This thread is about on how to make your own bootanimation for your I9003 Gingerbread.
BASIC
Inside the sanim.zip file
If you extract the contents of the sanim.zip file to your computer, you will see:
- A desc.txt file
- A part0 folder (Contains PNG images named in incremental numbers)
More part1, part2 etc. folders (May or may not be present)
As you can see, sanim.zip merely contains one text file and one or more folders with PNG images. The animation is played simply by displaying the images in a sequence, and the text file defines how they are to be played. In essence, first the PNG files in the part0 folder are displayed one after the other and afterwards, those in the part1 file – if it exists – are displayed, again one after the other, and so on.
The folders
These contain PNG images named in numbers, starting from something like 0000.png or 00001.png and proceeding with increments of 1. There has to be at least one folder, and there is no known upper limit to the number of folders.
The desc.txt file
This file defines how the images in the folder(s) are displayed during the boot animation, in the following format:
Width Height Frame-rate
p Loop Pause Folder1
p Loop Pause Folder2
An example of a desc.txt file is:
480 800 30
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
As you can see, in the first line, 480 and 800 define the width and height of the boot animation in pixels for this example. This must be the same as the screen resolution of your device for the boot animation to properly play in full screen. 30 is the frame rate in fps (frames per second) i.e. number of images to display per second. (resolution for I9003 is 480x800)
The second and third lines have a same format, start with p, which stands for a part of the animation and end in part0 or part1, which denotes the folder in which the images for that part are present.
The number after ‘p’ defines how many times this part will loop (repeat playback) before switching to the next part (if present). Specifying 0 would make the part loop indefinitely till the phone has fully booted.
The next number is for the pause, and is expressed in the number of frames, which can be translated into time by dividing it by the frame rate. A pause of 15 for example, would mean pausing for the time it takes 15 frames to play and since the frame rate is 30 frames per second, 15 frames would take half a second.
Translating all of this in case of the above example, the boot animation will play at a resolution of 480 by 800 pixels, at a frame rate of 30 fps, starting with the contents of part0 folder and after playing them in one loop, switching to contents of part1 folder and playing them continuously till the device fully boots.
Note: Most high-end Android devices with large screens have a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, and are referred to as HDPI. Some mid-range devices have a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels and are called MDPI. Lastly, the screen resolution of some low-end devices is 340 x 320 pixels and these are called LDPI.
Requirements:
1. A zip/unzip utility like 7-Zip
2. Image editor of your choice like Photoshop, GIMP, Paint.NET, and also MS Paint.
3. A plain text editor of your choice. Using Windows Notepad for editing text files that are to be used in Linux is not always a good idea, so use something like Notepad++ instead.
4. Creativity and Time
5. I9003 screen resolution is 480x800
Procedure:
1. Go through the entire inside the sanim.zip (Description on the top post, if you haven’t already done so)
2. Plan how your boot animation will run including how many distinct parts it will have, how long will each part play and what will be the sequence of the parts.
3. Make a new folder at any convenient location on your computer, and name it sanim.
4. In this folder, create a folder for each part of your boot animation, named part0, part1 and so on.
5. In the image editor of your choice, make all the image files for each part of your boot animation with the proper which is 480x800 equal to I9003 phone screen resolution, and save them in the respective folder for each part, in PNG format. Up to 32 bit PNGs are supported.
Note: In case you are converting an existing boot animation to fit your phone’s screen, simply extract the images from it and resize each of them to your device’s screen resolution.
6. Make sure the images are named in numerical format and in proper sequence, i.e. the images in the first part should start with let’s say 000.png and go on till 075.png, and the images in the second part should then start off with 076.png and go on till – for instance – 123.png.
7. Once you have the images for all the parts done and saved with proper names in each folder, create a text file named desc.txt in the main sanim folder.
8. Open the text file in a text editor and edit it in the format described in detail in the desc.txt file section above. Do consider that a frame rate higher than 30 fps can give issues on many devices.
Note: In case you are converting an existing boot animation to fit your phone’s screen, keep everything the same as in the original desc.txt file and change only the resolution.
9. Now select everything inside the sanim folder and zip them into a new uncompressed zip archive using your favorite compression utility. Here is the method using 7-zip:
9A. Select everything inside the sanim folder.
9B. Right-click on any of the selected files/folders and from the 7-zip menu, select ‘Add to archive’.
9C. Use ‘zip’ as the archive format and ‘store’ as the compression level, and click OK. This will create a file called sanim.zip in the same folder.
DONE with your own bootanimation.
Applying sanim.zip into I9003
Copying the sanim.zip to /system/media/. Make sure you have root access and mount your system to R/W access. This will be done by Root Explorer. After that reboot your I9003
Note: Make sure you have done backup your original sanim.zip to somewhere safe like External Card or PC. This can be done by MOVE the file out from the original place and paste it to your External Card.
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UPDATED (21/10/2011)
Creating a boot animation, start to finish.
The following is a start to finish how to via the method that I create boot animations. I can't take full credit, as I have found bits and pieces here an there. I just put them all together..in one place. This isn't an easy process, and does require quite a bit of time.
