Welcome to Nokia Theme Contest 3!

Here you will battle other Nokia themers and at the end we will together decide which theme is the best, that is done by voting.

Rules

An example of NTC

In short, the only thing you have to think about is to meet the topic and that you have to make a series 40/60 Nokia theme to compete.

Topic: Insects

Topic Chosen by : Bishop Bacon, NTC 1 winner

This includes spiders, which are generally not considered as insects; no nitpicking here.

A final entries thread will be opened shortly when you place your finalized theme previews. Once posted in final entries, you cannot alter them at all. Deadline for final entries will be Sunday, August 20, 23.00 CET (that's 22.00 GMT).

In this thread you can chat and spread fear into your opponents .. You can also post your work in progress and of course comment the work of others.

I hope all is clear, if not post your questions regarding the NTC here and we will answer the best we can.

Good luck!

Good luck to all.
Shall try to make a great theme to impress friends.:D

Hi friends.
I have a theme for this tounament also.
Here is the preview of my theme.



If anyone likes it than please tell me.
I am waiting for the reply of friends here.

Looks pretty good, try to do some more work on the clock with the remaining time you have.

sorry friend this is my previously made theme which is entered here.
so there is no file remaning in my theme studio to edit it again.
if people will not like it , i shall make another theme with other wallpapers.

The theme was nice. But which software do you use to make themes.I would also be interested to make themes.

@skahilu

Welcome to M9.

As for making themes, depend upon which handset you possess. For more info, kindly refer to: FAQs.

hello there,
you see i have registered in this tmc but it seems that i couldn't upload my preview file so i need help.

This thread is for posting Final entries only.

Members wishing to enter, must post their preview image here so it can be entered into the voting thread.

Posts in this thread must not be edited.(within 5 minutes is ok, in cases of [img] tag problems or attachment crashes).

This thread will close 23.00 CET on August 20. Directly following that, the Voting Thread will be open for 48 hours. All participants must vote.

No replies in this thread please, use the "Topic thread" to show others your theme and get feedback.


Good Luck Everyone.

@anthraxomega
First upload your image to imageshack.us and copy the direct link you get from them. When that's done, get back here and attach it to your post using the "IMG" button.


All newcomers, don't forget that you have to post your theme in the "final entries thread" too and not just in here. If it's not in the final entries thread, it won't be included in the competition! And remember that you must NOT edit the post you make in final entries! Be sure the theme is all done by the time you enter it there.

ok,but now i have another problem,i uploaded my theme and ticked the tmc entry registeration but it seems that it has been viewed in the gallery instead.
so if i did something wrong but it can be fixed ,please tell me

That's a nice one You say you can't edit it anymore, did you throw away the .tdf file?

@anthraxomega: Fine to see you entering the competition, too. The more themers, the more fun.

I will upload my own entry the next saturday.
Good luck to everyone!

@anthraxomega: make a preview like shahidhanif0, upload in imageshack, then paste the image here.

@anthraxomega
Just ticking the tmc option when uploading to the gallery doesn't do anything else than adding a note to the theme in the gallery. The gallery and TMC/TNC/TMT are completely separate.

All competitions are held here in the forums and the gallery is just for downloading/uploading stuff.

This thread can be used to showcase your theme, as shahidhanif0 did above, but that won't include the theme into the competition, for that you have to post your preview in the final entries thread too. Final entries can be found here (pinned in the Nokia forum):

Final entries thread

All clear?

if you see it tell me your oppinion

@anthraxomega
Upload it to imageshack again and this time use the link at the bottom named: "Direct link to image" and post it again! That way we can see the original size of the image.

No One Here?
Ok here is mine for this time.

ya thats right.
The tdf file is thrown because it is old one mine.

sorry i'm late!!i ngot uploading problems.


could anyone please tell me how to make a topic thread in the final entry topic cuz it told me that it's not allowed.
so do i have to reply in it or what?..........

this one's mine.


if i did something wrong concerning this post,plz tell me right away.....

@anthraxomega
Exactly, just post a reply in the final entries thread.

Edit: I see you already did.. And don't worry, you got it right!

Puedo participar con un tema animado?

pongo dos animaciones posibles una larga y una corta...como idle screen y como screensaver...


animation short

@ Imax ... hmm i'm not so sure mate , the logo sort fits in a funky sort of way imo ... the theme is great , and cool this is the very first animated standby i have seen for a nokia phone nice work.

Great theme that is imax.

@imax: very cute animation

thanks....

Hi imax, nice to see one of your ambitious S40 themes here in the NTC!
Don't forget to post your entry in the Final Entry Thread, too: http://www.mobile9.com/invboard/index.php?showtopic=26893
and place your vote in the NTC Voting Booth within 48 hours from 23.00 CET on August 20 on.

Have a nice week
BB

I havent been in here before, I am liking what I see. Lots of colour and attention to detail (Softkey & Pop ups) But can you all state which Nokia your themes are for and what version of Theme Creator you are using. I havent made a Nokia theme since my Buttelectric and I am lagging behind.

This was made with a very old version of Theme Studio for Series 60 handsets.


I know there are dark bits but it is visible on handset. I would edit it but I no longer own a Nokia and have removed all Nokia programs until I get my hands on one of them expensive Nseries phones.

hello everyone...
i see nice themes here
but i wanted to ask everyone's oppinion about mine.be honest about your oppinions and don't worry if you didn't like the theme,after all it's my first time here in a competition.

