So I have everything made correctly, and I've actually installed
this "theme", if you will, several times. I have one big issues that
I could not find a solution on any forum anywhere. For some reason,
the boot_robot.png and boot_robot_glow.png, even if they are made
with a transparent background, just like the originals, the animation
still puts a black box around the image. Not so much of an issue if
you are having a solid black background, but I have made a very
nice back ground that has some color behind where the boot_robot
is supposed to be. So I tried to just add the background surrounding
the area to the boot_robot files themselves, but then the _glow file
can't be seen because the boot_robot file doesn't have a transparent
background anymore. So I remove the background from boot_robot,
and now the glow effect plus the background fade in and out of a black
box surrounding boot_robot. Is there something that needs to be changed
with the animation file to accepts transparent alpha layers within the png,
or is there some other kind of fix?
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Are you using a program that allows transparency to edit the .png files? Photoshop or GIMP as an example.
Yep, been using GIMP, and with no problem anywhere else, the background is transparent.
Try editing the background of "boot_robot" and "boot_robot_glow" to sync with the background image, if you can't fix the main problem. At least you'd get it LOOKING normal that way.
Be a little more specific with what you just said please.
Not sure what you just told me to do...
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Be a little more specific with what you just said please.
Not sure what you just told me to do...
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There is a second boot_robot image I believe in the launcher that you have to edit also. Cant recall exactly where is it is. Might be in the framework.
But what the previous person was saying was to make the background on the Android Image transparent so that you will just see the android not the blackbox. (correct me if Im wrong)
I will look at the files and where they are when I get home but you will most likely have an answer before then with the great help on this forum... But if not I will get you what you need to edit this... Sorry stuck at work right now!
See, that's the problem guys. Both files, even the new ones I made custom, cause it isn't staying with the little green guy, have transparent backgrounds. So when I load them up with GIMP, they have a transparent alpha layer background. BOTH OF THEM.
Sorry not trying to sound like a repetative arse, just letting you guys know, I've messed with these files a lot to try and make the backgrounds work properly, including changing the png bit depth, cause I read that was a solution for the same problem with app icons. So something else is going on. Best I can think is that the animation script for the splash isn't coding the files like they should, cause they are transparent for each other, but not for anything else.
I've had the same issue and never found a way to fix it, even trying different combinations on the android logos
I, too, had the same problem and ended up thinking it is just not possible. Which required a redesign of my boot screen leaving a black strip across the center.
Best work around to this issue is to just make the area where the glowing robot is black. I tried a lot of combonations trying to get the black squares to go away but I think its hardcoded into the bootscreen code. So it won't be done easily with just images.
Well messing with the boot screen code doesn't bother me so much. I would just like to know what file or files to mess with, and maybe I could find a coding solution.
Anyone know?
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Should I move this over to the development forum?
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Best work around to this issue is to just make the area where the glowing robot is black. I tried a lot of combonations trying to get the black squares to go away but I think its hardcoded into the bootscreen code. So it won't be done easily with just images.
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this is the only way so far
I managed to modify my animated boot screen a while ago. I have the main part of it as MOSTLY the screen from Moon Dust (except it says "Special Edition Android" instead of what it usually says) and where it has the glowing moon with "HTC G1" on it, I have it set to the android image from the "Bloody Black" animated boot screen.
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this is a theme that i am working on right now, and my first theme on android, still trying to decide what icons to use, using several from a variety of artists on deviant art, this isn't done yet but i figure if i can keep working as i am on it and don't get snagged on anything then it should be up soon. let me know if you know of any good icons to go with the theme, i'm liking black glossy images and and a little orange and green. the wallpaper is the alienware head and i can even post my splash screen if anyone would like a splash screen to go with the theme. i'm up fo r suggestions, right now i'm about half done with the system folder and gonna start framework-res.apk most likely mid day tomorrow pending how busy i am.