Tools you will need
- DVD Videosoft Studio
- Gimp or Paint.net or fotosizer
- Zip file creator like 7zip
So get all the programs dloaded and installed and figure out what you want to use for your animation.
You can use images or a clip of video.
We will begin with a youtube video. Youdoofus has supplied us with an excellent specimen.
YouTube - Doin' Your Mom - with dancing cat
A. Downloading a video (Skip these steps if using some other video. Go to B.)
Open the video studio
Click Youtube
Then Youtube download
Paste the link of the video you want to use
Click download (bottom right)
Close out of the Download screen, un check all of the boxes in the pop-up otherwise the program does install web toolbars.
B. Extracting Images from any video. (Skip to C if you already have images.)
Open the video studio
Click on Photo and Images
Free Video to Jpeg
Browse to you video file
Select the option (I use every frame so I can pic and choose)
Close studio, remember to un check the boxes
C. Convert Images
Create a folder on your desktop and put your images in it.
Use you photo edit tool of choice. I use fotosizer, it allows batch.
Select your size. For the Evo use 480x800
Choose Destination Folder I always create a new folder
Output as .png
Filename mask should be %f (the other options never work for me)
Choose add images
Highlight all of the images
Click Start
Now open the new folder of converted images (you can delete the originals folder from the first step above)
Right click on the first image and select rename
Rename in numerical order 0001 pressing tab after you are done..until you reach the end. I don't use more than 100 images. Small groups like this can be repeated. I only pulled 15 images from the video. We will have it loop in the script below.
D. Building the bootanimaton.zip
Create two folders, named part0 and part1
part0 will contain a single, display once png and part1 would contain the animation images. You can play with different scenarios here...ie loop images until boot is complete or loop once and stop on one last image. I will get more details together soon.
Place animation files in part1 folder and a "frozen image" in part0 if you choose to set it up that way.
We need to tell the animation what to do with this type of txt file
480 800 60
p 0 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
again
The boot animation is stored on your phone as a zip file in the folder /system/media. It consists of 2 folders part0 and part1 and a description text file (desc.txt). Both part0 and part1 folders contain animation frames as PNG files. part0 folder contains those frames which are animated only once, where as part1 folder contains the looped(repeated) frames. The desc.txt file contains the animation settings such as fps (number of frames per second), width, height, times to be played, pause time etc you can change up a lot here.
Ctrl+ select the part0 file the part1 and the desc text file and right click.
Select 7zip or your zip program and then "add to blahblahblah.zip" Make sure to do .zip and not the other choices. Make sure your default settings are for no compression.
Rename the file bootanimation.zip (remember not to name it .zip.zip) I keep a few animations on my sd car in a file called "booty" so I typically put something in front like kitty_bootanimation.zip so i know which is which.
Put the file on your sd card.
Use root explorer to navigate to system.media and rename the current boot animation to whatever you want.
Now copy your new animation from the sd card to system.media
In some cases the animation will be located at system.customize.resource
To add an audio clip use any mp3, renamed android_audio.mp3 and put it in the same place as your animation. Keep in mind audio doesn't work on all roms. You may also need to adjust the length. I use Audacity for that on the pc, and there are a number of ringtone trimmers that will do it on the phone.
ALSO SEE THIS:-
1. How to make your own boot animations (with sound if you want) by despotovski01
2. How to preview your Android boot animations on your computer by despotovski01
3. Boot Animation Creator-Make Android Boot Animations With Ease! by despotovski01
superb bro.
wow.. thanks for sharing man...
doesnt work for me : forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18607910#post18607910
Nice Explanation bro..You might check my attched file and Maybe It will fit on your thread...\m/
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Nice Explanation bro..You might check my attched file and Maybe It will fit on your thread...\m/
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OP UPDATED! thanks...
Thanks im a complete beginner at this but gonna give it a go i will share when completed
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adz63 said:
Thanks im a complete beginner at this but gonna give it a go i will share when completed
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u shud share
Droid Bionic Boot Animation
Heyy guys..can anyone pls provide me with droid bionic boot animation for our GT-i9003 device?? I am trying to downscale the original droid bionic boot animation resolution but it's not working..
Related
I'm going to put a link to this here, because it's relevant to the Mesmerize, but resides in the Fascinate forum. IMO, the Voodoo 5 kernel is awesome and should warrant some attention in the Mesmerize forums.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=871915
Nice! Finally got our spot on the forum.....this should help a ton! We should compile a list of all threads that belong here, i know it has been confusing to keep everything straight up till now.
Custom boot animation to go with kernels
I posted this in response to some questions in the other forum so I thought I would paste it here also.
OK, back at the house so here's a quickie on custom boot animation that you can add while using these kernels. I'll post a link so you can check one out.
First, you will will notice it's just a zip file named bootanimation.zip. It is a zip file that is NOT compressed. So when you zip your files up, remember to select store for compression level. This tripped me up for an hour when I first tried this out.
Inside is two folders labled part0 and part1, and a text file named desc.txt. Part0 is the first part of the boot animation that is run one time. Part1 is the part of the animation that can loop over and over depending on how long it needs to and how long it is told to. These two parts need to flow together to look good, so be mindful of this. Also, you don't want to make your boot animations too long. They take up space that can be very valuable on phones that have little to begin with. Ours don't have a problem, but some do.
