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What software do you need to make a boot animation??
I see in the OP to use Flash, but is that the only software needed to make a custom boot animation? I use a Windows based computer.
As far a Linux based computer, what software is needed to create a boot animation?
Thanks in advanced!
I see in the OP to use Flash, but is that the only software needed to make a custom boot animation? I use a Windows based computer.
As far a Linux based computer, what software is needed to create a boot animation?
Thanks in advanced!
You can use any animation software, just make sure you can convert it into a series of png files.
if anyone needs a boot animation, pm me with details of what you need and what phone you have, and i'll see what i can do
Rename to "bootanimation.zip" then just use adb to push these to /system/media All working on G1, may need to edit desc.txt for different screen sizes
This is the nexus one boot animation inverted for Eclair roms
NexInvert.zip *updated*
This is a very simple, very quickly made android loading animation
AndLoad.zip
Another quick one, pretend sdcard format..
format.zip
Heres a Starfield one
Starfield.zip
heres one i made for trystlore
umberella2.zip
Heres some swirling smoke
smokeswirl.zip
I'm not sure what to call this one. Just a simple animation with android in the back
a1.zip
Tutorial
Explanation of the "desc.txt"
any questions, ask
any requests, ask
How, if possible, could this be accomplished on your computer ans saved as a CWM file?
Here's one that I ported to the Samsung Epic from a TP2 format. Have a look around inside the .zip to discover how to make these things flashable in CWM.
Here is my contribution to this thread,
Regarding this particular bootanimation that I posted
This GIF was custom made for me from a friend a while back it was inspired by the spinning logo on the jumbotron of the Bell Center, and thought it would be cool to have it as a desktop background. Just 2 days ago I stumbled on it by mistake and decided to try to use it as my boot screen (it looks very sweet too).
as for details, regarding it, there's a total of 100 frames of 480x400 resolution
A few things I would like to note that could probably help a lot of ppl or maybe it's just me
I went thought a lot of trial and error to try and understand why I was getting a black screen everytime until it finally worked.
First some tool that can help you guys.
Both tools are available as a standalone zips without the need to installing them.
This tool will allow you to rename one or more files, it's extremely powerfull, although takes some getting used to at first
Bulk Rename Utility
This will allow you to extract an animated GIF into PNG files or other formats
GIF Frame Extractor
Now one thing to note that took a long time to figure out was that you gotta follow the naming convention of the original bootanimation.zip of your rom, since I checked out a lot of animation and saw they each ha diff names in the folders part0/1 figured as long as there's a sequential numbering for the files that the animation will kick in.... unfortunately NO, save yourself a lot of headaches, extract the bootanimation.zip from your phone look at the naming convention and rename your files to match using the tool above.
Regarding this particular bootanimation that I posted
This GIF was custom made for me from a friend a while back it was inspired by the spinning logo on the jumbotron of the Bell Center, and thought it would be cool to have it as a desktop background. Just 2 days ago I stumbled on it by mistake and decided to try to use it as my boot screen (it looks very sweet too).
as for details, regarding it, there's a total of 100 frames of 480x400 resolution
A few things I would like to note that could probably help a lot of ppl or maybe it's just me
I went thought a lot of trial and error to try and understand why I was getting a black screen everytime until it finally worked.
First some tool that can help you guys.
Both tools are available as a standalone zips without the need to installing them.
This tool will allow you to rename one or more files, it's extremely powerfull, although takes some getting used to at first
Bulk Rename Utility
This will allow you to extract an animated GIF into PNG files or other formats
GIF Frame Extractor
Now one thing to note that took a long time to figure out was that you gotta follow the naming convention of the original bootanimation.zip of your rom, since I checked out a lot of animation and saw they each ha diff names in the folders part0/1 figured as long as there's a sequential numbering for the files that the animation will kick in.... unfortunately NO, save yourself a lot of headaches, extract the bootanimation.zip from your phone look at the naming convention and rename your files to match using the tool above.
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Ok i have tried it now for hours and i have read the full tread and everything but i am stuck... it wont work at all.
is there an exact format to be used to make it work? because i tried every setting with ps cs3 as png but one time i got an white screen and then an other time an blackscreen... has it to be smaller than the display? or is there any limitation i miss?
please help i don't know what i am doing wrong...
wanted to help with a request... (even if i don't get it (the jugalo thing?! ))
I messed around with the file attached
is there an exact format to be used to make it work? because i tried every setting with ps cs3 as png but one time i got an white screen and then an other time an blackscreen... has it to be smaller than the display? or is there any limitation i miss?
please help i don't know what i am doing wrong...
wanted to help with a request... (even if i don't get it
(the jugalo thing?! ))I messed around with the file attached
OK Ive been making badass video tansformer clips for the boot animation. The problem Iam having it says not to compress in zip but how the do you do that when you suppose to turn it into a zip as in bootanimation.zip. When I store in 7zip I cant do anything with the three folders there so how Iam I suppose to do this. This has been pissing me off for hours.
Use winrar to save your zip in a store-mode. No compression is in use. I'm sure you can also do it with 7zip but not familiar with it. Options for maximum, medium or store/no compression choice must be somewhere in the options. I've done mine with winrar and worked every time. Hope that helped.