let me know what you think, keep in mind that i am currently just editing the FadetoBlue theme found HERE and that 90% of what i am doing was inspired by damnitpud, and made possible by stericson and jesusfreke. anything blue you see in these images will most likely be changed before release, unless i decide it looks good. let me know what you think. and if anyone knows what images to edit to change the glowing android i would love to make him a white alienhead.
open for any suggestions especially if you know of or have some icons to go with this.
here's the splashscreen i'm using too
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Looks great Tuba King let me know when you are done and I will put it up on my Theme website and host it if you want.
cool, thanks. i can upload the zip file here, and i have a 4shared account, but when i get it to what i have in mind i'll let you know and you can mirror it on your site.
my suggestion would be to replace the android head on add menu tab with somethign that flows better. I like the background image, Maybe mod that a bit to fit down there.
That's already on my list, hoping also to do some xml edits cause the theme I'm using as the backbone to this one has some edits like the keygaurd screen says fadetoblue and I don't want my androidware theme to have some other name on it. At work now so I can't work on my theme but hopefully it'll look half as good on the phone as it does in my head
Looks like a FadeToBlue with a different wallpaper to me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475682
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Looks like a FadeToBlue with a different wallpaper to me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475682
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currently yes, that is because, as menttioned twice, i have used fade to blue as a back bone and am just editing the images to go with my theme idea, i have damnitpud's permission and have changed most of the icons for apps so far and will be working on things like status bar and such that all go in the framework-res.apk tomorrow
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Looks like a FadeToBlue with a different wallpaper to me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475682
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same thing i was thinking
only difference i see is that the browser icon is inverted
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same thing i was thinking
only difference i see is that the browser icon is inverted
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hey i think that it look like a very nice start.. i too got a theme and starting to develope it from there to my liking... I think that if you were to change the clock to be all black and gray instead of the black fade to blue... good start...
oops my bad...keep it up..
updated: i decided to go back to the original theme and edit it since i can't manage to edit the color on some of damnitpuds images, and so this should make it a little easier, i edited the status bar thanks to stericson and made it black, unfortunately it makes the clock invisible, doesn't bother me all that much, but it might bug some of you. i am maybe 1/4 of the way through the framework-res.apk which is where 90% of the images that need to be edited are. hope to have this ready to be submitted to the theme contest soon so i can get it to you guys, hope you like where it's at so far
okay so here it is, my official release of this theme. it's still in progress but i figured i'd get it out there so people can leave me feedback and see what they want added/changed. The whole thing is based around a hardcore type of theme but I had no idea where to go with it. It's pretty plain for now but it's a nice look. The notification bar is awesome IMO. If there are any icons or things taken from other themes that I still havent updated or changed to make my own, this is a thankyou to all the other themer's out there.
You can't see from the preview but it has a cassette tape as the VM notification.
It should work with anyone who has a JF RC33 mod (I have JF 1.42 rc33). Don't blame me if you brick your phone.
the battery icon is the black flag logo for an FYI (currently in the picture it's reading 80%)
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Looks good so far. If your going for the whole music/mixtape theme I would say change the icons to cassette tapes or CDs with the program name written on there. That would look cool.
nice clean and simple...
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Looks good so far. If your going for the whole music/mixtape theme I would say change the icons to cassette tapes or CDs with the program name written on there. That would look cool.
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that's not a bad idea at all. I was trying to figure out ways for different icons but it's tough when you are trying to like match icons with certain themes..
i'll fool around with some ideas based around the whole cassette tape/cd thing. i'll see how it looks on the phone and such.
for the dialer I had records for the numbers and when you clicked or selected a number it would be a broken record but it wasn't looking right when it was setup so i went with standard buttons for the dialer instead.
where did you get the icons? would be nice to be able to use alternate apps.. I use K9SMS and StarContact instead of Messaging and Contacts
I like the black flag logo. Nice work
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where did you get the icons? would be nice to be able to use alternate apps.. I use K9SMS and StarContact instead of Messaging and Contacts
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i made the icons pretty much. either they were done completely by me or i took an image i found off google and then stripped it and or modified it to be my own and work more with this theme.