Inside the folders is a series of PNG files. They are named and numbered. Keep it simple. These are boot_000003.png on up to the end. Make sure you have the zeros in front to keep the spaces, otherwise they could get played out of order. Keep you png files the same specs as your phone. Ours is 480 x 800 pixels. Make sure you work in pixels not inches or cm.
The desc.txt file can be a little confusing at first also. It's just numbers and letters. This particular one looks like this:
480 800 30
p 4 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
That just tells the phone it's looking at pictures that are 480x800 pixels and it's going to go thru them at 30 frames per second (15 is commonly used also). I'm not sure what most of the rest is for other than part0 and part1, obviously, but the second 0 is for looping. 0 tells it that part1 can loop infinitely if need be. So it will continue to play as many times as it needs, until the phone finishes booting.
This particular boot animation was a quickie that I downloaded from UOT Kitchen by going through the process of not selecting anything except the boot animation, finishing the build as a cyanogen based ROM, and the downloading the package. Once it was done, I just modified the png's and the txt file and it was ready. Stored it in a zip file and I put it on my sdcard. From there you can just move it to /system/media. I just use root explorer to do this, but others may want to push the files. Do it however you are comfortable. Once there, all you do is reboot and as long as your kernel is compatible, these are, then it will play the bootanimation.
This is the nexus one's colorful x. Nothing fancy, just a quick one to show you how it's done.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14910866/bootanimation.zip
i found the coolest thing ever, its avi and almost a minute long. i really want it to become my boot animation, i really dont have any idea how to do it. does anyone have any suggestions for how to get this done? ps - the avi has audio too, and that would be even more awesome to include.
You can create a boot animation from any type of video format even if the format is in flash (swf) what you need is a programs that convert videos to either. Jpg or. PNG file (boot animation can be done using only those two formats) ..... about adding sound to your animation yo need to know if the ROM you are running right now is capable to do audio @ boot if not you wont be able to make it work with sound.
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Okay thanks, I'm on it.
only .png picture files
Not sure this is right, I have saved the sequence as jpg images - 1418 of them - to a folder size of 58.4 mb with each image sized 704 X 400. Do they need to match droid x screen size to fill screen? And does my desc.txt really have to be 1418 plus lines? is there an easier way?
Thanks for any help with this, if I can do it I will post it so others might decide to use it.
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Wait, what?
the desc.txt file will have max prob 5 lines
my custom boot animation txt looks like this exactly, but yours would prob be a little different
480 480 15
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
(480 is the width/height; 15 is the fps; 1= #of times that part loops, 0= not freeze on last image of fps unlike the liberty boot animation which would have a 10)
part0 is a folder that contains the images that would be the non looping part, and part1 is the looping pictures folder
the .png is the file extension of the pictures
mattmartin77 said:
the desc.txt file will have max prob 5 lines
my custom boot animation txt looks like this exactly
480 480 15
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
(480 is the width/height; 15 is the fps; 1= #of times that part loops, 0= not freeze on last image of fps unlike the liberty boot animation which would have a 10)
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OH okay I get it. Can the fps be higher? Like 25? And can it not loop? It's like a minute long.
Does the phone start after the boot or when its ready? Like if the boot animation was too long would the phone start without showing it all? And do jpg files not work?
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.jpg format works as well, that what i use to make mine animations
marculous said:
Not sure this is right, I have saved the sequence as jpg images - 1418 of them - to a folder size of 58.4 mb with each image sized 704 X 400. Do they need to match droid x screen size to fill screen? And does my desc.txt really have to be 1418 plus lines? is there an easier way?
Thanks for any help with this, if I can do it I will post it so others might decide to use it.
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no you dont have to add 1418 of lines create , download one of mine bootanimation and decompress the zip file you see how they work... plus DO NOT USE the NOTEPAD from windows (dont know way but android doesnt like .txt created by this notepad) and download notepad++ from here [url="http://notepad-plus-plus.org/release/5.8.7]Notepad++ (Free)[/url] use that notepad to modified the desc.txt
Okay I think I can do that, going to tackle it after a break.
Okay can't get it to work right. Only plays 2 of the 20 folders, and its choppy. Changed the frame rate to 50 because it played slow. Desc.txt looks like
480 854 50
p 1 0 part0
p 1 0 part1
etc on up to part20
And when it played the aspect ratio was jacked up.
Tried four times.
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Okay can't get it to work right. Only plays 2 of the 20 folders, and its choppy. Changed the frame rate to 50 because it played slow. Desc.txt looks like
480 854 50
p 1 0 part0
p 1 0 part1
etc on up to part20
And when it played the aspect ratio was jacked up.
Tried four times.
