Any apps to enable more color customization for Windows 7 interface?

[Bongo]

btw, i also tried that Tavaris theme you linked to, but i won't be using that. some parts lacked contrast and was hard to read plus i didn't like the green text. so i'll look forward to your tweaks on the tsunamiz theme.

That's why I bought WSB to tweak custom themes to my liking.
Jerry

 

[Bongo]

Here you go see if is OK
I can make that highlight darker if needed.
Let me know if is OK. New name TsunamiZ2
Jerry

 

[TsunamiZ]

it's almost there, but may i request 2 tweaks...

- the item highlight color in the latest version you sent had its RGB values a bit off. as shown below, can you set the item highlight color to specifically: RGB = 0 , 128 , 192

- the flashing part on the progress bar doesn't look good. currently, it looks like a dark shadow with the middle cut out...

...can you keep the original flashing graphic but simply adjust the hue of it like this comparison below? the example tweak screenshot was done in photoshop with a layer of solid color RGB = 109 , 224 , 247 over the screenshot. then i set the layer mode to "hue" to colorize the screenshot below. can you make this tweak to the flashing graphic to look like the example?

[original]

[example tweak]

 

[Bongo]

I will give it a shot. Check back in about 1 hour.
If yo have photoshop see if you can change this.
Jerry

 

[Bongo]

Try this 1
Jerry

 

[TsunamiZ]

hmm that graphic is strange. i think the grayish parts are supposed to be transparent. perhaps the program exported that image incorrectly or misinterpreted the transparency info?

if there is no way to fix it, i might be able to remake a similar graphic with proper transparency. can you upload both the original graphic for the blue and green progress bar to use? [for the progress bar background--not hightlight]

 

[TsunamiZ]

i tried version3 and still looks odd. can you upload both the original graphic for the blue and green progress bar to use? [for the progress bar background--not hightlight]

 

[Bongo]

Here is the background Note: save as .png

Overlay

What it looks like in gimp

Jerry

 

[TsunamiZ]

ok here is a custom remade highlight graphic with proper transparency. it was carefully made to match the original in the important specs. i tested this over the background so it should look good...

when you update the theme, can you test the animation on your system to make sure the highlight is lined up properly with the background? in the last versions, it wasn't lined up properly but i forgot to mention it. [it didn't line up properly at the top.]

 

[Bongo]

Here you go try it & let me know
Jerry

 

[TsunamiZ]

the progress bar flashing part is still not working out. can you just restore the default green flash and background? i guess i'll just settle with default green progress bars, since this issue seems to be too much of a hassle. will likely have to do some extra research in the future to get it right. i'm still pretty happy about the rest of the changes so can you just upload a default bars version?

 

[Bongo]

the progress bar flashing part is still not working out. can you just restore the default green flash and background? i guess i'll just settle with default green progress bars, since this issue seems to be too much of a hassle. will likely have to do some extra research in the future to get it right. i'm still pretty happy about the rest of the changes so can you just upload a default bars version?

I am sorry it's not working right, them can be a pain.
Give me a few & I will do that
Jerry

 

[TsunamiZ]

btw, i found this...

Want to have Blue progressbars in Windows 7? .Look no further

maybe later i'll ask him to explain how he got it to work. although he made a slightly different looking blue bar than the system default blue bar.

 

[Bongo]

btw, i found this...

Want to have Blue progressbars in Windows 7? .Look no further

maybe later i'll ask him to explain how he got it to work. although he made a slightly different looking blue bar than the system default blue bar.

I looked at this & it has you replace the aero.msstyle
& that will remove all that has been done here.

Here try this It should be back to green.
Jerry

 

[TsunamiZ]

looks great but can you revert the taskbar's progress bar back to default green too?

 

[TsunamiZ]

btw, can you also integrate these 2 tweaks? it's for convenience when switching between themes. so i don't have to manually set it again everytime i switch back to this theme.

- set no wallpaper and black desktop color
- set window color setting to like below...

 

[Bongo]

looks great but can you revert the taskbar's progress bar back to default green too?

Yes I forgot about that
Give me a few.

btw, can you also integrate these 2 tweaks? it's for convenience when switching between themes. so i don't have to manually set it again everytime i switch back to this theme.

- set no wallpaper and black desktop color
- set window color setting to like below...

I will try
Jerry

 

[TsunamiZ]

the color boxes doesn't matter because those are just presets. but i usually click on the white at the end to start.

 

[Bongo]

Try this let my know
Jerry

 

[Bongo]

the color boxes doesn't matter because those are just presets. but i usually click on the white at the end to start.

Yea I got it.