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djbrynte ·
I downloaded knobman i know how the knobman works. But i dont know how to make my own knobs lol.
I mean i need a tutorial how to make the knobs. I mean I wana do them in photoshop. I mean the skin of the knobs. How can i make this. I mean i need a tutorial fro mstart how to do the knobs and then the skinning part. I think i know how to import them 🙂
Would be very nice if u help me out. And i will have ur name on my synth as credits if u want.
I mean if u help me out :P
AngularMomentum ·
I do not think there are complete tutorials, what you need to do is analise the stuff that comes with it. It is really quite easy actually once you concentrate on it for an hour or so.
djbrynte ·
hmm dont get it. How do u mean. It would be nice if u could tell me just how to do it. I dont mean the design. Just do i need to use knoobman. Or ca ni use other knobs to make the skin.
Like this first i use knobman.
Make some easy knobs export as a knob.
Open the image in photoshop and edit it?
is that how it works?
It just that i wana know how to make the knobs work.
Or do i make just a knob in photoshop what ever. Then export as PNG or bmp. And when im done just import the knob? how do i do this?
i checked some allready made knobs i dont get it.
when i open the image in photoshop its like 10 diffrent knobs there the sumthing is moving. And then it have a txt file. I know buttons need this. But how do i know this for example.
; small knob type animated frame_size 34,34 mouse_response rotary
How i know what the imge is gona have?
and do i need to make 10 diffrent knobs for every knob i make? sounds wierd. i know i just can copy them but. it must be some kind of program that makes this?
sunsynth ·
Hi djbrynte,
look here and exportimage(s Strip) in knobman as Png with alpha or if U prefer PS: do the same...
djbrynte ·
Sry but i dident realy get it 🙁 thnx anyway.
Do u mean export the image u want form Photoshop. I mean like a png. (Do i need to make alpha on the buttom?...
And after i exported the image from photo shop i pressp p. on keyboard? or is there any p in knobman? And then i open and make an knob in there DO i need to do any stuff in knobman aswell?. And then i export an image i think?
I understand one hting how to do. Its how to make the image in knob man.
THere i make many layer how many i want for the buttom. I mean if i want the buttom to rotate. So if i want it to move 7 times i rotatye 7 layers and then export an image? Find a tutorial about knobman. I think i know how to do it now 🙂
Export the image from Photoshop as PNG and then make the rotation. But after that how iu get the txt file?
Hlis93 ·
I dont have an outright tutorial on the this but if you download some of the files on my blog you will see that I use Photoshop (PHS) and Knobman. In the files I provide on the blog (you'll want to look at the section called Panel elements) I include both the .psd file for the work I did in PHS and the .knob file so you'll be able to see how to do this by opening the knobman files and looking at what I did with the .png I exported from PHS. You will want to note that if you are making complex shapes that you will not want to add the layer styles and texture unless you want those rotated as is, you will have to add the post export from knobman.
djbrynte ·
I figured it out somehow. I can do easy buttons like images. Thats enough i made 250 buttoms now. LOL ok thnx for the help guys.
anyway do u know any good page or some where i can download alot of buttons i want professional buttoms aswell so i can choose alot.
Hlis93 ·
http://web5.automationdirect.com/adc/Overview/Catalog/Pushbuttons_-z-_Switches_-z-_Indicators?bizcom-elec-switch-distributors
nabulas1234 ·
Hlis93 wrote: http://web5.automationdirect.com/adc/Overview/Catalog/Pushbuttons_-z-_Switches_-z-_Indicators?bizcom-elec-switch-distributors
LOL:) djbrynte you're funny
Hlis93 ·
There a tutorial on making buttons in a recent Photoshop Creative. Its not a button like you'd need for here but they proccess they use to make the image will be useful, you'll just has to adjust the images for the different states that you need.
