So in this class we will learn how to put together our own bootanimation.
(There will be no request taking in this thread,none (I have a thread for that and I will still add to and take request in). I will Help if you have problems only and if your a grammer and puctuation and probably spelling nazi PISS OFF )
For starters we need a few supplies for this class(i will link as many as i can)
1) a movie editing program(i use windows live movie maker)
2) Gimp (press for dl link) or photshop(if using gimp i would dl David's batch processor as well)
3) Irfanview for extracting to individual frames
4)Notepad++ for make the desc
5)7zip for zipping our animation
6)Bootanimtion previewer (by despotovski01 ) pretty cool it also plays sound as well
CHAPTER 1
so to start we need a clip(youtube is full of'em). after we find and save the clip we want to use, we open it in the movie editing program and we need to edit it so that it runs the way we would like it to, and sometimes we may need to edit for lenght(i stay under 40 seconds).
Ok now we have it running the way we want and it's at the perfect lenght now we save it. OK we have it all saved and sitting in a nice new folder,now we open Irfanview and we open the file we have saved and then we press options and then extract all frame[/IMG]
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(i do it this way cause after its done all frames are numbered as well as extracted)
Now that we have all the frames extracted we move on to editing the frames(i use PS to remove the boarders cause it has an easier batch crop) but not everyone has photoshop, so we'll do it the gimp way. Depending on the amount of frames your clip has this may take awhile, so open up a few frames and go to image and press auto crop( after the first frame you can press ctrl f to repeat for every frame }boom boarder gone!)so we have all the frames boarderless now we open David's Batch Processer(this will resize,rotate (if you want landscape)and save frames as jpeg or png[/IMG]
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Now we have all the frames edited so when we go into the folder it will be filled with the original frames and the folder we created with all the edited frames we are going to use,open the folder we created in David's Batch, now we have to make the folders that hold all the frames for the bootanimation(my rule is no more than 200 frames per folder) so look at your frame count and add new folders accordingly as we create those folders we need to name them I'm a fan of Part0,Part1 etc...
Ok we now have all the frames in their cozy little folders with pretty names, correct?
Now we'll add the desc this is where Notepad++ comes into play for this little project. Now you can do this two ways (1) you can use one from another bootanimation and edit it or (2) you can just write your own(we're going with opition B) So open Notepad++, in line 1 we write the size to be played at(again evo 3d 540x960) next is the speed (depends?) press enter, then we put P(lower case,i think thats for play) the 1(for play through once) then 0(no pause) press enter and we do that for every folder(note* if you want the last folder to loop you would write p 0 0 Part__){that first 0 is what makes the folder loop until phone boot up} NOW after we have a line for every folder we press enter(Thats a must)[/IMG]
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Now you will want to zip it up so open 7zip and go to your animation folder highlight all inside and press add [/IMG]
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ok so now you have a killer custom made bootanimation made by you and you want sound maybe?
To get sound(on most sense based roms) you will need the rom of your choice and you need to locate the default.xml
pretty easy to find just unzip rom and goto system/customize/CID
pull the default.xml and open with notepad++(link up there ^^^^)
then you need to scroll down and find this line
<BootAnimation animation="/system/customize/resource/Sprint_bootanimation.zip" /> and change it to this
<BootAnimation animation="/system/customize/resource/Sprint_bootanimation.zip" audio="/system/customize/resource/android_audio.mp3" /> (notice the change in blue you can name anything you like) save your changes and there are a few ways to move to phone
1.) adb = cd to where you have adb on pc and type in this adb push (drag file) system/customize/CID(must be caps) (hit enter)
2.) you can place on sdcard and using the file explorer of your choice copy to system/customize/CID (rename the og one to something like default.bak.xml or delete) and reboot
3.) or make it flashable along with the animation and sound(must have folder set up and named correctly)
and this also works for adding sound to downanimations just change this line:
<ShutdownAnimation image_png="/system/customize/resource/Sprint_downanimation.zip" image="" fps="15" />
to this and save
<ShutdownAnimation image_png="/system/customize/resource/Sprint_downanimation.zip" audio="/system/customize/resource/audio_out.mp3" image="" fps="15" />
and enjoy
(as always I or XDA,god,the government or space aliens are NOT responsible if you brick,bootloop,get smacked or get your ass kicked by some crazy ass person cause you wanted to show off the new animation that you made and added sound too.)
I'll take this one instead
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Glad to see you over here and finally posting buddy i need some tips so ill pm you later if thats ok
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Always is
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How the heck am I supposed to remember all that? Can't you just do it for me? Lmao! Seriously though, very nice tutorial. How the [email protected] am I the only thanks???? Show some love people!
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jeffsanace said:
How the heck am I supposed to remember all that? Can't you just do it for me? Lmao! Seriously though, very nice tutorial. How the [email protected] am I the only thanks???? Show some love people!