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1450 frames is way to much for a Boot Animation (sorry if i didn't mention that before) max i have run is 390 frames @ 120 an still running very tide to the end, i dont know what app are you using to create you frames but if that app give you the options to make for sample 500 frames out of the clip you have that will be better....from there you can start your testing stage and deleted as many necessary frames to make your animation run smooth
P.S. you don't need to create 20 folders for your animation 1 folder is enought for it, 2 folders is more likely when the 2nd folder contains a loop of the animation in question
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1450 frames is way to much for a Boot Animation (sorry if i didn't mention that before) max i have run is 390 frames @ 120 an still running very tide to the end, i dont know what app are you using to create you frames but if that app give you the options to make for sample 500 frames out of the clip you have that will be better....from there you can start your testing stage and deleted as many necessary frames to make your animation run smooth
P.S. you don't need to create 20 folders for your animation 1 folder is enought for it, 2 folders is more likely when the 2nd folder contains a loop of the animation in question
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Oh. Crap. I read a thread said no more than 3mb per folder. The thing is, I didn't want to loop it.
Let me try this,
Can I make a boot animation that's close to a minute long with an avi as the source, have it play full screen with audio and look good? And if not, how close to what I want can I get?
I'm on apex 1.4.1 and I used avidemux 2.5 to make jpegs from the avi selection.
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Oh. Crap. I read a thread said no more than 3mb per folder. The thing is, I didn't want to loop it.
Let me try this,
Can I make a boot animation that's close to a minute long with an avi as the source, have it play full screen with audio and look good? And if not, how close to what I want can I get?
I'm on apex 1.4.1 and I used avidemux 2.5 to make jpegs from the avi selection.
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actually that really doesnt matter cuz i have some animation over 10 MB in a single folder and still working like a charm.....well like i said 2 folders is more like doing a loop out of one of them, having an AVI as boot animation that will be sweet is Google implement that feature in near future on Android using avi, mpg2 or mp4 as boot animation.
i heard (not sure) that Apex CAN run Boot animation with, i have no way to test it cuz im Running Liberty 1.5 (1.75 very soon) ....
P.S. if you want i can help you out with your animation just send me the Link of the video and ill create one and you can have that one as a reference for future animation of yours
well you can have it be a minute long if you want, but i think that is a long time personally, my custom one is pushing 15 seconds and i think it is long. i was told audio doesnt work on liberty rom. the audio must be named "Android_Audio.mp3" without quotes. it is going to be in the same folder on your phone where the bootanimation.zip is kept, /data/local make sure that the audio file is not in the .zip. the desc must contain a line that says "part 0 1 android" also without quotes. btw 1400 frames is not at all recommendable
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actually that really doesnt matter cuz i have some animation over 10 MB in a single folder and still working like a charm.....well like i said 2 folders is more like doing a loop out of one of them, having an AVI as boot animation that will be sweet is Google implement that feature in near future on Android using avi, mpg2 or mp4 as boot animation.
i heard (not sure) that Apex CAN run Boot animation with, i have no way to test it cuz im Running Liberty 1.5 (1.75 very soon) ....
P.S. if you want i can help you out with your animation just send me the Link of the video and ill create one and you can have that one as a reference for future animation of yours
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I know apex can run audio at boot, 1.4.1 boots with the thx sound playing. I will send you a link later this evening with the avi. And thanks.
mattmartin77 said:
well you can have it be a minute long if you want, but i think that is a long time personally, my custom one is pushing 15 seconds and i think it is long. i was told audio doesnt work on liberty rom. the audio must be named "Android_Audio.mp3" without quotes. it is going to be in the same folder on your phone where the bootanimation.zip is kept, /data/local make sure that the audio file is not in the .zip. the desc must contain a line that says "part 0 1 android" also without quotes. btw 1400 frames is not at all recommendable
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I could go with it being shorter, and it doesn't have to include audio, but I know it can.
DISCLAIMER:
I am not responsible if you break your phone. You should always do a nandroid backup befor flashing any files. Remember to wipe your dalvik before making a nandroid to save a lot of time and space
Intro
So. Boot animations. Hard to make? At first yes. But I will explain in great detail each step in making a boot animation.
Requirements
-A photo Editing program (GIMP and Photoshop are the best.)
-A text editor besides notepad or wordpad. (Notepad++)
-An archive manager (7-Zip or WinRAR)
My setup:
Photoshop CS5
WinRAR
Notpad++
The Tutorial
Step 1: Folders
So in this step, we need to make folders. The number of folders depends on what type of animation you want. You can name the folders anything you want as long as they are reflected in your desc.txt (we will get more into that later).
If you have a video that you want to repeat, you will need only 1 folder. (Name it anything you want)
If you want an intro (only shown once) and then a repeated set, You will need 2 folders. Most common names: (part0, part1) (intro, repeat)
If you have more then 2 sections of images, then I have no clue what you are doing but good for you for being awesome!
Step 2: Images
So this section will be a generilization of the images. I say this because every video is going to be different.
Each image in the video is called a frame. They usually vary slightly from image to image which sped through makes the illusion of a video.
-Each frame must be 480*800 px (thats 480 pixels wide by 800 pixels tall).
-Each frame must be saved in a .png format. (If you are using Photoshop, File > Save for Web & Devices to reduce the file size drastically.)
-Each frame needs to have some numarical value.
+Recommended would be something like frame0001.png, frame0002.png, frame0003.png, etc.
+Try to keep it under 300 images total
After all of the images are created, we now need to place them in folders.
