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[BOOTANIMATION] Transformer Title

After making some modifications the the Xoom boot animation and danmcq's 3D Blue Bumblebee boot animation, I decided to try my hand at creating a boot animation of my own. Thanks to a few posts on the forums (thanks no1_cdn and others), I found my inspiration. The resulting animation is akin to the title from the Transformers movie. A full changelog is included below along with a links to the previous revisions.
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"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Rather than duplicate the instructions for installing the boot animation, I will refer to the instructions already provided by stuntdouble.
Note: These boot animation downloads bundle the bootanimation.zip file within the transformer_title.zip file. Remember to extract and install the bootanimation.zip file. DO NOT rename and install the transformer_title.zip file.
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27th June 2011
Based on feedback received, I've modified and re-rendered the animation to introduce additional detail for the outbound explosion. Based on the popularity of the June 2nd revision, the same JPEG image quality reduction has been applied. I'm pleased with the improvement and feel this revision is just about perfect. The preview animation above does not reflect these changes.
2nd June 2011
I further reduced the quality of the JPEG images in an attempt to reduce some of the boot time stuttering reported by at least one user. I believe the primary cause of the stuttering is periods of high CPU usage and/or disk I/O at boot and not necessarily the animation itself. However, there may be some correlation between the stuttering and the rendering (image quality and size). I personally prefer the June 1st revision. I also updated the download links to properly identify each revision.
1st June 2011
I have made some enhancements to the animation and I am quite pleased with the results. However, I believe there is still room for improvement.
31st May 2011
Being my first attempt at a boot animation, it isn't without its flaws. It plays well during tests, but the animation stutters at boot during what I believe may be periods of high CPU usage or disk I/O. The current revision also seems a bit dark to me and the image quality suffers a bit due to 512 x 320 pixel images being stretched to fill 1280 x 800. Of course, I am probably my own worst critic.
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Changelog
27th June 2011
Modified and re-rendered animation to introduce additional detail for outbound explosion
2nd June 2011
Reduce quality of JPEG images (~75% of 1st June quality) in an attempt to further reduce stuttering at boot
1st June 2011
Render images at 640 x 400 to increase resolution and improve fullscreen image quality
Loop animation 5 times before displaying static Transformer title
Convert images from PNG to JPEG for better compression and reduced stuttering at boot
Lighten texture color used for Transformer title to improve visibility
Reduce radius of camera pan to enlarge Transformer title within camera viewfinder
31st May 2011 (download - too big to attach to post)
Original Release

Very very cool - thanks for sharing! Would say you're being too critical. Slightly dark and image could be sharper, but these are minor niggles given how awesome it looks. My only problem is the duration of the black screen after the animation finishes. Have you considered looping the animation?

as fisha said, looping would be nice. Also would be cool if you could add the lens flair like the movies and maybe even options with a fading in/out autobot/decepticon logo. i can provide you with super high res movie version logos.
Aside from that, love the concept and this is what i've really craved as a boot animation for the TF.

If you have an editable file you've found I'd love a copy. I couldnt find an editable file anywhere on the web so I'm working on making a few animations from scratch now. This one is a capture from the video trailer? Looks cool, but the 'transformers' text is totally uneditable unfortunately. You can put effects over the top though ofc.

stuntdouble said:
If you have an editable file you've found I'd love a copy. I couldnt find an editable file anywhere on the web so I'm working on making a few animations from scratch now. This one is a capture from the video trailer? Looks cool, but the 'transformers' text is totally uneditable unfortunately. You can put effects over the top though ofc.
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I basically followed Alexander Alexandrov's Cinema 4D tutorial in creating the animation. I say basically because I skipped a couple of steps in my eagerness to get this little project done.
The editable files I have are basically the c4d project file and a couple of textures. Let me know if you are still interested.

jschmier said:
I basically followed Alexander Alexandrov's Cinema 4D tutorial in creating the animation. I say basically because I skipped a couple of steps in my eagerness to get this little project done.
The editable files I have are basically the c4d project file and a couple of textures. Let me know if you are still interested.
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Ah ok, no thanks then. I dont have that program unfortunately. Thought you might be using after effects too. Cheers anyway.

fisha21 said:
Very very cool - thanks for sharing! Would say you're being too critical. Slightly dark and image could be sharper, but these are minor niggles given how awesome it looks. My only problem is the duration of the black screen after the animation finishes. Have you considered looping the animation?
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Thanks for the feedback. I made some enhancements to address those minor niggles and added some looping to the animation. In my testing, it loops twice during boot.

jschmier said:
Thanks for the feedback. I made some enhancements to address those minor niggles and added some looping to the animation. In my testing, it loops twice during boot.
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Definately the coolest boot animation, unfortunately, I still get quite a bit of stutter. Are the image files optimized as much as possible?

