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Hi guys

I'm no coder, but I am a graphic designer, so I'd like to contribute by maybe doing some work with Gmenu skins. I know that Gmenu has appeared on many of our open handhelds since the GP2X, so I was wondering where good resources might be found to understand how Gmenu works generally, and then also with regard to how to tweak the configuration and build skins/icon sets etc.

Is it worth me disassembling Gmenu skins I find online for other devices? Are Gmenu skins and resources from other platforms compatible with the Zero?

Any useful places you guys can point me to?

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the info in the dingoo section should be useful: http://boards.dingoonity.org/dingux-themes/

I have just one request - if it is your intention for us to include your skins with the GCW firmware, you need to have full copyright to them. Ie. you can't use random sprites/images you have found on the net. Otherwise we won't be able to include it.

Hey zear, thanks for the heads-up. I hadn't even thought of that, but I'd be honoured to get a skin into the official firmware. Will definitely be mindful of the IP issue. It's my intention to create new assets, after all, that's the fun part - but of course there will be likenesses of consoles etc, just originally created.

I meant likenesses of the consoles themselves, not specifically trademarked logos. Pretty much every emulator I'm currently using has an icon which is a picture of the system it emulates. That's sort of the point of an icon, otherwise it is totally arbitrary. It has to stand as visual shorthand for the function.

Anyway, I have an idea which I'm going to enjoy playing with, and it isn't totally literal, so let's wait to see if it makes it past 'legal'!

Thanks for the advice!