[APP] Paint Now! Mobile - Mobile Drawing/Imaging Editing - Windows Mobile Apps and Games

Hi Guys,
Here is my first contribution to the community. I have written an application that is capable of doing some basic drawing/image editing functions and hoped it is useful.
Imagine that you take some photos using your phone and want to upload them right away to your facebook. However You might want to edit/draw them before. In that case, this app might help!
Screenshots
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Requirement:
- Windows Mobile 5.0 or better
- Reasonable amount of free ram available before running the application
- .NET CF 3.5.
Current features:
* Drawing
- Pencil
- Rectangle
- Circle
- Callout
- Text Typing
- Line
- Eye dropper
- Stample tool - e.g. for watermarking your image, Stamping icons...etc
* Image Editing
- Resize
- Crop
- Convert to B&W
- Convert to Sepia
- Rotate Left & Right
- Adjust: Brightness, Contrast, Saturation
- Filter: Sharpen
- File-type Conversion
- Undo/Redo
* Supported File Type
- JPG (By saving JPEG image, you have a possibility to limit image size - good for preparing images for uploading to some WebSite that has file size limitation)
- PNG
- BMP
Know Restriction:
- Image Editing is a memory-hungry process. You might not be able to work well with large image with very high resolution.
- In case of not enough memory, undo/redo functionality might not work well.
- Landscape mode is not supported.
Please Donate!
It was quite a lot of effort for me to develop this application. If you guys like my work, please donate! Only a few dollars can already help me a lot. Thanks!
Not sure how to embed html here. However you can donate by visiting: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DTW8DTHSFJWBS&lc=GB
Current Version:
1.3.27.1353
Donators!
Thank you very much to :
csrgiron

Change log:
1.3.26.1338 (This could be the final release, since I'm starting my new job very soon and I won't have much free time in that case. There might be an update for bug fixes, if some are found)
- Replace the right menu "Up"with "Cancel" in Open/Save file dialog for better meaning.
- Brightness
- Contrast
- Fixed some bugs
- Added Redo functionality
- More undo steps possible (depending on memory and image size), maximum 5 steps.
1.2.19.1251
- Enhanced Open/Save file dialog.
- Sharpen
- Saturation
- Added an option not to use COM object to open/save file
- Added % progress indicator for long run task
- Added possibility to abort long run task
1.1.009.2236
- Eye-Dropper tool
- Enable easier Fore-/Back color switching
- Fixed Pencil Tool lagging problem.
- Rearranged the tool buttons.
1.0.3.1921
- Added line tool
- Change Max Zoom to 800%
- Added an option to disable Anti-Alias when displaying zoomed image.

Screenshots? Seems interesting enough .

Livven said:
Screenshots? Seems interesting enough .
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Hi Livven,
Just added the screenshots. Hope that helps!

If anyone has tested it, please let me know your feedbacks.
I have only two devices I can use to test the application. It would be great to know how it behaves on other devices.

Hey Menos,
I have been looking for a basic drawing program that I can use on my Qvga screen (wing/herald) but so far I am unable to find one that can do what I am looking for. I just caught this thread just before bed tonight so tomorrow I will try it out. In the meantime, an issue I have run across with all other paint programs thus far is anti-aliasing (AA) at full magnification. When I am zoomed in all the way, either the program itself or my wing is AA'ing everything. What I am looking for is a program similar to MSPaint where at full magnification I can draw pixel by pixel, line by line, without the blurry effect of AA. I really hope this is only a system limitation on my end so when I do decide on a new device I will be able to use this. Let me know if all portable drawing programs will do this or if you have any idea how to either change the program/settings or possible a way to disable AA on my device temporarily. As you can see from my avatar, I kill time by making pixel cars and would love to use my phone for that purpose. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
-Dan

tC_Driver said:
Hey Menos,
I have been looking for a basic drawing program that I can use on my Qvga screen (wing/herald) but so far I am unable to find one that can do what I am looking for. I just caught this thread just before bed tonight so tomorrow I will try it out. In the meantime, an issue I have run across with all other paint programs thus far is anti-aliasing (AA) at full magnification. When I am zoomed in all the way, either the program itself or my wing is AA'ing everything. What I am looking for is a program similar to MSPaint where at full magnification I can draw pixel by pixel, line by line, without the blurry effect of AA. I really hope this is only a system limitation on my end so when I do decide on a new device I will be able to use this. Let me know if all portable drawing programs will do this or if you have any idea how to either change the program/settings or possible a way to disable AA on my device temporarily. As you can see from my avatar, I kill time by making pixel cars and would love to use my phone for that purpose. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
-Dan
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Hi Dan,
I would say that currently you will see AA in my application due to the drawing algorithm of gdi+ I'm using. However, yes it is possible to draw enlarged images without having AA. You can see an example, when you try to select an image for the Stample tool. If you image is smaller than the preview picture box, it should be enlarged without having AA. Let me know if this is the case for your device. If not, then it means that your device might do AA additionally.
I will add an option to next release to choose whether to enable AA for displaying enlarged images or not. Thanks for your thought!

Menos,
Thanks for the quick response. I took your advice and tried a few things. I installed the .cab file and the first thing I noticed is the inability to search the SD card contents to open a file. After saving an image to the phone I could easily open, just an extra step. First attempt, the zoom function is nice but does not zoom in far enough to see individual pixels for alteration. I also noticed that your program lacks a straight line drawing tool. I do the majority of my drawing with the line tool, if possible, please add. After zooming into my PNG image (width 425 X height 115) I noticed that there was AA. Second attempt, I tried another PNG image (around 100 X 100) to see if a smaller image at full zoom produced the same result. It did, still AA'd at full zoom. Third attempt was using your stamp tool which I must say is a great addition to the program. This tool allowed me to see the entire PNG (100 X 100) image without AA and was able to increase the size which in turn increase the magnification after the image was stamped. Only problem, after I stamped the image, everything was anti aliased once again. I hope this helps in some way. Let me know if you need any further testing on a Qvga screen and I would be more than happy to oblige. I will keep an eye on this thread for future releases.
-Dan

tC_Driver said:
Menos,
Thanks for the quick response. I took your advice and tried a few things. I installed the .cab file and the first thing I noticed is the inability to search the SD card contents to open a file. After saving an image to the phone I could easily open, just an extra step. First attempt, the zoom function is nice but does not zoom in far enough to see individual pixels for alteration. I also noticed that your program lacks a straight line drawing tool. I do the majority of my drawing with the line tool, if possible, please add. After zooming into my PNG image (width 425 X height 115) I noticed that there was AA. Second attempt, I tried another PNG image (around 100 X 100) to see if a smaller image at full zoom produced the same result. It did, still AA'd at full zoom. Third attempt was using your stamp tool which I must say is a great addition to the program. This tool allowed me to see the entire PNG (100 X 100) image without AA and was able to increase the size which in turn increase the magnification after the image was stamped. Only problem, after I stamped the image, everything was anti aliased once again. I hope this helps in some way. Let me know if you need any further testing on a Qvga screen and I would be more than happy to oblige. I will keep an eye on this thread for future releases.
-Dan
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Hi Dan,
Thanks for your information. Yeah as I stated before, that the previous version used gdi+ to draw image and I have no control over the algorithm it uses. However, I have updated the application to have an option, not to do AA when rendering image.
Additionally I have added the line tools and increase the max zoom to 800% as requested.
For the problem that you don't find the files on you SD card, that is already known to me. This is because the default open file dialog does not look for files in all folders. (but it does if you have folder like my documents on your sd card). I am planning to create my own dialog box later.
Please try the new version and let me know if that meets your need?

Perfect!
The additions fit my needs and hopefully the needs of your other potential end users as well. The magnification is exactly what I was looking for. It gets me in far enough to change the image one pixel at a time. I can also confirm that your AA option works perfectly. You have no idea how thrilled I was to see that my device wasn't the problem and that it was capable of seeing a raw image with the proper setting. As of right now I can also confirm that the program works perfectly on my QVGA screen. There are a few more things I would like to request, I hope you do not mind.
-Eye-dropper tool: I use this hand in hand with the line tool to pull a color from the image or a shade chart and would love it if this tool was considered for future releases.
-Eraser tool: I wonder if there is a way to use the eraser tool in a manner similar to MSPaint. In MSPaint, with both a primary and secondary color selected, one could change the primary color in the image to the secondary color by holding the right mouse key while pressing the left key over the area in need of a color change. Could this be possible while holding a soft key at the same time the tool is run over an image? Just a thought.
-Selector tool: I use this in conjunction with a copy/paste function in MSPaint to select and move pieces around as needed. Would a copy and paste function also be possible?
This is a great program already and it is still considered a beta. I am thankful for your willingness to go out of your way to accommodate my needs. I hope I didn't come off in that tone. This is the first program I have seen in development that I felt a need to support. If there is anything you need by way of testing, please do not hesitate to ask. I cannot contribute to your fund at this time but would like to offer my services for the time being. Thank you again for your quick response and even faster update.
-Dan

