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Wallpapers with TouchFlo running

I cannot seem to find the answer to what i have a question on, i see so many cool wallpapers and i dont know how to get them to run on my HD whilst TF is active. Seems I can only get my today screen to reflect the photo i select if i turn OFF touch flo, no good. Support? Thanks

Set the wallpaper via the setting menu on TouchFlo3D rather than the settings for the Today screen.

yes, bt doing so yeilds a low quality picture. any idea how we can set a high resolution pic (800x480) as the background to actually use the screen's full potential?

maaz_talha said:
yes, bt doing so yeilds a low quality picture. any idea how we can set a high resolution pic (800x480) as the background to actually use the screen's full potential?
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it is possible but the only way of doing it is a complex hack which is rather time consuming and the results are not perfect. if you would like me to write up the instructions i will do so when i get back on my pc. (browsing on my phone atm) the hack involves inserting pngs into system files and hex edits.
I've created a theme with a high quality wallpaper which you can find here

[THEME]How we can make Background for all Tabs (MANILA V3).

I will try to explain how we can make backgrounds for all tabs for the new manila V3.
First from all we choice a wallpaper which can give good looking at portrait and landscape mode.
Wallpaper must be dark color (Black, dark Grey, Blue dark e.t.c) because the light fonts let a line to look at the background.
We edit the wallpaper with photoshop.
PORTRAIT MODE
Our wallpaper for Portrait must be in PNG and to have dimensions:
480 width X 768 length
We cut the wallpaper in two pieces because at this manila we have 2 files for it.
The upper part must be 480X512
and the down part 480X256
so as 512+256=768 which is the length of our wallpaper.
The next step is to put them pictures in new transparent PNG files.
The Upper part we put in a transparent 512X512 png file, like at the pic follow, and we give file name, the name of the manila file: 70083a29_manila.png
Yellow line is to look how you placement the picture in the new transparent file.
The down part picture we put in a new png file 512X256 like at the follow picture, and we give name 77feee1d_manila.png
LANDSCAPE MODE
Wallpaper for landscape must have dimensions 800 width X403 length
We cut it also in two pieces.
Left part must be 512X403 and right part 288X403
so as 512+288=800
We put the left part in a new transparent png file with name 29cff4fe_manila.png 512X512 with name like at the follow picture:
The right part we put also in a transparent png file 512x512 with name
058acf31_manila.png like at the follow picture
We put the 4 pictures in a folder and we import this folder at the M9Editor
You can find M9editor Here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=464984
We convert the 4 picture files from png to qtc with editor. Press the button P>Q
Automatically, editor will make 4 manila files.
After that if you know make those files a CAB or copy paste at the windows folder with overwrite and soft reset.
Before you paste the new files at the windows, keep a copy from the original files so as to come back if you want.
AND DON'T FORGET: TAKE A BACKUP FROM YOUR DEVICE BEFORE.
I hope my post will help you to manage your wallpapers

Great guide mate thanks!

What? No more being fed by the spoon?
Thanks for the tutorial. Definitely will give it a go.

Many thanks for this great user guide

Thanks, it's now easy to make it by ourselves
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Very Cool tut. I went straight to test it. Everything worked fine but.... in my case (Dutty HD V2 XTREME ROM) there is no 70083a24_manila.png, I found a 70083a29_manila.png. So I just changed the name it worked.
The only problem now is that le background picture is like covered with a 20% of opacity black layer, strangelly the portrait version is not affected by the same behavior......
Weird....
Did you check the interlaced option when saving the pngs?
Thanks

Great Job, BIG THANX!
Fedron said:
...The only problem now is that le background picture is like covered with a 20% of opacity black layer, strangelly the portrait version is not affected by the same behavior......
Weird....
Did you check the interlaced option when saving the pngs?
Thanks
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Just tested - no difference between interlaced & non-interlaced in .png
The landscape is good, the portrait is like a 20% of opacity black layer (c pics).

Fedron said:
Very Cool tut. I went straight to test it. Everything worked fine but.... in my case (Dutty HD V2 XTREME ROM) there is no 70083a24_manila.png, I found a 70083a29_manila.png. So I just changed the name it worked.
The only problem now is that le background picture is like covered with a 20% of opacity black layer, strangelly the portrait version is not affected by the same behavior......
Weird....
Did you check the interlaced option when saving the pngs?
Thanks
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Of course it is my mistake. The correct name of the file its 70083a29_manila.
From the moment which portrait and landscape are different files, you can fix all the problems in photoshop so as you have the best quality for every mode.
bgumble said:
Great Job, BIG THANX!
Just tested - no difference between interlaced & non-interlaced in .png
The landscape is good, the portrait is like a 20% of opacity black layer (c pics).
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The same fix it in photoshop.