Need-A-Tablet said:
Definately the coolest boot animation, unfortunately, I still get quite a bit of stutter. Are the image files optimized as much as possible?
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Is the stutter most noticeable at a few instances during boot or for the entire animation?
Does the animation play smoothly in non-boot scenarios?
Code:
adb shell bootanimation
Give this one a try and report back.
I further reduced the quality of the JPEG images, and noticed a slight difference in the stutter compared to the June 1st revision in the first post.
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Update: The download has been moved to the first post as the June 2nd revision.

First let me say nicely done. There is a small glitch once the original animation is complete and loop starts over. Keep up the great work
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

Just downloaded the one from 2 posts above. Definitely looks brighter. Stutters at the same point everytime, but second (and third) loops run through smoothly, so its prob not the animation itself. All in all, looking pretty good!

fisha21 said:
Just downloaded the one from 2 posts above. Definitely looks brighter. Stutters at the same point everytime, but second (and third) loops run through smoothly, so its prob not the animation itself. All in all, looking pretty good!
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Thanks. I appreciate the feedback.

We got a winner. Thanks and great job.

very nice, thanks!

Thank you for making this, I went with the June 1st version. As I have root I backed up the orignal bootanimation.zip which is located at /system/media and then overwrote it with yours. Smooth as silk on reboot.
Now just need a custom splash image, wondering if someone is working on this.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium App

Thank you!!!
I finally got some spare time over the weekend and was able to get adb going on my PC so I could install your animation.
Thank you very much for your work jschmier!!! I love it!!!
Thanks again!!!
no1

I appreciate all the feedback on this animation.
It seems someone has even taken the time to post a video to YouTube here.

Although i'm not using it (YET), just like to say awesome work . it looks very nice.
i "tried" to make my own but gave up when i ran out beer lolz.

jschmier said:
I appreciate all the feedback on this animation.
It seems someone has even taken the time to post a video to YouTube here.
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This is what I use as my bootanimation and everyone that sees it loves it!!! Nicely done

Great job!
Using the version from June 1st...very nice. My wife who hates my geek toys even said that this was pretty slick. Nice work OP!!!!!!

Boot animations

Hey,
after some investigating after I couldn't change my bootanimation, I saw there is a config text file which has a definition which file to actualy load.
Changed that - works super cool
But, there is also a VIdeo folder inside /system/media which has a beautiful android in space video.
Why is that video there by default? Is it possible to change the config file to just point to the video file or does it have to be a bootanimation.zip?
I don't want just go and try it, cause I am afraid I will get stuck on bootanimation or something.
Thanks for any info!

Nyandroid?
Also if I am not mistaken... you have to have the bootanimation.zip file, as it contains the animation in png image format.
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-change-customize-create-android-boot-animation-guide/
If you have Photoshop I am sure you could easily convert the video into still images and make your own bootanimation.zip.

Does anyone know what is the biggest size that boot animation can be?
Or to ask differently: how to make a bootanimation for infinity to cover the entire screen?
I have tried many for the last couple of hours, but they all look weird if they are "fullscreen" as the size of the animation becomes smaller on infinity. Only those who are centered and have black background looks somehow OK.
I would like to resize the fullscreen ones so they would cover the entire screen.
Possbile?

Can you change the boot animation without rooting the device?
If so, could someone please give some detailed instructions on how to do it? A link to a video of it would be nice too if there's one out there.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using xda app-developers app

If I'm not mistaken the video with android in space is their "Easter egg"
Try this: go to about tablet and click multiple times very fast on the android version.
It should pop up a little android guy
Next tap and hold on him till he grows huge then be prepared to have your mind blown
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2

You can't change boot animation without root. Bootanimation zip file is in folder system/media and is only readable without root.
At least I don't know of any solution that works without root, but could be mistaken....
Has anyone figured out what size should bootanimation be to fill the whole screen?