tC_Driver said:
Perfect!
The additions fit my needs and hopefully the needs of your other potential end users as well. The magnification is exactly what I was looking for. It gets me in far enough to change the image one pixel at a time. I can also confirm that your AA option works perfectly. You have no idea how thrilled I was to see that my device wasn't the problem and that it was capable of seeing a raw image with the proper setting. As of right now I can also confirm that the program works perfectly on my QVGA screen. There are a few more things I would like to request, I hope you do not mind.
-Eye-dropper tool: I use this hand in hand with the line tool to pull a color from the image or a shade chart and would love it if this tool was considered for future releases.
-Eraser tool: I wonder if there is a way to use the eraser tool in a manner similar to MSPaint. In MSPaint, with both a primary and secondary color selected, one could change the primary color in the image to the secondary color by holding the right mouse key while pressing the left key over the area in need of a color change. Could this be possible while holding a soft key at the same time the tool is run over an image? Just a thought.
-Selector tool: I use this in conjunction with a copy/paste function in MSPaint to select and move pieces around as needed. Would a copy and paste function also be possible?
This is a great program already and it is still considered a beta. I am thankful for your willingness to go out of your way to accommodate my needs. I hope I didn't come off in that tone. This is the first program I have seen in development that I felt a need to support. If there is anything you need by way of testing, please do not hesitate to ask. I cannot contribute to your fund at this time but would like to offer my services for the time being. Thank you again for your quick response and even faster update.
-Dan
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Hi Dan,
I will add your request to my to do list. The first two shouldn't be much difficult, but for the selector, I will have to spend sometime on it.

Menos,
This is an absolutely brilliant app.
Thank you very much.
Would it be possible to:
- improve a litle bit the drawing function (difficult to draw some real curves. It tends to make some lines instead of curves).
- propose more colors
- improve the quality of the Icon resolution.
Thanks. I really adore your app.
Amazing to see it's only a beta. There is so much potential in it.
PS, for the drawing part, I use PocketPicture ( http://sites.google.com/site/osdmsoftware/pocketpicture ). it's not bad. Maybe it can help to find some ideas.

Hi Guys,
Sorry for late reply, I was busy for some other stuff. Together with this post, I released the version 1.1, which has some improvement as stated in the change log.
I will have limited time to work on this app. Any comments are still welcome, but I cannot commit to work fast on them!

Wow! Very nice app! Thanks for your contribution!

Hi,
I installed the app, it installed fine on my HD2. I did run the program and it loaded nice, but when trying to open a image on my device, it was not responding at all, it even keeps freezing my device and a soft-reset is necessary.
I use the Energy ROm of 13 may the GTX version.
Greetings,
Birger

Birger said:
Hi,
I installed the app, it installed fine on my HD2. I did run the program and it loaded nice, but when trying to open a image on my device, it was not responding at all, it even keeps freezing my device and a soft-reset is necessary.
I use the Energy ROm of 13 may the GTX version.
Greetings,
Birger
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Hi Birger,
Have you tried to update the .NET CF? Here's the link from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...49-3c6b-42f1-9fd9-0041345b3385&displaylang=en

when I see how my wife edits pics on her iPhone, THIS is what I need!
thankz!

Thanks ill try it

menos said:
Hi Birger,
Have you tried to update the .NET CF? Here's the link from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...49-3c6b-42f1-9fd9-0041345b3385&displaylang=en
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I do have the latest .net CF (3.5). I have a lot of other apps using the .net without problem. It is also cooked in with the ROM. (Energy ROM; one of the best)

I have got the same prob as Birger has: freezing a.s.a. I press "open" to open a file.
I also have a HD2, with a custom ROM (MIRI v10, WwM6.5.x).
I'm sure I have the newest versions of .NET FW, since I installed the newest .NET FW version to solve the batt. draining issue of the newest version of advanced home tab from c0okiemonster...
Hope this can be solved, since I think I will like the app.

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GPS Sports Computer - navmi

Hello
Following discussion and development on AndyZap's GPS Cycle Computer thread, I'm starting this new thread.
It's all about navmi...
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navmi is a GPS sports application, currently available for Windows Mobile touch screen (professional). It contains lots of DNA from AndyZap's GPS Cycle Computer - and it's now been tested on a few devices including:
- Omnia II
- Diamond
- HTC HD (and HD2 Leo)
- Axim x51v
- Omnia
Current download is shown on navmi.com.
There is currently a 1 dot 1 dot 1 release in Beta testing
Among navmi's features are:
Time and distance tracking
Autopause
Auto lap (auto waypoint) recording
Manual lap recording
Integrated sports photography
Map display – including offline caching of maps
Chart display – speed and elevation
Multiple settings for multiple sports
Training Diary – including lap, map, photo and chart review
Integration with runsaturday online training log and analysis tools
KML and GPX track export
navmi proudly contains:
DNA from the GPS Cycle Computer – by AndyZap – with design by expo7 and special thanks to AngelGR – used under new bsd license
integration with runsaturday.com
mapping by OpenStreetMap served by Cloudmade – used under creative commons license
voice from acclivity on freesound.org – used under creative commons license
sound effects from sowatt and milton on freesound.org – used under creative commons license
extra graphics input from clker.com – used under creative commons license
I hope this is the right place to start this thread!
Omnia II, Diamond, HTC HD, Axim x51v...hmmm...does it work in other resolutioin like WQVGA or QVGA? Looks nice...
hi...im a big fan of AndyZap GPS Cycle Computer...and use it on every occasion, while on the go. unfortunately development seems to be abandoned . so hope you will get best of it and follow his high standards... will watch that development closely.
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Omnia II, Diamond, HTC HD, Axim x51v...hmmm...does it work in other resolutioin like WQVGA or QVGA? Looks nice...
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I think it does... although I've not tested it on a real device of other sizes yet.
Please do feel free to try it and let me know
the touchHD is wvga and navmi does almost perfect on it.
Switching between apps does bring the winMo taskbar back into the picture tho and consequently that covers part of the function buttons.
Not a major problem.
Tho I did click the winMo 'Ok' button (top right taskbar corner) once and navmi asked whether I wanted to proceed, as logging would be canceled. After clicking 'No' it canceled anyway, toughy...
rhtizzy said:
the touchHD is wvga and navmi does almost perfect on it.
Switching between apps does bring the winMo taskbar back into the picture tho and consequently that covers part of the function buttons.
Not a major problem.
Tho I did click the winMo 'Ok' button (top right taskbar corner) once and navmi asked whether I wanted to proceed, as logging would be canceled. After clicking 'No' it canceled anyway, toughy...