Has anyone experienced my dilemma, I am having a very thin line between these two pics, (highlighted in red box) can you try it with those plain black or yellow background colors and see if you get the same, otherwise its something im doing wrong. landscape is ok on the other hand. its not that obvious, but I notice it and it irritates me

kieboy said:
Has anyone experienced my dilemma, I am having a very thin line between these two pics, (highlighted in red box) can you try it with those plain black or yellow background colors and see if you get the same, otherwise its something im doing wrong. landscape is ok on the other hand. its not that obvious, but I notice it and it irritates me
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Default [THEME]How we can make Background for all Tabs (MANILA V3).
I will try to explain how we can make backgrounds for all tabs for the new manila V3.
First from all we choice a wallpaper which can give good looking at portrait and landscape mode.
Wallpaper must be dark color (Black, dark Grey, Blue dark e.t.c) because the light fonts let a line to look at the background.

nanoo-eg said:
Default [THEME]How we can make Background for all Tabs (MANILA V3).
I will try to explain how we can make backgrounds for all tabs for the new manila V3.
First from all we choice a wallpaper which can give good looking at portrait and landscape mode.
Wallpaper must be dark color (Black, dark Grey, Blue dark e.t.c) because the light fonts let a line to look at the background.
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LOL! Now that you made ur fonts bold, I saw that you have already mentioned this hahah thanks again.

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From the moment which portrait and landscape are different files, you can fix all the problems in photoshop so as you have the best quality for every mode.
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Well, my photos all do have the same quality, they just look different in portrait and landscape, look above.

is there any other way to convert PNG > QTC .. i'm having a hard time with m9editor as it crashes every time with "memory corrupt" error
found a solution.. using CFC 0.46 to replace files

nanoo-eg said:
Default [THEME]How we can make Background for all Tabs (MANILA V3).
I will try to explain how we can make backgrounds for all tabs for the new manila V3.
First from all we choice a wallpaper which can give good looking at portrait and landscape mode.
Wallpaper must be dark color (Black, dark Grey, Blue dark e.t.c) because the light fonts let a line to look at the background.
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Yep I have the same thin line here in portrait mode.
Wallpaper must be dark color (Black, dark Grey, Blue dark e.t.c) because the light fonts let a line to look at the background.
Actually I don´t understand very well this part, the fonts are the reason why we have the thin line? And Kieboy's background is almost black and he have the thin line problem...So the darkness of the image is not the solution...

"the thin line"
as far as i understood it's because of the way the image was trimmed. There's a missing pixel(visible in the screenshot) which amounts for the black column.it's happening when we paste the trimmed piece to the blank transparent 512x512/512x256 png.Aligning the png's respectively with each other (left png aligned right, right to the left) made the thin red line disappear.
does it mean that in photoshop we gotta add a pixel more width(trimming for landscape mode)? or we trim by the recipe but salt it(align) it to our taste!?

jtf420 said:
"the thin line"
as far as i understood it's because of the way the image was trimmed. There's a missing pixel(visible in the screenshot) which amounts for the black column.
aligning the png's respectively with each other (left png aligned right, right to the left) made the thin red line disappear.
does it mean that in photoshop we gotta add a pixel more width(trimming for landscape mode)? or we trim by the recipe but salt it(align) it to our taste!?
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right to left, left to right? err...i think my thin line appears in the 'Portrait' mode not landscape...

kieboy said:
right to left, left to right? err...i think my thin line appears in the 'Portrait' mode not landscape...
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for potrait.. push the upper image down a pixel.. lower image up a pixel..
logic : make sure (zoom in 200%photoshop while creating the png) that there's no missing pixel row(portrait mode)/column(landscape mode) It's all in alignment.
Nanoo-eg told us to align it likewise..he marked it up with yellow lines. but we all (with thin black line issues) have seemed to miss it
THANKS Nanoo-eg!

