gaurav's rants » dark http://blog.gauravgiri.com mostly iPhone stuff Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:44:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Neo Keys Dark [WhiteSpace] for iPhone 2.0.x [WinterBoard] http://blog.gauravgiri.com/2008/08/neo-keys-dark-whitespace-for-iphone-20x/ http://blog.gauravgiri.com/2008/08/neo-keys-dark-whitespace-for-iphone-20x/#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:03:07 +0000 gaurav http://blog.gauravgiri.com/?p=256 the space bar text was not visible in the Neo Keys Dark theme so i made a few modifications.. this was requested quite a bit over at MacThemes forums..
I’m calling this one Neo Keys Dark [WhiteSpace].. can’t think of anything better due to sleep deprivation.. rotfl..

Download: Neo Keys Dark [WhiteSpace] (1409)
[refer to readme.txt in the archive for installation steps]

couldn’t take screenshot of pressed button but it’s brighter..

Download: Neo Keys Dark [WhiteSpace] (1409)
[refer to readme.txt in the archive for installation steps]

btw.. if you like this keyboard then you’d love to have the MonoChrome theme on your iPhone.. it looks awesome on the iPhone.. that’s the one i have on, it’s got minor glitches here and there but i’m sure they’ll be fixed with time..
MonoChrome is created by Vibestar, ported to 2.0 by DrTaru..
get it here http://macthemes2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16788048

]]> http://blog.gauravgiri.com/2008/08/neo-keys-dark-whitespace-for-iphone-20x/feed/ 1 Neo Keys Dark for iPhone 2.0.x [WinterBoard] http://blog.gauravgiri.com/2008/08/neo-keys-dark-for-iphone-20x/ http://blog.gauravgiri.com/2008/08/neo-keys-dark-for-iphone-20x/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:57:22 +0000 gaurav http://blog.gauravgiri.com/?p=225 so i’ve finally completed this theme to my satisfaction.. looks really fantastic on my iPhone..
you *must* get this keyboard if you have NeoTech as the system font and dark replacements for other artwork.. it goes very nice without the dark artwork as well..

there were some problems initially with images that were exported from Photoshop [i used Photoshop for the batch automation feature], they were all messed up.. then i decided to do the alterations and export manually from Fireworks and that did the trick.. the images came out perfect..

Download: Neo Keys Dark (2000)
[refer to readme.txt in the archive for installation steps]

Screenshots:







it’s a hell lot harder to theme a dark keyboard or one that has different colors from the default keyboard as there are many more images that need to be modified.. in case of Neo Keys i had to only modify the images that had text.. this time almost all the images related to the keyboard needed modification.. which was quite time consuming.. and i’m glad i made Neo Keys in a very systematic way using layers in the PNGs.. it helped me loads to get this darker theme done quick and easy..

if you discover a bug please post a comment, a screenshot of the bug would help me fix it quicker..

cheers..

Download: Neo Keys Dark (2000)
[refer to readme.txt in the archive for installation steps]

PS: i had to modify the screenshots in fireworks.. i increased the brightness a bit.. the screenshots and the artwork files look very very dark to the point of making it impossible to distinguish between colors when viewed on the pc. these screenshots is still a bit darker than how it looks on my iPhone.. i have brightness set to around 0.7 on my iPhone.. if you have it lower/higher. this theme will look much darker/lighter respectively..

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