Step 3: Placing images in folders
This step will vary from user to user. based on what type of animation you are making.
Intro to loop (2 folders):
With this one, you are going to place all of the images that is to be the intro to folder 1.
All looping images will go into folder 2.
Looping video:
All images will go into a single folder.
Step 4: desc.txt
This is the 'script' that tells android what to do.
Open up your text editing program. You have to use something other then notepad/wordpad included with Windows. They add some funky stuff for every new line you make which will ultimately break the script. It is best to use Notepad++.
This is an example of a desc.txt that has 2 folders in it:
480 800 20
p 1 0 intro
p 0 0 repeat
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Here is what it is telling android to do line by line:
480 800 20 <-- Width of the animation in pixels. This will stay 480 for Evo users Height of the animation. Keep this 800 for Evo Users Frames per second. This is basically your 'speed' of the animation. This will stay in between 10-30 (10 being slower, longer, and choppy; 30 being fast, short, and smooth.)
p 1 0 intro <-- p is telling it to play this folder. It will always be there. Folder is to be played 1 time before moving on to the next folder. Pause the movie for 0 frames after the animation is completed before moving on to the next folder. (This will normally stay 0). Name of the folder to be played. In this case, the folder named "intro" gets played once and then it moves on to the next line.
p 0 0 repeat <-- Play the animation... Folder is to be indefinately played. The 0 is telling it to play this folderover and over. Just keep it 0. Folder "repeat" gets played
And now for an example of a single folder (same thing looping over and over):
480 800 20
p 0 0 part0
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So same as before... 480px wide by 800px tall at 20 FPS
Play the folder "part0" an indefinate amount with no pause in between.
Why not go funky!:
480 800 20
p 1 0 intro
p 5 0 cookies
p 2 0 cake
p 0 0 mynion
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Same... 480px wide by 800px tall at 20 FPS
Play "intro" 1 time with no pause
Play "cookies" 5 times with no pause
Play "cake" 2 times with no pause
Play "mynion" indefinately
Ok. So now we save this file with the file name "desc.txt". It must be named that. Case sensitive.
Get it? Good. Let's move on.
Step 5: Packaging
Now we are going to package this sweetness of a custom boot animation!
(this is assuming you are using Windows with WinRAR. Steps may vary from OS and program)
1. Highlight all of your folders and desc.txt and right click > "Add to archive..."
2. On the left side, change the radio buttons from rar to zip
3. Change compression method to "store"
4. Name the file. For now, you can name it anything. Eventually, it will need to be named "bootanimation.zip"
And we are done! Now we just need to set it up on your phone!
Here are 2 methods of doing this:
Root Explorer method:
1. Rename your boot animation to bootanimation
2. Put it on your SD card
3. Open Root Explorer and copy bootanimation.zip to /system/customize/resource. The destination folder may vary from ROM to ROM. I am using Synergy.
4. Reboot your phone
ADB method:
1. Make sure you have downloaded android sdk
2. Put android sdk in C:\
3. Set the directory of command prompt to C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools. Click here for a video tutorial.
4. Rename your boot animation to bootanimation and put it in C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
5. Open cmd
6. Type in order:
-adb remount
-adb push bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource/bootanimation.zip The destination folder may vary from ROM to ROM. I am using Synergy.
-adb reboot
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This post will be updated with various tools and programs which will aid your awesomeness.
Image Editors
GIMP - Free
Photoshop - $700. Students and teachers can get up to 80% off.
Batch Image Editors
FotoSizer - Free - Batch resize, file name mask, convert image format.
Other Image Tools
GIF Frame Extractor - Free - Extracts frames from an animated GIF and save them as PNG
Video Downloader and Converters
Video to JPG Comverter - Free
Bootanimations from the community:
Skullmonkey|OP|
Andy peeing on Apple
Super Mario Bros
SackBoy
Thank you Bro. Always showing your awesomeness.
Good Info, but these tutorials can be found everywhere on xda
Hmm, I seem to have wandered into the Themes & Apps forum.
github always brings the lulz
Could you use a hex editor??
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Thanks for the info skull.
"Hell I don't know"
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Hmm, I seem to have wandered into the Themes & Apps forum.
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I consider this in development because there is a little coding involved. It's not like its my collection of bootanimations in which case I would put in themes and apps.
Amer532 said:
Could you use a hex editor??
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You don't need a hex editor...
EVOlvedAndroid said:
Good Info, but these tutorials can be found everywhere on xda
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Well.... ?
I found it here . So, Thanks a lot
Yes this info can be found everywhere on XDA... much like most info on XDA, buried in page 2452 of a 5000 page thread about cyanogenmod that everyone insists you read every page of because they have no lives and they read the entire thread.
Nice to see a well organized and consolidated thread, and this info should apply to most Android boot animations on most devices (save for the screen resolutions). Thanks, OP!
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Download:
http://sm.jcink.com/phone/BAs/bootanimation-android_peeing.zip
Super Mario Bros
http://sm.jcink.com/phone/BAs/bootanimation-SMB.zip
SACKBOY!
http://sm.jcink.com/phone/BAs/bootanimation-sackboy.zip
Love a Post" has a little humor in it, helps me...wake up! Just couple questions if I may,
Step 1. Video to repeat? One folder, would this include sound?