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I'll take a look at the switching thing - that doesn't happen on my Omnia when I use Samsung's cube button task switcher thing. What are you using to switch on the HD?
As for the "No" problem... I've just checked the code and it definitely should work OK...
I use Quickmenu to replace the regular startmenu and following your comment I switched back to regular and indeed, no more winMo taskbar pop-over... good stuff!
Wow, been after something like this for ages but havent got round to looking! Will try to get to grips with it before my next snow boarding trip so i can see how far i rode!! Good work!!
HollyWolf, are you the coder of this?
Also, add Samsung Omnia to the list of working phones. Works fine on mine.
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Wow, been after something like this for ages but havent got round to looking! Will try to get to grips with it before my next snow boarding trip so i can see how far i rode!! Good work!!
HollyWolf, are you the coder of this?
Also, add Samsung Omnia to the list of working phones. Works fine on mine.
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Excellent - thanks for letting me know
Yes, I am the coder - I've taken AndyZ's GPS Cycle Computer as a start, merged in lots of code from Runsat and am loving writing code
What use using to write it in and with what language?
Also, is there a "how to use" guide at all?
Cheers
Almost all written in C# compact framework - 2.0.
There's no manual yet - so best to write here or on navmi.com if you have a question.
Thanks hollywoof, sure am gonna try this!
Looks great - gonna give it a try!
thumbs up +1
hollywoof, will there be an option to import kml or gpx files in the future? Would be nice if I could add the runs from RunSaturday to navmi. This way I have totals on my Omnia.
Installed it, looks very nice. Will test it soon while running.
I'll have a play in a bit on the HD2, pity it's snowing so much, I've not got a chance to get out in the velomobile to see how accurate it is.
One thing that is missing from gpscyclecomputer is a seperate EXIT function..
Using winmo 6.5.x versions (with the bottom buttons) you cant close the app, short of using a secondary taskmanager, so if you can include something along those lines (not tried it yet) then that would be great (and future proof it a bit).
I'm intrigued by the lapfunction, how is it going to work? I've tried a couple of other ones in the past, that haven't been quite as obvious as could be.
Especially when racing, I tend to find that pressing something is a no-no (especially cycling at 35mph and above on a 440m velodrome yo can lap quite quickly) and some of the others don't seem to realise that when you go past the place you started logging then that's the end of the first lap.
anyway, glad to see someone has taken on the basics of andyzaps app looking forward to seeing how it progresses.
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hollywoof, will there be an option to import kml or gpx files in the future? Would be nice if I could add the runs from RunSaturday to navmi. This way I have totals on my Omnia..
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Thanks
I've written the GPX/KML code for course following (similar to the GCC's implementation), but I'd not thought about syncing all activities/the totals that way - maybe I'll give that a try! I do want to sync photos in as well at some point.
As another alternative I was considering writing a separate runsaturday app...
Thanks for the feedback - you're helping to make the app better
fards said:
One thing that is missing from gpscyclecomputer is a seperate EXIT function..
Using winmo 6.5.x versions (with the bottom buttons) you cant close the app, short of using a secondary taskmanager, so if you can include something along those lines (not tried it yet) then that would be great (and future proof it a bit).
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You should be able to close the app by:
- " - pausing the activity
- square - stopping the activity
- home - go to home page
- exit - exit
- yes - I really want to exit
But maybe that is a bit too long winded. I'm mainly testing on 6.5 (Omnia II) so I know it works there...
I'm intrigued by the lapfunction, how is it going to work? I've tried a couple of other ones in the past, that haven't been quite as obvious as could be.
Especially when racing, I tend to find that pressing something is a no-no (especially cycling at 35mph and above on a 440m velodrome yo can lap quite quickly) and some of the others don't seem to realise that when you go past the place you started logging then that's the end of the first lap.
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The autolap currently goes off measured distance - you can set up the autolap distance in the settings for each sport and then the just laps whenever it measures that you've reach the distance.
From personal experience of athletics tracks, I doubt you will get very good performance for cycling around a velodrome - it's just not a nice track for GPS to estimate distance... the estimation errors really build up around the circle :/ For example, I once did a 6 hour track race (normal 400m track) - and my Garmin 301 was almost 10% inaccurate compared to the lap counter. Some of this was due to me not always taking the inside lane, but (looking at the recorded track) most of it was just down to nasty GPS readings. Surprisingly that 10% was an overestimate, not an underestimate. In more normal runs, I think I'd expect my Garmin to be 1-2% accurate?
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Tho I did click the winMo 'Ok' button (top right taskbar corner) once and navmi asked whether I wanted to proceed, as logging would be canceled. After clicking 'No' it canceled anyway, toughy...
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I've now seen this too... looks like a winmo/compact framework issue (as the code looks right) - I'll look into a workaround to fix it!
How do you import map files?? I can't find anything in the prog nor do i understand the folder structure in the maps folder?
Cheers
digital_biscuit said:
How do you import map files?? I can't find anything in the prog nor do i understand the folder structure in the maps folder?
Cheers
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By default navmi uses downloaded maps from an OpenStreetMap server - as selected under Settings->Maps - the default is a fairly easy to read Navmi format served from CloudMade.
If you want these to download live during your ride, then on the "Plotting" page, choose "Auto download maps"
Personally, I tend to download maps offline - before I head out running - I'm on prepay! I do this by connecting to the web over ActiveSync or WiFi, starting an activity (that I never intend to keep), waiting until I get some GPS lock, switching the display to the map page and then scrolling around the UI to download all the areas I want to.
This OSM format maps is the main direction I want to continue moving forwards - it's easiest (requires least effort!). When you use this the structure in the maps folder is split up using zoom levels, then latitudes -it's a structure that's easy for navmi to read, but it's not a structure you want to play with yourself!
Beyond OSM, navmi also supports (adapted from the GCC code) a couple of alternative ways to use maps. To use any of these other methods, you must:
1. select "off" on the Maps settings
2. do not check Auto download maps
3. use File Explorer to ensure that the navmi maps folder is empty
With these 3 steps done... you can create your own maps using your PC - see instructions in line 547 and beyond in http://code.google.com/p/gccv2/source/browse/trunk/GpsCycleComputer/Readme.htm
I know at least one person is currently using GPS Tuner .gmi files with navmi - if you are, then please feel free to post with advice.
Hope that helps - sorry it's a bit long winded!
Stuart