Jbb3393 said:
If I'm not mistaken the video with android in space is their "Easter egg"
Try this: go to about tablet and click multiple times very fast on the android version.
It should pop up a little android guy
Next tap and hold on him till he grows huge then be prepared to have your mind blown
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
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Very Cool!

I cropped the images and then doubled the size of the default animation. I'm on eoh's rom and the file was named bootanimation_04.zip. Not sure if that is stock or if he modified it, but it's easy enough to just rename it or change the config file if yours is different.
Infinity stock animation large
edit: actually I think I can keep the same original size cropped and then change the resolution in the desc file so that the zip isn't quite so large. will do that and re-upload if it works.
edit2: while just changing the resolution specified in the desc.txt file did increase the size of the animation, it also created a box of flashing pixels around it 1 or 2 pixels wide. I played with a few different resolutions but specifying anything other than that of the images caused the pixel artifacts on the screen. I re-uploaded the double-size animation if anyone wants it and will be putting up a couple more that I downloaded through roomtoolbox in a bit.

Rotated and compressed a bit from the original:
Bokehloop

Cropped the blue 3d honeycomb animation, scaled that up, and changed contrast to make the background black. It's 960x700 and looks pretty good on our screen.
Blue 3d Honeycomb
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Can you tell me what folder the original boot animation is in and what file to modify to change it please?

Svashtar said:
Hey,
after some investigating after I couldn't change my bootanimation, I saw there is a config text file which has a definition which file to actualy load.
Changed that - works super cool
But, there is also a VIdeo folder inside /system/media which has a beautiful android in space video.
Why is that video there by default? Is it possible to change the config file to just point to the video file or does it have to be a bootanimation.zip?
I don't want just go and try it, cause I am afraid I will get stuck on bootanimation or something.
Thanks for any info!
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What did you change config text file to? I can't get my animation changed. Tried data/local, and system/media. Neither worked

redheadplantguy said:
What did you change config text file to? I can't get my animation changed. Tried data/local, and system/media. Neither worked
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I have tried editing that file and it gave me a bootloop
If I change the animation in the stockrom it doesnt boot anymore but with cm10 an cleanrom it works (with romtoolbox)
The config file sets the path and name of the bootanimation I think but editing doesnt work

blackmambazzz said:
I have tried editing that file and it gave me a bootloop
If I change the animation in the stockrom it doesnt boot anymore but with cm10 an cleanrom it works (with romtoolbox)
The config file sets the path and name of the bootanimation I think but editing doesnt work
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You have to be careful when editing the pointer file. There cannot be any extra lines or spaces after the path text.
I've also had issues with some editors and just doing a save when you close out of the editor instead of saving beforehand. Not sure why there would be a difference in how it performs the save, but I was able to repeat the issue so I'm pretty sure it wasn't a fluke.
Also, most of the time, if the system can't play or can't find the animation it will still boot up just fine. It will look like its just sitting at the ASUS splash screen until it displays the launcher, so if you didn't wait long enough you may have thought it wasn't booting.

urrlyx said:
You have to be careful when editing the pointer file. There cannot be any extra lines or spaces after the path text.
I've also had issues with some editors and just doing a save when you close out of the editor instead of saving beforehand. Not sure why there would be a difference in how it performs the save, but I was able to repeat the issue so I'm pretty sure it wasn't a fluke.
Also, most of the time, if the system can't play or can't find the animation it will still boot up just fine. It will look like its just sitting at the ASUS splash screen until it displays the launcher, so if you didn't wait long enough you may have thought it wasn't booting.
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What do I changed pointer file to? The "boot animation changer " app works, but only on the ones in the app. I have some I want to use, but can't get to load. After splash screen, it just says generic "Android "

Bootanimation
Hi all I created my own boot animation and I had to change the in the desc.txt file here is what I used to get the image to use the whole screen.
1922 1202 30
It works for my TF700t so It should work for you as well.
I would like to know if anyone has figured out how to get the sound for boot animations working for this device.
Thanks to all.