I'm making a video which would be in .wmv ext but would like to hear sound as well in the start-up.
Step 2. Images, said "File > Save for Web & Devices to reduce the file size drastically" and every video is different. Understood the 400x800tall would be the size on the screen, but the pixel's?
Can this be more or higher to give it a clean crystal clear look on start-up screen? what "save" should be best to keep and not loose any clarity on the Origin Image(s)?
Step 4 takes me back to 1 "reflected in your desc.txt"
I am renaming it right, as I save it?
Getting funky and so for, I am going to wait til I get there, and thank you for the knowledge...
is there a way to test the animation before flashing to phone?
EDIT: i have an audio folder and a bootanimation.zip under /system/media and a single bootanimation file under /system/bin. is either of these correct?
I need help I have been trying to get this thing to work for about four hours everything is set up correctly as far as i can see. I used notepad++. compression set to store. it worked with the desc.txt from your mario one but after the first loop it like tripped the speed of the thing. PLEASE HELP!!! http://www.mediafire.com/?df742t4x1kkvl2c
I did all but when I boot phone I get the splash screen and then black screen, no animation... But it boots up.
I saved the desc.txt using notepad++ this is what my desc.txt looks like
480 800 20
P 0 0 funny
When i save it I saved it as "all text files" cause it was not specified in op. Should I have saved it as a script of some kind?
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eraste said:
I did all but when I boot phone I get the splash screen and then black screen, no animation... But it boots up.
I saved the desc.txt using notepad++ this is what my desc.txt looks like
480 800 20
P 0 0 funny
When i save it I saved it as "all text files" cause it was not specified in op. Should I have saved it as a script of some kind?
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When using Notepad++, you have to go "Edit", "EOL Conversion", and then make sure "UNIX Format" is selected. You must also make sure that under "Encoding", "Encode in ANSI" is also selected. Then just save it as a normal txt file.
Hey guys, I have been creating some custom boot animations, and particularly the one located in my signature (revolver 4 boot animation) has some quirkiness to it..
It seems to want to stop playing on a certain image (around 57 of 69 images, something like that). I have checked;
My desc.txt file (all is in order and even swapped out some known-working files as a test, only modifying the resolution/fps line)
The image names and sizes (no numbers skipped/duplicated, no anomalies, all images around the same size of 47KB, all filenames are 5 characters, all PNG format)
I even copied the part0 folder and renamed it part1 and added a part1 line to the desc.txt file to allow it to change to try and get it to loop, it will loop the first 'part0' folder (even playing the images that are usually cut off) but as soon as it reaches part1, it hits the 57th (or whichever file it is) and goes blank..
I am using VIM to edit text and 7zip to pack the files, though that would seem to be OK since if either one was a problem the animation wouldn't play to begin with..the file is in my signature if anyone wants to play around with it and help me out. I can't seem to figure out what the main problem is- so the compromise is either have part1 folder, and/or loop the part0 a few times (haven't even tried but suspect it will go blank on first repeated loop), or have part1 added, add a part 2, etc. to allow it to loop (or just add another 'p1 0 part0' in the desc.txt). And btw, I have tried;
Code:
800 700 20
p0 0 part0
It won't play but once, even though the first 0 is by all accounts supposed to make it loop indefinitely..so, I'm at a loss.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I am having a pretty big problem with bootanimations as well but mine will not even run once. Super frustrating. Even when i take a working boot animation and swap out the photos with the same resolution it does not work.
There is something funny about bootanimations- I think you have to use the store function, so that it isn't compressed. Also, maybe the old fashion zip would be compatible- 7zip might not be? Isn't that a windows thing?
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There is something funny about bootanimations- I think you have to use the store function, so that it isn't compressed. Also, maybe the old fashion zip would be compatible- 7zip might not be? Isn't that a windows thing?
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Using WinRar and Store... Probably something to do with the depth of the pictures or the encoding on them
The red flags are flying- It has the same first letters as windows and it's not open source.
Try taking a working bootanimation and re-arranging/re-numbering the images. If it works, then it's your images. If it doesn't, go open source.
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The red flags are flying- It has the same first letters as windows and it's not open source.
Try taking a working bootanimation and re-arranging/re-numbering the images. If it works, then it's your images. If it doesn't, go open source.
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i got it i forgot to flatten my images in photoshop. i feel a little stupid
This is the first issue I've had with it..t may be that I converted the mages from an animated GIF into several frames and then n photoshop saved them as PNGs, but I have other animations that I have created that run fine;
You do need a unix-friendly notepad, like notepad++ or VIM, and yes I pack the files so that they are simply stored; like I said, they play, they just don't finish the animation cycle..and I have heard that there is a limit to how many files can be in a folder, but that it was well-above 70..I have 69..so should not be an issue. Anyone tried my boot animation? It still plays and looks cool, but doesn't loop like it should.
