Welcome to Symbian Theme Contest 16!!..!! .. ..
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This week's topic is something suggested by Bishop_Bacon a while ago: Repeated Pattern




A final entries thread will be opened shortly where you place your finalized theme previews. Once posted in final entries, you cannot alter them at all.
Deadline for this contest is Monday, August 24, 3.00 GMT.


In this thread you can post your work in progress to receive comments and suggestions from others and of course to give comments on others work.. ..


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



If you know Symbian themers (S60, Series 40, UIQ) who might be interested in joining us for some fun, please tell them & provide them with a link to this thread.. ..Your little help can decide whether this contest can continue.. ..Thanks!!..!!



Happy Theming and Good Luck Everyone!!..!!


Confirmed participants so far:
1. elaginn
2. Happyyesh
3. swt_capri
4. Sourav_Kumar
5. thabull
6. saraamir
7. MissCharmingHeart
8. sam1374
9. igmonius
10. sp0rtskiller03
11. cute_heart
12. kashif85
13. galmed
14. shalu2173
15. your name here.. ..
16.

@rhtz: link (page not found)

@galmed
Links fixed. Joining the competition this week?

I am!
Nice topic! Hope I'llbe in time for voting this time!

I'm in too. Nice topic I'll try my best for it.

count me in

Nice topic...i am in.......

i'm in too.

im in too. ill try my best this timeeeee

please help me wich one is better??????

this:


or this:


orrrrrrrrrrrr this:


thank u guys

honesty lovely topic .and all said above me i will try my best
@saraamir the first one is the most beautiful
iam in of course since i lost badly last time hehe

i have 2 choices so u help me people

Count me in too

I'm in

thank u MissCharm.........!

and i suggest to use first pic

Oh cool, my "old" topic, thanks to whoever provided those rich resource links.
Here's another one: http://patterns.ava7.com/

A lot of the patterns in the mentioned links come as .pat files that are meant to be directly installed to Photoshop.



Here's a little explanation about how to use them:

Close Photoshop.
Then you have to locate Photoshop's Preferences folder and copy the .pat file(s) there.
Generally, the path is
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop XYZ\Preferences\Patterns
Whereas "C" stands for the drive you installed PS to and "XYZ" for your version of PS.

Then open Photoshop and create a new file.
(I recommend making the new file a bit bigger than the actual phone screen, e.g. 400x400px, so you can still shove the pattern a bit around to find the best cutout for your theme).

Now select the whole area (Strg+A).
Then go to "Edit" - "Fill" and in the popup menu, select "Contents" - "Use: Pattern".
You will find your new pattern(s) in this list. Select the one of your choice.

Close the popup menu and voilá - the base for your theme is ready.

@BB
Very useful tutorial! Link added to first post. Thank you!

@BB and @AW..The theme title " repeated pattern" is nice to read for me..But to be honest I m not able to follow how it is Expected to themed..I m feeling so confused..Hope u don't laugh..hahaha though i m laughing myself.

@BB Thanks for the useful post ..there u mentioned "old Topic" . Can u pls give the link of it so that I can have an Idea of what has to be done. Thank u Again!!

count me in

ok, i'm in..

Shalu: I referred to an old post in the STC Feedback & Suggestions Thread where we could make suggestions for STC topics;
It contains no further info, but here are some nice examples of themes with a repeated pattern:

Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Example 4
Example 5

Hope this helps.

Thanks @BB I have understood it completely now

thank u bishop

any one tell me how to u use pattern file in ps

i need someone to confirm me are these 2 wallpapers right for tht topic or not

here is my first screen plz comment

Nop, the two wally are nice but don't fit the topic. Please take a look at BB's example of repeated pattern themes and I'm sure you will get the idea of this topic.

oky aruther how about these images









and if any of them is right which do u suggest

MissCharmingHeart: #2 and #3 don't match the topic as they're not real patterns; the patterns #1 and #5 don't repeat themselves (at least not in the cutout chosen by you)

#4 is fine

This is my first project,so can you tell me is it good for this topic,thanks

Thanks BB for the help

igmonius: Sorry, no, that image doesn't match the topic; repeated patterns consist of elements that repeat themselves in a regular, continous way.
Here are some more examples:



You can also check out the resources links in the first post.

swt_capri: that pattern's quite ok

sorry that u are explaining this over and over
its just in here in the contest u bring to many new concepts to us
try to understand that we just as a theme maker choose the image that we prefer and make a theme of it
iam still confused i have to say and i have another image to ask about it
is it a repeated patter or not
see

i already have another green pic but i like this much better
if not
i promise to keep nagging u hehehehehehehe till i find an image that appeals to me the most or i will get setteled with that green one hehe lol

No problem. No, it's not a repeated pattern either, so I think you have keep nagging me.

To be honest, I didn't think (and still don't think) of the topic to be *SO* hard to understand . I'm fully aware that you're just searching for a nice topic-matching wally to use - sorry to repeat myself, but did you take a look at the resources links in the entry post? They contain loads of them.

i did but i didnot like any that much anyway i shall work on my green one then till i find another image to ask about deal
and it isnot about being hard
but mostly in my own opinion anew subject like for example when they suggested the vector art wallys
its gonna take time to know but hell of themes shall be done by mobile 9 members
i have to say i feel like a tiny ant in the jungle but iam learning hehe

Ah, now that you mentioned the vector wallys, I see what you mean. Good that you pointed that out, it's for sure something to be more aware of when selecting the topics for future STCs.
And I'm sure, nobody expects from you to create helluva themes in an instant. Super-duper ones will do.

well then first perview what do u think people

Thanks,i get it now.

like it, the color so fress

Lovely colours...try changing softkeys....everything else is very nice

isn't match the topic??
pattern from:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/02/12...oshop-patterns/

Nice 1, I like it

galmed: Yes, that's fine .

@MissCharmingHeart.......nice green pattern..and i agree with sam....
@galmed.....great idea with the page turning effect.........

i want to chnage my pattern bcoz some text didnot readible easily on it

now i choose this one plz comment how it is and icons r match on it or i change this one

nice theme.........great improvements.......

very beautiful @swt capri but i think u need to search for another icons though

thanx miss charming heart i will find other icon

thnx sourav

ur welcome swt capri also after u finiah ur theme post its link here cause i want it on my mobile
now concering my theme u all said i need to change the softkey
do u mean the wayit looks or the color itself
if it is the way it looks i just made this softkey
do u prefer it


if u mean the color then tell me