Cityy

Ferdinand L. Berlin, Germany

Hi, I am Cityy and I create Icon Sub-Sets, Metacity Themes, GTK2 Themes and more.

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Icon Sub-Sets

Panel Icons

Icon Sub-Sets Jun 03 2009

Score 50.0%

Quake III Arena Icons

Icon Sub-Sets May 20 2009

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Dropped Idea

Icon Sub-Sets May 20 2009

Score 50.0%

Terminal-Icons

Icon Sub-Sets Apr 30 2009

Score 50.0%

Metacity Themes

CT-Simple

Metacity Themes May 30 2009

Score 58.0%

CT-Vista

Metacity Themes May 29 2009

Score 50.0%

GTK2 Themes

CT-gtk

GTK2 Themes Jun 06 2009

Score 50.0%

Wallpaper Other

Colors

Wallpaper Other Apr 30 2009

Score 50.0%

test

CT-gtk

GTK2 Themes 57 comments

by Cityy

Score 50.0%

Jun 06 2009

Ofc, you can use it for your videos. What kind of videos are you creating? - Mar 05 2010

Hm I think I'll leave it the way it is - it's a light version, not a second dark version :)

No problem. - Jun 07 2009

Okay here it goes:

To make your Panel background transparent open /home/you/.themes/CT-gtk-light/panel.rc - go to line 8. Thats what you'll find:

bg_pixmap[NORMAL] = "Panel/panel-bg.png"
bg_pixmap[SELECTED] = "Panel/panel-bg.png"
bg_pixmap[INSENSITIVE] = "Panel/panel-bg.png"
bg_pixmap[PRELIGHT] = "Panel/panel-bg.png"
bg_pixmap[ACTIVE] = "Panel/panel-bg.png"

What you see here are the panel backgrounds for the different panel situations. You see that the current panel bg is 'Panel/panel-bg.png'.
You just have to change 'Panel/panel-bg.png' to 'Panel/panel-bg3.png'. Then open terminal and type: 'killall -9 gnome-panel'. Now your current panel bg should be the transparent one.

Alternative way:

Open CompizConfig SettingsManager and search "Opacity, Brightness and Saturation" settings - open these. Now you have add a new field in the 'windo specific settings'. Type "(name=gnome-panel)" into the "windows-field" and chose your window value. 100 is no transparency and 0 is full trancparency.

To make your menus transparent add again a new setting and type "PopupMenu | DropdownMenu | (type=Menu)" into the "windows"-field. After this chose your window values.

Works fine for me - tell me if you have problems. - Jun 06 2009

Hm, strange. I've no idea.. I'll search for a solution - maybe also someone who reads this has an idea?! - Jun 06 2009

I didn't change the background of the active tabs - I really like them the way they are. Any other suggestions? I hope the light version isn't to dark now!? Your opinion? - Jun 06 2009

Oh I forgott to talk about tabs.

Hm I like them the way they are but I'll make a try and see how it looks like. - Jun 06 2009

No problem.

> "I think since you have a darker panel (which I like a lot) than themes like Shiki-colors, that the metacity doesn't have to be as quite as light as you made it (Although it could be made to look nice as is)."

>> No, it's not done to look nice as is. :D I'd call the lighter version a kind of beta - I think it was 1:00AM here in germany when I made it - this morning I took a look and thought 'wtf!? - this is too light' :D

> "If you want to keep the current shade I think the menu font needs to be lighter, but I'm not sure you could accomplish this in Firefox without the Firefox CSS "hack" unless you changed the main menu background to white - you probably know more about this limitation than me. You might not want to go that route because of that issue."

>> Hm, yes, how I said, don't want to keep current shade.

> "Also, the gradient for the menu bar background strikes me as odd - I think maybe it should be more subtle or gradual...but I'm not really sure. I suppose I should whip out Gimp myself and experiment... :) I might get time later."