Hey luna this might help its the desc file i used to finally get mine working
Code:
1280 800 20
p1 0 part0
p0 0 part1
mrevankyle said:
Hey luna this might help its the desc file i used to finally get mine working
Code:
1280 800 20
p1 0 part0
p0 0 part1
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The code means;
1280 800 20
This is resolution (w x h) and the fps (how many images cycle per second)
p1 0 part0
p1= play once (p5 would be play 5x, p0 is play indefinitely), 0 = 0ms delay between initiation and first image and part0 is the folder for the images..
My problem is this; my image files are 800 x 700 and play at 29fps, so first line is obvious- 800 700 29
second line is p0 0 part0, where the image is supposed to run indefinitely. It does not though. It runs once if I use 'p1 0 part0', but does not play all the way through. Yet if the desc file were not right at all, it wouldn't play it would be blank. So I have the desc file compiled, properly otherwise the image in part0 would not even play..the problem is the images do not fully cycle..I appreciate your help but it seems I know more about these files than you do (no offense mate)..I need to figure out why the settings do not run indefinitely until boot, and does not even finish the animation completely..but plays and then goes blank halfway through it...
But when I put a duplicate folder, part1, with the same animation images, and add 'p0 0 part1' to the desc file, the FIRST animation WILL play all the way through, then the second one crashes it..
Android is funny about some things, folder hierarchy, capitalization and folder name structure, file size and compression ratio, etc..I can't seem to figure out why one of my animation images seems to crash the animation altogether..halfway through.
you probobly do know more than me about it as this is the first boot animation i have worked on. Bud i did know what everything in the code meant. And i have looked at quite a few boot animaions in the last few days. It seems to me that the standard workaround is that if you put only the first frame in part 0 with "p1 0 part0" then everything else in part1 with "p0 0 part1" it may fix it.
mrevankyle said:
you probobly do know more than me about it as this is the first boot animation i have worked on. Bud i did know what everything in the code meant. And i have looked at quite a few boot animaions in the last few days. It seems to me that the standard workaround is that if you put only the first frame in part 0 with "p1 0 part0" then everything else in part1 with "p0 0 part1" it may fix it.
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Good idea...I am going to give it a shot, one thing I have not tried yet is splitting the part0 folder up into multiple folders, I have some doubts that will work but at this point it is worth trying I'll let you know if it solves the issue.
EDIT:
Nope...couldn't even get that one to play at all..and now for some reason my desc.txt file isn't working, I even created one from scratch in VIM and it would not work..blanks screen now. WTF..this should not be this tricky..
png software
could anyone tell me what software I can use to convert a gif animation into a series of png files. I have tried a few freeware converters but not had any luck, or even better a program that can convert any video file into a series of png's so I can skip the gif altogether?
A Guide To Support My Other Thread On How To Create Boot animations So It Is Easier For People To Understand And Grasp The Concept.
so they will ask less questions XD
CONTENTS
The Basics
Inside the bootanimation.zip file
Featured Boot Animations
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Basics :
The Android boot animation is contained within a an uncompressed zip file called bootanimation.zip that can be found in the media folder of the system partition i.e. /system/media on the internal memory of the device. This single file contains all the information required to play the boot animation, and is loaded automatically when the device boots. Thus, customizing or changing the boot animation is simply the process of editing or replacing this file.
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Inside The Bootanimation.Zip File
This section is for those interested in finding out how the Android boot animation works. If you just want to install one without bothering yourself about what’s in the file, feel free to move on to the next section, as this one will get a little technical. Though it should be easy and simple enough for anyone to grasp.
While the Android boot animation might appear to be in a video format during playback, it is in fact a little different. If you extract the contents of the bootanimation.zip file to your computer, you will see:
A desc.txt file
A part0 folder (Contains PNG images named in incremental numbers)
More part1, part2 etc. folders (May or may not be present)
As you can see, bootanimation.zip merely contains one text file and one or more folders with PNG images. The animation is played simply by displaying the images in a sequence, and the text file defines how they are to be played. In essence, first the PNG files in the part0 folder are displayed one after the other and afterwards, those in the part1 file – if it exists – are displayed, again one after the other, and so on. All of this is defined in the desc.txt file.
Let’s see how it works in a little detail by taking a closer look at the contents of the file.
The folders
These contain PNG images named in numbers, starting from something like 0000.jpg or 00001.jpg and proceeding with increments of 1. There has to be at least one folder, and there is no known upper limit to the number of folders.
The desc.txt file
This file defines how the images in the folder(s) are displayed during the boot animation, in the following format:
Width Height Frame-rate
p Loop Pause Folder1
p Loop Pause Folder2
An example of a desc.txt file is:
320 480 30
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
As you can see, in the first line, 320 and 480 define the width and height of the boot animation in pixels for this example. This must be the same as the screen resolution of your device for the boot animation to properly play in full screen. 30 is the frame rate in fps (frames per second) i.e. number of images to display per second.
The second and third lines have a same format, start with p, which stands for a part of the animation and end in part0 or part1, which denotes the folder in which the images for that part are present.
The number after ‘p’ defines how many times this part will loop (repeat playback) before switching to the next part (if present). Specifying 0 would make the part loop indefinitely till the phone has fully booted.