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Dual screen ftw
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Is there a way to do this on ubuntu or does it have to be done on windows?
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wileout said:
Is there a way to do this on ubuntu or does it have to be done on windows?
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Dont know never tried but I'll look in to it. I know some of those programs are available in linux such as gimp, 7zip
I'll have to check out a notepad++ and a movie editing program and irfanview type program
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dased14 said:
Dont know never tried but I'll look in to it. I know some of those programs are available in linux such as gimp, 7zip
I'll have to check out a notepad++ and a movie editing program and irfanview type program
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thanks bro id appreciate it i got giimp and 7zip downloaded already on linux but i just need to know what to use for the editing and whatever infranview is for...i got a sick ass korn/nightmare music vid i want as the new ani soo the sooner i can learn the better lol....then again i suppose i could just boot up into windows and do it that way since you already have the tutorial up for windows i just think its a lot easier to use linux for some things you know...btw did you get my pm earlier
My brain hurts from reading the OP but thanx anyway!
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knightwolf123 said:
My brain hurts from reading the OP but thanx anyway!
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I told you keep practicing and sooner you later those little black things will start to make sense to you and you will be able to read like a big boy
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The bootanimation I'm trying to get on my phone works "ok" only prob is that as soon as I start the loop for BA it starts to flash a white screen while playing.. anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
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biggwiggly8 said:
The bootanimation I'm trying to get on my phone works "ok" only prob is that as soon as I start the loop for BA it starts to flash a white screen while playing.. anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
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Instead of looping the animation try copying folder 2 times and name each whatever and change desc to something like
720 1280 xx(whatever speed you have)
p 1 0 foldername
p1 0 foldername2
p1 0 foldername3
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dased14 said:
So in this class we will learn how to put together our own bootanimation.
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Very nice TUT, thanks for sharing!
Dased any chance you get towork on that one for me the sude is slacking with it...oh yea and i just go win7 dual booted so im gonna dive head in and see what i can do
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wileout said:
Dased any chance you get towork on that one for me the sude is slacking with it...oh yea and i just go win7 dual booted so im gonna dive head in and see what i can do
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Yep cutting it now
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I remember using this guide for the Evo 3D. This guide is easy to follow. Glad to see you here Dased.
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Yep cutting it now
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Sweet can't wait right now i got everything downloading so i can take a stab at this ish and see how it turns out...hope your pm inbox is clean ill be hitting you up lmao
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Debating if i want to port some of mine over from 3d land?
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Sooooo basically I've never actually gotten all technical with the the theming on android. Nothing legit like you guys. But isn't it just a series of file replacements? Im an artist and have spent all my life drawing n such, and if someone would show me what to replace and how to safely do it I would give then whatever they need to release a flashable theme if anyone likes It. Im a very picky person. I like change on my phone baaddddd. If shown how; expect to see new themes like every other week if possible (depending on how difficult it is). Along with wallpapers that I usually spend hours trying to find.
Any takers?
Use search. I found some great links in this forum alone on theme creation.
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I'm new to theming, but for my theme, UOT Kitchen helped me out! The only downside is that you can't do status bar, boot animation, or lock screen. There's a thread for UOT Kitchen some where around this forum. But your right, just file replacements. Look under the systemUI.apk and framework-res drawable-hdpi files with 7zip (or something similar). You can edit the images without unzipping the file!
I started with a UOT Kitchen file and added/changed stuff in the file. If you can't find an image or need help with changing something, try asking the ROM creator, the would probably know where the stuff is in the ROM.
If you fail, try and try again! I epically failed my first time and SBF a couple times because I was an idiot. Then I asked some questions and got started the right way. But make sure you do a back up before you flash a new file. I learned the hard way. A file can look fine to the phone at first, then it deletes everything it should, and then starts to copy files over like normal until a part of the file is bad. Then you have to SBF or restore.
Backing up is easy, just go into recovery and go to advanced, then back up, and choose to put the back up file under internal or external SD card. I do external, just my preference.
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A lot of it is file replacement. However to change some of the colors such as text and the color of the volume indicator (those are the only ones that I can think of right now) will involve replacing the color hex values in XML files. In order to get the xml files in a readable/editable format you'll need to use apkmanager or apktool. Those are used to decompile the apk packages. You can then edit what you need to (including images) then re-compile the package. Search around in this themes forum for Navenedrobs post about android tools. He includes a download for apkmanager, apktool and some other necessary tools. I use apkmanager myself.
I also use 7zip for some small edits as mentioned in the last post but I prefer to decompile then edit. Apkmanager makes it easy to then optimize the images prior to recompile.
Oh another that required xml edits for colors is AOSP calendar. Not too many images in there but lots of colors are defined.