Im use Boot Animations from Market, it's work
Just select "Local" point to the bootanimation.zip on your sd card

[GUIDE] Creating Boot animation and Shutdown animation with sound effect

Hello xda,
In this tutorial of today, we will see together how to create bootanimation.zip in part one; and how to create shutdown.qmg in part two, with and without sound effect..
-- Part One --​
I will not spend a lot of time in this one since it is wildly explained in xda but to make the thread completed
Needed tools:
1. Any program that create zip file (WinZip, WinRAR, 7-zip... etc)
2. Photo serials that you will use for creating your animation.
3. Ordinary notepad program!!.
The procedure:
1. Create part0 and part1 folders: in this folders, the frames of the boot animation are stored. Usually, there are only 2 parts in a boot animation, but you can add as many as you want. The frames in the part0 folder are usually repeated once, and the frames in part1 folder are usually looped several times, or infinite.
2. Always save your picture frame series as png or jpg format: Save the first one as 1001.png, the second one as 1002.png, and so on. Save them in the part0 and part1 folders - the frames in part0 folder will be showed only once, and the frames in part1 folder will be looped. But, you can change that if you want.
3. Make a desc.txt file in the directory where the part0 and part1 folders are and edit it as following:
320 480 30
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
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What does these numbers means?
The first line (320 480 30):
- The numbers 320 and 480 is the resolution of your boot animation; change them as you want.
- The number 30 means the speed of the animation (frames per second), the higher the number the more speed is.
The second line (p 1 0 part0):
- The number 1 means that the frames in part0 folder will be repeated once.
- The number 0 means the delay between loops, and it's expressed in milliseconds (1000ms = 1s), here it is set to 0 which means no delay between loops in part0 folder.
The third line (p 0 0 part1):
- The number 0 means that the frames in part1 folder will be repeated infinitely.
- The number 0 means also the delay between loops, and it's expressed in milliseconds (1000ms = 1s), here it is set to 0 which means no delay between loops in part1 folder.
Don't forget to leave empty line at the end of desc.txt file!!!
4. Compress the folders and the desc.txt file in a zip file: The compression method should be STORE, otherwise the bootanimation will not work... and that's it.. push it to your device to system/media folder or to data/local folder if your kernel supports that.
There is a lot of programs that create bootanimations.zip, one of them is bootanimation factory that can create preview of your bootanimation before pushing it to your device. You can see this program at this page.
Boot sound:
To create custom boot sound, put your boot sound in system/media/audio/ui folder and name it to PowerOn.ogg...
-- The End of Part One --​

-- Part Two --​
In this part, I will try to be comprehensive in explaining how to create shutdown animation..
Needed tools:
1. A program that creates qmg file (Recommended: Samsung Theme Designer).
2. Photo serials that you will use for creating your animation.
3. Any program that is used to open compressed file (WinZip, WinRAR, 7-zip... etc)
The procedure:
1. Open Samsung Theme Designer and create new theme, use type "feature(NonTouch) phone", then "select model" and use any model and "select Showcase" use default, name your theme.
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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2. Choose "Idle Component" then "Idle Background" and change "Background Image" to "animated"
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3. Select "frame" and enter the number of frames your animation have, example 62. "Duration" indicates the time interval among Background Animation images. The range of value is between 0 and 5000, and the unit is millisecond (1000 milliseconds = 1 second). "Repeat" (true/false) choose true if you want to create a loop animation or false in case you only want to play a single loop.
4. Drag your image files sequence from your folder to the empty squares in the bottom of the theme designer (your drop should be in between the first and second square).
5. Now export your theme and wait for your .smt fle theme to complete.
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6. Once smt file is created, open it with any program that is used to open compressed file (WinZip, WinRAR, 7-zip... etc) and extract "IdleBgAnimObj.qmg"
7. Now rename "IdleBgAnimObj.qmg" to "shutdown.qmg" and push it to your phone to system/media/video/shutdown folder... and that's it..
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Shutdown sound:
To create custom shutdown sound, put your shutdown sound in system/media/audio/ui folder and name it to PowerOff.ogg...
-- The End of Part Two --​
I hope you enjoy the tutorial ​

Nice work

Thanks for sharing! Will definitely try it..
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app

Thanks. Gonna try this, but not today. It's more of a gimmick than something you're going to really notice. Anyway, nice job.

