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[Boot Animation] Phoenix Boot for Nexus One

Alpha Release:
I have now taken it upon myself to create the Animated Boot Image and working on a Alpha bootanimation now see the progress below. I have switched the file hosting service to Megaupload as Rapidshare was limited to 10 downloads. Alpha release has been updated and is full screen now and the images are in the correct part1 and part0 folders.
Details:
Animated Flames Radiating Background mimicing a phoenix
Phoenix graphic smoothed edges to blend with animated background on center of the screen
Text bottom of screen displaying Loading...(I may animate it but I am affraid this might be animation overkill with the background I am planning on using.)
Color Scheme:
Text: Dark to meduim colors of Red, Yellow, Orange and white and possibly blue.
Graphic of Phoenix in Red, yellow and Orange for flame effect.
If anyone wants to jump on this please let me know I am attempting it myself but I don't really have the skill level to get the detail I want but I am a quick learner.
Installation Instructions:
1. Download the Phoenix Boot Animation.zip file
2. rename to update.zip (Remember Windows Typically Hides File extensions so if you rename it to update.zip and the extension is hidden you are actually making the file name update.zip.zip)
3. Place the update.zip on the root of your SDCARD
4. Flash with the recovery of your choice
5. Give feedback for ideas in this thread
Downloads:
Phoenix Alpha Concept Bootanimation Alpha 0.1.3
Download Link
MD5: 2CE8A9D770D1B71DCC2093090A0790F5
Changelog -
06/09/10 8:57pm PST
0.1.3 : Alpha 1 Uploaded (Used a different file share host as rapidshare was limited to 10 downloads.)
- Finally got boot Image to be full screen
- Corrected Part1 and Part0 data so that the images are in the right folders now.
06/09/10 5:25am PST
0.1.2 : Alpha 1 Uploaded
- Added Text on top of image "Phoenix Boot"
- Added Text on bottom of image "LOADING"
- Added Mask Image of Phoenix on top of the Animated Background
- Issues : the image is now larger however I still am not getting full screen coverage (What pixel size do I have to make the images to get the full screen covered?)
06/08/10 11:19pm PST
0.1.1 : Alpha 1 Uploaded (Remember to backup your old bootanimation)
Current Issues - Boot animation is smaller that I want I want full screen but all the image sizes I have tried thus far have not been full screen. This will give you a rough Idea of the background and loading I have thus far though.
06/08/10 10:45am PST
0.1.1 : Alpha 1 (Expect it around 7p.m. PST tonight) - This is just the animated background for the concept. But I would like feedback to fine tune it while I am editting the images for the Bootanimation.
06/07/10 8:15pm PST
0.1.0 : Pre-Alpha - Concept background and images in development - I will have a alpha build for my testing tonight.
NOTE : YOUR ORIGINAL BOOTANIMATION WILL BE OVERWRITTEN WITH THIS UPDATE.ZIP so make sure you have a backup of it. It's in other bootanimation threads.
How the desc file works:
320 480 15
p 1 150 android
p 50000 1 last
First line contains 3 numbers width, height and fps
Second line (and any succesive lines) starts with the letter "p" (which comes from animation part) and contains 3 items:
-count: number of time this part is repeated
-pause: number of microseconds to pause after the last frame of the part
-path: the directory which contains the png files that compose the frame of this part
Screenshot and Animated GIF:
{
"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"
}

You should probably smooth out the transition from the last to the first in part1.

File is huge and that is after i extracted just the boot animation zip ... 18.29mb ..just asking if this is correct since most boot animation files are significantly smaller

@bobtentpeg
You know I didn't see a problem there. In my test my phone doesn't even get through a whole cycle to recycle back to the beginning. But I can work on the loop transition if that is what your referring to.
@ Chosen_on184
The animation images involves 121 PNG files so it tends to be large. The size will most likely go down if I reduce to 60-100 PNG files once I settle on the feedback.

DeadPhoenix said:
@bobtentpeg
You know I didn't see a problem there. In my test my phone doesn't even get through a whole cycle to recycle back to the beginning. But I can work on the loop transition if that is what your referring to.
@ Chosen_on184
The animation images involves 121 PNG files so it tends to be large. The size will most likely go down if I reduce to 60-100 PNG files once I settle on the feedback.
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Hey I checked out your files and you have part0 and part1 backwards. part1 is the one that repeats. so typically you build up your pictures in part0 then when it goes to part1 (the one that repeats) you would have a smaller number of pictures that give a (certain) effect by repeating...
now the number of the pictures depends on your rom (sort off) with 2.2, I don't get past 00075.png and with 2.1 I get as deep as 00135.png
you might want to keep this in mind so it will work good both (also you could just have the 2.1's repeat at 00100.png)
lastly, I think it might look good with some animated flames (see attachment) do what you want with them, its your vision.
keep up the good work!

could you get an animated .gif preview up?

@ogdobber
Thanks for the info. I will incorporate that into my next phase of development and look into the flames. I was so tired at 5am after being up 8 hours and working on learning new ways to expedite my work process that I put them in backwards. I will update it and reupload a newer version tonight. I am going to remove the legacy builds in the future and just maintain the changelog from now on.
@Zephyron
I will also put together a animated Gif. The speed in which the animation is displayed is also perplexing. Right now I have 1 frame per second but I think I may have to speed up the process by going to a frame every 2 seconds to show more movement in the animation.
@General
So my to do list tonight is:
- Correct the png files so they are in the correct folders of part1 and part0
- Work on image transitions so that when the image recycles it is seemless
- Work on reducing the over size by reducing the png's which in turn will speed up the animation of the image
- Work on incorporating the Flame effect discribed by ogdobber
Could someone breakdown what the varibles in the desc file are just for my better understanding.
Thanks all.. Keep the feedback coming I want to make this as polished as possible.