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where did you get the icons? would be nice to be able to use alternate apps.. I use K9SMS and StarContact instead of Messaging and Contacts
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i made the icons pretty much. either they were done completely by me or i took an image i found off google and then stripped it and or modified it to be my own and work more with this theme. The messaging icon is the stock icon without the smiley face and instead of using the white already on the stock icon i used a beige color more towards the colors used in the theme.
i use the stock messaging and contacts, you can do whatever you like to make this theme better fit you. this is how my phone looks. as for using alternate apps, sure, use whatever the hell you want.. you can change any app icon you want using bettercut (or you could manually change it in the apk)
anyone using this theme yet?
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anyone using this theme yet?
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I am. I like it. I mainly downloaded it for the dialer screen and the couple of icons that are nice here (browser, battery, vm). I realize that you're still working on it, and look forward to other changes.
I'm working on my first theme but I'm having issues figuring out why I cant change some notifications to match the status bar. Any help would be highly appreciated.
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I have no idea, but you can try to just strip the background away and leave it transparent an make sure your custom icons are Centered correctly. I haven't had the problem you're having but in theory the transparent method might work.
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I have no idea, but you can try to just strip the background away and leave it transparent an make sure your custom icons are Centered correctly. I haven't had the problem you're having but in theory the transparent method might work.
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this
if you just make the icon bg's transparent then they will still look fine if you change your notibar color (unless u change it to white )
OR
you could open up one of the icons that does match the notibar and copy/paste that gradient to the one you need to fix
also, I don't know if this would create a problem but I always make sure to save icons and such as "save for web and mobile devices" in photoshop
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I have no idea, but you can try to just strip the background away and leave it transparent an make sure your custom icons are Centered correctly. I haven't had the problem you're having but in theory the transparent method might work.
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Thank you for you reply, it makes perfect sense. I have no idea why I didnt think of that.
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if you just make the icon bg's transparent then they will still look fine if you change your notibar color (unless u change it to white )
OR
you could open up one of the icons that does match the notibar and copy/paste that gradient to the one you need to fix
also, I don't know if this would create a problem but I always make sure to save icons and such as "save for web and mobile devices" in photoshop
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I did try to copy onto a gradient icon that did work. For some reason it still came out wrong as you see on the image.
"save for web and mobile devices" would this help with image size? Currently they are coming out nearly triple of stock. example stock icon=1.31kb modded icon=3.97. I'm sure stripping the gradient will help but is still huge compared to stock.
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Thank you for you reply, it makes perfect sense. I have no idea why I didnt think of that.
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i use cs5 fireworks for editing all pngs and no change for editing .9's. like neb said you can either find each add'l file and redo filter repeatedly through all the bg's or you can just make them transparent like neb said. He knows what hes talking about.....i know darch needs an evo too neb, but what about yours?
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i know darch needs an evo too neb, but what about yours?
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I'm loving it!!!
This thing is frakin amazing!!
Ok so I took out everything except for what I needed. No gradient nothing else left but the white notification icon. Then exported it with "save for web & devices" (this helped on file size thanks) Now what its doing is, icon appears correctly when its slide down into position, but then the icon stock background color gets added on (wrong gradient). Its so quick but I can see it happening.
On the plus side some did change like all battery icons and wifi, but the rest seem to be doing what I explained above very frustrating. Ive attached one of the icon's that I'm working on if anybody whats to help me out.
Rom Fresh 0.3 if that helps any.
As i am sure many of you know you can force Windows Phone 7 to use transparent lock screens.
How you do it is you send the image to yourself in a email, open the image and tap "use as Wallpaper". You can not send it over Zune because Zune does not currently see .png files.
But since Mango people have been having trouble with transparent lock screens, it glitches, it loops.