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I downloaded winrar and still havent been able to get this properly done. I changed the setting to store and no compression this really ****ing driving me insane now. The only improvement that my boot animation went from a black screen to white screen. Let me know anything you can so I can try fix this problem
With 7zip, highlight all the folders you want to zip then right click on one of them, choose 7zip, then add to archive. This will show you a bunch of options. Name it bootanimation.zip or whatever it is for your phone. The second or third line down, choose store for compression. Hit ok.
Heres the secret. Now go back to your zip you just created and open it. Open every folder in there and delete any thumbs.db that you find. Those can cause flickering, pausing, all kinds of bad stuff.
Or, pm me and I'll walk you through it more if you'd like.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
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Ok i have tried it now for hours and i have read the full tread and everything but i am stuck... it wont work at all.
is there an exact format to be used to make it work? because i tried every setting with ps cs3 as png but one time i got an white screen and then an other time an blackscreen... has it to be smaller than the display? or is there any limitation i miss?
please help i don't know what i am doing wrong...
wanted to help with a request... (even if i don't get it
I messed around with the file attached
I optimized your pngs to reduce the file size. The desc.txt was all wrong, sort of.
You have
480 800 30p 1 10 part0
You SHOULD have
480 800 30
p 1 10 part0
***BLANK LINE HERE*** The last line has to be blank.
Try this out and post your results. It may need to be slowed down a bit.
Not true. Every boot animation I've tried and made have had different names. My current one is image1.png, image2.png etc. The last one I made was 001.png, 002.png, etc. Now with non rooted phones it may be different.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
Rename to "bootanimation.zip" then just use adb to push these to /system/media All working on G1, may need to edit desc.txt for different screen sizes
This is the nexus one boot animation inverted for Eclair roms
NexInvert.zip *updated*
This is a very simple, very quickly made android loading animation
AndLoad.zip
Another quick one, pretend sdcard format..
format.zip
Heres a Starfield one
Starfield.zip
heres one i made for trystlore
umberella2.zip
Heres some swirling smoke
smokeswirl.zip
I'm not sure what to call this one. Just a simple animation with android in the back
a1.zip
Tutorial
Explanation of the "desc.txt"
any questions, ask
any requests, ask
is there anyway you can do one in bios style for the galaxy tab running overcome?
that'll be damn nice...
TABatalk'd from somewhere in the galaxy
I tried but i only got again a black screen.
Thanks for the tip with the desc.txt file i will def look into it.
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3It's working!!! thank you
and it is looking nice and running smooth, excellent.
now can you tell me what i did wrong? with what tools do you work?
i am on a Windows based system, and would like to work there
The images were fine. It was all in the desc.txt. It has to be formatted the way I described earlier.
First line is size and speed
480 800 15
Next lines are for the folders and how they "play"
p 0 1 partx, x being whatever the folder is.
There has to be a blank line at the end. If you use notepad++, you will see the blank line.
Then make sure it is saved as a unix file with ansi encoding.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App1Rename to "bootanimation.zip" then just use adb to push these to /system/media All working on G1, may need to edit desc.txt for different screen sizes
This is the nexus one boot animation inverted
NexInvert.zip *updated*
This is a very simple, very quickly made android loading animation
AndLoad.zip
Another quick one, pretend sdcard format..
format.zip
Heres a Starfield one
Starfield.zip
heres one i made for trystlore
umberella2.zip
Heres some swirling smoke
smokeswirl.zip
I'm not sure what to call this one. Just a simple animation with android in the back
a1.zip
Tutorial
Explanation of the "desc.txt"
Tzira said:
any questions, ask
any requests, ask1
this might help:
The original file looks like this: 480 427 30p 1 0 part0p 0 10 part1
-480 - stretched width of the animation (my orig files were 256x256 pixels)
-427 - stretched height of the animation
-30p - this controlled the speed of both parts of the animation
-1 - this defined how many times part0 of the animation looped
-0 - saw no change when altering this number
-part0 - folder containing first part of the animation
-p - this was a bit confusing as there is no space between the words "part0" & the "p". I tried adding a space and changing this number -> "part0 30p". I expected this to change the speed of the second part of the animation, but there was no change as far as I could tell.
-0 - this defined the number of times part1 of the animation looped (0=infinite)
-10 - saw no change when altering this number
-part1 - folder containing second part of the animation
found that at droidforums posted by "bots"1Ok i have tried it now for hours and i have read the full tread and everything but i am stuck... it wont work at all.
is there an exact format to be used to make it work? because i tried every setting with ps cs3 as png but one time i got an white screen and then an other time an blackscreen... has it to be smaller than the display? or is there any limitation i miss?
please help i don't know what i am doing wrong...
wanted to help with a request... (even if i don't get it (the jugalo thing?! ))
I messed around with the file attached
I optimized your pngs to reduce the file size. The desc.txt was all wrong, sort of.
You have
480 800 30p 1 10 part0
You SHOULD have
480 800 30
p 1 10 part0
***BLANK LINE HERE*** The last line has to be blank.
Try this out and post your results. It may need to be slowed down a bit.1