>> I already thought about the gradient - maybe I'll change the color to black and do some small changes. You'll see in the next version. Feel free to do it :)

So here my new todo list:

- make light version a bit darker
- change menubar gradient - Jun 06 2009

> "If you want to change the panel bg go to "~/CT-gtk/gtk-2.0/" and open "panel.rc" ---> I can not found it in my /home/username ???? where is it ? I can't find it everywhere."

>> This depends on the way you've installed the theme - the folder should be found in '/usr/share/themes' or '/home/yourusername/.themes/' - note: you have to be root to make changes in /usr/share/themes/. You know that there are different versions of the theme now - you have to go to the folder of the theme that you're using and make the changes there.

> "fyi: I installed the light one, to make my top panel not too black, is it correct ?"

>> No ;D the light one just makes metacity and menus more light - But I think the current panel background isn't too dark at all. - Jun 06 2009

What would I do without you.. :S Thx :) - Jun 05 2009

Okay - I understand what you mean. I've added a lighter version - you can use this as start and maybe make it darker/lighter yourself if you want to - I also just used GIMP and changed brightness and saturation of the metacity theme and the menu(bar). - Jun 05 2009

Okay, first of all, thanks for your feedback.

> "-It is hard to distinguish the active tab in Firefox from the others."

>> I also have a problem with the tabs - I already reworked them but it seems like I have to do it again.

> "-I think there needs to be more separation (maybe color or contrast-wise) between the metacity and the panel."

>> Sorry but why do you care about separation of panel and metacity? :P

> "-Related to the above, the dark black of the Metacity makes it so that I cannot see the gradient except from a sharp angle on my screen. I would suggest lightening it up a little. Some darker themes that seem to handle this well are Shiki-colors and New Wave.

Maybe you could make a lighter version for testing?"

>> Interesting thing - maybe there will be a lighter version, maybe a complete new metacity theme or maybe both - I've to think about. But what ever it will be, it will be lighter.

So here's my todo list:

- rework active Tabs
- spend some time with metacity themes :)
- seperation of metacity and panel? Maybe not - I'm waiting for good arguments/suggestions from your side :P - Jun 05 2009

Installing 'gtk2-engines-pixbuf' should fix it.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1081154 - Jun 05 2009

If you use ubuntu try this:

apt-cache search gtk2-engines - don't exactly know in which package the engine is in - I'll ask google.. - Jun 05 2009

-> engine "pixmap"

This is what the config told me. - Jun 05 2009

To hear words like this is better than getting money for my work 8) - Jun 05 2009

Changed the top color and added a new transparent panel bg :) You could also make the panel transparent with compiz.

Thanks for feedback - thats what I need :) - Jun 05 2009

I'll take a look into Dust theme to see how it's done. - Jun 05 2009

Okay, there is a problem with making font color black - the black color doesn't harmonize with some menus - the text wasn't readable anymore because the background is black and the text was also black. I could only make it darker. I hope it's a bit better. - Jun 04 2009

Ahh now I know what you mean :) I'll change it in the next version. - Jun 04 2009

Thanks it's so great to see that so many people enjoy this theme.

Hm, as said - I've no time and I never tryed Openbox but I guess you've everything you need to mod it yourself!
Sorry again but I'm only a little student from near Berlin who has to do a lot for school. :( If you need any source files (*.xcf) - just say. - Jun 04 2009

Sorry but I don't really have the time to rework the theme completely - you're allowed to mod it yourself if you want to :) then I'd upload the sources. - Jun 04 2009

Thanks :)

Any critics? - Jun 03 2009

I'm using your wallpaper and it's great :P Thank you. - Jun 03 2009

Hm I don't know what you mean - I've no problems with the colors. Maybe you check your settings again!?

If you don't see anything wrong could you please take a screenshot of your problems and post it here because I've not noticed probs with evolution or nautilus yet and I also don't find any problems. - Jun 03 2009

Thanks, nice to read you like it.