The main thing is that these glitches are predictable and with a bit of thought you can still make some pretty decent transparent lock screens. Now im sure more creative people then i will make better use of this but there are two main set ups i have found to make good Mango transparent lock screens.
Note: All images shown are mock ups, it is faster for me this way then it is to load them and take pictures off the phone or emulator. Your results may very, and your final result maybe different for i did not test this with Zune cover art, or anything that used the top of the lock screen like media players.
One is the vertical loop, best used with logos or vertical repeating text or whatever you don't mind repeating vertically. Since the Rangers are going to the World Series(and will win) and i am a big Texas guy i will show you using the Texas Rangers logo, what you do is generally block off and fade out the top third of the screen and the bottom 8th or so.
Here you see the transparent image, the white is the transparency to save space:
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You do not make it white, you use png transparency, it is white for illustration purposes.
Left is when locked :: Right is when tapped
Keep in mind this of course is not the only way to do it. By covering all the way across the top forces the loop to repeat down. By covering the top 1/3 helps keep it from looping the date and time, and if i remember the bottom section keeps it from looping the notifications and battery at the top.
Now that's all fine and good but logos and repeating it like that can be boring, so what else can you do? Well with a bit of thought and creativity (or lack of) there are more designs you can do.
Basically you take this looping idea and view it as the back ground and take a focus image to the left side. You use the left side to cover the time and data messages. I have done some where it creates the mirror look as above, also where i tried to make it create an illusion, or where i separated the side to make it loop like it was snowing.
These follow this outline where you still take block out the top and bottom but now the left as well:
This is a outline so your sizes will change.
Here are a bunch of them, these are ideas so nothing is finished. So in other words dont email me if these specific ones don't work for you, use them as ideas, make them your self and make them your own. Though if you make any cool ones let me know.
Sorry, but not really, that all but like two of these are anime based.
Rangers:
Windows Phone:
Asuka:
Rei:
Portal 2:
Portal:
This one i tried to make like a sword has cut it when tapped:
This one i tried to use her arm to look like its her other arm, even though i know its kind of backwards:
This one i lined it up to where the snow would loop:
Perfect Blue:
Evangelion Logo:
Nerv logo:
Laughing Man:
Rena:
See transparency is not so hard, and i am sure with more creativity then i have some one will come up with some awesome designs.
Oh if you want to get the images i listed here you can find them here: http://www.rklenka.com/software/winphone7/transparent/
Or i can post individual links, or zip them all up, the point is to get your creative juices going
thanks, works great. Using your Portal example now.
testing it now..
UPDATE : works , video below
Actualy does not work properly.
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Actualy does not work properly.
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you have to send the png to yourself
If you Download one of the photos mentioned above and follow his instruction you will find it works brilliantly.
You send the image to yourself in a email, open the image and tap "use as Wallpaper". You can not send it over Zune because Zune does not currently see .png files.
I am glad you guys like it, i have lurked around here for years so its nice to be able to contribute. In fact i had to go around and make 8 random posts just so i could make this one with images.
I know with my lock screens i made above are not %100 perfect, especially when you start using the Zune player with the lock screen or with notifications. But im sure the more creative ones here will take the idea and run with it.
Thanks for the feature on your blog theOne
Nice, good job
Sweet, think you could make one with the wp logo?
That that i am doing requests but here you go
If your open to requests ide love a Phoenix coyotes transparent wallpaper with their logo.
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Hello,don´t know wether this thread is in any actuality but i wanted to send them to me and save as wallpaper,seems that it won´t work after all,yes i´ve send it to me,and tapped save as backscreen ,the next problem i´m having is to create new ones,so how did you done them,i have paint,but i don´t know how to create a working one
This is my first boot animation ever. Feel free to use this for anything you want.
During the boot process, the X continues to rotate.
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To install, place in /system/media and rename the file to bootanimation.zip.
