Tool for creating themes

[leo-brasil]

I am recently using the Attract mode and I love this great Frontend but what frustrates me the most is that he does not have a tool to create themes There Developer's hope to create one? As in other Frontends such as "Hypertheme" and "Malalayout". Sorry my bad English, I live in Brazil and I am using a translation tool.
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[atrfate]

it could be made, however due to the nature of how themes work in AM you couldn't make one have all the available options, for the most part literately anything can be coded inside AM the frontends you mentioned have limits to them

[leo-brasil]

I understand that might not have all the functions for I know that the AM is very powerful, but something basic as photos background image and videos the same basic. The pleasure of having an arcade is able to customize it under goes a screen of my theme in MALA I made using the default theme creator.

[ArcadeBliss]

How about we start a list of features. Layout tool should have as a start.?

[leo-brasil]

Resources for themes tool would be;

- Add background
- Layered Images
- Marquee and Videosnap
- Modify position and angle of the videos
- Support to the main images format * .png, * .jpg, * .gif
- Listroms in text or wheels

This list for me and I believe other users would be wonderful. Programming is not the best that I can do, so the creation of such a tool.

[ArcadeBliss]

Resources for themes tool would be;

- Add background
- Layered Images
- Marquee and Videosnap
- Modify position and angle of the videos
- Support to the main images format * .png, * .jpg, * .gif
- Listroms in text or wheels

This list for me and I believe other users would be wonderful. Programming is not the best that I can do, so the creation of such a tool.

Features:

- Add Static Image or Video :: Properties(x,y,w,h,rotation,skew x, skew y,  z-order, type) type= video, or static image
- Add Auto changing Artwork (from emulator configuration) :: Properties(x,y,w,h,rotation, z-order, type) type = wheel, logo, flyer, marquee, or fanart
- Add text GameList :: Properties(x,y,w,h,rotation, z-order, type) :: type = vertical text, horizontal text
- Add image GameList :: Properties(x,y,w,h,rotation, z-order, type, listartwork, listartwork_x, listartwork_y) :: type = vertical image,vertical image & text, horizontal image,horizontal image & text, listartwork= wheel, logo, flyer, marquee, or fanart
- Add wheel GameList :: Properties(x,y,w,h,rotation, z-order, type, listartwork) :: type = image, image & text, listartwork= wheel, logo, flyer, marquee, or fanart

Hmmmm, does anyone know a cross platform development language that could handle something like this?

[ryuuji]

c++ (QT)
python (QT or GTK)
?

[atrfate]

My guess would be java? it should handle writing out a nut file, and can print text it also should run on any device and would give a what you see is what you get feel

[ArcadeBliss]

Just looked at html5 and javascript.  That would be cool.  All objects should be relative to the size and aspect ratio of the screen. It could be hosted and as anither feature,  it could be a repository of made themes.

I feel my programmer itch starting to tingle. Any html5 Javascript programmers willing to bite?

[keilmillerjr]

Wouldn't it be easier to create some sort of easy to use framework where a designer can drop in their artwork and change a few variables.?