Metal .gif available [was Rev 2.5 Redraw Problems]

[Klaus Major]

Hi all,

> Recently, Frank Leahy wrote:
>
>> Having read about the various problems with metal windows in 2.2 and
>> 2.5 I decided to see if I couldn't fake it with a metal
>> backgroundPattern.  I tweaked a pattern I found on the web, and it
>> looks pretty good, with no obvious lines between the tiles.  If anyone
>> wants to use it let me know and I'll post it.  Using it is as easy as
>> typing "set the backgroundPattern of this stack to theId" (where theId
>> is the id of the pattern after you've imported it into your stack).
>>
>> -- Frank
>>
>> p.s. It isn't perfect, because there really needs to be a
>> semi-transparent image that gets stretched over the top of the gif
>> (providing a bit of shadowing), but I found that stretching the png
>> image caused RunRev to crash my machine (that's right, it actually
>> crashed OSX!) so I gave up having it look perfect...but it's pretty
>> close as is, so I'm happy.
>
> You might try using a large image that doesn't stretch but rather 
> changes
> position relative to the width of the stack.  Not identical to real
> stretching but maybe a bit closer to the metal look...

there is was, apparently :-( this little stack on Chipp's website 
called "MacMetalLook"
which works without crashing OS X here (10.3.6) and it is using a 
stretched PNG image...?

And that looks almost like the real thing :-)

> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, Development & Design
> -----
> E: scott at tactilemedia.com
> W: http://www.tactilemedia.com

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de