I'm making a custom skin (vibrant skin) and I have... many questions (all of it being just the code of the skin)
First of all, I did these things:
1. Colored the decks into more vibrant colors (Saturated Blue, Bright Red, Lime Green, and Dandelion [which in the og skin being orange])
2. Backgrounds being black
3. Just like the jogwheel logo, I made the deck colored when a song is loaded
Now, the questions... (all "how" questions)
1. How can you make a 6-deck layout?
2. How to change the background color? (making it a gradient background)
3. How can you restrict the skin on only one theme? (related to #2)
4. How to make an ACTUAL Full 4-Deck skin?
5. How can you resize the waveform?
6. How can you make the deck highlight?
7. How can you make the waveform scan (IDK WHAT ITS CALLED OK?) not mirrored?
8. How can you make the waveform mirrored? (One of the wave modes)
(Maybe more questions soon)
First of all, I did these things:
1. Colored the decks into more vibrant colors (Saturated Blue, Bright Red, Lime Green, and Dandelion [which in the og skin being orange])
2. Backgrounds being black
3. Just like the jogwheel logo, I made the deck colored when a song is loaded
Now, the questions... (all "how" questions)
1. How can you make a 6-deck layout?
2. How to change the background color? (making it a gradient background)
3. How can you restrict the skin on only one theme? (related to #2)
4. How to make an ACTUAL Full 4-Deck skin?
5. How can you resize the waveform?
6. How can you make the deck highlight?
7. How can you make the waveform scan (IDK WHAT ITS CALLED OK?) not mirrored?
8. How can you make the waveform mirrored? (One of the wave modes)
(Maybe more questions soon)
Mensajes Tue 02 Jul 24 @ 12:42 pm
digest parts of this
https://www.virtualdj.com/wiki/Skin%20SDK
you'll have better questions and will be easier to explain to.
also skim read the posts by djdad here to get an understanding on placeholders.
https://www.virtualdj.com/forums/230926/VirtualDJ_Skins/VirtualDJ_2020_-_Additions_in_Skin_Engine.html?page=1
https://www.virtualdj.com/wiki/Skin%20SDK
you'll have better questions and will be easier to explain to.
also skim read the posts by djdad here to get an understanding on placeholders.
https://www.virtualdj.com/forums/230926/VirtualDJ_Skins/VirtualDJ_2020_-_Additions_in_Skin_Engine.html?page=1
Mensajes Tue 02 Jul 24 @ 3:00 pm
Ok, Thanks but it still doesn't answer the questions 1 (figured out its just not exposed), and 6, or I think I'm just blind-
EDIT: I scrapped the idea of question 4
EDIT: I scrapped the idea of question 4
Mensajes Mon 22 Jul 24 @ 10:01 am
I actually made a 4 deck full skin
resizing waves is covered here, it's quite involved for 1-2 more browser lines gained
https://www.virtualdj.com/forums/257815/VirtualDJ_Skins/Is_there_a_way_to_make_deck_1_waveform_red_.html
7 songpos has an attribute
3 themes are variable selected, remove the variants, remove the variable check, = one colour theme
resizing waves is covered here, it's quite involved for 1-2 more browser lines gained
https://www.virtualdj.com/forums/257815/VirtualDJ_Skins/Is_there_a_way_to_make_deck_1_waveform_red_.html
7 songpos has an attribute
half="yes"
3 themes are variable selected, remove the variants, remove the variable check, = one colour theme
Mensajes Tue 23 Jul 24 @ 8:21 am
Hello & welcome back.
Here's a discussion on the skin builder tool.It's very useful for learning or modifying script.
Search a users post history for more tips.
https://www.virtualdj.com/forums/214132/VirtualDJ_Skins/Skin_Builder.html?page=1
Here's a discussion on the skin builder tool.It's very useful for learning or modifying script.
Search a users post history for more tips.
https://www.virtualdj.com/forums/214132/VirtualDJ_Skins/Skin_Builder.html?page=1
Mensajes Tue 23 Jul 24 @ 8:06 pm
Well thanks, but I already did what you said about question 3, but when I come back to the original skin and change the theme and came back to the vibrant skin, the background also changes. I also even deleted all define codes of the color schemes
Mensajes Wed 24 Jul 24 @ 9:42 am
@ 2ific
Definitely not using it for Virtual DJ 8 since last month...
