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Themes / Re: Arcadeflow theme v 8.6 [Release] Updated 21 July 2020

« on: July 24, 2020, 07:56:19 AM »

Someone mentioned cropping of videos in box art mode, I'll see if I can think of something

I'm not 100% sure if this is the same problem that you want to solve, but you may want to see my approach for auto-generating boxart-like "sets" using videos

Basically it's:
1. crop the video a little in width
2. add a gradient to the top
3. add a game logo on top to fill the space at the top

Here is a video:
https://www.facebook.com/ONYXarcade/videos/883129301862589/

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General / Re: CHUWI LarkBox mini PC

« on: July 22, 2020, 04:41:51 AM »

If it's for the arcade / emulation only - I'd suggest nvidia shield. I use it every day, for media consumption and emulation. It's so small that took it on my last vacation.

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General / Re: CHUWI LarkBox mini PC

« on: July 21, 2020, 02:55:46 AM »

I don't know... For me this all SBC makes sense if the small size or low power is a HUGE factor. If not - you can buy used intel CPU + mini ITX motherboard + cpu + cooler + case for the same price and get much more performance per dollar while still being pretty small.

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General / Re: Hello old friends!

« on: July 21, 2020, 02:48:20 AM »

probably

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General / Re: Hello old friends!

« on: July 18, 2020, 02:16:35 PM »

That is if you trust someone with your designs.

I design mainly websites - so I don't have a problem with trusting the coder with my design "execution".
And because it's not a paid gig - there is no risk really
It's better to fail while coding a design than having a perfect design lying in a drawer.

 

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General / Re: Hello old friends!

« on: July 18, 2020, 04:49:20 AM »

...you had some cool and refreshing ideas from what I remember

Maybe I should gather all my designs in one thread and let the people know that I'm looking for a coder.

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General / Re: Hello old friends!

« on: July 17, 2020, 11:29:39 AM »

good to see you guys who've made a lot of contributions like Verion and fox still fighting the good fight

I've gave up my coding efforts and focused only on design... but I couldn't find any coders willing to code my designs. Or to be precise - a few has tried but gave up half-way in.

So sadly - I'm thinking about moving my arcade emulation to my nvidia shield - and that means, no AM

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General / Re: Hello old friends!

« on: July 14, 2020, 01:47:49 AM »

Whoa! Long time no see. Welcome back!

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General / Re: Sega’s Astro City Mini is coming

« on: July 08, 2020, 04:06:53 PM »

I've lost all hope after the NEO GEO mini. I was hoping for a bartop cab that will be pricey - but high quality. NEO GEO was always for me a synonym of "well worth the (high) price". Until that toys'r'us mini-monstrosity was brought to life.

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Themes / Re: [download v1.0] FLAT BLUE theme released

« on: July 08, 2020, 03:12:16 PM »

Sorry guys - link is working again.

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General / Re: Sega’s Astro City Mini is coming

« on: July 08, 2020, 02:59:28 PM »

Too bad that it continues the trend of putting (too) small screens into this "mini" builds. I know it supposed to be smaller - but not if the cab could easily fit a bigger screen.

I've wrote about this when NEO GEO mini was announced - they could easily fit 5" screen in the same cabinet - but opted to use tiny 3.5"
You can read my rant HERE

The same story with ASTRO CITY. Or even worse - because they've used small screen, and on top of that - it's not even 4:3 screen. It's 16:10 !!!
I've made some measurements and wrote about it HERE

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Themes / Re: [video preview] BIONIC theme (vertical theme)

« on: October 22, 2019, 12:38:02 PM »

This is how the initial design looked like.
All graphics are imported directly from this.
AM over-blowed the greens significantly.

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Themes / Re: [video preview] BIONIC theme (vertical theme)

« on: October 22, 2019, 12:31:38 PM »

I have to tone down the overlays. AM tends to over-bright the images - at least compared to how it looks in Photoshop. It really is too much especially with that bright greens. I'll get to it in this weekend.

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Themes / Re: [video preview] BIONIC theme (vertical theme)

« on: October 21, 2019, 12:38:03 PM »

Thanks, but to be frank I'm reusing some parts of the UI kit that I have left from my old discarded project (game interface).

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Themes / Re: [video preview] BIONIC theme (vertical theme)

« on: October 19, 2019, 12:04:38 PM »

here