Tutorials For The Beginners, ...learn How To Make Themes, make a simple theme using carbide ui { any version } Options

[san-sagar]

These's tutorials which i collected to share for you, who want to make theme by urself..
Credits to chungviet.. :-bd

**Download the latest version of Carbide.ui S60 Theme Edition here

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All previews are for a theme in 176x208px. So if you create a theme in another screensize, then are also other sizes for any new image needed what you want to change. The correct sizes would always shown in the properties window.

Step 1
Create a 'new theme', selec
t basic graphic/ S60 theme, then click on 'Preferences' to select the programs which you want to use to edit bitmaps, vector graphics and sounds..



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Step 2
Choose your programs
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Step 3
click on 'gallery' to select how much images you want to see on the right site in the preview window, carbide need more time to start if you use to much previews

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Step 4
Begin with the background images for the Active and Idle background. Use the correct size, here as example 176x208px for the 3250 or N91, all newest nokia mobiles have 240x320px.
You can use all images per drag and drop.

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Step 5
Now change the navi pane if you want. To make them transparent for different background images go to edit/ animate, use new layer and select clear layer for the first.

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**Here an example if you want to use the navipane (size here for a 176x208px theme), the needed size stand always in the properties window**

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Step 6
Change the text colour, use a colour which looks nice and works with the theme/ backgrounds

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Step 7
In the colour mode of the mainarea you can change the colour of the status indicators, this colour would also used for the date in the analogue clock

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Step 8
Select and change the colour for the 'Highlighted Items'

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Step 9
The list text colour is the same as the inactive highlights

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Step 10
The colour settings for the softkeys need no illustration.

So... what are you waiting for??! whip.gif Go and practice! I know you can do it! wink.gif smile.gif

thanks to gadgetgreek also

^tutorial by sagar ^

[iffat_rais]

the tutorial u have uploaded is for carbide 3.1 and now the latest version of carbide 3.4 is available...thats y the difference....what u have shown in ur very first pic choosing base graphics does not appear in the new edition of carbide...