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    M17x AlienFX Themes!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by BatBoy, May 30, 2010.

  1. kimlo

    kimlo Notebook Geek

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    I would like that too!
     
    kimlo, May 22, 2011
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  2. JoeyFUZZ911

    JoeyFUZZ911 Notebook Evangelist

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    hey good questoin....im interested in that as well!!

    Also anyone know the program to make the AlienFX pulse to music beats as seen on some youtube videos? Is it compatible with Zune Software.
     
    JoeyFUZZ911, May 22, 2011
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  3. juliant

    juliant Notebook Deity

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    Here guys a new simple theme for M17XR3. I have the red version of the M17XR3 and the theme is combined red with white. Hope you like it...
     

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  4. Gthaatar

    Gthaatar Newbie

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    I can help with that.

    Watching the video for a couple seconds it looks like the colors are fading from each area to the next correct? Well, I did that, and its fairly simple. Just a matter of making each zone fade from the color it starts out as into the next color, and then making that color fade into the next, and so on. You start out with your first zone (lets say it would go Red, Blue, Green, Yellow) which starts as Red, and then make it fade out into Blue, which then fades into Green, and so on.

    Then you do the same for the other zones just starting with the next color in the line. In my example, the second zone is Blue, so you start out with blue, and it fades out into Green, and so on.

    I've attached mine.
     

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    Gthaatar, May 27, 2011
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  5. rkrudolph

    rkrudolph Notebook Enthusiast

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    Nice theme buddy, that was the first one I actually got to work on my M17X- R3. I was searching all over these damn threads for some cool ideas and it seems like all of the themes are set up for R2's. Have any other good ones for the R3?

    I've been messing around a lot with the Alien FX trying to make a really seamless color transition, with little luck. I want a theme that will, for example, Start Red on the left while the rest of the keyboard is black. Then have the next section go red while the first fades to black, then Red on the third section while the second fades to black and so on, I think you get the point. The problem I'm having is getting it to go across all four sections in sequence and keep it in rhythm. If you could give me a simple baseline to make that work, that would be sweet and appreciated.

    BTW, anybody have anything specific they are looking for? I have built some pretty cool themes, but I don't know if they would be worth posting or not. So if anyone has some ideas just let me know.
     
    rkrudolph, Jun 1, 2011
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  6. juliant

    juliant Notebook Deity

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    You will have to add alot of black before starting and ending with red.

    Ex.:

    1. BLACK | BLACK | BLACK/RED | RED/BLACK | BLACK | BLACK | BLACK/RED | RED/BLACK |
    2. BLACK/RED | RED/BLACK | BLACK | BLACK | BLACK/RED | RED/BLACK | BLACK | BLACK

    and so on. Use 'long break' between the changes...

    I've made another multicolour one, or like some call it rainbow. I will post it later...
     
    juliant, Jun 1, 2011
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  7. juliant

    juliant Notebook Deity

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    Here we go. Another AlienFX Theme for M17XR3
     

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    juliant, Jun 1, 2011
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  8. Bartlett

    Bartlett The Prophet

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    All these themes say they are not compatible with my computer.

    Anybody have any themes for the R3?

    Thanks
     
    Bartlett, Jun 3, 2011
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  9. N4TUR3

    N4TUR3 Notebook Guru

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    OMG YEAH!!! thankx juliant for the awesome rainbow theme i loved it i just tweaked the speakers but u did an awesome job on the keyboard +rep

    can u make a police siren type alienfx? please :D
     
    N4TUR3, Jun 3, 2011
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  10. Bartlett

    Bartlett The Prophet

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    These themes don't extract, invalid file.
     
    Bartlett, Jun 3, 2011
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  11. DJFOX

    DJFOX Notebook Enthusiast

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    bartlett i had the same issue. i ended up removing the alienfx and reinstalling and they work now
     
    DJFOX, Jun 3, 2011
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  12. LVNeptune

    LVNeptune Notebook Virtuoso

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    Click on "Show more" he has a link to the theme right there. LMFAO

    EDIT: Aww it doesn't work for me :(
     
    LVNeptune, Jun 3, 2011
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  13. juliant

    juliant Notebook Deity

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    Unfortunately I was my leave has come to an end and I started working again... When I get sometime free, I will try the 'police siren' as well. But is not difficult to make it if you follow my rainbow one. Just use red, blue and black (you can edit the the same theme)...
     
    juliant, Jun 3, 2011
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  14. B-Rock

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    Try using WinRar to extract.

    B-Rock
     
    B-Rock, Jun 3, 2011
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  15. Sabaku

    Sabaku Notebook Geek

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    Been looking for this one that is compatible with newest alienfx for some time! thank you tons.
     
    Sabaku, Jun 18, 2011
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  16. eldub0844

    eldub0844 Notebook Consultant

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    R272621, is that the newest CC? It doesn't seem to update? I'm unable to run any of the AFX here :( I'll try re-installing as someone here suggested........ :eek:
     
    eldub0844, Jun 20, 2011
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  17. balo7

    balo7 Newbie

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    let's keep adding themes ///// here's mine a green radioactive wave

    Radioactive flow / m17x R3, hope u like!
     

