[TUTORIAL] Bootanimation creating and porting guide

[SalimPS]

As a request from some XDA members I made this guide,
so if you made a bootanimation using this method share it with us here.

what you need to get started

For Creating a Bootanimation :

• Winrar/7zip
• Notepad
• An Editing software – I Use photoshop

So Bootanimation is simply a collection of .png/.jpg pictures Stored into a zip file.
If you opened a bootanimation.zip you’ll find this :

And sometimes there’s another folder there “part2”

• folders like part0, part1, etc... Store .png/.jpg pictures of the Bootnaimation
• the desc.txt file contains all the necessary info like resolution fps, etc …

As you can see in the image :

1. The Resolution
2. The FPS (Frame per second) “the higher the faster” normal should be 24fps or 30fps
3. A pointer to look at new commands
4. Specifies the number of times this section will play ( 0 means infinite)
5. Defines pause in seconds before repeating or moving to the next line (0 means no pause)
6. Names of folder that contain your .png/.jpg files

Notion : Usually, part0 is The Beginning animation, part1 is The Loop animation and part2 is Shutdown animation.

Let’s start by creating a Simple Bootanimation :

1. Create a folder and name it “bootanimation”
2. Create another folder inside the previous one and name it “part0”
3. Now it's time for you to start creating your own one, for a simple beginning, using Photoshop, create black image with the resolution of 400*800
4. Save it as a PNG and Name it 000.png
5. Now (in Photoshop) add a layer over the black image and set opacity to 10%
6. And again Save it as a PNG and Name it 001.png
7. Keep doing this till you reach 100% opacity
8. Now create another folder inside botanimation\ and name it part1 (here you’ll do the loop animation)
9. Keep creating images inside this folder (use your mind )

When you finish that.. it’s time to create the desc.txt file :

1. Open notepad and type this
   

   480 800 24
   p 1 0 part0
   p 0 0 part1

2. Save it to this directory bootanimation\ (not inside part0 folder)
3. Now compress them using winrar into a zip file

Important : SET COMPRESSION METHOD TO STORE or else your bootanimation won’t work

Congratulations! you just made your own bootanimation.. Remember to share it with us

 

[SalimPS]

For Porting a Bootanimation :

coming soon..​

 

[Troubadour666]

Thanks for the thread