*I think can leave the beta phase tomorrow - the theme is nearly useable now*

NOW would be a good moment to give some last beta feedback. :P - Jun 02 2009

Yes but don't forget that this is only a moded version of the gtk theme 'Dark Ice'- the really hard work wasn't done by me!! :P - Jun 02 2009

Thank you - I'm using it with Mashup and a selfmade panel icon which can also be found here on gnome-look.org :) - Jun 02 2009

@ fredbird67: Thanks for your comment - after taking a closer look I was sharing your opinion. I've changed it - please tell me if you like or not but don't be disappointed because it isn't done like on Slickness. ;D

*sorry for my comment mistake above* - Jun 02 2009

@ Cidal1: OH MY GOD I'm such a stupid little boy - I had to laugh about myself over 10 minutes when I opened panel.rc and saw these lines.

Thank you very, very, very much :)

@ fredbird67: Thanks for your comment - after taking a closer look I was sharing your opinion. I've changed it - please tell me if you like or not but don't be disappointed because it isn't done like on Slickness. ;D - Jun 02 2009

Thanks for the kind words!

I'm currently searching a solution for my panel background problem - at the moment other things have to wait.

Maybe some suggestions coming from the com?! :) - Jun 01 2009

Moomex-Theme

GTK2 Themes 182 comments

by moomex

Score 70.0%

Jul 04 2008

Hey, first of all - really nice theme!
I would like to ask you if I can use this theme as base for the next version of my gtk theme CT-gtk (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/CT-gtk?content=106036). I know your theme is GPL'd but I didn't want to start without your approval. - Nov 01 2009

Crystal shapes

Wallpaper Other 3 comments

by Lemonade

Score 50.0%

Jun 06 2009

You could draw a white circle on a black background and it would look awesome - your wallpapers are the best. :) - Jun 06 2009

Dark Ice

GTK2 Themes 50 comments

by AnsheShem

Score 50.0%

Nov 19 2007

OK panel problem is solved.

I used your theme to create another gtk theme - take a look:

http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/CT-gtk?content=106036 - Jun 06 2009

...I've a problem changing the panel background. If I replace panel-bg.png nothing happens - even after restarting my system nothing changed. Any ideas?

Nice theme - keep up good work :) - May 31 2009

Blue Ubuntu Wallpaper

Wallpapers Ubuntu 6 comments

by gastly

Score 50.0%

Jun 04 2009

Thanks :) I like it. - Jun 05 2009

Nice wallpaper! It would be great to see a version with a smaller ubuntu logo. :) - Jun 02 2009

Panel Icons

Icon Sub-Sets 10 comments

by Cityy

Score 50.0%

Jun 03 2009

The arrow comes from your gtk theme. If you want to remove it, go to the folder of your gtk theme and searche an image called "arrow-up" or something simular - in my theme it's called "arrow-up.png". Replace this image with a transparent image and the arrow disappears.

Btw: thanks everybody for 1000 downloads :) - Jun 03 2009

Creation

Wallpaper Other 5 comments

by Lemonade

Score 50.0%

Apr 10 2009

Wow - great!!! I'll feature this in the next version of CT-gtk :) - Jun 03 2009

CT-Simple

Metacity Themes 11 comments

by Cityy

Score 58.0%

May 30 2009

Feel free to do the changes you want. :) - May 31 2009

I uploaded panel icons which shall harmonize well with this theme.

You can find them in the new version of my 'panel icons'-package:
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Panel+Icons?content=103420 - May 31 2009

Now you can do your work :) - May 30 2009

I'm glad seeing that you like it. - May 30 2009

Thank you, yes I designed them myself. :) - May 30 2009

CT-Vista

Metacity Themes 3 comments

by Cityy

Score 50.0%

May 29 2009

Maybe you enjoy this one more - it's not vista like.

http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/CT-Simple?content=105920 - May 30 2009

I really understand your opinion but this is my first experience with metacity themes - I just thought it would be a good practice to start with something like this. I don't force anyone to use it - if you suffer from vista like themes just skip this one. - May 30 2009