For bootanimation.zip check out my sig for an automated tool. Just a tip

Trying this now :thumbup: thanks. Never mind the gimmick comment, I think its great, learning to theme every aspect possible Edit: one question tho, will this make a shutdown.qmg file at the same dimensions as the png file that you use? Or will it create it in the dimensions of the phone type you select? I'm trying to make these for the Samsung galaxy s3 and the theme designer program doesn't have that selection on the list. Thanks. Edit again: and I see this tut is for the note

calebsb said:
will this make a shutdown.qmg file at the same dimensions as the png file that you use? Or will it create it in the dimensions of the phone type you select?
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No it will make shutdown.qmg according to dimensions as the png files that you use.. just follow the tut and you will be happy :laugh:

Hi @majdinj
First i decided to manually create my own boot animation (.zip) with sound (.ogg) = It's done so OK.
Second i decided to make the my own shutdown one ...
But i dont know why the PowerOff.ogg is not played (not solved) and i dont manage to make the shutdown animation fully working (half solved).
Indeed i use the software, pull my own (.qmg) into the system where was the old one and make permission ...
When shutoff my phone the animation images' is in order (resolve with lower image definition 400x640) but animation is played in reverse (not solved) ... i tried different time but i dont find solution.
Could someone help or ll give return if i find a soluce.
Thx.

Heeeeelp please:crying:

EDWAR60200 said:
Hi @majdinj
First i decided to manually create my own boot animation (.zip) with sound (.ogg) = It's done so OK.
Second i decided to make the my own shutdown one ...
But i dont know why the PowerOff.ogg is not played (not solved) and i dont manage to make the shutdown animation fully working (half solved).
Indeed i use the software, pull my own (.qmg) into the system where was the old one and make permission ...
When shutoff my phone the animation images' is in order (resolve with lower image definition 400x640) but animation is played in reverse (not solved) ... i tried different time but i dont find solution.
Could someone help or ll give return if i find a soluce.
Thx.
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First, please remove quoting the whole OP.
Which device and android version? PowerOff.ogg I saw it in one of smalis pointing to which ogg is for shutdown but really I don't remember the name of that smali so we could check yours for ogg name
reversed shutdown animation..!! looks strange..!! it could be the version of samsung theme design program you are using..!! but I may sound silly but why not to create it in reverse direction..!!

Hi @majdinj
My phone is a SGTN7000, i ve tried with X-Rom LT5 and now im flashing the new Tkari4 LT4 240 dpi v2.4 ...
I dont know what happen : i make a boot animation with images which are appearing (from small to big) and wanted to make the reverse one (from big to small) for the shut down animation but the .qmg from big to small is not ok, it make a .qmg from small to big like the boot (my file in the software are from big to small).
Is it possible to reverse the .qmg.
Sorry for my explaination and my english.
Thx.

My own Animation makes on my avatar's base.
Just if someone can help.
(Have a look at the animation boot ... the shutdown one should be in reverse but when it's in phone it isnt ?!).
Thx

