KVR Audio

Jbravo · Post by **Jbravo** » Fri Mar 11, 2016 11:42 pm

Hi folks

I made a new skin for PolyIblit - a really nice freeware synth

I'm no gui designer (as you can probably tell) but made it for my own use and find it much more inspiring and easy on the eyes.

I'm not sure what the protocol is here for sharing such things as the artwork is embedded in the DLL

I hope some like it and appreciate this forgotten gem

(please excuse the lossy screenshot)

polyskin2.jpg

Ridan · Post by **Ridan** » Sat Mar 12, 2016 12:20 am

I like it. Thanks! It's always nice to see more people getting involved in making new skins for old synths.
I'd have no idea where to start.

Jbravo · Post by **Jbravo** » Sat Mar 12, 2016 12:39 am

thanks! technically it's pretty easy. The really skilled part is making a *really good* skin from scratch and I don't have the patience for that

There's a program called knobman BTW which makes designing and animating the knobs a lot easier

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Sat Mar 12, 2016 8:34 am

nice work! i reskinned this too at one time but lost it on a dead harddrive.

a little tip: i try to avoid too much of a contrast between the knobs and the backgrounds. (like staring at a checkerboard)
the knobs could be darker or the background lightened up.

Jbravo · Post by **Jbravo** » Sat Mar 12, 2016 8:48 am

Hey thanks, yeah I know what you mean. This is actually a second lower contrast version but might have another go. It's a shame the knobs are BMP files so there is no transparency, and the background has to match in every part of the GUI :/

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Sat Mar 12, 2016 4:16 pm

Jbravo wrote:Hi folks

I made a new skin for PolyIblit - a really nice freeware synth

I'm no gui designer (as you can probably tell)

Yes, its quite obvious. Nice try, but its nowhere near as usable as the original. If you are going to reskin something it has to be one of two things. An improvement on the original (useablity/workflow) or a work of art. This is neither.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Sat Mar 12, 2016 4:20 pm

I like it

How to implement it?

GaryG · Post by **GaryG** » Sat Mar 12, 2016 4:55 pm

AnX wrote:
Jbravo wrote:Hi folks

I made a new skin for PolyIblit - a really nice freeware synth

I'm no gui designer (as you can probably tell)
Yes, its quite obvious. Nice try, but its nowhere near as usable as the original. If you are going to reskin something it has to be one of two things. An improvement on the original (useablity/workflow) or a work of art. This is neither.

Harsh and wrong; the original is nigh unusable due to the thin dark red line on the black knobs, awful combination. I too reskinned polyiblit years ago to chiefly give it more readable knobs. I can't say the OPs skin is my cup of tea but i'd say an improvement in usability over the original for sure.

@Numanoid: you need to open the dll in something like Reshacker then monkey around with the bitmaps in there. I think polyiblit is just a background and knob strip. Don't know if it is frowned upon to share the hacked dll (lets say yes) but maybe the gfx could be shared for you to implement yourself.

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Sat Mar 12, 2016 5:59 pm

GaryG wrote:
AnX wrote:
Jbravo wrote:Hi folks

I made a new skin for PolyIblit - a really nice freeware synth

I'm no gui designer (as you can probably tell)
Yes, its quite obvious. Nice try, but its nowhere near as usable as the original. If you are going to reskin something it has to be one of two things. An improvement on the original (useablity/workflow) or a work of art. This is neither.
Harsh and wrong; the original is nigh unusable due to the thin dark red line on the black knobs, awful combination. I too reskinned polyiblit years ago to chiefly give it more readable knobs. I can't say the OPs skin is my cup of tea but i'd say an improvement in usability over the original for sure.

Oh ok. I apologise for being wrong. I thought i was just giving my opnion.

Jbravo · Post by **Jbravo** » Sat Mar 12, 2016 6:28 pm

Like I said in the original post, I made it for my own use. Call me weird but I find it quite a lot better than the original skin even though it's not amazing. I'm not telling anyone to use it

Jbravo · Post by **Jbravo** » Sat Mar 12, 2016 6:30 pm

@numanoid I can send you the graphics files if you like

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Sat Mar 12, 2016 6:36 pm

Jbravo wrote:@numanoid I can send you the graphics files if you like

But do I have to resource hack the dll to get it to work?

Jbravo · Post by **Jbravo** » Sat Mar 12, 2016 6:47 pm

Well I can send you the DLL but don't know if they allow that on here

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Sat Mar 12, 2016 6:50 pm

Jbravo wrote:Well I can send you the DLL but don't know if they allow that on here

Thanks, but don't rush it.

Sharing dll is not really allowed, but I don't think providing and sharing the files needed to reskin the synth is a problem

Jbravo · Post by **Jbravo** » Sat Mar 12, 2016 6:54 pm

Sure we'll it's quite easy to swap the graphics, I can help with that if need be

A new skin for PolyIblit