New skin : wide1300

[Franck]

No change in style here, just wanted to adapt the size of the default skin to my laptop resolution (1366x768). The precise width for this skin is 1297p, you need to add windows wrapping.

->Increased width of scene window (from 271p to 471p) to display the full length of song::scene (I tend to use rather long names);
->Increased the bus and instrument volume area by 100p ;
->Increased width of FX and hardware output each by 100p to fit with the extended upper rack (can be useful for long hardware names).

To install, just unzip in Forte's skins directory. You might need to restart forte after changing the skin, so that everything is refreshed and put to its right place.

I've only tested it with Forte 2.1 build 127.2087 / Windows 7 Ultimate ; seems to work fine so far

Let me know if this is useful to anyone and how it works for you if you test it ; if there are some bugs I can try to fix them

A few questions for the skins experts :
1. Files BUS_AudioLED_01.png to BUS_AudioLED_24.png are unused in forte 2.0, are they kept for compatibility with forte 1.6?
2. I changed the size of images BUS_HW_Out.png BUS_Insert.png INS_Buss.png INS_Insert.png to be coherent with my modifications; however, prior to doing that, I tested the skin and things seemed to be fine. Are those files really necessary, as only the background files seem to be used? Not that they are that big anyways...
3. There are _OV files for each button, I assume it's pictures for highlighting buttons when the mouse just flies over (without clicking); however no such things happen for me - is it not implemented or do I have something disabled on my system?

Cheers,

Franck.

[vstream]

Thanks! Very useful on my laptop!

Joeri

[pedrosura]

Love it! It's really perfect. I wish it could be maximized. But this will do.

[Franck]

Thanks for the feedback guys, I'm glad you find it helpful.

For technical reasons, Forte can't be maximized (this is discussed somewhere else on this forum) so all one can do is make a skin that fits to his own screen width. If some folks have a need for another particular width, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

Cheers,

Franck.

[vdave]

Hi ! It's a great idea to increase the Forte's windows !
Unfortunately, my laptop screen definition is 1280...

So, could you please explain a way to modify this setting ?

tia,

vdave.