:good: thanks for the nice guide

[THEME][HOW TO]Animated Backgrounds From Video - ViperOne ROM demo

How-to make your own custom animated backgrounds from slices cropped from video ...
So your end results are things like these:​​
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Or like turning this (left) into this (right)
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Also, my flashables to apply in VenomTweaks are all here.
This tutorial uses the ViperOne M8 ROM but the process described here for turning a video into a folder of images for animation is universal.​
This tutorial is made for the users of ViperOne ROM because Team Venom has a pretty awesome built-in theme engine that everybody should be using and enjoying. Here is one way you can do that! The overall process is universal for anything you want to do involving video to custom animation (i.e. boot animations), but I made this tutorial for ViperOne ROM users. "Giving back" because I love that ROM too. I am not a Team Venom member, just a satisfied user.
One Key Prerequisite – You need to already be set up to decompile and build (recompile) apk files and make a few specific, simple edits to XML files. There are many guides about this and several options. In this tutorial I will use APKTOOL and VIRTUOUS TEN STUDIO. If you cannot decompile and recompile an app then this guide is not YET for you. Figure that out first, then come back! It's good to know how to do this for a TON of reasons if you're just getting started with Android and wanting to learn some more. Search "how to decompile" or "how to use apktool" and pick a guide. I am not offering to help with that part. Come back here when you're set up though.
I also made a Video Walk-through for this tutorial:
http://vimeo.com/erikalin/animated​
Have these things (all free & good):
1. Computer setup for decompiling and recompiling apk files (i.e. apktool)
2. Something for editing XML files (i.e. Virtuous Ten Studio)
3. Something to batch rename and resize images (i.e. FastStone Photo Resizer)
4. Something to extract zip files (i.e. 7-zip or Winrar)
5. A short animation or video or loop to work with.
6. Download animationtemplate.apk here: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358537298
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Overall Directions:
1. Find or create a short video about 5 seconds in length.
2. Turn that video into a series of jpeg image files.
3. Choose 100 images for the animation.
4. Resize images to be 116 width by 200 height jpeg format, and rename images anim#
5. Decompile animationtemplate.apk.
6. Drop those 100 images into the decompiled drawable-hdpi folder
7. Edit strings.xml for correct theme name and author
8. Edit AndroidManifest.XML package name
9. Build and sign the apk
10. Rename the apk to the name of your animation
11. Test it!
12. Create an animated gif preview for you own records and for sharing on XDA
13. Share it!
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Detailed Directions (see video demo also)​1. Find or create a short video about 5 seconds in length.
Be sure to download only what is legally offered for free and public use by the party authorized to give such rights. It's fun to grab a quick video of a kid or pet if you have any. If you find such a thing on youtube, a safe download site to use is this: http://www.clipconverter.cc/ . You're going to have to resize and crop out a vertical slide (the aspect ratio of your phone's display), so keep that in mind. You can accomplish the ratio by adding canvas to the top of bottom as well. I often end up "zooming in" on a piece of the video by cropping the images. Trial and error.
2. Turn that video into a series of jpeg image files.
You can do that here: http://image.online-convert.com/convert-to-jpg
You’ll get a zip file from that conversion. Extract it. Name the extracted folder rawimages.
3. Choose 100 images for the animation.
Create a new folder and name it chosenimages. It doesn’t matter how many jpeg files are in that rawimages folder right now, you need to narrow it down to 100 for your animation. If your video was a good resolution, you can take skip every other jpg file and they’ll still work for your animation at this resolution. Just narrow it down to 100, however you want. Remember that the animation is a loop, so try to “end” the animation in a way that naturally looks good when it starts back at the beginning. When you’re done you have the 100 images you want to use in your chosenimages folder.
Optional info: Don’t consider this paragraph on your first try, but you can use any number of images in your animation. Longer animation means more images. For your first animation, just use 100 images because it’s already setup for that. If you get into this and want to make longer or shorter animation loops, you’ll need to use a different number of images. That just requires editing this file: res/drawable/bg_anim.XML. Open it and the edits will be obvious. If you add more jpg image files into your folder and do not also list them here, they will be ignored.
4. Resize images to be 116 width by 200 height jpg format, and rename images anim#
This is the step that can take some time. You’ll do this in a batch. The names are such that the first image will be named anim0 and the last image will be named anim99.
I use FastStone Photo Resizer for this. Create a folder and name it drawable-hdpi. You have your chosenimages folder with your chosen 100 images in it. They need to end up being 116 X 200 px in size. Your aspect ratio won’t be correct at this point, so you will need to crop as well as resize. Do whatever it takes to get your images to 116 X 200. You’ll have to play around a bit with the resize and crop and canvas settings based on your specific image set. It can take a few extra steps to get from your chosen images to the properly named and sized drawable-hdpi folder images you’ll be using in final form.
In the process, rename images to anim# and start at “0”. Make sure they are jpg not png format.
This step is done when your 100 images are resized and properly named, in your drawable-hdpi working folder.
5. Decompile animationtemplate.apk.
6. Drop those 100 images into the decompiled drawable-hdpi folder in apktool directory
7. Edit strings.xml for your new theme name and author
Inside res/values/strings.xml make two edits:
Code:
<string name="theme_name">[COLOR="Red"]YourAnimationTitle[/COLOR]</string>
<string name="theme_author">[COLOR="red"]YourName[/COLOR]</string>
8. Edit AndroidManifest.XML package name
Make one edit:
Code:
package="venom.background.anim.[COLOR="red"]newanimationnamehere[/COLOR]">
9. Build and Sign the apk
10. Rename the apk to the name of your animation
11. Test it!
Install on your phone as a normal app, then apply through Venom Tweaks. Don't share things until you've tested.
12. Create an animated gif preview for you own records and for sharing on XDA
Screen record like 5-10 seconds of the pulldown with the animation running. Use a built-in screen record or “Rec.” on the Market.
Upload the screen record video file directly to https://imgflip.com/gifgenerator and choose start and end points, and a small size for the gif output. You can also put text onto the image so you can include the name of your animation. For sharing on xda, upload that animated gif somewhere. I use http://imgur.com/
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13. Share it!
Be sure to include the following three things in your post: One jpg image from your hdpi folder as a static preview, your apk file, and the animated gif preview. Share it on the Official ViperOne Theme thread, where they invite user contributions and can upload the good ones to Venom Hub for everyone to enjoy.
I hope to see some nice stuff get shared from your creative minds! :good:

