Create your own skins

[onthecouch]

Thanks Cyril for clarifying. So Zen, are the orange/green versions hi-res also? : )

[eolsgaard]

My only suggestion for the Chiclet one is to make the keys a little less rigidly square on the corners, but that's not really a big deal. It's one of my favorites!

Thanks. I was indeed going back and forth between 3 and 4 pixels chamfer, and still can't decide. Crazy how 1 pixel can be a world of difference Maybe for the hi-res I'll make it 4px chamfer and leave the medium-res at 3px as it is now. I kinda like the rigid feel.

As comparison, iPhone, Galaxy, HTC have theirs at 4px; iPhone 4 doubles it to 8px; while the Droid/MotoBlur stays sharp at 2px.

It does fit with the whole "droid" thing! Funny, because iPhone has always looked the most "cartoony" and this is totally why.

[cyril]

I believe it just needs bold fonts and drop shadows on the letters, but that hasn't been enabled on the skins yet has it?

Yes, we're waiting for Cyril on that one. As soon as the xml spec and the theme parser are updated, I'll make the changes. Drop shadow with emboss effect needs x-y offset values though, so I'm not sure if that's too much work for Cyril to implement.

Well, I still need to enable the "bold" option (should be quick). About shadows, there is already an option but that's right, it has no x/y parameter at the moment (x/y are just... 0)

[eolsgaard]

Out of curiosity, is there a way to alter the color of the preview pop-ups? On the default HTC skin, it's black, and on SKP it's white. It would be fun to experiment with lots of different colors!

[zen]

Thanks Cyril for clarifying. So Zen, are the orange/green versions hi-res also? : )

Yes

[dsf]

Hi, could someone please create like a version of the hd skins from better keyboard as i really like them, and i'm sure many others do too. thanks

[sendvic]

Hi, good and easy way to create skins but i'd also like to change:

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accent_down.9.png
keyboard_key_feedback_background.9.png
keyboard_key_feedback_more_background.9.png

Is it possible?

[dsf]

Hi, will external skins slow down the keyboard, or make it less accurate please? Thanks

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Per request i have modified my original GlossBlack skin to include blue button press and also added darkened mod, shift and alt keys. Hope you like.

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Moved here: http://www.dexilog.com/smartkeyboard/fo ... f=13&t=622

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Cyril,

Do you know if your keyboard will work on the Galaxy Tab? Any plan to support even higher res keyboards for that?

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