The animation belongs to the main screen and for screensaver, the icons change of green color to b/w...

up more screen captures… ?

*(translated with google - languaje tools)

InsectZ


in idle screen and screensaver

I hate all this mankin about, please will somebody stick mine up lol

Ok, I'll try to write down my two cents. Don't take them personal.
I have in mind that this is your first theme for a competition and considering this, it's a good start.

The title picture in your theme looks slightly distorted and a bit blurred. That's a loss. No matter, how nicely your submenues are done, the title screen still remains the main eyecatcher. Use a high quality image for it. Your analogue clock looks blurred too; if you work with photoshop, try to use the path tool to avoid ragged edges.

I see that you tried to colour your theme in a harmonic way, using different tinges of green.
That's not bad, but perhaps a second different colour would have done good. (In many cases, a good way to get overall colour harmony is to take colours which appear in the main image, e.g. the yellow from the hornets' body)
You may want to do a rough pre-layout in your graphics programme and experiment with different colors for your navi panes, list highlights, etc. to find harmonic colour combinations. Use the hue/saturation controller in your graphics programme.
A example from my Megaman theme (a not very good example, I admit, but I think it will do)
I tried to find a good colour for the list higlight:


Take your time while doing this. You will soon develop a more acute sense of colour and see which colour combinations are harmonic and which are an absolute no-no.

Think of usability. In some places, the dark green blades of grass in the softkey/navipanes clash with the
black text and makes it illegible. Perhaps use a lighter tinge of green for the grass?

Catchy picture there on your pinboard :-) I think the pinboard is a sort of playground to add nice detailwork to your S60s theme. It's a pity to let it end as an otherwise plain white area. Perhaps you may want to enhance your next pinboards with adding a nice frame for a start?

Looking forward to see future themes
BB

@anthraxomega: agree with BB on the usability part. Another thing with the softkeys. No idea how it looks like on phone, but it isn't very visible on computer - black text on the 'noisy' background.

The spirit to get better in theming is very good though

@imax: did you make the animation yourself? The more I look at it, the more awesome it is

@ Evrae: Wow, a "night" theme. I especially like its list highlights, knowing how hard it is to do good ones with the Theme Studio, compared to Sony Ericsson theming. As for me, I'm doing themes for the 6630/6600/7610... with Theme Studo 1.2.1 (I'd love to do 3d Edition themes with Theme Studio 3.0, but that programme is sooooo slow...)

Evrae good things u done.
but where are the icons of that theme.
and also the clock is not at its place.
i think you have to edit it agian.

thanks everyone
your notices will indeed help me later on..

Where are the icons? Do you mean the little pain in the butt ones? I dont bother with a full icon pack, the main ones and folders and I leave others blank so in the theme it uses the phone's own icons. The clock is fine as I moved it down for other reasons. Do you have to have a rectangle watch with the face in the middle? Nope, I like quirky! I will not edit again as just entered an old theme for fun in the spirit of the competition. We all have our own style and this is mine.... People love it or hate it. Good luck everyone and thankyou for any comments.

I have uploaded my theme to various sites, it has had quite a few downloads and been rated. Try it yourself and see, you will either love it or hate it lol.

Oh and Anth dude....... The blades of grass on softkeys and pop ups are nice and have a certain feel but try for a textured feel instead as text isnt readable. I am liking the effort made.

Evrae i love the blue colour....really nice theme

Thanx chuck, you having a crack at it?

no, the animation is much more long in format .avi, I I have trimmed it and adapted to GIF of 15fps, I hang the complete animation here to you….

Hello all BBT here , just wanted to say fantastic work on all of these themes , really great to see some fresh new nokia artists on m9 , and as i've liked seeing all of theme so much , i've also decided to join in on this comp .... for those who don't know , or think i am primarily a sony themer , you'd be wrong , i started theming ont he nokia platform phones a while back , so yea i'll give it a bash , should be fun

Great to see you joining in bbt.
Nice themes.

@BBT: Hi
So you're taking a trip "back to the roots" by joining the comp, so to speak? I just scrolled through your Series 60 themes and I'm looking forward to what you'll come up with


Word!

Ha ha scrolled through i really have to doubt that matey as there is over 50pg's of them ....ha ha , but thaks i hope to do something alright , but it has been some time.

Hehe. I've got the time now. Holidays!

oki'll ask a question,but away from the contest.
i've been thinking is it easy to make themes for the S40 or Nseries even if you don't have a compatible phone to test those themes?cuz maybe i can make one later on as good as the one IMAX did(which i actually liked )

It is possible of course to make a theme without the phone , but for you not to make mistakes would be very difficult indeed , unless you were knowledgeable of every area of and dimension size wise of that phone.

So to answer you while you can do it , for best results you'll be wanting the phone.

Otheer wise you have to muck around having others test for you who have got the phone.

it's up to you in the end though , sorry if that dosen't help you, out the best ...

Green, green leaves of hope.... My eight cents:

Ladybugs

I love this Ladybird theme, damn you as I now want another s60 and I am waiting patiently till my Xmas upgrade. I will definately be using your Ladybird when I do.