Here's a link to naven's android tools post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261198
Theming is time consuming... its not quite as easy as simple image replacement especially on stretchable images also known as 9 pngs ... also if u want to start creating your own images that too could get tricky as u will need to use a program like gimp or another photo editing program.. gimp is the best in my opinion... sometimes it is necessary to add layers when creating your own images.... Hedwig... do use draw 9 patch for your. 9 pngs.... if not how do u edit those... I use apk manager to decompile and recompile each apk.. just curious if u know of a better tool for editing the. 9 pngs .. neways the way I started theming is with 7 zip... I went in and changed the images regular pngs and then tested it out uot kitchen is a good start but u r limited as far as how much u can theme
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Kevin3328 said:
Hedwig... do use draw 9 patch for your. 9 pngs.... if not how do u edit those... I use apk manager to decompile and recompile each apk.. just curious if u know of a better tool for editing the. 9 pngs ..
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If you decompile the apk the 9.png images gain the one pixel border where the patch is drawn. I'm just careful not to edit any of the black pixels around the edges. When you re-compile the border is lost (values of those are stored). So, no, I don't use draw 9 patch at all. If you're making new images that you plan to compile into the apk the you can just draw the patches in gimp, photoshop, or whatever you use. Just remember to add a one pixel border all around to the size of your new image.
So, XGrinder911. Any of this discussion helping out or are we all just blah, blah, blah?
Well I was considering Adobe Illustrator? Might that program work to create images? And so I get this apk manager, it decompiles and whatnot then I edit the files. Recompiles and voila theme? I get using apk manager on like the calendar cause its an actuall app but what about things like the status bar n notification pull down? they are in serious need of a make over.
And I tried using the kitchen. Didn't work out for me. Got my loving boot loops. Even when replacing the framework res apk.
Ooohhhh! Is It that? That's the apk?
PS- Hedwig your my new best friend.
IDMA.DROID.X2 said:
I'm new to theming, but for my theme, UOT Kitchen helped me out! The only downside is that you can't do status bar, boot animation, or lock screen. There's a thread for UOT Kitchen some where around this forum. But your right, just file replacements. Look under the systemUI.apk and framework-res drawable-hdpi files with 7zip (or something similar). You can edit the images without unzipping the file!
I started with a UOT Kitchen file and added/changed stuff in the file. If you can't find an image or need help with changing something, try asking the ROM creator, the would probably know where the stuff is in the ROM.
If you fail, try and try again! I epically failed my first time and SBF a couple times because I was an idiot. Then I asked some questions and got started the right way. But make sure you do a back up before you flash a new file. I learned the hard way. A file can look fine to the phone at first, then it deletes everything it should, and then starts to copy files over like normal until a part of the file is bad. Then you have to SBF or restore.
Backing up is easy, just go into recovery and go to advanced, then back up, and choose to put the back up file under internal or external SD card. I do external, just my preference.
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Just want to say you DO NOT go to advanced for backup(nandroid)
You go to backup/restore
just clarifying
Good luck OP....hope to see some awesome theme soon....don't give up PLEASE! !!
ashclepdia said:
Just want to say you DO NOT go to advanced for backup(nandroid)
You go to backup/restore
just clarifying
Good luck OP....hope to see some awesome theme soon....don't give up PLEASE! !!
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Oh yeah! Your right! Sorry about that!
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Wasn't trying to "get on your case"
just wanted to clarify
Haha didn't even notice it. I make a backup everydayyyy (flashaholic).
Question: is there anything I can do about those lil lines that separate lists like in messaging and settings? I hate them and we all know on this phone's screen they basically become invisible while scrolling anyway. Get them out of here.
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I used UOT Kitchen to color. Not sure what file you would change to take them away. Ain't no shame in being a flashaholic! I bootlooped my phone on purpose when I for bored
Ash, no worries. Glad you clarified. Don't know what I was thinking with the advanced haha
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To "take them away" can't u just make em the same color as the menu
XGrinder911 said:
Haha didn't even notice it. I make a backup everydayyyy (flashaholic).
Question: is there anything I can do about those lil lines that separate lists like in messaging and settings? I hate them and we all know on this phone's screen they basically become invisible while scrolling anyway. Get them out of here.
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The file is in framework-res.apk
framework-res.apk\res\drawable-hdpi\dark_header.9.png
Do what ashclepdia said and change the color in the bottom of that image to match the top. You'll see what I mean when you look at the image.
(Or light_header.9.png if you're working with a light framework.)
hedwig34 said:
The file is in framework-res.apk
framework-res.apk\res\drawable-hdpi\dark_header.9.png
Do what ashclepdia said and change the color in the bottom of that image to match the top. You'll see what I mean when you look at the image.
(Or light_header.9.png if you're working with a light framework.)
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What is this exactly? All I see is a long rectangle with a hint of blue at the bottom.