jtf420 said:
for potrait.. push the upper image down a pixel.. lower image up a pixel..
logic : make sure (zoom in 200%photoshop while creating the png) that there's no missing pixel row(portrait mode)/column(landscape mode) It's all in alignment.
Nanoo-eg told us to align it likewise..he marked it up with yellow lines. but we all (with thin black line issues) have seemed to miss it
THANKS Nanoo-eg!
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I think this will solve the problem.
Naw there is Mun_ras CAB, but it isn't possible to customise your backround like we make manual.
So if someone can make it manual, its match better.
I like MUN_RAS cab but from 20 wallpapers I can use only 2 as well.
I prefer the classic black looking of the HD (blackston ), so I think to make a theme for my self, with other Portrait background and other landscape. I need more business looking at the portrait mode.

i think the way around isn't working. sorry for so many posts and misguiding. but each post is after a try. and it all has failed!
trying to increase a pixel while trimming the pieces.. hope it helps!
checkout the screenshots to see the failed attempt

jtf420 said:
for potrait.. push the upper image down a pixel.. lower image up a pixel..
logic : make sure (zoom in 200%photoshop while creating the png) that there's no missing pixel row(portrait mode)/column(landscape mode) It's all in alignment.
Nanoo-eg told us to align it likewise..he marked it up with yellow lines. but we all (with thin black line issues) have seemed to miss it
THANKS Nanoo-eg!
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So you mean with a 512x512 upper image, I will push down, resulting to the top part missing a pixel? (granting image was cropped exactly) or you mean that the lowest pixel 512 must have the pixel line found in 511? (confusing? lol) and vice versa. THANKS!

[Q] Wallpapers on cyanogen 6.1 or evo period.

Ok I have been looking everywhere and can't seem to find a app that will set the wallpaper as is without cropping or cutting the edges off. I know the best resolution is 960x800 but it still cuts off parts of the picture. I've tried wallpaper set and save and a host of other apps from market and various android freeware sites. None of them seem to set them right, any help would be highly appreciated. I have an HTC evo running cyanogen 6.1 stable and everything is so far so good and I want to thank this website because without it I was lost. This is my number 1 forum so I know ill get the answer, its out their please help me find it. Thanks in advance!!

flikie wallpapers hd is about the best ive seen at this. it still crops but i keeps most of the image quality

Only thing I can think of is to take the photo you want, make the actual photo whatever the screen resolution is (480x800 from what I've read) with black bars on the side to make the entire picture file 960x800. Then use launcher pro to freeze the background so it doesnt move when you swipe. Your picture should be centered.

When you select the image for a wallpaper, you see that little box in the center? Drag outwards on one of its edges.

dkelle4 said:
Only thing I can think of is to take the photo you want, make the actual photo whatever the screen resolution is (480x800 from what I've read) with black bars on the side to make the entire picture file 960x800. Then use launcher pro to freeze the background so it doesnt move when you swipe. Your picture should be centered.
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Thank you all for the speedy replies, I see what your saying. I have my desktop set to have only one screen already, but I went and got launcherpro cause of its features. But yea I downloaded a few pictures before that were 480x800 and it had the black bars on the sides but when I set it, it cuts off the head and feet, 960x800 however does not, it only cuts just a little off the sides. I'm guessing now that the picture is to wide and I wanted to know if I could make a picture keep its height and change its width. I don't know maybe keep the height from the 960x800 setup and the width from the 480x800 setup if that's possible.
My friends, friend has his set up so that when he sets a wallpaper it gives him the option to set as is, to crop, and i think the other one was to cut it. I don't know if its a application or if its the firmware (like cyanogen i mean) he uses, I would ask but he lives very far a few cities over. I have been combing the internet for this app or whatever, and I'm fairly new to android phones, but I got a pretty good history with computers so that definitely helps. But this one seems to be a common problem with a somewhat easy fix. Any ideas?

Are you sure you didn't mix up the 2 sizes lol. 960x800, and not 800x960. Not trying to be a jerk or anything, but I've done that before using Photoshop.

Minor but annoying lock screen issue

I recently got an Epic 4G Touch. I created some custom wallpapers and sized them to 480x800 to match the screen's resolution. The wallpaper has a single object (the HAL 9000 eye) which is a circle.
When I use the wallpaper as the lock screen, the eye is distorted slightly so that it's no longer a circle.
The gallery displays the image properly and the selection screen for the lock screen also displays it correctly.
I think I can compensate for this by resizing the image slightly, but I don't know how many pixels to remove from the image. I think the status bar might be a good starting point, but I don't know how many vertical pixels it uses.
Thoughts?

