#218968 - 19/06/2004 17:48
The translucent button effort - in Projects
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pooh-bah
Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
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Since it seems like a few people are interested in the creation of translucent buttons, let's avoid duplicating work amongst ourselves by using the forum.
I've started a few threads over in Projects to avoid crowding this area. There's a thread for each step that we need to worry about so far, to avoid having an Uber thread that's a mess.
If you are interested in a set of translucent buttons, please post here. Let us know how many you want and which colors you'd be interested in. I'm not sure what price we'll decide on, but all that info will evolve in the Projects forum in the "Buttons" threads.
Check it out. If you have any information to share, that'd be a big help. Thanks for your interest!
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#218969 - 20/06/2004 03:00
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: FireFox31]
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enthusiast
Registered: 27/03/2002
Posts: 248
Loc: Swindon, UK
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I'd like a set. Not sure on what colour.
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#218970 - 20/06/2004 04:35
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: FireFox31]
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addict
Registered: 29/06/2002
Posts: 531
Loc: Triangle, VA
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Id be interested in a set - Blue to match my screen.
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#218971 - 20/06/2004 11:07
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: FireFox31]
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Registered: 24/02/2003
Posts: 111
Loc: Elk Grove, CA
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I'd like a blue set as well.
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#218972 - 20/06/2004 12:57
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: FireFox31]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 13/01/2002
Posts: 1649
Loc: Louisiana, USA
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Thanks for your effort. Wish you better luck than we had. If you want, we did develop some graphics to go on the buttons in what was to be a multicolored casting. Let me know if you think these might be useful.
Stu
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#218973 - 21/06/2004 01:36
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: FireFox31]
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Registered: 03/04/2002
Posts: 169
Loc: Regensburg, Germany
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Thanks for your efforts! I'd like a green set, if possible, please.
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#218974 - 21/06/2004 02:38
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: FireFox31]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Depending on eventual price, I'd go for three sets - a standard blue, a purple, and maybe a set to match the smoke lens.
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#218975 - 21/06/2004 07:46
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: FireFox31]
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Registered: 31/12/2001
Posts: 113
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Id definately want a set in each color that was made
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#218976 - 21/06/2004 09:39
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: FireFox31]
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Master Boot Logo(er)
Registered: 26/08/2003
Posts: 525
Loc: California
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Count me in.
If possible, a clear set (no color added) and/or a blue set.
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#218977 - 21/06/2004 11:44
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: FireFox31]
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addict
Registered: 30/05/2002
Posts: 695
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I would certainly like a set; possibly several.
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#218978 - 21/06/2004 12:19
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: FireFox31]
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member
Registered: 28/08/2003
Posts: 149
Loc: Isle of Wight, UK
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I'd like a blue & a green!
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#218979 - 21/06/2004 16:22
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: Major_Sarcasm]
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#218980 - 21/06/2004 16:56
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: Major_Sarcasm]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
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Thanks all. My initial hope is to do five colors; smoke, red, blue, "yellow" (amber?), green. Other colors (like frog51's purple) may come out by accident, so keep your fingers crossed. But if you want other colors, let me know.
Also, if you can reference something that matches the color you want, please let me know. The biggest example for color matching is lenses. For example, I'll try to match green buttons to Filener's green lense. Blue and yellow might have to match Filener's raised translucent blue and rasied yellow.
So, the more specific you are with the color (and what lense you're matching to), the better we can find a happy medium. Thanks.
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#218981 - 21/06/2004 23:03
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: FireFox31]
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enthusiast
Registered: 08/06/1999
Posts: 345
Loc: New Jersey, USA
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I'll take a green and smoked set, like the lenses from filener.
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#218982 - 21/06/2004 23:04
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: maczrool]
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enthusiast
Registered: 08/06/1999
Posts: 345
Loc: New Jersey, USA
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Stu, what happened to your effort? I have not been to the board in a while. Last i checked you were waiting for buttons to be created with just the right color. What happened to them?
