Post your Start Screen!

[Coke Robot]

made a new start screen, this one is kind of fun, its the dino from the toy story movies

LOL! Decor8 is fun.

Too much fun!

 

[stijnkraft]

Oh, here's my lock screen by the way.

Yes it's a photograph of my screen

 

[topgundcp]

Here's Mine

 

[GarethS]

Transparency on the tiles makes that one look good topguncp, makes me more likely to get W8 Pro and Decor8!

 

[tcman50]

This might be my favorite so far, the silver parts just pop on the screen:

 

[Coke Robot]

Here's Mine

View attachment 11572

Ohhh!!

 

[Morpheus]

Here's mine:

 

[IownAmoneyPit]

Here's part of mine using OblyTile to Launch desired Web pages in Firefox.


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[Wienen]

My start screen:
View attachment 9916
And desktop:
View attachment 9917

I made custom icons for my desktop apps with the really awesome program OblyTile and slightly modified versions of these icons. I mostly use the start screen like I used the start menu in Windows 7: mostly shortcuts to folders/libraries and semi-commonly used programs.

Can you please tell me how you modified those icons? I'm using the same and i'm looking for probably the same modification; I like the icon in the tile smaller than the original.

Your screenshot looks like you did the trick.

 

[Hopachi]

My start screen:
View attachment 9916
And desktop:
View attachment 9917

I made custom icons for my desktop apps with the really awesome program OblyTile and slightly modified versions of these icons. I mostly use the start screen like I used the start menu in Windows 7: mostly shortcuts to folders/libraries and semi-commonly used programs.

Can you please tell me how you modified those icons? I'm using the same and i'm looking for probably the same modification; I like the icon in the tile smaller than the original.

Your screenshot looks like you did the trick.

The app OblyTile was mentioned.
Read carefully.

 

[Wienen]

My start screen:
View attachment 9916
And desktop:
View attachment 9917

I made custom icons for my desktop apps with the really awesome program OblyTile and slightly modified versions of these icons. I mostly use the start screen like I used the start menu in Windows 7: mostly shortcuts to folders/libraries and semi-commonly used programs.

Can you please tell me how you modified those icons? I'm using the same and i'm looking for probably the same modification; I like the icon in the tile smaller than the original.

Your screenshot looks like you did the trick.

The app OblyTile was mentioned.
Read carefully.

I read carefully Maybe you misunderstood what i meant.
He is using the icons made by DaKirby309 (see his link "these icons") with Oblytile. The original icon's are allot bigger (with bigger i mean the logo inside the tile) then his icons in his screenshot. So probably he has found a way to shrink these logo's.

I like to know how he did it.

I already know the app OblyTile which is a great app b.t.w.

 

[Hopachi]

Can you please tell me how you modified those icons? I'm using the same and i'm looking for probably the same modification; I like the icon in the tile smaller than the original.

Your screenshot looks like you did the trick.

The app OblyTile was mentioned.
Read carefully.

I read carefully Maybe you misunderstood what i meant.
He is using the icons made by DaKirby309 (see his link "these icons") with Oblytile. The original icon's are allot bigger (with bigger i mean the logo inside the tile) then his icons in his screenshot. So probably he has found a way to shrink these logo's.

I like to know how he did it.

I already know the app OblyTile which is a great app b.t.w.

Good info!

Always good to know a few extra details. Sorry I got it wrong.
There are too many ways to tell how he did it.
You can use any program that can resize pictures/icons. I've used GIMP for the same reason and always worked.
Cool Solutions: Gimp Tips Part 1: Resizing Images
You can even save as *.ico (icon) format if needed.
Then put the resized versions in OblyTile. (unless OblyTile has an option for resizing )

 

[Trevers1987]

Here's a great little site for resizing to PNG or ICO format with out the use of a programme such as Gimp or Coreldraw in my case.
iConvert Icons: Convert ico, icns, and png icons online for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux

 

[whs]

I like high contrast. So much easier to read.

 

[Wienen]

Good info!

Always good to know a few extra details. Sorry I got it wrong.
There are too many ways to tell how he did it.
You can use any program that can resize pictures/icons. I've used GIMP for the same reason and always worked.
Cool Solutions: Gimp Tips Part 1: Resizing Images
You can even save as *.ico (icon) format if needed.
Then put the re-sized versions in OblyTile. (unless OblyTile has an option for resizing )

Thanks for the tip! Only it's not that the image size is different but the icon inside the image is smaller. Probably someone edited this for all the icons and put theme somewhere online. So it's easy for me to download

We will see hopefully Joga is reading this thread

 

[Hopachi]

Thanks for the tip! Only it's not that the image size is different but the icon inside the image is smaller.

It's similar:
You scale the layer in the image and it's fixed.
You get the needed empty space around the icon (layer).

Hope someone will give you a link with the mods if this is too hard.

 

[Kris]

Took me half a day to customize it, finally.

 

[blackroseMD1]

Haven't really done much to mine yet.

 

[whs]

There are some real pretty ones.

 

[mdmd]

Something different - big tiles >
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorial...-your-screen-bigger-turn-off-windows-8-a.html