Jaxbot's Windows Phone 7 Theme - 5/8/10: version 1.15 released!

Edit: For the new version, see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8512590#post8512590
Hello
Welcome to my thread for my Windows Phone 7 Theme. The ultimate goal of this theme is to have a fully featured Windows Phone 7 theme that allows many similar functions as the real device.
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To use it, install the cab file below, then click on the icon in the start menu.
To exit, long-tap on the right side of the screen.
Settings is also listed in the long-tap menu.
To lock the device, click on the top of the screen, near the clock.
Current version: 1.15:
Performance greatly increased, lockscreen password, etc.
"Treats"
The real WP7 contains something called "Treats". These are little, fairly useless, but cool features.
Some of the ones included in this theme:
Text icon changes depending on amount of messages. First it is a smile, then a frown, and finally a gasping face.
Bing search background changes depending on the day's image.
Upcoming features
Pictures hub
Office hub
Games hub
Integration with Steam
Appointments tile
Smoother interface
Known issues:
Facebook does not stay logged in
...More later
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEYzUhnmRFk
Download: http://windowsphonehacker.com/wp7s.php
See website for full details and screenshots: http://windowsphonehacker.com/wp7s.php
People Hub
- Allows seeing contacts on homescreen
-Favorites list
-List of contacts. Tapping on a blue letter brings up a letter list.
-List of latest friends facebook status
Text tile
-Displays number of new messages
-Changes emoticon based on number of messages
Outlook tile
-Displays number of new mail messages
Phone tile
-Displays number of missed calls
Pictures tile
-Displays pictures, fading in and out new ones
-Takes you to default album viewer
Search
-Displays latest Bing background
-Searches Bing with custom keyboard
See website for full details: http://windowsphonehacker.com/wp7s.php
nice
is it only for WVGA screen?
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nice
is it only for WVGA screen?
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VGA/WVGA. It also works (in theory) on QVGA, but it may not run well due to older devices being slower.
Looks and runs nicely on my Blackstone, have noticed a few things though:
- the blue squares shake a lot if you press and hold the screen...not sure if it's intentional but personally I feel the 'vibration' effect isn't too nice to look at.
- when scrolling on the apps screen some program names get broken. For example: 'FreeUpRam' becomes 'FreeUP' and 'pTravelAlarm' becomes 'pTravelAl'. The scrolling motion is also a bit jumpy.
- could not find a way of returning from bing search to the main screen without exiting the app and reloading it.
- pictures tab does not see images on the SD card in \Storage Card\My Documents or \Storage Card\DCIM (it would be nice if it could be set in the settings to look at 2 paths - storage and phone)
- none of my music is listed (also stored on storage card).
VERY nice start though! I'll be watching this one!
...also for some reason your website just comes up grey on my PC in IE8.
sweet, why not put it on your diamond2?
what are your thoughts on changing the faded black background to pitch black?? I am guessing you're trying to make it look like what's shown in the microsoft demos on that prototype device...? That's probably due to the display on that device though and i'm going to take a wild guess and say MS will make it black like on the zune hd when it's done. Or maybe you have a different reason for it?
cool
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Hello
I have released the BETA version of my Windows Phone 7 Series Theme, and am looking for some feedback
To use it, install the cab file below, then click on the icon in the start menu.
To exit, long-tap on the right side of the screen.
Settings is also listed in the long-tap menu.
To lock the device, click on the top of the screen, near the clock.
Current features:
People hub with recent, all contacts, and a list of contacts Facebook status updates.
Bing search with background changing depending on Bing picture of day.
Live tiles (Javascript based, set a URL in the settings to your own)
Program launcher
Lock screen
Upcoming features:
More hubs (give me ideas!)
Better animations
More social network integration
(Ideas?)
Known issues:
Facebook does not stay logged in
Facebook lags when viewing What's New
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEYzUhnmRFk
Download: http://windowsphonehacker.jaxbot.com/files/wp7s_beta.CAB
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going to go try it out its going to look good
wm7
keep gettin a error when i launch the app
are you using windows form control/user control to display items? You can't get any smoother animation with windows form controls, because everytimes the control Location changes, it repaints itself regardless and as you can see it is very resource consuming. You gotta paint individual control for better performance.
But overall, it's looking pretty nice
I trie on my ELF P3450 and runs fine but a little bit slower, understand that, older device...
Very nice app... any chance to edit menu ( the right side)???
ohhh...and tell the trick to unlock screen i spend about 2 min to find out...looool
Feedback
I tried this on opal (201mhz processor) qvga screen.
I can tell one thing its just awesome on my device i didnt expected it to be so smoothe (iam comparing this with the preview version) its much smoother just one thing on home screen while scrolling the tiles move with hands thats absolutely smoothe but for some time it leaves a trace of the tile say 1 or 2 seconds if u fix that u can officially say its compatible with qvga.
I expect more pages, more likelyness to original wp7
Hey Jaxbot,
It's getting better - the only that has disappointed me with this build (as opposed to the one I've tested for you) is the animations seem to have got slower rather than faster - especially for the people hub.
I see you have fixed some bugs - some still remain but I will not double report those.
A new one, it's nice to see you've added the contact surname, however, it is now shown underneath the next person's first name (i.e. you've not given it enough space/padding).
The same goes for the program list (the second part of the program name is cut off). good to see it's actually working now - though still not scrollable.
The live tiles still take a long time to animate out/in.
More to come...
Casey
Update: In qvga device there is no tile for images.
Plus this homescreen needs kinetic scrolling its a must coz scrolling between the left and right pages is excellent the animation is perfect but scrolling down is little hard so i am saying kinetic scrolling please add in next version.
very nice start.
theres alot of shaking around on the icons, and arent any smooth transitions. btu seeing as this is version 1, im sure that you will refine it in the coming weeks
i look forward to the more refined version. good work and thanks for the download!
很漂亮,qvga也可以用,但是提出几个问题:
1. 使用过程中,容易造成崩溃死机。
2. 上下左右滑动,速度很慢。
3. 不支持中文路径。
4. 程序图标不显示。
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This app is awfull
I'm running it on my HP614C, WM6.5 with a 520Mhz processor.
It's stille pretty slow, but it surely is an improvement over the alpha release!
Keep it coming
welki1979 said:
- when scrolling on the apps screen some program names get broken. For example: 'FreeUpRam' becomes 'FreeUP' and 'pTravelAlarm' becomes 'pTravelAl'. The scrolling motion is also a bit jumpy.
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My guess is they are taking up more room than available, which means the auto-font size is broken. I'll look into it.
welki1979 said:
- could not find a way of returning from bing search to the main screen without exiting the app and reloading it.
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The hardware arrow button on my device works for that, but I'll add a software button for people who don't have one.
welki1979 said:
- pictures tab does not see images on the SD card in \Storage Card\My Documents or \Storage Card\DCIM (it would be nice if it could be set in the settings to look at 2 paths - storage and phone)
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I'll look into it, currently it only allows one picture path.
welki1979 said:
- none of my music is listed (also stored on storage card).
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Haven't gotten around to a music+video hub yet, but it's coming.
welki1979 said:
...also for some reason your website just comes up grey on my PC in IE8.
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Uh oh. I'll look into that.
Casey_boy said:
A new one, it's nice to see you've added the contact surname, however, it is now shown underneath the next person's first name (i.e. you've not given it enough space/padding).
The same goes for the program list (the second part of the program name is cut off). good to see it's actually working now - though still not scrollable.
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Interesting, and yes I noticed that. The problem is that most testing was on the Device Emulator at QVGA resolution, so the fonts worked perfectly on low res. I'll play with the numbers at get that fixed.
About the speed being lower, I'm confused by that, as not much was added (just fixes from the list you sent me). By chance do you have anything running in the background?
Otherwise, I'm still working on speeding up the animations, expect some changes soon
jzlchl said:
很漂亮,qvga也可以用,但是提出几个问题:
1. 使用过程中,容易造成崩溃死机。
2. 上下左右滑动,速度很慢。
3. 不支持中文路径。
4. 程序图标不显示。
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I'm under the impression this is an English-only forum, but I'll answer your concerns as best I can.
1robably takes too much memory.
2:Obviously, since it's QVGA, it runs slow. (since the device is older)
3:I don't know what to say, because .NET CF handles all that.
4robably due to #3.

