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Making Themes
Contents
Introduction
How to Use This
In Short
Tools
Button States
General Styles
Main Controls
Secondary Controls
Playlist Controls
Toolbar
Icon List
Releasing
Credits
Licenses

Chapter 1. Introduction

This document is meant to help people who want to design icons for eMotion. Currently, it only applies to version II, but it will be updated as eMotion is updated. I hope this document is of use to you.

I feel that I should probably mention why this is being done, even though it is a little non-standard for Qt. Part of Qt is that everything can be skinned the same. The issue is that the Qt widget set is very well designed for productivity applications, but is not really designed for a media player. Having icon themes allows a little better of a look for a media player, and also gives eMotion all the icons it needs to be used. The reason many icon sets are available is that you should be able to make eMotion look however you want it to. However, these are not full themes the way many programs have themes. eMotion does not allow skinning as extensive as is used in programs like Winamp and Mozilla, because it is still supposed to match the rest of the Qt theme on your desktop.

Also, it may matter to note that this is not precisely for eMotion version II. Some of the icons mentioned are not yet implemented, so this guide is actually targeted at where we are currently in development, somewhere between My Rainbow Girl and Idej the Warrior.

How to Use This

For those of you wondering where you should go in this document, here's the low-down: If you are experienced at doing any sort of design and don't like instructions, just go to In Short. This is a quick overview of how to make icons. Other should probably look this over, to know what's coming, even if they then decide to use the rest of the guide.

If you want to have the guide on hand, but don't intend to read it, just go straight through it. Start with the 'In Short' section, as it will tell you what's coming so you can plan for it. Much of the explanations are there just in case, and it is fairly easy to skim. Skip over what seems unnecessary, just stopping for the section titled Releasing.

If you really want some info on this, just go straight through. Although it's a fairly straightforward process, it can be confusing without a little direction. The document isn't very long, but it covers everything. Make sure to start with the 'In Short' section, as it will tell you what's coming so you can plan for it.


 
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