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Lumi, a first previewHey ! :]
So I've made some new changes on Lumi, my future Visual Style for Windows 7. It will continue to change in some details, and it's certainly not over yet, different parts are still the one from Soft7.
Anyway here's the actual result :

White isn't it ? ^^
My main ideas were :
more "minimal", less transparent, and add a tiny color.
The window on top left is active, the others are inactive (mainly a difference in the shadow, but the windows themselves are a bit more transparent).
The "Yes" button is hovered, like the Music icons. The DVD drive is selected
I believe the caption buttons are too subtle right now, and I'm still trying to do a nice hover effect, subtle but visible.
It includes the new icons on the Navigation Pane, obviously based on the icons in Mac OS Lion, entirely made from scratch (all of them) with the subtle blue of the theme.
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By the way, don't get it wrong, I hardly have time to play all t

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New Apple Keyboardby *SpewBoy

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Apple's new wireless keyboard. It will be released on the same date as the upcoming Mac OS X 10.7 operating system.

Hmm, I'm no good at lieing. This here is what I wish my Apple keyboard looked like. I just can't understand why they chose white keys instead of black ones.

Took around 280 layers and 5 hours in Photoshop (manually modified each key's symbol to match up exactly with the white keyboard). Everything is vector except the reflection at the bottom (couldn't be bothered copying and pasting another 275 layers just for a reflection - too much RAM is at stake

), and the noise is also just generated by the filter. My PC is not powerful enough to make vector noise, which is just lots of randomly placed circles. I tried doing that and it froze up after I covered half the keyboard. Maybe I should have used Illustrator, but then I don't know how to use it.

A note to anyone out there: If you have an Apple wireless keyboard or an Apple keyboard with no numpad, please take a key off and show me what the key slot looks like. I'm going to see if a set of MacBook Pro keys fits in there but I don't know if they have the same slots

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~Spikey8d Feb 14, 2011

found this: [link]

*SpewBoy Feb 14, 2011 Hobbyist Interface Designer

They don't feel as good as real keys though. They make it all spongy to press.

~GrzegorzJZD Jan 13, 2011

You put a lots of work to draw this one, not sure what for?

P.S. I think Microsoft Arc Keyboard [link] looks better and is more ergonomic.

*SpewBoy Jan 13, 2011 Hobbyist Interface Designer

But it is an arc shape

I could not live with a keyboard with an arc shape.

~DarkNovaGamer Jan 10, 2011

I <3 black and silver. Always a pleasure to see your creations Spewboy.

*SpewBoy Jan 10, 2011 Hobbyist Interface Designer

Thanks

~vi20RickrMetal12us Jan 10, 2011 Hobbyist Interface Designer

_{good.good it looks great but the up/down button I dislike somehow maybe b/c I like separated buttons.
Maybe having a - all black back-lite keyboard would look good as well.}

*SpewBoy Jan 10, 2011 Hobbyist Interface Designer

I'd have to study the LED light placement that Apple uses on their keyboards and fit it to mine. I always try and get the most authentic look, you see

~vi20RickrMetal12us Jan 10, 2011 Hobbyist Interface Designer

yes indeed man. Hope it manage.

~fakebny123 Jan 10, 2011

A Black aluminum polished keyboard...
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