[APP] moneyharp personal money tracker - beta

Moneyharp is the only expense tracker for Windows Mobile with finger-friendly interface!
It is full-featured, stand-alone personal money management application for day-to-day use.
You can find full description and how-to at moneyharp.com
Prerequisites: .NET Compact Framework 1.1 or greater, touchscreen.
DOWNLOAD: attached
This is the very first test release.
I wrote this app also as a test of some interface and usablility ideas - PLEASE POST YOUR FEEDBACK, I'm eager to hear it.
Screenshot :
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"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"
}
thanks for sharing the app
how do i install this on the hd2
installation
You can download file to your PC and then copy it to HD2 storage through ActiveSync or card reader; or, you can download file directly to device using HD2 web browser.
Here's the link: moneyharp.com/content/moneyharp.cab
[as a new user I'm not allowed to post links, please copy-paste them]
Then browse to downloaded file on the device and double-click it - choose where to install (storage footprint is 0.5MB, so "Main Memory" should be ok), press "ok".
There's also an illustrated guide here: wmexperts.com/articles/howto/how_to_install_uninstall_and_t.html
Please let me know if there are any issues.
it not work on wvga device
Doesn't work on Touch HD , the installation went fine but the program just wouldn't start, it tries to start you can see the hour glass turning but it just doesn't start.
Hi moneyharp,
I have tried little on moneyharp and i already like it. It is completely finger friendly, fast and easy to enter expenses and incomes along with setting up the budget. However there are few things that i noted:
1. After the installation, the program doesnt have an icon
2. It is finger friendly but not user friendly. This could be because i am comparing it with winmoFinance and easy expenses
3. I dont like the color scheme
4. i like application which i can scroll up and down with touchflo. With moneyharp you need to press the up and down key for that. With touchflo, you can remove these two keys and have more space on the screen
5. you can move the list and summary in menu. This will allow more space on screen as currently user can see only 4 items on one screen. Personally i would like the screen to be used maximum to see the entry rather than buttons
6. There should be an option to add notes.
7. As an end user, i would like to capture date and not time in a expense
8. User should have the option to import or export settings or move them to a different location so that in case system crashes or user hard resets phone, the data is saved.
I will use moneyhard couple of days and post my feedback. You are doing a great job. Keep it up. I am looking forward to the next release.
Hi chautruong:
Can you please specify - does it crash, or just does not start, or..?
Hi zjxpot:
Can anyone having Touch HD confirm that moneyharp has an issue with this device?
Meanwhile, I will test in WVGA emulator.
Hi jaskiratsingh:
1. In next release. Just have to draw it.
2. I have tried several expenses apps myself, but tried to write moneyharp as if it was my invention - some concepts really differ. But that doesn't mean I was right. What irritates you most?
3. The skins feature is already there - I will post the skin config file and instructions how to change it shortly.
4. I tried to avoid any device-specific features (in fact, moneyharp doesn't even use hardware buttons). But I am considering some gestures support.
5. I see. But then: - which view (list or summary) do you use more often?
- where to put current balance?
6. My idea was tags should be used for that - than you can generate reports on them. But maybe this is too constrained.
7. You can skip setting time part altogether. If more people are irritated with that, I will leave date only.
8. Backup/restore - in next release. Meanwhile, you can copy config.stor, main1.stor and main2.stor files from program directory to backup location.
Thank you very much for feedback! Please keep on - I need it.
well so far its pretty good,i just wanted a app that i could keep track of what's in the bank and every time i make a transaction i could post it and it will tell me how much i have left and so far that's what this is doing. but there is no icon pic on the app and when k first installed it it told me to install another app so this one could work better,do youknow about that
sorry. i didn't explain exactly. it run fine on my htc touch hd but not full screen (may be it support wga screen only?)
Nice apps!
Some comments:
1. It seems that there is not Unicod support - Cyrillic letters seen as ???
2. Autoserach in category - when you have long list, it is annoying to scroll. Can you make window for text entering using keyboard (with autocomplete function)?
3. PC companion would be great
4. Account groups would be useful
5. On WVGA screen there is empty space at the bottom
6. Export from Cashorg and other application
Maybe some inspiration
Cheers for the app so far.
Looking forward to seeing this develop.
My friend showed me an app called Money book on her iBone. What was a nice feature is that once you'd added some things to its various categories you could turn the phone to landscape and it was show a bar chart of how much you'd spent in each category (for that month).
You could maybe set periods (e.g. between pay day and the next) so that you could analyse expenditure during that period, ideally graphically like the above idea.
All the best with it!
Ian
Hi jkiller122:
- next release will have icon
- you're probably talking about .NET framework - moneyharp requires that to run. But in Windows Mobile you should already have it installed.
Hi again chautruong:
yes, I can see it in emulator too. Finding out where's the problem now.
Hi landau:
1. yes, currently Western European encoding is used. Will try to fully adopt Unicode in next release.
2. When you have really long list (>100) and keep the button pressed, it starts to accelerate the scroll (jump 5 at a time). Also, if you use some categories often, put a space in front of its name - it will appear on top of the list.
3. After next release
4. I just disabled that, because I was not sure as to how count group account balance in total balance (omit it? omit accounts in group?) Can you please describe the use case scenario for that?
5. yes, looking at it now (see reply to chautruong)
6. Which format do you use to export from Cashorg (OFX/QFX...)? Also, some details will be lost if you import to moneyharp - e.g. it doesn't have check numbers.
Hi otherworld:
- have you tried the reports (menu>Reports)?
Thank you for your feedback! Keep it coming!
moneyharp said:
Hi jaskiratsingh:
1. In next release. Just have to draw it.
2. I have tried several expenses apps myself, but tried to write moneyharp as if it was my invention - some concepts really differ. But that doesn't mean I was right. What irritates you most?
3. The skins feature is already there - I will post the skin config file and instructions how to change it shortly.
4. I tried to avoid any device-specific features (in fact, moneyharp doesn't even use hardware buttons). But I am considering some gestures support.
5. I see. But then: - which view (list or summary) do you use more often?
- where to put current balance?
6. My idea was tags should be used for that - than you can generate reports on them. But maybe this is too constrained.
7. You can skip setting time part altogether. If more people are irritated with that, I will leave date only.
8. Backup/restore - in next release. Meanwhile, you can copy config.stor, main1.stor and main2.stor files from program directory to backup location.
Thank you very much for feedback! Please keep on - I need it.
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Hi Moneyharp,
Please find few comments below:
1. sorting option i.e. ascending date or descending date order
2. if user changes the date, in next transaction the system date should populate instead of chosen date by the user
3. Add a transaction and in Income/Expense: Expense is populated. User can save the transaction, which shouldnt be allowed. This should be Blank and user should be forced to populate income/expense
4. For better UI, as per me,you can remove the time in list view and add income/expense type in same line. Check attachment
In response to backup/restore, what i meant was that the files that contain data should be at a different location say /Storage Card/Expenses and application can point and pick and save data there.
I use the list view mostly. You can keep views : list and summary in menu. You can leave current balance at the bottom or move the current balance at the top
Hi jaskiratsingh
1. moneyharp always sorts records by date in ascending order, and initial position is in the end of the list, so that you see latest entries. An option could be to show either top or bottom of the list (first or last records) - ?
2. The idea was that in one session date is likely to be the same - e.g. you enter transactions for yesterday. moneyharp just repeats the date from last entered transaction in current program usage session.
What are others thinking of that?
3. I didn't want to be too restrictive. User should understand that if he wants full and descriptive reports later, he should fill in all the data. But what if he/she is interested only in some categories or payees tracking - e.g. I want to know how much went to some payee, but no matter the purpose. From my experience, you can't foresee all scenarios, and too many constraints limit them.
4. You have really thought and elaborated on UI options - very impressive!
Still, priority and one of stem ideas in moneyharp is finger-friendly UI. If transaction entries are half the current height, it will be not so comfortable to tap them with your finger (most devices still have touchscreens far from ideal). Also, I noticed that you don't use Payee field - that is why it could fit in 1 line.
That said, you don't tap and edit transactions often - so maybe it's ok to make them narrow.
I invite others to share their opinion!
Option to change the files location - already in list for next release.
Again thank you very much - you provide very qualified and creative review!
Hi moneyharp,
I hard reset my phone and after reinstallation i copied config.stor, main1.stor and main2.stor. Started the application. All the transaction are back but the total is not displayed. Kindly check
Hi jaskiratsingh
Total is 0 or not displayed at all? Are you able to send me some screenshot?
Thank you.
moneyharp said:
Hi jaskiratsingh
Total is 0 or not displayed at all? Are you able to send me some screenshot?
Thank you.
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Total was not displayed at all.
I checked now and it is being displayed. Previously, I restarted the ppc couple of times because of installation of applications.
No clue on what happened.
My total was a five figure number.
Just installed to have a look and see how this compares to Cash Organizer, which I use currently.
A few comments that I have initially is the MoneyHarp are:
MoneyHarp doesn't seem to handle screen rotation well. Seems to use the screen height when started to scale the application resolution. This make it very small when started with my keyboard extended and the screen landscape. The application doesn't alter the resolution when switching orientations, so when I slide the keyboard in and switch to a portrait screen the right side of the app is off the screen.
Expect to be able to scroll any of the lists and not have to use the up/down arrows to navigate the menus, etc.
Would also like to be able to have dates shown based on the date style set in the OS or at least have the option to set month before date in the app. Most dates show as I have set in the OS, but when altering the date on transaction entry, it has day before month/year. I would prefer to have month, then day, then year and I'm not sure I would set a specific time ever.
One thing I really like about Cash Organizer is the shortcut they have for adding a new transaction. I map that shortcut to a hardware key and it speeds up entry while on the go. With definitely improves the accuracy of my account balances, since I don't forget to enter later.
MoneyHarp also covers up the bottom bar, which I wouldn't expect. An option to not hide would be appreciated.
MoneyHarp doesn't respond to the back key. Should be able to hit the back key and minimize the app.
I will keep testing more and report back what I find.
Looking very nice so far and keep up the great work.
Hi SinisterJunkie
- I deliberately use portrait orientation only, so when started in portrait it's ok. However, scaling problem in landscape you describe is a bug. I will do my best to correct/workaround this problem in next release, so that it is scaled correctly and you just need to turn it if started in landscape.
- I have this on my list, but next release probably won't include gestures yet.
- I use Windows setting throughout, but in date control it is fixed. Change month and day positions depending on OS setting - noted.
- CashOrg have a separate application for speed entry. I wanted to avoid that and make the main app speedy enough - so you can map a button to moneyharp app, and 'add new' is just 1 click away!
- Since moneyharp has it's own keyboard (or you can switch to standard keys in Options), I didn't think it to be a problem... User's habits greatly differ though. Can you describe the "use case" - how do you use bottom bar while in moneyharp?
- Hitting it will shut down the application on any screen, while on some devices users would expect it to act like 'ok' when e.g. entering transaction and that will frustrate them. I decided to steer away from hardware-dependent functions, at least in first release.
Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts! Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

