Is there any guide for creating own themes for AmigaOS4?
What application may I use? PPaint doesn´t seem to be right choice (no transparent backgrounds)...

Have a look at:

http://www.intuitionbase.com/static.php?section=en_os4-themes
http://amitheme.amiga-ng.org/index_en.php?nom_du_menu=tuto_en

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@samo79

Thanks!

Note for me: Gimp (even version for AmiCygnix) is able to save images/gadgets with transparent background.

@pavlor
Image FX make it too.

@pavlor

Ehhh... ImageFX is able to save alphachannel. And ImageFX is a native Amiga sw, however no one seems to be use it on Amiga.

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@ribdevil: You beat me :)

Last edited by Lazi on 21-May-2015 at 08:37 PM.

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Thanks for info. I never used ImageFX. PPaint + Gimp will do all work for me.

@Lazi

FxPaint and photogenics too, but not sure if it works on OS4 however.

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Photogenics should work:
http://www.intuitionbase.com/ossoftware.php?category=3&letter=p
Same for FxPaint:
http://www.intuitionbase.com/ossoftware.php?category=3&letter=f


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@pavlor

When looking at some of the theme gfx, it seems someone has used TV Paint

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When looking at some of the theme gfx, it seems someone has used TV Paint

Tried, I didn´t imagined how to make transparent background... In Gimp, it is simple and obvious, so I will stay with it.

Is there any way how to use my own images for arrows in program windows (button frames are used now)?

@pavlor

I'll just throw SketchBlock into the list of native OS4 software available for editing themes, support alpha channles 32bit images etc. It's aheck of a lot faster than GIMP!


I alternate between ImageFX and SB for most gfx, depending on what I need, 90% of things I now do in SB.

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@pavlor

What about a combination of Andy Broad's excellent Sketch Block and PPaint for the icon pixel work?

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Is there any way how to use my own images for arrows in program windows (button frames are used now)?

Do you mean the scroller arrows and the like?

If so yes, you need to replace (in your new theme directory) the coresponding image.

One approach might be to copy all of the files in

SYS:Prefs/Presets/Default/Common/Bitmaps/Subtle

to anew location, the update the GUI Prefs styles to us this.

Then experiment with replaceing the individual images.

eg

SYS:Prefs/Presets/Default/Common/Bitmaps/Subtle/GArrowDown/Default

If you mean images in toolbars etc then you would have to replace AISS images, and given how many there are, if you take that task on, see you in ten years time

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Do you mean the scroller arrows and the like?

Yes. Thanks for help!


About SketchBlock, still learning how to use it (powerful application it is!). In Gimp, it was matter of seconds (select background colour and erase it).

Bitmaps/frames

Are there other than Button, PropContainer or PropKnob?

Eg. textfields etc.

@pavlor

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In Gimp, it was matter of seconds (select background colour and erase it).

Very similar if not identical in sketchblock, select background colour and Menu->Layers->Colour To Alpha.

Much as GIMPS colour to alpha tool that will sometimes make certain forground colours partially transparent,

You can also flood or colour select the background, use Menu->Edit->invert Selection and then Menu->Layers->Selection To Alpha

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@pavlor

Everything there is, is in that directory I refered to earlier in terms of bitmaps, other effects like gradient fils and such can be controlled from GUI prefs.

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@broadblues

Thanks again, as I wrote, I´m still learning (slowly...).

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Everything there is, is in that directory I refered to earlier in terms of bitmaps, other effects like gradient fils and such can be controlled from GUI prefs.

There is not even frames directory (of course: default theme doesn´t use button or other custom frame). Look eg. in SilverGreen theme directory Bitmaps/frames - frames for scrollers and scroller containers. My question is: Are there other frames (eg for "String look", "Display look" as in GUI/Gadgets/Frames)?