[Tex/LaTex] Modification of Beamer theme

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I would like to modify this theme.

\documentclass{beamer}

\DeclareOptionBeamer{compress}{\beamer@compresstrue}
\ProcessOptionsBeamer

\mode<presentation>

\useoutertheme[footline=authortitle]{miniframes}
\useinnertheme{circles}
\usecolortheme{whale}
\usecolortheme{orchid}

\definecolor{beamer@blendedblue}{rgb}{0.137,0.466,0.741}

\setbeamercolor{structure}{fg=beamer@blendedblue}
\setbeamercolor{titlelike}{parent=structure}
\setbeamercolor{frametitle}{fg=black}
\setbeamercolor{title}{fg=black} \setbeamercolor{item}{fg=black}

\mode <all>

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Task}
Task.
\end{frame}
\end{document}

I would be glad to get different footer in this way. I would like to have exactly the same one as it is used in Torine style (downloaded from http://blog.barisione.org/2007-09/torino-a-pretty-theme-for-latex-beamer/) with the only little change, where the three stripes would start on the left and go to the right (the number page is then also on the left). Does anyone know how to modify this?

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Simply copy the definition of the footline template and introduce the desired modifications:

\documentclass{beamer}

\makeatletter
\DeclareOptionBeamer{compress}{\beamer@compresstrue}
\ProcessOptionsBeamer

\mode<presentation>

\useoutertheme[footline=authortitle]{miniframes}
\useinnertheme{circles}
\usecolortheme{whale}
\usecolortheme{orchid}

% Colors.
\definecolor{beamer@blendedblue}{rgb}{0.137,0.466,0.741}

\setbeamercolor{structure}{fg=beamer@blendedblue}
\setbeamercolor{titlelike}{parent=structure}
\setbeamercolor{frametitle}{fg=black}
\setbeamercolor{title}{fg=black} \setbeamercolor{item}{fg=black}

% The footline template is a modification of the one used in the
% Torino theme, Copyright 2007 by Marco Barisione
\setbeamercolor*{lineup}{parent=palette primary}
\setbeamercolor*{linemid}{parent=palette secondary}
\setbeamercolor*{linebottom}{parent=palette tertiary}
\setbeamercolor*{page header}{parent=titlelike}
\mode <all>

% some lengths (the height of the lines)
\newlength{\beamer@decolines@linemid}
\setlength{\beamer@decolines@linemid}{.015\paperheight}

\newlength{\beamer@decolines@lineup}
\setlength{\beamer@decolines@lineup}{.025\paperheight}

\newlength{\beamer@decolines@linebottom}
\setlength{\beamer@decolines@linebottom}{.01\paperheight}


% String used between the current page and the total page count.
\def\beamer@decolines@pageofpages{/}

\defbeamertemplate*{footline}{decolines theme}
{
  \leavevmode%
  % First line.
  \hbox{%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.8\paperwidth,ht=\beamer@decolines@lineup,dp=0pt]{lineup}%
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.2\paperwidth,ht=\beamer@decolines@lineup,dp=0pt,right]{}%
    \hbox{\usebeamerfont{palette primary}\footnotesize\insertframenumber{} \beamer@decolines@pageofpages{} \inserttotalframenumber\hspace*{2ex}}%
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
  } %
  % Second line.
  \hbox{%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth,ht=\beamer@decolines@linemid,dp=0pt]{linemid}%
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
  } %
  % Third line.
  \hbox{%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.9\paperwidth,ht=\beamer@decolines@linebottom,dp=0pt]{linebottom}%
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.1\paperwidth,ht=\beamer@decolines@linebottom,dp=0pt]{}%
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
  }%
}
\makeatother

\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Task}
Task.
\end{frame}
\end{document}

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There's a difference between beamer themes and beamer color themes. The beamer themes are named after cities. The complete color themes happen to have names of flying animals. Inner color themes happen to have flower names. The outer color themes happen to be sea-animal names. For further details, refer to Section 17 Colors of the beameruserguide. You can use something like this:

\documentclass{beamer}

\usetheme{CambridgeUS}
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\begin{frame}
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[Tex/LaTex] beamer: Create own headline theme

You can redefine the headline, footline and frametitle templates; something along these lines:

\documentclass{beamer}

\definecolor{secinhead}{RGB}{249,196,95}
\definecolor{titlebg}{RGB}{51,51,51}

\setbeamercolor{secsubsec}{fg=secinhead,bg=black}
\setbeamercolor{frametitle}{fg=secinhead,bg=titlebg}

\setbeamertemplate{headline}
{
  \leavevmode%
  \hbox{%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth,ht=8.25ex,dp=3.5ex]{secsubsec}%
    \raggedright
    \hspace*{2em}%
    {\sffamily\Large\color{secinhead}\thesection.~\insertsection\hfill\insertsubsection}%
    \hspace*{2em}%
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
  }%
}
\setbeamertemplate{frametitle}
{\vskip-3pt
  \leavevmode
  \hbox{%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth,ht=1.8ex,dp=1ex]{frametitle}%
    \raggedright\hspace*{2em}\small\insertframetitle
  \end{beamercolorbox}
  }%
}
\setbeamertemplate{footline}{}

\begin{document}

\section{Introduction}
\subsection{The questions}
\begin{frame}\frametitle{A test frame}Test\end{frame}
\subsection{Another questions}
\begin{frame}\frametitle{Another test frame}Test\end{frame}

\end{document}

enter image description here

Note however that probably you will have to redefine also some other templates to mantain consistency; for example, which color/font to use to display the frame title? which color for enumerated lists?

Another option, this time the frametitle will have to be given another definition:

\documentclass{beamer}

\definecolor{secinhead}{RGB}{249,196,95}
\definecolor{shadowbg}{RGB}{51,51,51}

\setbeamercolor{secsubsec}{fg=secinhead,bg=black}
\setbeamercolor{shadow}{fg=secinhead,bg=shadowbg}

\setbeamertemplate{headline}
{
  \leavevmode%
  \hbox{%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth,ht=8.25ex,dp=3.5ex]{secsubsec}%
    \raggedright
    \hspace*{2em}%
    {\sffamily\Large\color{secinhead}\thesection.~\insertsection\hfill\insertsubsection}%
    \hspace*{2em}%
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
  }\vskip0pt%
  \hbox{%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth,ht=1.8ex,dp=1ex]{shadow}%
  \mbox{}
  \end{beamercolorbox}
  }%
}
\setbeamertemplate{frametitle}{}
\setbeamertemplate{footline}{}

\begin{document}

\section{Introduction}
\subsection{The questions}
\begin{frame}Test\end{frame}
\subsection{Another questions}
\begin{frame}Test\end{frame}

\end{document}

enter image description here

Here's the code producing the vertical shading color for the second vertical "bar":

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shadings}
\definecolor{secinhead}{RGB}{249,196,95}
\definecolor{shadowbg}{RGB}{51,51,51}

\setbeamercolor{secsubsec}{fg=secinhead,bg=black}
\setbeamercolor{shadow}{fg=secinhead,bg=shadowbg}

\setbeamertemplate{headline}
{
  \leavevmode%
  \hbox{%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth,ht=8.25ex,dp=3.5ex]{secsubsec}%
    \raggedright
    \hspace*{2em}%
    {\sffamily\Large\color{secinhead}\thesection.~\insertsection\hfill\insertsubsection}%
    \hspace*{2em}%
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
  }\vskip-1pt%
  \hbox{%
  \tikz\draw[draw=none,top color=black,bottom color=shadowbg!60] (0,0) rectangle (\paperwidth,0.5);
  }%
}
\setbeamertemplate{frametitle}{}
\setbeamertemplate{footline}{}

\begin{document}

\section{Introduction}
\subsection{The questions}
\begin{frame}
Test
\end{frame}

\end{document}

and here's the upper part of the resulting frame:

enter image description here

Of course, change the values for top color, and bottom color according to your needs (you can even select a middle color value).

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