Definitely not using it for Virtual DJ 8 since last month...
Mensajes Wed 24 Jul 24 @ 9:48 am
Thanks anyways
Mensajes Wed 24 Jul 24 @ 9:50 am
check the
<background>element(s) logic
Mensajes Wed 24 Jul 24 @ 9:54 am
Oh yeah I forgot to say
I already made the 6 deck rack semi-functional (still kinda buggy)
Scrapped questions 4, 5, and 6
And the rest is also already answered (some are not)
check the <background> element(s) logic
Aight I'll let you know if it works now
I already made the 6 deck rack semi-functional (still kinda buggy)
Scrapped questions 4, 5, and 6
And the rest is also already answered (some are not)
check the <background> element(s) logic
Aight I'll let you know if it works now
Mensajes Wed 24 Jul 24 @ 10:14 am
So it works now. The only thing I need to do is fix the 6 deck rack cuz its var_equal or var_not_equal isn't working
Mensajes Thu 25 Jul 24 @ 12:11 am
Are you referring to the unused six deck view in the default skin?
![](https://www.virtualdj.com/img/297928/84002/6deck_rack.png)
If you go back far enough to earlier VDJ versions, it was an option available from the menu, but now it's just buried bones.
![](https://www.virtualdj.com/img/297928/84002/6deck_rack.png)
If you go back far enough to earlier VDJ versions, it was an option available from the menu, but now it's just buried bones.
Mensajes Thu 25 Jul 24 @ 10:03 am
Are you referring to the unused six deck view in the default skin?
If you go back far enough to earlier VDJ versions, it was an option available from the menu, but now it's just buried bones.
Oh don't worry I can figure out myself and finish the code cuz the songpos is not colored by the actual songpos color I did
If you go back far enough to earlier VDJ versions, it was an option available from the menu, but now it's just buried bones.
Oh don't worry I can figure out myself and finish the code cuz the songpos is not colored by the actual songpos color I did
Mensajes Fri 26 Jul 24 @ 10:36 am
And plus I also trying to add the background for it. It's kinda empty without the background of the rack
EDIT: and the swap button
EDIT: and the swap button
Mensajes Fri 26 Jul 24 @ 10:42 am
I'm not worried, I'm just asking if that's what you're using.
Mensajes Fri 26 Jul 24 @ 10:48 am
I forgot about this. One last question. I'm still confused how does chanX_left and chanX_right work since most of the skin makers use chanX and chanX_active. Might be helpful in fixing the rhythm in the VDJ7 6 decks skin
<rhythmzone>
<size width="1489" height="88"/>
<pos x="56" y="33"/>
<mask x="+0" y="4687"/>
<up x="+0" y="+0"/>
<colors
chan1_active="#28acff" chan1="#007ca9"
chan2_active="#ed1c24" chan2="#7d0607"
/>
<rhythm y="33" height="73"/>
<grid height="5" width="5" mainwidth="12">
<pos y1="108" y2="114"/>
</grid>
<cue y="33" height="18">
<mask x="912" y="2993" width="16" height="18"/>
<text dx="14" dy="0" font="arial" size="18"/>
</cue>
</rhythmzone>
I somehow figured the code but not done yet
<rhythmzone>
<size width="1489" height="88"/>
<pos x="56" y="33"/>
<mask x="+0" y="4687"/>
<up x="+0" y="+0"/>
<colors
chan1_active="#28acff" chan1="#007ca9"
chan2_active="#ed1c24" chan2="#7d0607"
/>
<rhythm y="33" height="73"/>
<grid height="5" width="5" mainwidth="12">
<pos y1="108" y2="114"/>
</grid>
<cue y="33" height="18">
<mask x="912" y="2993" width="16" height="18"/>
<text dx="14" dy="0" font="arial" size="18"/>
</cue>
</rhythmzone>
I somehow figured the code but not done yet
Mensajes Wed 31 Jul 24 @ 10:51 am