The next number is for the pause, and is expressed in the number of frames, which can be translated into time by dividing it by the frame rate. A pause of 15 for example, would mean pausing for the time it takes 15 frames to play and since the frame rate is 30 frames per second, 15 frames would take half a second.
Translating all of this in case of the above example, the boot animation will play at a resolution of 320 by 480 pixels, at a frame rate of 30 fps, starting with the contents of part0 folder and after playing them in one loop, switching to contents of part1 folder and playing them continuously till the device fully boots.
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NOTE :
A note on resolution: Most high-end Android devices with large screens have a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, and are referred to as HDPI. Some mid-range devices have a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels and are called MDPI. Lastly, the screen resolution of some low-end devices is 340 x 320 pixels and these are called LDPI, though these are either the really old Android phones or the cheapest Chinese models.
As a rule, a boot animation made for a lower resolution device will run fine on a high resolution one but it will be centered on the screen, with the extra screen space around it not being used. Using a high resolution boot animation on a low resolution device will result in the boot animation not fully displaying on the screen, with its outer parts being cut off due to being outside the screen’s bounds.
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Featured Boot Animations
Link for some boot animations for ace plus : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2197483
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May u make guide how to make boot splash? Like gaple rom and mb-14 kernel does?
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May u make guide how to make boot splash? Like gaple rom and mb-14 kernel does?
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Thnxxx for d suggestion dude !
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Very useful tutorial, it is worth I came to learn
Harshraj said:
A Guide To Support My Other Thread On How To Create Boot animations So It Is Easier For People To Understand And Grasp The Concept.
so they will ask less questions XD
CONTENTS
The Basics
Inside the bootanimation.zip file
Featured Boot Animations
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Basics :
The Android boot animation is contained within a an uncompressed zip file called bootanimation.zip that can be found in the media folder of the system partition i.e. /system/media on the internal memory of the device. This single file contains all the information required to play the boot animation, and is loaded automatically when the device boots. Thus, customizing or changing the boot animation is simply the process of editing or replacing this file.
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Inside The Bootanimation.Zip File
This section is for those interested in finding out how the Android boot animation works. If you just want to install one without bothering yourself about what’s in the file, feel free to move on to the next section, as this one will get a little technical. Though it should be easy and simple enough for anyone to grasp.
While the Android boot animation might appear to be in a video format during playback, it is in fact a little different. If you extract the contents of the bootanimation.zip file to your computer, you will see:
A desc.txt file
A part0 folder (Contains PNG images named in incremental numbers)
More part1, part2 etc. folders (May or may not be present)
As you can see, bootanimation.zip merely contains one text file and one or more folders with PNG images. The animation is played simply by displaying the images in a sequence, and the text file defines how they are to be played. In essence, first the PNG files in the part0 folder are displayed one after the other and afterwards, those in the part1 file – if it exists – are displayed, again one after the other, and so on. All of this is defined in the desc.txt file.
Let’s see how it works in a little detail by taking a closer look at the contents of the file.
The folders
These contain PNG images named in numbers, starting from something like 0000.jpg or 00001.jpg and proceeding with increments of 1. There has to be at least one folder, and there is no known upper limit to the number of folders.
The desc.txt file
This file defines how the images in the folder(s) are displayed during the boot animation, in the following format:
Width Height Frame-rate
p Loop Pause Folder1
p Loop Pause Folder2
An example of a desc.txt file is:
320 480 30
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
As you can see, in the first line, 320 and 480 define the width and height of the boot animation in pixels for this example. This must be the same as the screen resolution of your device for the boot animation to properly play in full screen. 30 is the frame rate in fps (frames per second) i.e. number of images to display per second.
The second and third lines have a same format, start with p, which stands for a part of the animation and end in part0 or part1, which denotes the folder in which the images for that part are present.
The number after ‘p’ defines how many times this part will loop (repeat playback) before switching to the next part (if present). Specifying 0 would make the part loop indefinitely till the phone has fully booted.
The next number is for the pause, and is expressed in the number of frames, which can be translated into time by dividing it by the frame rate. A pause of 15 for example, would mean pausing for the time it takes 15 frames to play and since the frame rate is 30 frames per second, 15 frames would take half a second.
Translating all of this in case of the above example, the boot animation will play at a resolution of 320 by 480 pixels, at a frame rate of 30 fps, starting with the contents of part0 folder and after playing them in one loop, switching to contents of part1 folder and playing them continuously till the device fully boots.
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NOTE :
A note on resolution: Most high-end Android devices with large screens have a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, and are referred to as HDPI. Some mid-range devices have a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels and are called MDPI. Lastly, the screen resolution of some low-end devices is 340 x 320 pixels and these are called LDPI, though these are either the really old Android phones or the cheapest Chinese models.
As a rule, a boot animation made for a lower resolution device will run fine on a high resolution one but it will be centered on the screen, with the extra screen space around it not being used. Using a high resolution boot animation on a low resolution device will result in the boot animation not fully displaying on the screen, with its outer parts being cut off due to being outside the screen’s bounds.
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Featured Boot Animations
Link for some boot animations for ace plus : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2197483
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what about these codes :
320 480 36
p 1 0 part0
s 1 /system/media/poweron.ogg
p 0 0 part1
s none
could you explain those ???????