[APP][26-Oct-2010]SpeedoPhone 1.31 - a GPS speedometer for WM with a WP7-like UI

Being aware of your own speed can always come in handy, whether you want to avoid breaking limits, to verify your vehicle’s performance, your own, or just out of plain curiosity.
So here comes my latest creation, SpeedoPhone updated to the release 1.31.
If you have a WM device with GPS and you want to keep your speed under control, SpeedoPhone is what you need. You can use it when you’re on foot, in your car, on a train, on a plane, on boat or wherever you like.
The app has a Windows Phone 7 look, nice, user friendly and pleasing to the eye; as for the possibilities and information it has to offer, here's what we've got.
The first steps are the same as always: download the cab from the link at the bottom of the page, install it on your device, open it and you’ll get to the home page.
{
"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"
}
It's simple and intuitive. The app will automatically get the GPS running upon loading, but it's possible to switch it on and off manually with the GPS button. Once the phone has found and fixed enough satellites to work with, the START button will be enabled. Click on it to start your record.
I hope you'll find this app useful and that you'll enjoy working with it. It's available for free, but, as usual, if you'd like to say thanks a coffee would be nice.
in Euros
in Dollars
For a detailed description go to the second post.
It's available in Italian, English and French.
Click on the image below to go to the download page
​
Thanks to Albator V for the French translation
Donations. Thanks to:
C.D. 2$
Ross202 5$
DarkAngel 2$
Description
The first data available on the screen is the instantaneous speed, with Km/h as default measure unit. You can change it to miles per hour (Mph) or knots (Kn) by tapping on it.
The app will also give you information on the distance you've covered, the average speed you’ve kept, the highest speed you’ve reached, how much time has passed, and - if you select the cost-per-kilometer option - how much it is so far.
Select the
button to keep alive the device, so not to let it go on stand by and have it automatically disable the GPS. The
button, on the other hand, will activate the full screen option that further on we'll examine more in detail.
Let’s now see the option menu instead, accessible via the
button.
From there, it's possible set a series of controls to keep your speed under check. By specifying a maximum value for the instantaneous and/or average speed, exceeding that limit will cause the speed indicator to turn red and a sound signal to go off. If you'd like the app to work as a kind of taximeter, or if you want to know how much your travel is costing you, you can set a cost per kilometer. You can also specify how precise you want the instantaneous speed to be: an integer, a one- or a two-figure decimal. When the fullscreen mode is on we are also shown a series of buttons, showing different speeds, to switch quickly between the limits more common to us. And, last but not least, you can have the app record a log with the data of your travel. The app will remember our favorite settings also on each following use.
Here, the menu where it's possible to select which limits to show on the fullscreen mode.
Once we’ve got back to the home page, clicking the
button will take us to a screen with more specific information, this time relative to the GPS signal. That means that we will be able to see how many satellites the device is able to detect, how many it has fixed, what is the current dilution of precision of the GPS, our altitude, latitude and longitude.
Let's now see aspect and functions of the Landscape mode, activated by rotating the device.
The home page is fairly close to the one we've already seen, except for the slightly different layout of the buttons. Tap on
to activate the full-screen (also available in Portrait): since there are times when a lot of information is too much, and rather than being a help it just hinders us, on here you will only see the instantaneous speed, displayed as an integer and with a much bigger font, so to be clear and immediate.
We'll find the Keep Alive button on there as well; as for the unit of measure, again, if you want to change it you only need to tap on it. In order to be aware if the device is working or not, if the GPS signal is strong enough to work with you'll see the
icon appear on screen. And, at the bottom, the buttons to switch between preset limits.
With the 1.2 release some improvements have been made to the HUD mode. Accessible via the
button, it will show a mirrored version of the regular display. Why that? Try and put your device on the dashboard, you'll get to see your speed projected on the windshield.
Changelog
v1.31
* now possible to switch off the warning beep
* added trip-start time to the log
* added about page
v1.3
* fixed landscape bug on some devices
* fixed bug that didn't let the maximum speed get updated while in fullscreen
* added sound signal when exceeding the speed limit
* now displays the duration of the trip on the home page
* added the option to create a log file of the trip
* possibility to increase and decrease the values also by tapping and holdin on + and -
* fixed minor bugs
v1.2
* new option to switch quickly between pre-set speed limits, via onscreen buttons
* completely rewritten the code for both fullscreen and HUD mode; now the HUD uses much less RAM than before
* bigger font in fullscreen mode
* numbers rotated also of 180 degrees in the HUD mode (now you can have your phone with the bottom facing you)
* fixed the bug that didn't let the phone store the last settings, is entered from the keyboard
* some code optimizations
* fixed minor bugs
v1.11
* fixed minor bugs.
v1.1
* added the HUD option (mirrored numbers) when in fullscreen mode.
* increased slightly the dimension of the font on the pages with info and settings.
v1.0
* Initial release
Thanks for sharing!
HUD
Hi,
could you implement (in fullscreen mode) the "HUD" mode? that means informations are displayed "mirrored", and then you can put device on dashboard of a car - under windshield. Then all is displayed at glass - looks terrific
It would be great improvement.
Thanks
D.
Thanks fro sharing. Nice work. Ill buy you a coffee.
That is looking amazing savrix85. Simple in use. Well i will check can i change the icon more to CHT and possible white and black GTX. I will publish the first screenshots here...
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What not so nice is, i can' t change the graphics.
Only the lamp on/off png.
Is there the posibillity in the future?
great
Thanks for your time and effort, looks nice
davidm2 said:
Hi,
could you implement (in fullscreen mode) the "HUD" mode? that means informations are displayed "mirrored", and then you can put device on dashboard of a car - under windshield. Then all is displayed at glass - looks terrific
It would be great improvement.
Thanks
D.
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Yes, I'm working on it
cjd198383 said:
Thanks fro sharing. Nice work. Ill buy you a coffee.
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Thanks mate
mike2nl said:
That is looking amazing savrix85. Simple in use. Well i will check can i change the icon more to CHT and possible white and black GTX. I will publish the first screenshots here...
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What not so nice is, i can' t change the graphics.
Only the lamp on/off png.
Is there the posibillity in the future?
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Hi mike2nl, I would like to make the app skinnable, but it's not a priority. Now I'm working on the HUD
option, but the skinnig is in the plans
mrjazz said:
Thanks for your time and effort, looks nice
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Thanks
nice app
the ui is simple and clean just how i love it.
just tested it on a walk outside. worked pretty good after it took some seconds to find the sattelites
Really fantastic application!
Out of all the other similar applications that I've tried, this one actually works, and works great at it.
I have some suggestions, if it's not a problem:
I would like to see a logging feature to keep records.
What I'd also like is if it showed the "trip" start/end times and a total duration from when you tap on "start" and when you tap "stop" which could also be included in the log.
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Hi savrix85,
i have tested the app yesterday on my way at home and today in the morning on way to the office. Cool..to say it in one word. Simply to use and the right information. The app does what you have say.
Future request:
- possibillty to mirror the view to put the phone on the dash board in the car
- please remove the mondomobile.altervista.org from main to settings -> about screen. Because now it looks no longer clean and nice. I understand that you wil show the author, but every coder do this in about. Only an idea
- +1 for this from Max_Terrible
I would like to see a logging feature to keep records.
What I'd also like is if it showed the "trip" start/end times and a total duration from when you tap on "start" and when you tap "stop" which could also be included in the log.
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Your app is one of the simplest and cleanest apps i have seen here on XDA. No schnick-schnack only clean. The balck and white contrast is very good for our old eyes . I will use the version i have downloaded yesterday, because it is clean on main and it is working. Thanks for sharing this fine app.
Really, nice App. Like someone else said, it actually works!!!
As an older user with, sadly, poorer eyesight, it would be nice to be able to make the font even bigger. Another thought would be the ability to set multiple speed points with the colour changing at the different points, eg the various speed limits 50kph, 60kph, 80kph, 100kph etc.
Once again, thanks for a useful app. Works well on my HD2
I've released SpeedoPhone 1.1. You can see the changelog in the third post.
Now the app is also available at the XDA Market.
Future request:
1. possibillty to mirror the view to put the phone on the dash board in the car
2. please remove the mondomobile.altervista.org from main to settings -> about screen. Because now it looks no longer clean and nice. I understand that you wil show the author, but every coder do this in about. Only an idea
3. +1 for this from Max_Terrible: "I would like to see a logging feature to keep records. What I'd also like is if it showed the "trip" start/end times and a total duration from when you tap on "start" and when you tap "stop" which could also be included in the log."
4. Ross202 "make the font even bigger"
5. Ross202 "set multiple speed points with the colour changing at the different points"
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1. DONE! It's in the 1.1 release.
2. Yeah, that was temporary to begin with. I have some ideas for the "about" section, in fact... but it's one of those things that gets postponed as long as there are features I have more fun working on
3. added to the to do list!
4. I've increased slightly the dimension of the font on the pages with info and settings, but I couldn't do more than that.
5. I'd prefer not to implement that one, but a feature that I'd like to work on is the possibility to set quickly a set of standard speed limits (50kph, 60kph, etc) just by tapping on a button.
Hi, first of all, many thanks for this cool app.
Ii notice this glitch and bad translation on the last release (see capture)...
And now some request :
-add altitude to dashboard and fullscreen
-add button to settings to open your homepage (with default browser not IE with the donate button)
-Improve the HUD quality button
-are you interresting by french translation ?
don't download the 1.1 version. I'll fix it this afternoon when I'm at home
is 1.1 available in english? looks cool
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Hi, first of all, many thanks for this cool app.
Ii notice this glitch and bad translation on the last release (see capture)...
And now some request :
-add altitude to dashboard and fullscreen
-add button to settings to open your homepage (with default browser not IE with the donate button)
-Improve the HUD quality button
-are you interresting by french translation ?
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Bugs fixed in the 1.11 release, thanks for reporting them.
now your request:
-I've to say no to this cause I would leave the fullscreen as clean as possible and in the dashboard, in non-wide devices, there's no more space to add info.
-I've used IE cause using the default browser, Opera in my case, gives me an error when it tries to open the link. If I'll find the right solution, I'll make it.
-what do you mean? the HUD button shows "blurred" or simply you don't like it?
-yes, I'm interested. I'll PM you for this
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I've released the 1.11. It fixes the bugs mentioned by Albator and some minor others
Problem with the new HUD mode.I have always a big 0,not center, km/h missing... Miss something ?
And for button quality, i like it but but it's glow (up, down, right, left) around circle.
I've made a little mistake in the HUD code, now it should be ok
In the HUD mode the mirrored speed is aligned to the left cause you can see it aligned to the right in your windshield. It's not centered cause I had to do that with images to combine to show the mirrored speed. When I'll find a more elegant way to do that, I believe it will be centered.
Km/h misses cause I didn't want to mirror it.
If you download it again, the glow around the circle shouldn't be there any longer

[Tutorial][Bootanimation] Everything Bootanimation and related!

