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Splash screen creation??

Anyone have a good walkthrough on how to create the first and second boot screens? the one i found does not work. Any ideas?

here you are!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...ighlight=1st+step:+Splashscreen1+the+HTC+Logo
i think this one it's ok
i've tried...and works fine
tommy

TauRho said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...ighlight=1st+step:+Splashscreen1+the+HTC+Logo
i think this one it's ok
i've tried...and works fine
tommy
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but can you revert to the original if you want to ?

ahem....
tkdsl said:
but can you revert to the original if you want to ?
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probably i don't understand...but: the original???
like T.mobile ore iMate?
well...starting from original shipped rom you can "extract" the original boot screen....(i made it with core kitchen tools)...and made a new .nbf with [original?] images
tommy

TauRho said:
probably i don't understand...but: the original???
like T.mobile ore iMate?
well...starting from original shipped rom you can "extract" the original boot screen....(i made it with core kitchen tools)...and made a new .nbf with [original?] images
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cool I should look up the process to extract it from the original rom that T-mobile has before changing it
thank you for the heads up. you don't happen to have the extracted files still with you do you ?

There's tools for creating all the splashscreens in in the Core kitchen. You have to create either a 240 x 320 .bmp or a 320 x 320 .bmp image, name the 1st screen splash1.bmp and the 2nd one splash2.bmp and then run the converters for each. I haven't actually gotten around to trying this out yet, but I know the grafics for the images can't be excessive or it won't work, and if you use the 320 x 320 image size you have to shift any image to the left 60 pixels that you want to have centered. The 320 x 320 size is supposed to be for when you reboot your phone in landscape mode as if anyone does that anyway. When you reboot in portrait then using the 320 by 320 it cuts off the right 60 pixels to fit your screen. It's easier to just use 240 x 320, that way you know exactly what you're getting.

Well, i finally got it to work. thanks for the info. Main issue was splash screen 1. thanks again

I decided to go ahead and try it out for myself too. I've made a few welcomehead.96's for myself, I just never got around to designing a couple of splash screens for the first 2 splashes. I've spent the last couple of hours though working on my images that I want. Hopefully it works as easy as I think it will.

lol. yeah, i spent more time on making the rom work than the graphics to personalize.

Wow, now I can see where you would have problems with the first screen. I've been redoing it over and over trying to get it small enough to work. I'm just about ready to put just the HTC logo back on it and say forget it.

Instead of that, save the one you want as a bmp. then resave as a gif. Open it up then save as a bmp, you may lose a little quality, but the compression will get you to the size you need. then the second one can be the quality that your original was. thats what i had to do. LOL.

Thanks, I'll try that. I've already redone it 6 times and nothing else I've tried so far has worked.

That worked!! Thank you very much nottoosmart, I would have never even thought to do that. I greatly appreciate your help.

Port Request :)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=717559
Is there a way to have this ported to the Hero? These are the best icons I have seen in Android so far (imho)

Mayb with some resizing the icons can b used in one of the roms 4 the hero
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Well afaik the icons are changed by changing the apk and resigning. I don't know how to change the icons in the apk or resign, so I don't know how to do this... if someone were to do this, they could just make it a flashable zip to change the icons on almost any ROM (with the apps)

could ask him. Konib used to dev for the Hero

It would look better and take way less time if you either asked konib to do it or asked to have his originals so you could port it. Resizing indexed .pngs from higher resolution to lower resolution makes them look like crap. (not all but a lot of them)

daPorkchop said:
It would look better and take way less time if you either asked konib to do it or asked to have his originals so you could port it. Resizing indexed .pngs from higher resolution to lower resolution makes them look like crap. (not all but a lot of them)
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That's not even close to being true. Most of the icons in my roms r from hi Res roms that I port down to our phones. They look great. Ill port these later when I get home if the op wants to pm me the link

Papa Smurf151 said:
That's not even close to being true. Most of the icons in my roms r from hi Res roms that I port down to our phones. They look great. Ill port these later when I get home if the op wants to pm me the link
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How can you say its not even close to being true when Im sitting here staring at a GPS icon I took from the Droid X resized it to 25x25 and there are a few pixels that are out of place? Unless I'm doing it wrong... even then its still close to being right. And how can porting a theme from a higher res theme not be time consuming?
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How can you say its not even close to being true when Im sitting here staring at a GPS icon I took from the Droid X resized it to 25x25 and there are a few pixels that are out of place? Unless I'm doing it wrong... even then its still close to being right. And how can porting a theme from a higher res theme not be time consuming?
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You're right. Theres no argument about the the depreciation of images when resizing. They get compressed. Its not a matter of opinion, or conjecture, its fact. If you are able to refute this, let me know.

