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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Sun Nov 09, 2025 3:41 am 
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Now all the decade+ older themes are finished. I cleaned a lot of this up. It's a little busy, but I still like it even after all of this time.
As for Political Correctness (P.C)... honestly, I could not care less. It's about what it represents, a hub of almost all things artistic.
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Stuff the tyranny of PC-ism! (I'm not having any of it and will never use "Newspeak"!) Besides, I don't even see where it might possibly be relevant to the theme?


Da Vinci's Last Supper is located in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy - Unfortunately, I found that out after-the-fact :lol:

Well, it couldn't really be in the louvre, but so what? I'm pretty sure the the man and Dog near-touch is in the Sistine Chapel, IIRC? You could always call the theme something like "Art Fan". :)

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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Sun Nov 09, 2025 12:41 pm 
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Well, it couldn't really be in the louvre, but so what? I'm pretty sure the the man and Dog near-touch is in the Sistine Chapel, IIRC? You could always call the theme something like "Art Fan". :)


You're probably correct though the Louvre Pyramid is a dead giveaway :lol:


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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Sun Nov 09, 2025 3:33 pm 
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Meters - Took me a while to get the hang of some meter settings, but I understand the gist of it in all of them properly now.


The CPU graph was an idea borrowed from the Winstep 7 Xtreme theme, quite easy to create actually as soon as I looked at it closely - Create a square black bg, create a transparent grey tic-tac-toe graph over the top, group, paste inside a circle, add an Adobe light spotlight and boom, instant 3D illusion. All of 5mins. I should add I am not trying to be a smartass - I have been doing these themes solidly daily almost for a few months, so like anyone, the more you do something, the quicker you become.

This is a futuristic-based theme which was my original intent and I worked on the wallpaper idea for some time. I finally settled on destroyed aircraft engines and other paraphernalia that no longer worked to get to this which is finished and the wallpaper comes with it. I've spent enough time on it. the oxymoron is that electromagnetic radiation will destroy every combustible, electronic and electric machine on the planet so none of what is here would actually work at all.


Anyone who has seen a post apocalyptic environment, it always seems to be red, fires or brown. While sure, there will probably be fires, after a period the air will go a completely different set of colors if you know your chemistry. Movies and fiction books are just that - fiction.
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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 10:33 am 
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FULL TESTING COMPLETED:

I have tested and made adjustments accordingly.

Only ONE thing does not and probably never will work as anyone might like. It is the only thing in the "CONS"

PROS:

1. All menus by default scale as is from resolutions of 1920x1080 to 5120x1440 (Ultra-widescreen - 48" curved monitors included). Adjusting DPI inside the Winstep app is up to personal taste.
2. All modules scale as created from resolutions of 1920x1080 to 5120x1440 (Ultra-widescreen - 48" curved monitors included). Adjusting Module scaling inside the Winstep app is up to personal taste.

CONS:
All Wallpapers were created in Hi-resolution and redone if they were not - HOWEVER - There is no way any 16:9 or 16:10 High resolution wallpaper will look right on an Ultra-Widescreen monitor. The wallpapers will work beautifully in any 16:9 and 16:10 4K monitor (or Smart TV - yes tested that too) - It's unrealistic to expect a wallpaper to lose half of its height nearly and widen by nearly double, and then look the same.


LAST:

ALL Themes were taken offline because I tested all of them (Screenshot below), and fixed where needed, and/or made adjustments. I will upload ALL of them starting soon in the coming week(s). It was a fair bit of work.

Apologies to anyone who has already downloaded some, sincerely. This is about my own personal standards of my own work. I apologise for any inconvenience but I won't apologise for my own standards.

Laterz...


THEMES COMING (5120x1440 view - no, they do not look that small): -48 Themes in all. Only two themes are not mine.
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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 4:36 pm 
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BassdudeNZ wrote:
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Well, it couldn't really be in the louvre, but so what? I'm pretty sure the the man and Dog near-touch is in the Sistine Chapel, IIRC? You could always call the theme something like "Art Fan". :)

You're probably correct though the Louvre Pyramid is a dead giveaway :lol:

Well, that doesn't necessarily imply all the art works have to be from the Louvre... :)

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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Tue Nov 11, 2025 6:21 pm 
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Insight into testing.
Have been doing this with 48 themes. This is why reuploading hasn't been immediate.

So far every theme with only wallpaper exceptions here and there which I can live with, seem to work.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the 5120 seems small with menus and modules. It isn't. The forum default view scales it down. If in doubt, click it and zoom in.
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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Wed Nov 12, 2025 7:42 pm 
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It is what it is, I mentioned it much earlier and never posted. Just finished editing readying for upload. Also - With different astrological signs (tested in several themes all working). The wallpaper is self-created and they all go in correct cycles clockwise with both a master chart and sky star patterns overlaid on top.
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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Thu Nov 13, 2025 11:36 am 
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Took a break today between fixing the others and created this. Almost done, just the tiny default Workshelf hide/close/open/Mouseover etc to do.
It is impossible to include everything, the Grand Canyon, Eiffel Tower and more are not here... and equally deserving of wonder.


There are now debates on what is a world wonder FFS. For a start there are the ancient wonders which number seven, there were more attributed this title and now they are trying to dispel some that are truly amazing testaments to humankind's ingenuity. Are they amazing to look at? Yes. Therefore most people gaze in 'Wonder'.. they're Wonders... stupid humans.

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