Reserved just one, in case I make a related tutorial. :good:

Just a question can I use my .gif?
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Galaxysm said:
Just a question can I use my .gif?
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What gif? Do you mean can you use any gif? You need a series of jpg files, resized and renamed for this mod, but you can use an online file converter to turn a gif into jpg files, and pick up from there. If that's what you're asking (?).

Nice work [emoji106]
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Your a beast ..thanks for the tut !!!!
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armyboy11b said:
Your a beast ..thanks for the tut !!!!
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If you have some time, make something from it! :highfive:

::thinking about making an animation of crickets::
I challenge ViperOne ROM users to make a custom animation. Surely there's a 5-7 second video you want to transform to use as your notification panel background... you can do this. I'd love to see some sweet creations on here.
:good:
I made up a Valiant Comics animation for @lorddunlow that is shared up here if anyone wants to check it out. I like how it came out.

erikalin said:
::thinking about making an animation of crickets::
I challenge ViperOne ROM people to make a custom animation. Surely there's a 5-7 second video you want to transform to use as your notification panel background... you can do this. I'd love to see some sweet creations on here.
:good:
I made up a Valiant Comics animation for @lorddunlow that is shared up here if anyone wants to check it out. I like how it came out.
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I love how it came out! Thanks so much for putting it together for me!
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OMG I'm dreaming of a bokeh kind of background for the notification drawer with very very light colors to suit my self modded notification pulldown.
Kind of like in this video but even lighter: DIY: Bokeh Light background effect: http://youtu.be/VEAuO4ZQSVE
What can I say. I'm a sucker for lightness!
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dannejanne said:
OMG I'm dreaming of a bokeh kind of background for the notification drawer with very very light colors to suit my self modded notification pulldown.
Kind of like in this video but even lighter: DIY: Bokeh Light background effect: http://youtu.be/VEAuO4ZQSVE
What can I say. I'm a sucker for lightness!
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Hi. Not sure what you're saying (or asking?). That video is over 4 minutes long. If you want to make an animation you'll need to start by choosing what 5-7 seconds you want to extract to create an animation loop, then follow the steps in the OP to transform it according to what you want it to look like.

