Chris J Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 (edited) Hi all,After looking through the CONNECT directory I found 2 images that control the interface in CONNECT. I was curious to see if I could recolour these in Adobe Photoshop so I could change the purple colour, and it worked.I was very surprised to see this; most interfaces are hard coded into the programs but CONNECT grabs the interface from a standard PNG image! Which makes it stupidly easy to change the look of the program. It is intirely possible to change all the buttons, and if I wanted to, it could put "iTunes" (for example) at the top of the window where it says CONNECT. Here they are (you'd have to be brave to use a couple of these colours admittedly LOL):GreenPreview | DownloadBluePreview | DownloadGold/GreenPreview | DownloadRosePreview | DownloadRedPreview | DownloadYellowPreview | DownloadOrangePreview | DownloadSilverPreview | DownloadINSTALLATION:Un-zip the fileGo to: 'C:\Program Files\Sony\CONNECT Player\Scripts'[iMPORTANT] Find 'large-background.jpg' and 'window-background.png' and MOVE THEM or BACK THEM UP. These are the files you will be replacing and contain the original purple skin. Should you wish to revert back to the original skin, you will have kept these files to do so. Without them you cannot get the original purple skin back unless you re-install CONNECT or get a nice friend to send the original files to you =)Now copy the files you unzipped earlier and paste them into The Sony\CONNECT Player\Scripts folder (which should still be open unless you just closed it)DONE!You could also mix-and-match different colours if you wanted.On that note, would anyone be so kind to send me the original 'large-background.jpg' file? I overwrote it before thinking!I hope someone finds these useful / enjoys them - they're just a bit of fun. Feel free to make some yourself and post them here to share! As I said, they are stupidly easy to make as everything is contained within 1 PNG file except the background texture.-Chris Edited January 3, 2006 by Chris J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 We can host these for you, if you want. Excellent work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBenshi Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Great work! Gonna try it in the evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishiyoshi Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Brilliant! Thanks for sharing your work with the community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris J Posted January 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 We can host these for you, if you want. Excellent work.Feel free If you host them, it'd be a good idea to host the originals too (which I only have 1 of as I said) if people overwrite the original purple.Glad you like them (Although I can't see anyone using the yellow, orange or red haha). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh33p Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 hmmm maybe it was intentional on part of sony and they plan to officially introduce it with the american release.that's awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKRashid Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Nice one, Excellent work! Much appreciated. How about a black/dark grey skin to match our black a3000s and psps!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris J Posted January 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 I have tried a black / dark grey one but I haven't got a clue how to change the text colour! Unless there is a way to make the text white then you can't read it unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stuge Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 X-Lent Work ..Thanks for sharing with us. I `m trying the red one first.Large-Background.jpg for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stuge Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Connect In Red "GIVE ME RED"Connect In Yellowbackground05.bmpConnect In Orange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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