Well to correct everyone,resizing will remove some of the clarity of the image. Scaling the image down will preserve the clarity to do this we start with a 38x38 image create a new blank 25x25 and paste the image in, then use transform to shrink the image down. This actually scales the full image to size. That is for photoshop . Fireworks also can accomplish this very well . This is just my experience after 7 years of PhotoShop
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nfinitefx45 said:
Well to correct everyone,resizing will remove some of the clarity of the image. Scaling the image down will preserve the clarity to do this we start with a 38x38 image create a new blank 25x25 and paste the image in, then use transform to shrink the image down. This actually scales the full image to size. That is for photoshop . Fireworks also can accomplish this very well . This is just my experience after 7 years of PhotoShop
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Thanks man

nfinitefx45 said:
Well to correct everyone,resizing will remove some of the clarity of the image. Scaling the image down will preserve the clarity to do this we start with a 38x38 image create a new blank 25x25 and paste the image in, then use transform to shrink the image down. This actually scales the full image to size. That is for photoshop . Fireworks also can accomplish this very well . This is just my experience after 7 years of PhotoShop
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Well ill give that a shot.... but that will take forever for 150 imgs :-(
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I have most of the icons resized. I can't finish until later today. I just have a couple to finish and put them into the apk's and make a flashable zip or I can create a metamorph file.

unCoRrUpTeD said:
I have most of the icons resized. I can't finish until later today. I just have a couple to finish and put them into the apk's and make a flashable zip or I can create a metamorph file.
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Metamorph please I have better luck with them not messing with any of my other mods.

I did what I could for now. I will make both a flashable zip and a metamorph theme. I haven't made a metamorph theme since they changed the program, but I should have something up either tonight or in the morning. And I am putting the icons in both the HTC apps(HTC dialer, mail, messaging) as well as the AOSP apps, because I am not sure who uses what.

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I did what I could for now. I will make both a flashable zip and a metamorph theme. I haven't made a metamorph theme since they changed the program, but I should have something up either tonight or in the morning. And I am putting the icons in both the HTC apps(HTC dialer, mail, messaging) as well as the AOSP apps, because I am not sure who uses what.
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Great job man. I was gonna port it tonight but I've done and saved me a ton of time I can use on other projects. Great job

unCoRrUpTeD said:
I did what I could for now. I will make both a flashable zip and a metamorph theme. I haven't made a metamorph theme since they changed the program, but I should have something up either tonight or in the morning. And I am putting the icons in both the HTC apps(HTC dialer, mail, messaging) as well as the AOSP apps, because I am not sure who uses what.
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Awesome
I love the look of the icons, reminds me of WP 7 (which I think looks gorgeous)

I had some problems with some of them. I will have them on here before Noon tomorrow.

Here you go. I am reflashing a sense rom and then going to flash this again and see what needs to be worked on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7378553#post7378553

after re reading this and seeing what unCoRrUpTeD posted...i thought he was talkin about the whole theme. so oops...my bad.

daPorkchop said:
after re reading this and seeing what unCoRrUpTeD posted...i thought he was talkin about the whole theme. so oops...my bad.
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I can port the rest, but I think the OP wanted the icons.

[GUIDE] Wallpaper-Template (Stock Launcher + LP) [UPDATE: 30-Jun-2011]

Hey there
Since it seems kinda hard to get your wallpaper not cropped, I made a template just for the TF (Stock Launcher)^^
The whole wallpaper has to be 2048x1504, even thought your homescreen will only show 1368x804 of the whole wallpaper...
Your wallpaper has to contain a section you will never see (top: 123px, bottom 175px)
And to on the left & right side 20px you will only see through the bounce-effect.
If the template is not enough I can write some guide for making wallpapers, too
Good luck ;D
UPDATE 27-Jun-2011:
Added new/updated templates:
Stock - 2048x1504
Stock - 1917x1408
Launcher Pro - 1700x1358
UPDATE 30-Jun-2011:
New Template for portrait mode - 2048x1504
So.. about the resolution thing... the transformer resizes the wallpapers to 1920x1408... so speaking of "sharpness" it doesnt matter if you make it 2048x1504 or 1920x1408 (template is still 1917... I mean... 3 pixels <.<)
The only thing that matters is what you want to see... if you got a bigger picture you want to see, take the higher resolution and the transformer will scale it down to 1920x1408 by itself.
Going to rewrite the guide for both resolutions tomorrow (if i have time to..)