Download: http://www.multiupload.com/ST8KESGQG7
Updated version with bigger logo: http://www.multiupload.com/217OEBX3E6
ADB Install instructions for those that need them:
Code:
adb remount
adb push /path/to/HI-RESnexusanimation.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip
And to test it out without rebooting your phone:
Code:
adb shell
bootanimation
Press ctrl+c to kill the animation.
Obligatory it's not my fault if your phone breaks comment.
Hi,
nice animation. but the background layer is not "full" black.
can you change this?
EDIT: another ROM and no problem with layer
got a good bootanimation idea if you'd like to make it
make the GNexus text larger and have the "X" symbol of Nexus pulse in the background like the N1's bootanimation.
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Hi,
nice animation. but the background layer is not "full" black.
can you change this?
EDIT: another ROM and no problem with layer
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What's the issue? Could you see the background? I can try to make it transparent but that won't be for a few days because I'd practically have to start from the beginning again, and I don't feel like it. I made a version that was full 720p images but the initial sequence ran much slower than it does now and looked pretty bad. You can download it From my rootzwiki thread if you'd like, but I don't recommend it.
I think it might look even better with the X rotating around the vertical axis.
I really like this boot animation. Nice and clean. I think it'd be cool to see a version that went vertically down the screen (yes, sideways) and was bigger. Thanks again!
Nice work. Thanks.
thx.
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To install, place in /system/media and rename the file to bootanimation.zip.
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thx....very nice, and i like....
with bigxie 4.03 ROM good works
Wow! Simple, clean, elegant, I love it.
-dredd0606
I really like it....just one problem that someone else mentioned
I'm running ARHD and the galaxy nexus has a bit of a grey bar around it rather than being the same black as the background
I tried using a different ROM but it still did it
It's fine if you're busy or whatever and can't get it fixed soon....just wanted to let you know of the problem
good job anyway
maybe mine is an isolated incident?
Running this and works great.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
Just flashed this as well and loving it. Huge improvement over the boot animation used in Romanbb's AOKP ROM.
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I really like it....just one problem that someone else mentioned
I'm running ARHD and the galaxy nexus has a bit of a grey bar around it rather than being the same black as the background
I tried using a different ROM but it still did it
It's fine if you're busy or whatever and can't get it fixed soon....just wanted to let you know of the problem
good job anyway
maybe mine is an isolated incident?
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I, too, see a lighter grey box (the dimensions of the boot images) when booting up. I pushed this boot image to my stock, non-rooted, LTE Galaxy Nexus.
Love it
I have tried about 10 different boot animations and I find this one the best. Simple and looks great. Thanks for the hard work.
Simply and clean, I like it. ;-)
No grey border for me with kang 15.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
UPDATE!
Thanks for all the great feedback.
It's taken me a while, but I've updated it with a larger logo and a much cleaner animation. Still needs a small tweak, but I'll get to it eventually.
The update is in the OP.
Thanks for this! It's not quite working perfectly for me though, so here's another data point to add.
I'm seeing a non-black background in a horizontal strip behind the text. In the latest version the gray background occurs when the text is initially being drawn from left to right. But once the text is drawn and the multicolor X starts to spin, the gray background disappears and all of the text is on a black background.
On the original animation with smaller text, the gray background appeared behind the text for the entirety of the animation. This newer one seems to be an improvement in that regard at least.
I'm running stock 4.0.2 unlocked and rooted on a VZW GN for reference.
Thanks for this animation: clean, elegant. Just right.
hey thank you for this bootanimation, however there is a minor issue i found... when it changes from "wipe" to "rotate" you see it jump. and why didn't you use a resolution of 1280x720 instead of 160x720?
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...there is a minor issue i found... when it changes from "wipe" to "rotate" you see it jump...
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Yeah i noticed that two. There are two different sequences, one unfolding the wording and the other with the rotating logo, and the text seems not to be perfectly aligned in both of them.
Wynalazca, i am loving this animation. Thanks a lot for your effort on it.