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Controller Image Kit v.20120818
This package consists of the components necessary to create custom controller and control panel images. By default the resultant images are 1920x1080, but that can be altered within the template. The color scheme is classic GameEx blue and orange.
This kit essentially consists of two components.
- Background Layout Layer: The background layer is an XCF/PSD which actually contains several layers for customizing the background of the controller images. These layers include the background, the grid, logos, and controller/control panel images (both for the emulated system and the main controller). The main controllers included in this set are a Logitech Rumblepad 2, a Logitech F710, a DualShock 3, an Xbox 360 controller, an original Xbox controller, and an X-Arcade Tankstick.
- Foreground Buttons Layer: The foreground layer is an SVG file consisting of all the button images (on a foreground layer), and a background layer consisting of the final background layout generated above. All of the vector elements have been grouped. This facilitates easy repositioning of elements, but adds an extra step if you want to edit anything. Pretty much all the SVG graphics can be ungrouped to a very granular level. Some objects may have been grouped multiple times (sorry), so if you’re trying to break something down but can’t, attempt to ungroup it again. This will allow for changes to colors, gradients, labels, fonts, and general manipulation of the raw vector graphics if you wish to do so.
The order of operations for creating controller images with this kit is to:
- Open the Background Image using GIMP or Photoshop (the XCF or PSD respectively). Select the layers appropriate to your background and export that background as a single image (typically a png for jpg)
- Open the foreground image using Inkscape and import the background layer as the background. From there you can position foreground layer elements and export as a finalized controller image.
Please visit the official release thread for further details and screenshots as well as for any feature requests.
I need to give a special thanks to Draco1962 for most of the logos. I retouched several for the purpose of this kit (and added transparency), but most of the logos themselves are the result of his excellent work. Thanks Draco!