Making a Bootanimation​
Introduction
Hello xda,
I’m not really into Android development at the moment as I’m just not familiar with anything coding or related, but while my knowledge of Android may need to grow some more I can share things that I already master a bit more. After all, this forum is a place to share knowledge so I hope I can help some people while I am enjoying my stay here on the forums.
Since most of the forum users are here to get the limits out of our phone and probably want to customize it too, it’s most likely that you want to change your bootanimation at some point. Most custom ROM’s already have a customized bootanimation integrated and there are also quite some bootanimations available in the theming section, but what if you want to make your own customized animation?
I wrote this tutorial on how to create a bootanimation for the people who want to experiment with the making of bootanimations, as well as the people that are good at making animations already but don’t really know what to do next. I will try to explain the making of a basic animation using the tools a regular pc user can get or already has, and also get a little more in depth at some points for people who are not satisfied with only the basics. The goal of this tutorial is to get even the less experienced users on their way, not to make the best animation ever. Also, I wrote how I did it, and how I would suggest doing it, but there might be better ways to do certain things described. If you know how to do it easier and/or better, please feel free to leave feedback.
What you can expect in this tutorial:
• What software to use
• How to make a simple animation in MS Paint
• Make an image sequence
• Make the package ready to be installed on your phone
• Porting an already existing animation
Animation: What software to use?
Before we want to make our bootanimation we first want to plan out what software we are going to use. The first thing is of course the animation. Depending on what you’re after and your level of skill these are some of my recommendations:
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Microsoft Paint – The Gimp – Adobe Photoshop – Adobe Flash Professional – Adobe After Effects ​
Microsoft Paint
Maybe it surprises you, or maybe you just didn’t think of it, but MS Paint is actually a good tool to start making your animation. Anyone with the Windows operating system has it installed by default so this is the software I’m going to use for the animation in this tutorial.
The Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/
Already a bit more advanced than MS Paint and therefore a better option if you want to make a more complicated animation and can find your way through the options the software offers. Best option if you want to go advanced but don’t want to spend any cash.
Adobe Photoshop - http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html
I can barely imagine someone who has never heard of this software before. This piece of software is pretty much the standard in the image editing world, and I highly recommend using this software if you can afford to buy it.
Adobe Flash - http://www.adobe.com/products/flash.html
This software maybe is the best software to use for this matter, its interface is designed for the making of animations and if you know how to use it (which I sadly don’t) I recommend it. But again, it doesn’t come for free.
Adobe After Effects - http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects.html
Even though this software is mostly used for compositing effects on videos it does an awesome job on the more complicated animations and motion graphics. That’s why I’m using this software myself when making bootanimations.
This is some of the software I would recommend using. Of course there are many more alternatives as well as more advanced software out there, 3D applications for example like Blender, Maya, Cinema4D and 3Ds Max could also be useful depending on the complexity of your project. Right now I’m just going to stick with MS Paint for the sake of this tutorial.
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How to make a simple animation in MS Paint
Note: The following step by step tutorial is based on a Dutch Windows system; certain menu entries might not be well translated and are shown in Dutch in the screenshots.
The Base
This is the part where the animating happens. Make your animation using the software that you own and are comfortable with. The goal is to make a sequence of images in the .png format which the phone can read and display while the phone boots thus displaying the animation. If you have never changed anything to your phone before, you see a nice little Samsung logo animation after the kernel has booted. You can find this animation in /system/media and it’s called bootani.qmg (Samsung QImage file made using Samsung theme software). This package is basically the same package we’re going to make ourselves but with a different extension. Now that you know roughly what we want to create we will move on.
We will start the process by launching Paint.
Code:
• Simply type ‘paint’ in the field on the start menu when you are on Windows 7 or Vista or access it from the ‘All Programs’ tab.
• When in Paint, look for the entry ‘Properties’ under ‘File’ in paint.
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56762733/Bootanimations/Tutorial/Screenshots/1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56762733/Bootanimations/Tutorial/Screenshots/2.jpg[/IMG]
• Set the image properties to 240 pixels in width and 400 pixels in height, this is the resolution of our Samsung Galaxy 3.
• First pick the paint bucket tool from the tool menu and fill the background with black.
• Next search for the Android logo on Google Images, find a .png file or [URL="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56762733/Bootanimations/Tutorial/Assets/android_logo.png"]download mine[/URL], copy it and paste it in the paint window.
The reason that I’m looking for a PNG file is that it holds an alpha channel so that the background is transparent (Paint transforms it to black when pasted directly from the clipboard).
• Without de-selecting the just pasted image right click it and choose the option called something along the lines of ‘Scale’ or ‘Transform’
• Then set the horizontal and vertical value to 75 percent.
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56762733/Bootanimations/Tutorial/Screenshots/3.jpg[/IMG]
• Since the pasting messed up the image properties simply repeat the first step. Set the height and width value to 240 x 400.
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56762733/Bootanimations/Tutorial/Screenshots/4.jpg[/IMG]
• Now make a little progress bar in the middle of our Android logo which we are then going to animate.
• First choose the rectangular shape tool with rounded corners.
• Next change the line thickness to the thickest, the contour to solid color and the fill to none.
• Draw the shape on top of the logo.
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56762733/Bootanimations/Tutorial/Screenshots/5.jpg[/IMG]
Now the base of our animation is ready.
• Save it as a .bmp on your computer and name it ‘bootanimation_base.bmp’
The Animating
We are now going to prepare our folders for the animation. An Android bootanimation generally consists out of two parts:
• One that could be described as the intro. (part0)
• And one that is in a loop until the system boots up. (part1)
We find this ‘intro animation’ commonly placed in the ‘part0’ folder as a set of images. In the ‘part1’ folder we put the animation that we want to loop for the rest of the time.
You can hold on to this standard, but you can also make your own architecture. For the sake of this tutorial I will drop the ‘intro’ part and go straight to the looping animation. In this case we only need the part1 folder.
Code:
• Make a folder called ‘bootanimation’ like I did in the above screenshot.
• Inside the bootanimation folder create the ‘part1’ folder which will hold our animation. We don’t need the ‘part0’ folder in this tutorial as I mentioned above.
We are now ready to make our first frame.
• Select the brush tool, set the line to the thickest again and leave the color black.
• Then with the brush carefully draw a little on the right of the progress bar and with a little space in between the rest of the bar. This way you're making a little green bit in a black bar.
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56762733/Bootanimations/Tutorial/Screenshots/7.jpg[/IMG]
This is our first frame! We are going to repeat the next step a couple of times down the road so pay attention:
• Now choose ‘Save as’ from the file menu.
• Save you’re frame as a .png file in the ‘part1’ folder and name it ‘01.png’ Caution: Do not overwrite the bmp file by choosing ‘save’, choose ‘save as’ only!
You can probably see where this is going.
• Once you’ve saved your file open your ‘bootanimation_base.bmp’
• Draw a little more on the left and a little less on the right side shifting the green bit in comparison to 01.png.
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56762733/Bootanimations/Tutorial/Screenshots/8.jpg[/IMG]
• Now choose ‘Save as’ again from the file menu.
• Save you’re frame as a .png file in the ‘part1’ folder and name it ‘02.png’
• Repeat this process of editing the bmp and saving it as a PNG until the green bit is shifted all the way to the right, and you have a couple of frames in your ‘part1’ folder. [I]Caution: Do not overwrite the bmp file![/I]
• Once your frame looks like the following picture open the bmp one more time;
• Fill up the entire bar with black and save it as a png changing the number so it follows up the last png you saved.
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56762733/Bootanimations/Tutorial/Screenshots/09.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56762733/Bootanimations/Tutorial/Screenshots/10.png[/IMG]
Your folder should look something like this:
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56762733/Bootanimations/Tutorial/Screenshots/11.jpg[/IMG]
And that’s going to be your animation!
Making a PNG Sequence in After Effects
Note: If you followed the MS Paint tutorial and if you don’t own After Effects in general you can skip this part.
While Adobe After Effects is mainly seen as a video effects and motion graphics compositor, it is not only capable of exporting video, but also image sequences! Say you have made your animation in After Effects, you can simply let After Effects export each frame as a .png file to your desired location.
If you’re making a typical bootanimation with intro:
• Set the workspace to the intro of the animation, in the screenshot the intro takes 3 seconds.
• Choose ‘Composition’, ‘Add to Render Queue’.
• Switch to the Render Queue
• Change the ‘Lossless’ settings to PNG Sequence and ‘Output to’ your ‘part0’ folder.
• Click ‘Render’
• For the ‘part1’, change your work area to the second part of the animation.
• Add it to the Render Queue and change the settings like you did for the first part.
• Output to the ‘part1’ folder and click ‘Render’
You now have the animation rendered out in a two part PNG sequence!
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Making the Bootanimation.zip
You’ve now probably made your animation, either in Paint following the tutorial, or in your own way.
Samsung stores their bootanimation as bootani.qmg as mentioned above. The file is actually an archive like a .zip, and that’s exactly what we are going to make. In order for our phone to display the animation we need to make a bootanimation.zip with inside it our ‘part1’ folder we just made. A desc.txt file on the same level as the ‘part’ folders tells the phone how to play the animation:
• It tells the phone in what resolution to play the animation, which in our case is 240 400
• The following number is the frame rate in which the .png sequence has to be displayed, in this example it’s 25 frames per second. The human eye experiences everything above 25 frames per second as a fluid movement, so this is your minimum frame rate if this is the effect you’re after. Anything below 25 frames per second appears choppy to the eye (which could also be an effect you purposely want to achieve). I recommend 25 frames per second for fluid animations as more frames per second could cause our phone to display the animation incorrect, because it gets too much images to process at once.
• The next two lines are the folders that are used in the animation with the number of loops and the delay between the animations in front of it. The first folder loops 1 time and doesn’t delay, the second loops 0 (=infinite) times and doesn’t have a delay either.
We have to transform all the above pieces into a bootanimation.zip. While we could do that manually I recommend using the Boot Animation Creator made by despotovski01. Download the software from the thread and install it on your computer.
• Open the program and follow the wizard.
• Select the ‘bootanimation’ folder with your ‘part1’ folder inside and proceed to step 2 of the wizard.
• Now in this window, choose ‘edit’ while holding the first line selected and make it 240 in width and 400 in height.
• Since our ‘tutorial animation’ is only 8 frames long I don’t want to go for the fluid animation, but rather the choppier one. In this case I’m making the animation go 10 FPS (Frames Per Second).
