 GIMP (Google it!) is an open source, FREE graphics editing program that has many features similar to Photoshop (upgradeable via various user created plugins) and it will render from .psd (Photoshop) and save to many of the same formats. Give it a try!He shouldn't have to Google it, Nullpointer provided a link for gimp. Twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 He shouldn't have to Google it, Nullpointer provided a link for gimp. Twice. OK, Use it then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpman Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 just grab my zipped file and try I provided a link to the pictures without text on the left, text titles of some screens in english and scanlines fixed to look better in 640x480 (actually those pictures are 640x480 to make sure they won't be scaled down and create a flickering effect) The scanlines are 3:1 if anybody's curious. I think it creates the best look Attached one of the screens for you to check out The zipped file is on my previous post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaps73 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 THANKS!I will test it and report back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaps73 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Still looks crazy, gives me a headache lolMaybe leave the filter over the videos etc completly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpman Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 I'll remove the scanlines and upload the files later It's 8:10 AM here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpman Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Here I come The same files than in my other dropbox link. Just without the scanlines, at 640x480https://www.dropbox.com/s/bx06t3dsvl6n8qj/MEDIA640noscanlines.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaps73 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I will test it out, thanks dude.Also just to add you not only doing this for me, I am sure there are lots of arcade owners that would use this theme if looked OK, I am testing/checking it for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpman Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Your work testing it will be appreciated PS... you should try it at 1024x728 somewhere... The scanlines on the preview video are the feature I like the most Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaps73 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Looks fantastic now dude, could do with a different font size or one that is little more spaced out if I am being picky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpman Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 I would suggest you to use the theme editor for that, as it's VEEEEEERY easy to change the font. Just go to the theme editor, open my theme and select any text field. You'll see options to change it for any font you have installed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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