Lobo Droid said:
I recently got an Epic 4G Touch. I created some custom wallpapers and sized them to 480x800 to match the screen's resolution. The wallpaper has a single object (the HAL 9000 eye) which is a circle.
When I use the wallpaper as the lock screen, the eye is distorted slightly so that it's no longer a circle.
The gallery displays the image properly and the selection screen for the lock screen also displays it correctly.
I think I can compensate for this by resizing the image slightly, but I don't know how many pixels to remove from the image. I think the status bar might be a good starting point, but I don't know how many vertical pixels it uses.
Thoughts?
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Because of wallpaper scrolling, you need 800x960 wallpaper. In other words, double the horizontal dimension to allow for scrolling...

My wallpaper doesn't scroll anymore, I'm not sure why.

nabbed said:
Because of wallpaper scrolling, you need 800x960 wallpaper. In other words, double the horizontal dimension to allow for scrolling...
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I tried creating an 800x960 wallpaper using the same eye image and it didn't work. I used GIMP to create a black background image and then inserted the eye image as a new layer. The 480x800 images I created were done with the same method.
The 800x960 wallpaper is still distorted. So the problem is that the aspect ratio of the lock screen is not quite 480x800 or any multiple of those dimensions.
Through some experimentation, I think that changing the vertical dimension to something less than 800 seems to work. For example, I took my original 480x800 image and cropped 30 pixels off to make an image of 480x770. I then resized the image back to 480x800 while ignoring the aspect ratio. This results in a distorted eye, but the distortion is in the opposite direction. (The 480x800 wallpaper is distorted in the horizontal dimension. The 480x770 resized image is distorted in the vertical dimension.)
The 480x770 image is slightly less distorted so I think this might be the way to go. Short of guessing the right dimensions, I was hoping for a way to determine the best dimensions to use.
To help anyone else reading this thread, I'm attaching the wallpapers I've created. Feel free to download them and try them out.

galaxytabevo said:
My wallpaper doesn't scroll anymore, I'm not sure why.
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I think I read somewhere here that the latest Samsung stock update disabled the scrolling wallpaper.

home screen or lock screen?
Lock screen does not scroll.
For home screen you need 800x960 image or you may need to adjust your original 800x480 image to 400x480 and double the pixel size.
To scroll the home screen wallpaper, you need to change the option to make it scroll.

kobridge said:
home screen or lock screen?
Lock screen does not scroll.
For home screen you need 800x960 image or you may need to adjust your original 800x480 image to 400x480 and double the pixel size.
To scroll the home screen wallpaper, you need to change the option to make it scroll.
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I'm working on the lock screen. With most wallpapers, the difference in the aspect ratio is likely not noticeable. I just happen to see it because my lock screen image has only one component and it's very easy to see when it's distorted.

Lobo Droid said:
I think I read somewhere here that the latest Samsung stock update disabled the scrolling wallpaper.
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This really sucks. I also miss the bounce effect on the browser/when you reach the end of a menu. Was it due to the Apple lawsuit?

Facer for ZenWatch not centered??

Hi,
Is facer square watchfaces compatible with the zenwatch?? All the watches are not centered when installed.
Thanks

That's because majority of watchfaces were designed for other watches and not the zenwatch, so the resolution is off. What I did was after loading the downloaded watchface onto facer app I manually adjusted the resolution and sometimes placement of the watchface items.

m3lover1 said:
That's because majority of watchfaces were designed for other watches and not the zenwatch, so the resolution is off. What I did was after loading the downloaded watchface onto facer app I manually adjusted the resolution and sometimes placement of the watchface items.
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Is there a set ratio or something or is it just trial and error and every watchface? Never really modified a watch face on facer.

bustanut666 said:
Is there a set ratio or something or is it just trial and error and every watchface? Never really modified a watch face on facer.
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Well the resolution is 320 x 320. So square faces you would just change increase the res to 320 x 320. Most of the square ones that don't fit are usually 280 x 280. You would also need to change other elements for the watch too. Like the hands, other images, etc. For those you would probably need to change the positioning of the element and size.

m3lover1 said:
Well the resolution is 320 x 320. So square faces you would just change increase the res to 320 x 320. Most of the square ones that don't fit are usually 280 x 280. You would also need to change other elements for the watch too. Like the hands, other images, etc. For those you would probably need to change the positioning of the element and size.
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thanks.. sounds time consuming...

bustanut666 said:
thanks.. sounds time consuming...
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It's not too bad. Took me less than 5 min for most of them. I do see it could take a while for some of the more elaborate ones.