Translucent tile app in works. What apps do you want?

[sd173]

I have an idea for a new feature in the app. I wanted every single tile I had to be a translucent tile, so I thought that instead of waiting for every app on my start screen to have a translucent tile, which would take a lot of work on your end, I decided to take a screenshot of my phone in the accent color I wanted to be transparent, sample that color in photoshop, and overlay a 50% transparent color layer on the wallpaper I use as my start screen background. I think it turned out nicely. In the app, it could have with a preset overlay layer of every accent color, have the user select an image for the background, overlay an accent color over the image, and save the new image to use as a background through settings.

These are the images I used:

Original:


With (Emerald) Overlay:


Final:


Also, Congratulations on joining the WPCentral Developer Program!

 

[mylumia928]

I have an idea for a new feature in the app. I wanted every single tile I had to be a translucent tile, so I thought that instead of waiting for every app on my start screen to have a translucent tile, which would take a lot of work on your end, I decided to take a screenshot of my phone in the accent color I wanted to be transparent, sample that color in photoshop, and overlay a 50% transparent color layer on the wallpaper I use as my start screen background. I think it turned out nicely. In the app, it could have with a preset overlay layer of every accent color, have the user select an image for the background, overlay an accent color over the image, and save the new image to use as a background through settings.

These are the images I used:

Original:
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With (Emerald) Overlay:
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Final:
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Also, Congratulations on joining the WPCentral Developer Program!

That's an excellent idea! I will definitely try to make that happen. Also, thanks for the congrats!

 

[mylumia928]

I have pushed out a minor update. Should be live in about 30 mins. Expect a larger update by the end of the month.

 

[mylumia928]

Expect another minor update tonight.

 

[mylumia928]

Minor update has been uploaded. Expect to be live in ~30 mins.

 

[mylumia928]

Working on September's update. Will include shortcuts for evernote, lync and more. Turns out the issues with Office and OneNote are due to 8.1 and are not on my end. I'll keep the shortcuts in just in case they get fixed. Update will be out at the end of the month.

Thanks for the support,
Nikolay

 

[mylumia928]

Currently cleaning up a lot of code. Reduced the code of this app to about 1/10 of what it used to be. Going to add a lot more shortcuts by the next update. Stay tuned!

 

[mylumia928]

Daniel Rubino promised to take a look at the app. I hope this leads to it being featured.

 

[UchilHasmit]

Good job! Hope so...

 

[mylumia928]

Good job! Hope so...

Me too, although nothing today makes me slightly nervous...

 

[mylumia928]

Expect a large update in the coming days. Some features included: More tiles, opacity slider with preview in app, more efficient, and more.

 

[mylumia928]

I have been notified that the Skype tile no longer works after the Skype update. That is however out of my hands, as it is on MSFT's end of things. I will keep the tile in the app in case they fix it.

 

[mylumia928]

Rushing to finish the update but I am behind. Expect it on the weekend or Monday for sure.

 

[mylumia928]

I am very sorry for all the delays, but for me, schoolwork is my top priority right now, and I have a lot of demanding classes. I will finish and push out the update as soon as I can, but please be patient. Another update will come in October, as well.

 

[mylumia928]

I will have a day off from school in about a week and will probably have time to put the finishing touches on. Once again, I'm very sorry about the delay.

 

[sd173]

I will have a day off from school in about a week and will probably have time to put the finishing touches on. Once again, I'm very sorry about the delay.

That's fine and a completely understandable reason to delay the update. Thanks!

 

[mylumia928]

That's fine and a completely understandable reason to delay the update. Thanks!

Thanks for understanding.

 

[mylumia928]

Day off from school on Friday. Will finally be able to finish up and release the update. Thank you for all the patience and support.

 

[mylumia928]

Finishing up. Will test thoroughly and update on Sunday.

 

[mylumia928]

Update finished and coming Monday night.