DigitalWhiteByte ·
This is an example in photoshop http://www.webdesign.org/web/photoshop/drawing-techniques/stereo-knob.11981.html
Edit:This is an good video tutorial... http://vimeo.com/3992865
cheers
djbrynte ·
lol man this is the best thipng i ever checked. THe thing is just. If i want the buttom animated. I mea nso the yellow moves. How i do. Like importing the whole buttom to osm. i mea nso the yellow moves how ca ni do that? i mean orange the thing around u know what i mean 🙂
DigitalWhiteByte ·
Another one .... http://adreamers.blogspot.com/2008/08/radio-knobsdials-of-past-photoshop.html
djbrynte ·
yes thnx m8 but it sdoesent explain how to do so the button moves. i mean it looks like the knob moves. THats what im after 🙂 how to do that . And then how to import hte moving knob into osm.
anyway do some one know where i can download this nice knobs sumwhere? is there aniy sites or creators for realy nice looking knobs like the tutroails 🙂
Hlis93 ·
There is also this one by Scott Kane for a vintage look
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4018/vintageknob2mq2.jpg
Hlis93 ·
DigitalWhiteByte wrote: This is an example in photoshop http://www.webdesign.org/web/photoshop/drawing-techniques/stereo-knob.11981.html
Interesting link but so much of that could be done in Knobman in about 1 min. The only benefit is the the text will look better if it done in Photoshop, I would simply export a single image of the knob form knobman and then add the numbers in Photoshop, remove the knob and use a png of the numbers in Knobman. You have to rotate them at some point anyway.
There is a great deal that Photoshop still provides but Knobman can accomplish so much with a lttle tweaking and at 34px I find I only use Photoshop for certain things or if that happens to be where I started the image. I think people just think they will get better result with Photoshop and expensive 3D program so they only want to use that, thats where is at sort of thinking, and in some case they will for certain complex designs, certianly for background images, but given the size of the images used for knob, switches etc knobman is just so much more effective and many time those complex image when reduced to size loose all those fancy FX you put all that time into it just not worth it for what you get especial given that at some point the complex images will need to be rotated as well, fudging something in that give the general impression of what you need is often just as effective to the eye at smaller sizes.
djbrynte ·
i donty know where u get all thise tutorials from its very good tutorials to learn from. i searched tutorials dident get any things at all lol. JUst how to make like homepage buttons hehe...
Just one thing.
WHen i make the button move. IL make that in knobman i know that. 145 and 145 so it looks good. But a problem.
WHen i have a knob with like mybe animated blue effects around.
like this one
http://img206.imageshack.us/i/scuzzphut ... bspw6.jpg/
it have yellow around. How do i make the animation for those kind of buttons. I mean i cant do it in knob man. Do i need to make like 100 diffrent images in photoshop lol.
Hlis93 ·
Do you mean knobs as in the picture?
you need have x amount of rotations depending on how many positions the knob will cover or the smoothness of the rotation. For example if I need the knob to select wave forms I might only want a knob with 4 frames. For Freq cutoff I might want a knob with 61 frames so that the movment is smooth.
You could also use a static image for the knob and have the indicator movements done in SM. AM has several knobs collection here in the forum that may help you to see how some of this is done.
djbrynte ·
hmm ur tutorials u post is awsesome. Helps me alot how to make synths and knobs.... Hmm what i meant is like the knobs on AM synth. U know the thread i posted. I meant like how to make the animations when the green neon part is moving. Thats what i cant understand 😕 I mean does the knobman do the work so it looks animated like this AM knobs?
AngularMomentum ·
I have many a synth, what synth?
djbrynte ·
analog warfare 🙂
AngularMomentum ·
I do not know if I can redistribute...I will check.
djbrynte ·
yo thnx man.... 😀
AngularMomentum ·
Here you go...but, there is a big but...the knobs are made in BMP format, so they do not have a transparant background in SM. You need to have a matching (Black) background for the knobs to make them appear blended into your GUI.
Edit...dl removed.
djbrynte ·
THNX AM this is very nice stuff. ur a angel thnx man i wish u the best .....
NekroDisko ·
I´m sorry to say this, but youre one of the late adopters, thats why you might get many different tips on the subject. First tip: Try the search engine on this forum (you willl probably find "knobman" quite early),second: the hottest tip would probably be PhotoShop or something similar... but I will also tip you about just randomly seeking (googling) "knobs", " controls", "sliders", "backgrounds" or whatever you may deem useful (images). Just keep in mind any restrictions concearning copyright or any other licenses on the various sites, There are accually some sites that are free concearning GUI:s and stuff! I have almost only used free images from the web ( elevator-knobs, video-switches, old mixer-sliders, guitar-knobs, old organ things, scrap-metal and the like... It could make your synth/effect or whatever look really genuine and interresting, which is quite important in the current time...
djbrynte ·
okok. I actually making my own knobs now. I think i understand this now its not that hard as i thought, and thnx for the help guys.
nix ·
Nice man, look forward to seeing your stuff.
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