*suggestion: maybe you can make us wallpapers, like make a wallpaper thread just for the TF.. just saying. / other than that, thanks for the template
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the problem with making wallpapers is that I dont know what exactly you want to see on your homescreen
sure, if someone needs help I can build the wallpaper for him, its easy with wallpapers bigger than 2048x1504, but it gets kinda tricky if the wallpaper is smaller then you have to add custom borders to each site so the pic you want to see is in the center.
If you are ok with black borders around the pic, then thats no problem too, but if you dont want a black frame around the pic, it's a lot of harder to make it fit and look good
So if you can't get it done yourself, just ask If I got time to spare I'll help you out.

thanks for the template!
maybe someone should just make a wallpaper thread and we can all post ones that work nicely in it.
if no one makes one before i get around to making some wallpapers, i'll do it

2048x1504px
I was using 1920x1408 which seems to work perfect for me, I even checked if it gets resized using a 2x2px grid - strange.
greetz

I'm using Gimp for Windows, if anyone is wondering what app can be used too edit or resize a wallpaper.
GIMP FOR WINDOWS
I think this is the longest i have spent trying to apply a *^(%^(^%(^ wallpaper on anything and cant figure it out.
Using wallpaper wizardrii, isn't helping.
Holding the tablet horizontal 99% of the time, gives me short, not long enough, views of the wallpaper
I've tried the dimension up top in every way possible lol
H (2048) x W (1504)
also
W (2048) x H (2048)
I can take screen shots but im about too see if this tablet can/will be a true transformer out the window

frysee said:
2048x1504px
I was using 1920x1408 which seems to work perfect for me, I even checked if it gets resized using a 2x2px grid - strange.
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yeah other resolutions should be okay as well but it seems like 2048x1504 is a good resolution if you want a pretty sharp picture
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Hmm horizintal? then 2048x1504 should be okay oO your using stock launcher?

Shinili said:
yeah other resolutions should be okay as well but it seems like 2048x1504 is a good resolution if you want a pretty sharp picture
Hmm horizintal? then 2048x1504 should be okay oO your using stock launcher?
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LP plus with auto-rotate

The original Asus tree wallpaper that was ripped from a TF was 2135 x 1408 pixels. I see that your dimensions are slightly different. Are you saying that the original had less/extra information in it than was necessary, or just that 2048 x 1504 looks good enough onscreen not to need to make it precisely like the original please?

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LP plus with auto-rotate
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Ah ok.. havent tried LP but i've heard that wallpapers behave different on ADW and LP, I'll test it myself later.
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The original Asus tree wallpaper that was ripped from a TF was 2135 x 1408 pixels. I see that your dimensions are slightly different. Are you saying that the original had less/extra information in it than was necessary, or just that 2048 x 1504 looks good enough onscreen not to need to make it precisely like the original please?
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The resolution I use was mentioned in the Home Screen Thread and its working flawless. If you for example take my template and set it as your wallpaper, you will see that the crop-selection fills the whole pic. Even thought the crop-lines shown, arent the real ones you will have after the cut (Mine are the real ones.. )
the problem with 2135x1408 is that when you crop it, there is a part which is not in the crop-selection-field.. so you wont get 2135x1408, but 1917x1408 and your center screen will be about 1280x753... maybe they did it because display resolution is 1280x800.. but yeah they got 1280 with their version and we got x804 with mine maybe I should "optimize" it to x800 ;D

Ok cheers for the info.

So here is a first version of the launcherpro template
pic size is 1700x1358
homescreen is 1362x800
still trying to figure out whats the best resolution for the homescreen area...
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see first post

sweet will try this..i am amking them @ 1920x1408

updated first post =)
if somebody still has problems just feel free to ask

So is there a special way to put these wallpapers into my Transformer (rooted) or do I just stick them in my SD?

Beako said:
So is there a special way to put these wallpapers into my Transformer (rooted) or do I just stick them in my SD?
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Put them on the internal or external sd, long tap the homescreen, choose wallpapers, then gallery and search for your picture last you have to resize the crop-thing to cover the whole screen. at least thats the way for the stock launcher

Can someone resize this pic for me please, to have the better fit possible ?
Link to image : http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/7213/unclean.jpg
Thx !

luminouche said:
Can someone resize this pic for me please, to have the better fit possible ?
Link to image : http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/7213/unclean.jpg
Thx !
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Resized and added a black border.. should not be seen in use
Okay like that?