@DeadPheonix go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=676385
super simple way to make a gif from bootanimation.zip

can't wait to check this out man. love phoenix
hopefully that lwp takes off too. if not I need to get my comp goin again and build one!

ogdobber said:
@DeadPheonix go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=676385
super simple way to make a gif from bootanimation.zip
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That's a Awesome tool. Thanks for pointing it out. As always idea, comments and feedback is always appreciated.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=623960
May be of some help to you.

Treatcon said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=623960
May be of some help to you.
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@Treatcom
Thanks that is exactly what I was looking for.

Updated First Post with Animated GIF as requested.

Quick Update:
I have just rendered a Eagle in 3dMax Studio and I am going to render it on fire tonight.. The process is long and tedious so I might not have it done tonight or even tomorrow.. But it should look damn sweet if I can get it done. Since I am using 3dmax studio it will be fully movable in anyway I want on flames.. Such as..
Wings flapping in a hover position .. On fire burning... ash falling from the tail.. Black background.. I can pretty much manipulate it anyway I want. maybe have a pile of ash and have it rise from the ashes to hover above... that would be sweet.. Anyway I am in learning 3d max so I will see just how far this will go. I can then export it to a movie and break it into frames in PNG format using my tools. I will leave the Last bootanimation up and just make this a supplimental bootanimation assuming the effect comes out the way I want.

[Boot Animation] Android Scribble (optimized for incredible)

Original creation by Gla'DOS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696193
Please use one of many instructions to push this boot animation to your phone.
Unzip the android_audio.zip and push the mp3 file.
Leave bootanimation.zip alone and push that file.
All credit goes to Gla'DOS, I only resized the images and added the audio. This runs smooth on my incredible, stock speeds UV.
{
"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"
}
android_audio: http://www.mediafire.com/?wyymx5yd0tb
bootanimation: http://www.mediafire.com/?jdzzimwcojz
Also I, nor the original creator, is responsible for your phone. Take all standard precautions before using this.

Wanna post a download link?

Sorry guys, attachments didn't work. OP updated with links.

Thanks! This looks pretty good. I think all the Droid "eye" animations are pretty annoying.
I installed without the sound, because I like my boot animations silent as well.

sicky gnar gnar boot animation. i''m assuming you have to root your phone for this to work right?

trombone dixie said:
sicky gnar gnar boot animation. i''m assuming you have to root your phone for this to work right?
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Nope, all you need is a working SDK install, no root needed (you are pushing files onto non-protected parts of the file system). You can still foul up your phone, but would highly rare if you follow one of the many guides recommended by the OP.

DeeBG said:
Nope, all you need is a working SDK install, no root needed (you are pushing files onto non-protected parts of the file system). You can still foul up your phone, but would highly rare if you follow one of the many guides recommended by the OP.
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cool beans. thanks for the help!

I downloaded SDK at the developers site. In the packages section it includes a bunch of stuff pertaining to 2.2. I don't want to download those correct?

It wouldn't harm/cause problems as far as using ADB, but you don't need them, so save that room for pr0n... because as everyone knows, Android is for porn!
Call me immature, but this video always makes me laugh =).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IraQfhlMwi4

What does it mean by PUSH item in SDK?

Works great, thanks a lot!

Flashable version
I could not get the animations to stick using adb, so I found a flashable boot animation and replaced the ani with the scribble ani.
Just flash in recovery. Works great!
Flare version here.
No audio on either. You can get that from first post.
(I take no credit for the animation or flashable files. I just put them together)

Maybe a red scribble instead of the green? Possible? Appreciate it if so.

hax0ring the hax0rs
Honestly77 said:
Maybe a red scribble instead of the green? Possible? Appreciate it if so.
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Yeah should be easy pickings (what the hell, why did I type that?!). I need to wake up and drive to PA in a couple hours anyway, so this will give me something to do, thx!
Edit: Here you go, I hope this is what you were looking for. Even though I picked a colour I thought was red (I extracted a colour out of jonnybueno's Red Sense Theme), it turned out looking a bit orange on my screen. I am editing this on my personal laptop (which is not colour optimized, the hardware to do so is currently in storage as I make the move back to college), so if you'd like a different colour, just give me HEX code or provide an image you would like the colour of red to be extracted from. Take a look at the animation first though, maybe it's only orange-y on my screen.

Well...
I had nothing to do (besides watch Adult Swim) until daylight broke and I hit the road so I made a second attempt. It's better but it's still not where I would like it to be. Also I am noticing that the 2nd batch of images (the one that repeats) seems to be a shade darker than the intro images. Here is a comparison of the first "orange-y" images and the second, slightly less "orange-y" images. I'm going to leave it as-is for now. When I return tonight, if anyone has requested the exact colour of red they would like (like said before, in hex format or an image I can lift the colour from).
First Attempt:
Second Attempt:
Off I go! bb tonight, have a good week all! - DBG

I've made a red version of this but it has a spinning circle indicator!
I take no credit for it, I modifed it from the post here
Flash it with a recovery manager. Enjoy!

[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.
{
"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"
}
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
{
"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"
}

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.
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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

[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.
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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!
Sent from my HTC One M8
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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.