[ZIP] [Boot Animation] Stargate Wormhole

{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
**NOTE: You must be rooted. This will only function on custom ROMs with bootanimation.zip support included. If your ROM requires Samsung .QMG files, see here for a mod to enable .ZIP support for boot animations, or upgrade to a ROM that has .ZIP support. No .QMG file will be made due to file size concerns. See below for details.
Remember that anything you do here is at your own risk. Don't come to me if you happen to be that one person in the universe who manages to brick their device. You have been warned.
**
Back in 2011, I had created this boot animation for the Dell Streak, a device with a 5" screen that was totally mismanaged by Dell and left to wither and die. Recently I chose to recreate it for the S4, because I like it on my device. However, I could not simply use the original file because the images were tailored for the 800x480 resolution of the Streak. So to update the boot animation for the S4 I extracted a new set of images from the video and used them to create the new animation.
As with the Streak version, file size proved to be an issue. On the Streak, the main problem was that a full resolution version of the boot animation would take up a great deal of system space, which on the Streak was at a premium. This is also why a .QMG file will not be made. From what I understand about creating the file, the images must be at full resolution. In the case of this boot animation, that means around 300MB in size once zipped up, and that's with each image saved at maximum .PNG compression. While the S4 has plenty of available space in its system partition, a full resolution version of the animation would likely cause severe lag until the S4 had fully booted, and we know just how much fun lag is. So, each image in the animation was reduced in size, and the animation relies on upscaling the images to fit the screen.
Just to make this clear, because I had people in the Dell Streak section actually ask about this, the wormhole never ends. If you have a bootloop you can have endless fun watching it until the battery dies.
To install, download from the links below, depending on what orientation you wish to have for the images. Using whatever method you're comfortable with, copy the boot animation to the appropriate location (usually /system/media), set its permissions to rw-r--r--, and reboot.
Downloads
Landscape (Dev-Host | Mega) | Portrait (Dev-Host | Mega)

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NOTE: You must be rooted. This will only function on custom ROMs with bootanimation.zip support included. If your ROM requires Samsung .QMG files, see here for a mod to enable .ZIP support for boot animations, or upgrade to a ROM that has .ZIP support. No .QMG file will be made due to file size concerns. See below for details.
Remember that anything you do here is at your own risk. Don't come to me if you happen to be that one person in the universe who manages to brick their device. You have been warned.
Back in 2011, I had created this boot animation for the Dell Streak, a device with a 5" screen that was totally mismanaged by Dell and left to wither and die. Recently I chose to recreate it for the S4, because I like it on my device. However, I could not simply use the original file because the images were tailored for the 800x480 resolution of the Streak. So to update the boot animation for the S4 I extracted a new set of images from the video and used them to create the new animation.
As with the Streak version, file size proved to be an issue. On the Streak, the main problem was that a full resolution version of the boot animation would take up a great deal of system space, which on the Streak was at a premium. This is also why a .QMG file will not be made. From what I understand about creating the file, the images must be at full resolution. In the case of this boot animation, that means around 300MB in size once zipped up, and that's with each image saved at maximum .PNG compression. While the S4 has plenty of available space in its system partition, a full resolution version of the animation would likely cause severe lag until the S4 had fully booted, and we know just how much fun lag is. So, each image in the animation was reduced in size, and the animation relies on upscaling the images to fit the screen.
Just to make this clear, because I had people in the Dell Streak section actually ask about this, the wormhole never ends. If you have a bootloop you can have endless fun watching it until the battery dies.
To install, download from the links below, depending on what orientation you wish to have for the images. Using whatever method you're comfortable with, copy the boot animation to the appropriate location (usually /system/media), set its permissions to rw-r--r--, and reboot.
Downloads
Landscape (Dev-Host | Mega) | Portrait (Dev-Host | Mega)

Uoah bye Samsung bootanimation. Really awesome mate :3

I tried to install it through twrp and it says installation failed
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Naturally, for they aren't flashable through recovery. You need to do things manually here.

I tried with the guide to install in touchwiz and it didnt work on lollipop tw

Did they include QMG support in Lollipop? Fom what I've heard, QMG was to be removed.

thanks this really cute

Nice work mate !!! :good::good:

CM12
just pasted it in System/media and gave permissions rw-r--r-- using ES File explorer. reboot. voila awesome boot animation. and it works perfect on CM12 based ressurection remix rom. Works wondefully,

@ksrao_iete: Out of curiosity, did you use the portrait or the landscape version?

Portrait one..
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Have you tried using jpg's for further compression? Also, maybe take a look at the Lollipop animation. This animation has the potential for a loop, with the ending sequence only occurring when the phone has booted up (rather than just looping the whole animation).

The problem with JPG is that it's a lossy format, and upscaling an image saved in a lossy format like JPG results in a crappy image. Even when the image was saved at full resolution in JPG it came out worse than the upscaled PNG images I'm using. So, added compression is not helpful. For the animation itself, I actually have it set in two parts. The first part plays through once, and the second part loops on an infinite basis. The GIFs in my first post do not adequately illustrate this, but take my word for it when I say it's pretty seamless.