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    balo7, Aug 22, 2011
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  18. B4n6k3

    B4n6k3 Notebook Evangelist

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    Juliant, Allow me to call u a brother...... :D

    This is the must have for everyone using the R3.....
     
    B4n6k3, Aug 26, 2011
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  19. thatythat

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    looking for a rainbow morphing theme, using lots of colors.. also looking for a better place to download these, because this is junk here
     
    thatythat, Sep 8, 2011
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  20. vizjerei

    vizjerei Newbie

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    yeah this one is awesome, many thanks mate !
     
    vizjerei, Sep 12, 2011
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  21. Joe85

    Joe85 Notebook Deity

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    Awsome thank you.
     
    Joe85, Sep 12, 2011
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  22. balo7

    balo7 Newbie

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    add yours!, even if it's simple.

    sometimes simple things look cool!!

    P.D

    any new sites to download from???
     

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    balo7, Sep 15, 2011
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  23. LiquidNitrogen

    LiquidNitrogen Newbie

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    For some reason when I try to open the themes it just says "Theme cannot be opened".
     
    LiquidNitrogen, Sep 22, 2011
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  24. jasonchmiel

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    Hey all,

    I made a cool white wave throughout the keyboard from left to right with blue as the offset. This was made on the latest M17x r3 so it should work for ya'll. Please let me know if you have problems.

    White Wave.ath
     
    jasonchmiel, Sep 24, 2011
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  25. jasonchmiel

    jasonchmiel Newbie

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    Hey all,

    I made a cool white wave throughout the keyboard from left to right with blue as the offset. This was made on the latest M17x r3 so it should work for ya'll. Please let me know if you have problems.

    White Wave.ath
     
    jasonchmiel, Sep 24, 2011
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  26. netoxr2000

    netoxr2000 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys im new here, i already downloaded a few themes from here and they all are great! So i felt like uploading mine since i haven't seen one like this yet (maybe because i haven't read all posts). Not to be egocentric but i have seen a lot of modded themes and fancy ones but i my favorite is my lava theme.
     

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    netoxr2000, Dec 20, 2011
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  27. dellienware owner

    dellienware owner Notebook Evangelist

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    none seem to open
     
    dellienware owner, Feb 10, 2012
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  28. GeoCake

    GeoCake http://ted.ph

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    This is my favorite, kudos to original author. Animated rainbow <3

    REP MEH BEATCHEZ
     

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    GeoCake, Feb 10, 2012
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  29. R34xSkylinex280

    R34xSkylinex280 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Very nice, I remember the old thread.. DSlade had the best themes..
     
    R34xSkylinex280, Feb 11, 2012
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  30. dellienware owner

    dellienware owner Notebook Evangelist

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    none of them are opening
     
    dellienware owner, Mar 18, 2012
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  31. Azurath

    Azurath Newbie

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    The zip files appear to be corrupt at first if you use windows to extract but I had no issues extracting the themes with 7-zip.

    I just found this thread and installed the Lava theme, its fantastic!
     
    Azurath, Apr 27, 2012
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  32. Chris_c81

    Chris_c81 Notebook Consultant

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    I downloaded all the themes in this thread (thanks to those who produced them ;) ).

    Some did not work on my M17X R4 so whittled them down to the ones that did run and I've attached them to this post. I can confirm these are running fine on Control Center v2.7.28.0.

    View attachment Themes.zip
     
    Chris_c81, Jul 21, 2012
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  33. growler2010

    growler2010 Newbie

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    Finally some themes that will work on my Alienware. None of the others would work on mine. These finally did...lava is cool!! I have M17xR3 with the newest CC that just came out a week or so ago. Thanks for the share!
     
    growler2010, Jul 28, 2012
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  34. willoc

    willoc Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thx! I used the rest on my R3 before, I guess Dell made some changes on R4. I tried many themes, only a few of them worked...
     
    willoc, Aug 12, 2012
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  35. Joe85

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    Thats pretty damn awesome!!!

    Rep!
     
    Joe85, Aug 13, 2012
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  36. kevinxu8

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    r4 color wont change??? it only stays with one???
     
    kevinxu8, Oct 31, 2012
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  37. sk8rjess

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    Come back to life
     
    sk8rjess, Apr 5, 2013
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  38. travbjork

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    Bump! Anyone got some cool R4 themes to share? Or some great links to threads?
     
    travbjork, May 20, 2013
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  39. tinker_xp

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    I too would also like some new themes if there's any going?
     
    tinker_xp, Sep 21, 2013
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  40. Killiandros

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    I'll throw a couple of questions into the mix since this has been necro'd.

    Was there a tool created at some stage that allowed you to choose custom colours for themes?

    Also, when I'd originally received my R2 the default green theme on there was slightly different to what was available in AlienFX (I hope someone else knows what I'm talking about) and when I formatted for a clean install I realised I'd neglected to back it up. Would love to be able to get it back from someone else or have greater flexibility in theme colours.
     
    Killiandros, Sep 21, 2013
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