Hi!

***Here is the ultimate version of my first visual style, called Transpace (formerly Illuminatis VS) ***


If you like it, the favs are very very appreciated (i'll thx you); thx to reward this work which took me several months

I)    Presentation
II)  Installation
II)  Credits, notes and permissions

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Updates:
Here the last and recent updates will be posted for the theme: add me to be notified immediately:

2009/09/06:
- I added some shadow for the text of buttons and the header (in mac style); more pleasant for the eyes
- I deleted all files which seems to me useless for reducing the size of the archive

2009/08/31: Another animation added for the shellstyle's texts: vertical animation.

Before: The problem about the color of the text of dialogbox has been finally fixed (grey color for the text and the glow effect is preserved): [link]

Before: I changed the strip of calendar window: [link]

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I) - Presentation -

a) About:
    I continued and completed the style, the design of the last version (Illuminatis VS), preserving the Aero interface. I tried to create an original interface, with sober colors, a mixture between elegant grey, blue clear and above all some transparence (for example the start menu), to get a result pleasing to the eyes.

b) Journal:
    This visual style took me almost 5 month of my life. As I said, this is the last version of my first visual style. I started working on this project 5 months ago. At first, I tried to imagine and draw what it would look; after I had to learn to manipulate Phtotoshop to create my visual style and concretize all my ideas. The step the hardest.
    I was inspired by a lot of theme that i saw. And after some weeks, i submitted a first attempt in May. I think this VS should please you.

It should please you also by its shellstyle, really revolutionary, because Transpace is the first visual style ( in exclusivity ) which proposes a shellstyle with animations for the texts in detail pane.

Precisely, there are 3 differents effects
Expand animation: animation in which the text grows gradually, dilating (By default for the 2 visual style)
Fade out animation: in which the text disappears gradually, it doesn't stay eternally
Vertical animation: in which the text appears from the top of shellstyle

But see the videos I made: [link] and [link]

I'll try to add others animations the next time, I'm working it

c) What's news?
New start menu, more transparent and simple to use.
New style for the taskbar (with the hover effect)
New orbe, inspired by XP and Longhorn style, with text for all languages
New stream, which gives more space for the transparence
New buttons for reducing, opening and closing (more simple)
New adress bar, with white text and black glow effect
New toolbar.
New context menu, with gradient effect
New pane navigation: news font, new color, new hover effect
New glow effect for the text on explorer
Buttons revisited, with beautiful shadow
News font (Calibri , TW Cent, instead of Segoe UI)
New configuration panel: new style, new color, new font.

And much more...

II) - Installation -

a) This archive contains:
The visual style, in 2 versions, 2 colors (for the explorer's background), Blue clear and Black clear
The wallpapers i used
A folder with extras, which contains:
- 2 differents animations for the shellstyle's text (for each visual style)
- Shell32 file (necessary !), for x86 and x64 users (many thanks to K-Johnson for the port )
- Take control tool
- and Browseui file (in option)
     Total = 11,7 Mo

b) Requires:
Windows Vista (maybe port to Windows 7), all editions (Aero highly recommended)
SP, SP1, SP2
x86 or x64 versions compatibles
512 Mo ram and more to appreciate the animation of text in shellstyle

c) Process:
1) Patch the necessary files to apply atheme modified [link]
2) Download this visual style
3) Extray its content in C:\Windows\Resources\Themes . Use it ( the same thing if you want to use the other color
Replace the shellstyle file to get another animation)

d) Features used:
Visual style editor: Vista Style Builder
Image editor: Photoshop CS3 Extended
Resource editor (for the shellstyle and UIFILE folder): Restorator 2007

III) - Credits, notes and permission -

a)credits:
This visual style would not have been possible without the help of many people:

- At first I would like to thank Andreas Verhoeven, the creator of Vista Style Builder
- I would like to thank all persons who added me in their deviantwatch to follow my work in general and the building of my visual style
- I would like to thank all persons who have beat-tested this visual style and who gave me their opinion: , , , , , and for the vertical animation (if i forgot someone please notify me!)
- Idas, for his tutorial who allowed me to add a glow effet on the text of explorer
- Longhorn Fusion team for the original orbe, but modified myself: [link]
- And of course all people who will add me in their deviantwatch click simply here: [link]

b) Add me:
Maybe I'll add some news modifications in the interface, to make it more beautiful
So, add me in your deviantwatch to be immediately notified in case of change

c) Permission:
Finally, no permission needed. Simply, post a link to this visual style if you use some of its parts

The comments and fav are very appreciated, I'll answer: I'm open to all suggestions, constructive critics and questions

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