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The Weather Channel Reimagined
« on: November 29, 2008, 05:44:56 PM »
I have a bunch of modern concepts (XL-IS ish) - a complete package of TWC concepts and now some for WxScan.

The types:
Wave 1 concepts use a blue cloud background, ISv3 style titles, and have a PMX touch with the location name. Examples in Wave 1 use Middletown, Virginia and have file names beginning with TWC Concept.
Wave 2 features a different background, XLv1 style titles, and Charleston as the example city. Wave 2 also contains some WeatherScan designs using Frutiger. Wave 2 designs have just numbers or a number preceded by a W (for Weatherscan) for file names. "Current Conditions.png" is a concept for a 2-site STAR.
There are also other concepts featuring an updated 4000.

Resources used are original, from Martin's IS goodies (Record Temp items and Frutiger), from Robert, Michael, Tyler, and Al Lopez (modified XL icons), the Samurize forums and Stephen (XL icons), or the National Weather Service (weather advisories you see here were actually issued!). Very little of the weather data is real - if it is, it was obtained from weather.com or Weather Underground (almanac). The backgrounds were taken from large-format photos of clouds and then modified to look blurred.

One thing I noticed is that the Samurize forums called the XL icons the "Reference" package. There's no current TWC set, which is ironic enough considering some things TWC hasn't updated in years (the TWC Mac Dashboard widget and some web gadgets) still use the XL icons.
« Last Edit: December 04, 2008, 08:47:06 PM by Raymie »

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Re: The Weather Channel Reimagined at TWCT
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2008, 10:21:42 PM »
Thread unlocked. Sorry Raymie.  B)

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Re: The Weather Channel Reimagined at TWCT
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2008, 08:40:06 PM »
A look at some new icons, made by Robert and Michael:

-Partly Sunny (never used on the XL and rarely on air, but captured from a Weatherscan Local XL product guide)
-Partly Cloudy PM 2 (XLv2, XLv3, IS)
-Mostly Sunny

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Re: The Weather Channel Reimagined
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2008, 08:48:05 PM »
I'm sorry I never commented before, but these are awesome recreations. B)

And have I seen these on Youtube before? :thinking:
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Re: The Weather Channel Reimagined
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2008, 09:05:15 PM »
Yeah, these are really nice Raymie! Great job! :biggrin:

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Re: The Weather Channel Reimagined
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2008, 09:12:26 PM »
Re: Chris: I do not even have a YouTube account. They're not recreations, but rather concepts. If I was controlling TWC, I'd throw them ten years back in certain ways - graphics, programming, etc. and cut off the air on the Junior and 4000. (It's about time to me - they haven't been updated substantially in years.)

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Re: The Weather Channel Reimagined
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2008, 09:29:25 PM »
OK. I'm sorry, Raymie, but you did a good job. :)

And I was just asking because I saw TWC Emulations very similar to the ones you made. ;)
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Re: The Weather Channel Reimagined
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2008, 09:52:21 PM »
Fantastic Work! I love them!  :biggrin:


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Re: The Weather Channel Reimagined
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2008, 10:12:23 PM »
I take that as a compliment.

Can you find who made them?

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Re: The Weather Channel Reimagined
« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2008, 09:43:04 PM »
A satellite forecast in the Wave 2 style, heralding the return of the Travel Cities Forecast!
...Any ideas for concepts? I'm actually having a case of Weather Star block.



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Re: The Weather Channel Reimagined
« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2008, 12:47:08 PM »
Weatherscan, Weatherscan, Weatherscan! I spent last night on WxScan concepts...and here they are! I scoured the Weatherscan videos for segments!
W3, W4: Airport ConditionsW5: Outdoor Activity ForecastW6: Health Forecast (those bars took a heck of a time to make! I realized I needed a Gradient Overlay with transparent termini and then set the fill to 0)W7: Air QualityW8: UV IndexW9: Gardening ForecastW10: Tee Time ForecastW11: Golf Course Forecast (I could also do a more generic 5-day like the XL, but this is the IS-type)W12: Ski Conditions
Coming soon: the Spanish Forecast, an extremely rare WxScan package I remember from my Weatherscan unit; and anything else you want!
« Last Edit: December 07, 2008, 06:30:27 PM by Raymie »

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Re: The Weather Channel Reimagined
« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2008, 01:07:16 PM »
I like them. :biggrin:
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Re: The Weather Channel Reimagined
« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2008, 05:19:29 PM »
The Spanish Forecast and an alternative Traffic Report, inspired by Robert.

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Re: The Weather Channel Reimagined
« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2008, 05:20:31 PM »
I like the Spanish design

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Re: The Weather Channel Reimagined
« Reply #14 on: December 07, 2008, 09:15:47 PM »
Third post of the night with the Surf Report, luckily found in an IntelliStar WxScan product guide. I need the rest of the Boat and Beach report.