Thx, but definition image is blurry now
My original is 1680*1050, and you made 2048*1504 with my picture, the stretching modification render is not sharp now...
Picture resolution must be 1368x804 ? (with a little crop, to keep original ratio if necessary)
So can you make a picture with this resolution 1368x804
After resizing my picture, can you center it in your template, with black color surrounding in non-shown parts ?

luminouche said:
Thx, but definition image is blurry now
My original is 1680*1050, and you made 2048*1504 with my picture, the stretching modification render is not sharp now...
Can you use your smallest template ?
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k, sry i just made this up within a minute ;D without even testing it..
I'll make another version. Is there something you want to have on your homescreen for sure?

My First Boot Animation. "Fire on Fire"

I worked on this for hours. I got all the png pics right, used a gif of some flames, added the Kindle Fire boot logo, along with the "part0 and desc.txt" files. Created bootanimation.zip but no matter what I did it wouldnt show up on boot. So I was browsing around for a solution and found this tool. Worked great. I then tweaked and tweaked the size and timing trying to get it to look the best without a lot of hiccups. It does have a few delays right at the beginning but I got it the best I could. I think it came out pretty good considering Ive never created anything for android before. Im pretty much a follow tutorial only guy. But I got in the mood tonight to try to create and contribute. So anyway feel free to check it out.
Video: http://youtu.be/L39mmmJsT1Y
Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?fr6aavvxbwf2q44
Just make a copy of your original bootanimation at system/media, rename my Fire on Fire bootanimation.zip to bootanimation.zip then place it in same folder at system/media, reboot and enjoy (I Hope )

Looks cool, I'll try this out later.

this is really cool and works great with my Kindle Fire

Nice work man!

Created another.
I created another one. This one is called Kindle Fire Rising. Links below.
Mediafire link: http://www.mediafire.com/?bfk29j8j7b7ykuh
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MmOFEJ-db8
Same instructions as above for install. Hope you like it.

uhhhh just a thought. Those are really neat, I will be installing one, but you need to change that stock wallpaper to pimp these out properly
Really neat animations though. Get us more
Edit: please don't take that as an insult or me being a butthead. Was just being funny.

Granite Gargoyle said:
uhhhh just a thought. Those are really neat, I will be installing one, but you need to change that stock wallpaper to pimp these out properly
Really neat animations though. Get us more
Edit: please don't take that as an insult or me being a butthead. Was just being funny.
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No offense taken. Hey call me strange, but I actually like the Fires wallpapers. I love the whole OS and launcher. Ive tried other custom roms like cyanogen, but ended up going back to stock. Just bought a Xoom today for under $300. So Ill most likely be playing around with that. But I havent stopped with the Fire. I had another boot animation all done, but ended up scrapping it. Everything looked great except for the logo. It was blurry. So Ill have to work on that one some more before I post it.

I have to admit, the stock ones have a nice resolution to them. Some are really nice and then the others are just meh. I do hope you keep at it. Those are neat. I want one of a dragon coming out and setting the word "Kindle" on fire. That would win me in a second

Granite Gargoyle said:
I have to admit, the stock ones have a nice resolution to them. Some are really nice and then the others are just meh. I do hope you keep at it. Those are neat. I want one of a dragon coming out and setting the word "Kindle" on fire. That would win me in a second
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Hmmm. I think I might just steal that idea!!! Now if I could just find this picture as an animated gif!!

Gam3r 4 Life said:
Hmmm. I think I might just steal that idea!!! Now if I could just find this picture as an animated gif!!
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Yay! I had an idea That would be neat. Maybe replace the fire on that dragon with the animation you already have...not sure how that works. I'll leave that up to you

[BootAnimations][JellyBean]

The only reason Im making this thread here is because I tried 3 other JB bootanimations, and none worked, they either didnt animate or were stretched/distorted.
So I fixed these and tested them both. This is the glowing X animation. One is landscape the other portrait although the difference is trivial just colors rotated.
they are not CWM .zips, just rename to bootanimation.zip and set permission to rw-r--r-- , and put into data/local/
Enjoy.
Edit: pulled the original nexus 7 one from aniboot. Its set weird. The images were 772*484 and desc.txt was set to another strange dimension nearly double the resolution of the images. I did what I could with this one. I personally dont feel the effect they were going for with this animation. Kinda of a step down from ICS if you ask me. oh well, its only a boot animtion, very rarely see it anyways.
here is the one before the n7 OTA : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akJb-rW1sLo
cheers.

which one is the best?

I prefer portrait.
unless you mean this X or the other one found on nexus 7. They both are really not that great. Ive seen the other one, but I'd have to see it on my device to choose.

nice,
hmm
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do u have all the phones now? or just the history of it?
may i have one? lol

Just history

thanks +1
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