• When you’re ready, click ‘set’
• To actually assign the folder with images to the animation choose ‘Add a loop’
• Choose the folder from the dropdown menu (which shouldn’t be hard, because there’s only one option)
• Set the number of loops to 0, which makes it loop infinite, and leave the delay on 0. Press ‘Add’
• Click next, on the next screen press ‘Save’ and save the bootanimation as ‘bootanimation.zip’ somewhere to your computer.
• Now the bootanimation.zip is ready to be installed on your phone!
Make the package ready to be installed on your phone
If you’re going to use the bootanimation (or any future bootanimations you’ll make) for your personal use only, you can use an application like Root explorer to simply paste the bootanimation.zip in your /system/media folder. If you’re going to share the bootanimations like on the forums for example it could also be convenient to make an update.zip. An update.zip is a package with a couple of scripts and some files inside which can be flashed through Clock Work Mod Recovery and is used to get files in the internal memory of the phone, like in /system/media. CWM Recovery is integrated in most custom kernels and can be accessed by pressing both of the volume buttons and the menu button while turning on the phone.
To make an update.zip you can simply download this .zip archive open it with a decent archiver, preferably WinRAR or 7Zip and navigate to /system/media. You’ll see a bootanimation.zip placeholder inside, which you can then (without extracting the archive) replace with your own bootanimation.zip! The archive you now have is ready to be placed on your SD-card and flashed through CMW Recovery. You can rename the update.zip to whatever you want.
Making a simple GIF Animation preview
Now that you’ve made your bootanimation, you’ll probably want to present it to the forums. While posting a couple frames of the animation will give an idea to users what animation they’re going to get, it is also very useful to make an animated preview of said thing. A quick google on ‘GIF maker’ will give you several options of online GIF makers that just let you select the PNG’s you just made and make them into a neat little GIF animation. While this is a fine method I would recommend everyone who owns Adobe Photoshop to do it this way:
• Open Photoshop
• Double click the workspace to ‘open’, or select ‘File’ and click ‘open’
• Navigate to the folder you stored your PNG’s in and select the first frame of your animation.
• Now check the box with ‘Sequence’ behind it and click ‘open’
• Select the frames per second you want the animation to play in. Generally you want to go with 25, but I’m going with 10 as I explained above.
• Now click ‘File’, ‘Save for Web & Devices’ or press ‘Alt+Ctrl+Shift+S’
• In the window that popped up, select GIF from the dropdown menu, change the ‘Looping options’ to ‘Forever’ and hit save.
• Upload your GIF to the public section of Dropbox, to Photobucket or any other online storage service to insert the image in a post!
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How to port an existing bootanimation
There’s a large amount of bootanimations available on the web, but you’ll soon discover that unless their specifically made for our phones the resolution will be to big almost all the time. That means that if you want to use or share the animation you have to port it first in order to make it work on phones with a smaller resolution. Since full fluid animations of 25 FPS are over 100 frames long most of the time it would be a real pain in the neck to scale them all down one by one. I will talk about two ways to port an animation to a smaller resolution.
The easy way
The simplest way of porting an animation would be to just adjust the resolution values in the desc.txt provided in the bootanimation.zip. While this will probably work, it’s not the most accurate way of porting an animation. Since our phone is not the fastest one it is not only the resolution which might make a bootanimation unplayable, but it could also be a pretty hard task for our lower-end device to load such big images in an animation while booting.
The advanced and more accurate way
Editing every image individually would be a really hard task, but would result in a much more accurate and potentially better port. That’s why it is my recommendation to do it anyway, but that’s where Adobe Photoshop comes in! Adobe has made wonderful batch system that lets you process huge amounts of images with a click of the mouse. This is how that works:
• Download the ‘to be ported’ bootanimation.zip and extract it.
• Open Photoshop
• Click ‘Window’ and check ‘Actions’ if it isn’t checked already
• Click the ‘New’ icon at the bottom of the Actions panel and call the action ‘Scale down bootanimation’ in the window that pops up.
• Click record.
• Open a random frame from the animation.
• Now select ‘Image’, ‘Image Size’ or press ‘Alt+Ctrl+I’
• In the window that comes up change the width and height values to 240 x 400 pixels and click ‘OK’
• Next click ‘File’, ‘Save as’ or press ‘Ctrl+Shift+S’
• Save the image as a .png and be sure not to overwrite something as this is just the preparing of the actual resizing of hundreds of images. (It doesn’t matter where you save it, to Photoshop it only matters if you save it. The ‘save as’ settings are going to be overridden as you’ll see later)
• Once you’ve saved the file, close the image.
• Now click the rectangular ‘stop’ button at the bottom of the Actions panel and you’ve recorded the action!
• Delete the just saved image from your computer as we don’t need it anymore and it could mess up the batch process.
Your action should now look something like this:
In the next part we’re going to do the actual resizing:
• Click ‘File’, ‘Automate, ‘Batch’
• The ‘Batch’ window should pop up.
• Select ‘Scale down bootanimation’ as action from the dropdown menu.
• Choose the source to be a folder and then choose the folder with images to be resized.
• Be sure to check ‘Override Action “Open” Commands.
• Choose the destination to be a folder as well and choose a new folder to store the resized images.
• Be sure to check ‘Overide Action “Save As” Commands’ as well
• For the File Naming select the ‘4 Digit Serial Number’ + ‘Extension’ as shown in the screenshot below.
• When everything is set up like in the screenshot, hit ‘OK’ and watch the magic happen!
• Once the operation is completed your downscaled PNG’s will be waiting for you in the folder you selected.
• You can use this ‘action’ now every time you need to resize an animation to this resolution.
While some of you may want to use this method but don’t have Photoshop, I’ve found out about a simple plugin for The Gimp to do pre-scripted batch operations on lots of images just like Photoshop. It’s called David’s Batch Processor and you can install it from here: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~hodsond/dbp.html
Requesting a bootanimation
We are approaching the end of the tutorial; I hope you found it useful. There’s one thing I want to mention though. Even though I’ve tried to explain the most things about bootanimations it’s most likely that you didn’t become the best artist of all time because of this. If you want to have your own custom bootanimation, or want to port an existing one and don’t feel like you can do it yourself, feel free to PM me or leave a reply here, because I’m having fun making/tweaking/porting bootanimations and that way I’m also contributing a little to this forum.
The End
Thanks for taking the time to read this (or a part of this) tutorial and I really hope it helped some people. This is my first tutorial, so don’t hold back to tell me how to improve it (or change any grammatical issues). If you still have questions you can leave a reply or PM me.
Credits go to:
This great community and its developers
Nishant_713 who helped me out the first time I made a bootanimation.
Ava.tar for feedback and his bootanimation work
Despotovski01 for his cool little bootanimation.zip maker
Samsung for the Galaxy 3
Adobe for their Creative Suite and 80% discount on CS4 for students.
Useful links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1234611 Bootanimation maker by despotovski01
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1602879 Bootanimations for Galaxy 3 Index by Ava.tar
Let me know if any more links should come in this list.
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Copyright april 2012 © All right reserved Wiggierip
Good Work!
BTW You should have posted this in the "Android Themes Section" so that everyone else can see it and there were some questions about bootanimation posted there.
Good Luck!
Thank you for this comprehensive guide. Its awesome!
Cheers
Sent from my GT-i9003 powered by Stable and Smooth CleanKpu rom
ak700 said:
Good Work!
BTW You should have posted this in the "Android Themes Section" so that everyone else can see it and there were some questions about bootanimation posted there.
Good Luck!
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Thanks , yeah I didn't really know where to start it... Most of it is specifically written for our phone. Like the way the bootanimation is stored and the resolution for example.
Brilliant work! I'll post a link to your thread in the bootanimation index. You deserve many thanks!
wow! finally a tutorial that I can understand
Awesome tutorial! Thank you!
Good research and great work
Oh finall an in-depth tutorial.......i had already made my bootanimation and dint have any idea what to do next....lol....
Thanks for the tut!!
This is really one of the most detailed but still very comprehensive Tutorial about bootanimations I've seen yet! Big probs for that!
There is an aspect in editing bootanimations and I've been thinking about it for months, but still don't have a solution:
What I want to do is editing a bios-bootanimation to fit perfectly to my device and ROM.
This is an example how a bios animation looks like (not the one I would use as base):
Android Bios Bootanimation[/CENTER]
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I only have to change a few parts within the parts to make it fit to my configuration.
Is that possible in a relative fast way? Something like appending changes to several pictures in a batch operation or anything like that? That would be enough for me. But I didn't find any tool I could use that way.
Hope you can help me out!
t-rip said:
This is really one of the most detailed but still very comprehensive Tutorial about bootanimations I've seen yet! Big probs for that!
There is an aspect in editing bootanimations and I've been thinking about it for months, but still don't have a solution:
What I want to do is editing a bios-bootanimation to fit perfectly to my device and ROM.
This is an example how a bios animation looks like (not the one I would use as base)
I only have to change a few parts within the parts to make it fit to my configuration.
Is that possible in a relative fast way? Something like appending changes to several pictures in a batch operation or anything like that? That would be enough for me. But I didn't find any tool I could use that way.
Hope you can help me out!
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Well, batch operations can be recorded in Photoshop and then applied pretty easiy like I wrote in the tutorial, the Gimp has this plugin called "David's Batch Processor" that I found after some research:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~hodsond/dbp.html
It does some basic batch operations as well. If this will help you out is highly depending on what effect you want to achieve. If you actually want to change the animation it's going to be A LOT harder... Let me know if you found this useful
Any requests for a bootanimation to be ported or to be made?
Please let me know, I have fun porting/making them ​
as the adobe after effects require a 64 bit windows os., am having 32 bit os...can i able to use it for creating my own boot animation
austin266 said:
as the adobe after effects require a 64 bit windows os., am having 32 bit os...can i able to use it for creating my own boot animation
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Well.. I used and still use After Effects CS4, both on a 32bit and now on a 64bit system. Unfortunately After Effect stopped supporting 32bit systems since CS5 came out, so unless you can get your hands on After Effects CS4 you're not going to be able to run it on a 32bit system . If you're really planning on getting AE I would recommend getting a 64bit Winodws copy. What are your system specifications?
@wiggerip if you are bored, maybe port the cm9 official boot animation to g3. It looks really great
Cheers
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bscraze said:
@wiggerip if you are bored, maybe port the cm9 official boot animation to g3. It looks really great
Cheers
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I believe thats already done by SerkSerk: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513419&highlight=bootanimation
Anything else ?
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hi mate
thanks for the reply
my system requrements
2gb ram
ububtu 11.10 32 bit 0s
2.00 ghz dual core processor
5yrs old laptop
270 rom

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