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#218983 - 22/06/2004 21:53
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: FireFox31]
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member
Registered: 07/02/2002
Posts: 193
Loc: New Richmond, WI
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I'm wanting 2 sets one red one blue.
Thanks
Rob
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#218984 - 23/06/2004 06:04
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: FireFox31]
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enthusiast
Registered: 30/01/2000
Posts: 262
Loc: Derbyshire, UK
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It's been so long I had to check my original post
I'd like 2 sets please. The more orange out of red or amber (I'm trying to match the needles on the dials of an Alfa Romeo Spider which are quite a bright orange) and smoke like Darkstorm's lens.
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#218985 - 23/06/2004 16:32
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: CHiP]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 13/01/2002
Posts: 1649
Loc: Louisiana, USA
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The caster turned out to be a crook. Sorry. We've lost at least $1000 on this, so that's why I'm stepping down on trying another caster.
Stu
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#218986 - 26/06/2004 12:06
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
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addict
Registered: 16/08/1999
Posts: 453
Loc: NRW, Germany
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I'd be interested in a blue set to match my screen too, ta.
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#218987 - 26/06/2004 14:54
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: FireFox31]
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new poster
Registered: 26/06/2004
Posts: 3
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Count me for one Amber and one Blue - Thx
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#218988 - 26/06/2004 15:02
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: videogeek]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
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Good point.
If anyone is keeping a tally of sets, I would like five (5) sets of each color available. At the moment, I suspect that would be red, amber, green, blue, smoke and maybe clear. Just in case anyone is keeping track. Thanks!
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#218989 - 26/06/2004 15:06
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: pgrzelak]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
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I'll be tallying these when we are ready to make the decision on colors. Also, yo help us forcast demand, we are using color requests from previous button runs and attempts, as well as the poll over in Projects.
Keep posting your requests here, and keep posting any ideas and information over in the Projects threads. Thanks!
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#218990 - 26/06/2004 21:49
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: FireFox31]
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old hand
Registered: 14/02/2002
Posts: 804
Loc: Salt Lake City, UT
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In that case I will be wanting a set of red.
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#218991 - 28/06/2004 18:37
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: Waterman981]
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enthusiast
Registered: 18/12/2000
Posts: 342
Loc: South-West-Germany
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Hi, i want 2 sets of any existing color! Keep pushing it... Clear ones would be cool for UV-LEDs, wouldn't they? BTW, does smoke match the lens or the color of the VFD through the lens?
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#218992 - 30/06/2004 00:08
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: speedy67]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
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The goal is to have all the buttons match the color of the text on the VFD going THROUGH the lense. This doesn't really include (darkstorm) neon lenses or (Filener) 2piece lenses, who's primary "color" seems to be the lense itself, not the text.
I only have Darkstorm Smoke, so I might have to get a Filener smoke to do some color matching. It'll take some time to match the colors, but we hope they will be a happy medium; matching the lense color in the day but also looking like the VFD text through the lense at night.
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#218993 - 30/06/2004 16:32
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: FireFox31]
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enthusiast
Registered: 07/01/2002
Posts: 339
Loc: Squamish, BC
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I'll have a smoke set! Heck, I'll have any set that you can make - these seem to be the achilles heel of the empeg community!
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#218994 - 30/06/2004 18:38
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
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Registered: 15/01/2002
Posts: 183
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I'm in for a set of smoke, blue and green.
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#218995 - 30/06/2004 18:39
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: FireFox31]
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Registered: 12/08/2002
Posts: 179
Loc: Manchester, NH
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I'll take any colors you can get!!
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#218996 - 30/06/2004 19:28
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: mvigneau]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
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Uh. Can we keep all the "me too" posts in projects along with the poll? No point posting over here anymore as there are specific threads for buttons. Spreading out the posts will just make it more awkward to collate.
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#218997 - 30/06/2004 19:35
Re: The translucent button effort - in Projects
[Re: tman]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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I agree. If you really need to know (and I hate to say this, but) start a new thread with a poll about button colors. The BBS software will allow people to choose multiple options. That way we can get less "me too" spam. K? Thx.
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