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XGrinder911 said:
What is this exactly? All I see is a long rectangle with a hint of blue at the bottom.
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That image is streatched across the width of the screen. Creating the menu item that has the blue line at the bottom.
Think of it as that image repeating over and over again side by side.
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hedwig34 said:
That image is streatched across the width of the screen. Creating the menu item that has the blue line at the bottom.
Think of it as that image repeating over and over again side by side.
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Wait so where exactly is this rectangle?
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Its a vertical rectangle repeated over and over again to make a skinny little horizontal line?? Wow, that's deep.
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I have a question too. How do you devs mod the build.prop? Is that mostly the difference between ROMs?
(Thought it would be better here instead if a new thread. Don't mean to thread jack)
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IDMA.DROID.X2 said:
I have a question too. How do you devs mod the build.prop? Is that mostly the difference between ROMs?
(Thought it would be better here instead if a new thread. Don't mean to thread jack)
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No the differences between roms isn't mostly the build.prop
the build.prop can easily(usually) be modified using root explorer or similar.(I am having trouble editing the additions that kejar has made to build.prop tho. Never had this problem before. But its just the extra entries at bottom I can't change.
The biggest differences in roms come from the UI and system frameworks and scripts inside init.d
There are a few performance tweaks and edits u can make inside build.prop but ur.choices are kinda limited in what can be.done. even the line in eclipse build.prop that mentions raising the touch points recognized by the screen to 5 requires changes elsewhere in the "framework" to allow it to actually recognize that amount.
I have tried UOT Kitchen before, always was unlucky at having flashing errors.
My question is this... If I take a flashable theme, with permission from the creator, I should be able to use the scripts that they include for flashing? I am savvy with un-APKing zipping, signing and what not, is that all I would have to do to recreate a theme using my own images?
Thanks to everyone here!
Yes, the script you see other themes using can be changed out with your own, as well as the content. You can also just use the UOT Kitchen script. Credit given where credit is due, of course, but the script itself (IMHO) is not something you really need permission for.
Another tip, this from firsthand experience, when you're zipping everything up getting ready to flash, make sure you're zipping the contents of the theme folder (/META-INF/ & /system/) vs zipping the theme folder.
It sounds really stupid, but it took me forever to figure out why everything I did in UOT Kitchen perfectly but everything I did, using the same damn script, just froze. But ya gotta learn somewhere, right?
Remember when using the kitchen make sure u click amend scripting in the area where u load the apks... x2 uses 2. Something recovery.. if u don't click that there will be errors everytime
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Thank you, I think I've tried UOT 5 times but never had success.
Kevin, I tried the amend scripting, it solo didn't work.
I would much rather use my own images then those offered in uot kitchen.
I'm going to try to put a theme together this weekend, I haven't modded anything since BF2 wake island air show
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Ok, how much do you know about themeing? Because if you are wanting to edit just the images(.pngs) you will need some info first...
You can "simply" take the framework-res.apk and systemUI.apk and go to the HDPI folder(or wherever the images are) and "drag n drop" to your desktop and edit those... OR you can take a .png that you wanna use(say one from another theme) and just drag n drop in the HDPI folder. And then, simply make a flashable .zip and your good to go.
.9s !!!
These are a PAIN if you dont know what you are doing.
If you are going to try and get into themeing, download APKManager and decompile the framework-res.apk ... go to a .9 image(i think its .png.9 or something of the like). When you load the image(say in GIMP) you will see black squares on the OUTSIDE of the image(like near the edges of the ACTUAL picture edge)... DONT TOUCH THOSE!!!! leave them there and make edits how you choose to the rest of the image. Once you are finished, just recompile(DONT SIGN AND YES! THESE ARE SYSTEM APPS!). Put in a flashable .zip and your set.
NOW Please note:
When you are doing the drag and drop method, make sure you are REPLACING an image and not ADDING more images.. catch the drift?
this is quick how to, hope it helps and good luck. let me know if you need anything else.
All the themes rock! I have poor eye sight (far sight) so my main concern always is status bar and the battery icon. I love being able to see the percentage, but some themes use smaller battery percentage text.
.9 seem like the stretchable area I'm beautiful widget... I understand that
Thanks Peperm1nt
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I was thinking of trying out theming. That is until I looked at the crap load of images just thrown into one directory. lol. It may not be as hard as it looks but I havent looked any further than that yet. I still want to try something out though. Is there an easy way of figuring out what image does what on the phone? Like if I want to change some things, I have to know the name of the image. Well, to me, it looks like they aren't named plain and simple. Plus when they are just thrown into one directory its kinda hard to distinguish what is what. It was so much easier theming for webOS. lol
Js if u really look at the framework u will see all the images in the drawable hdpi folder are really a lot of the presses..tabs. status bar icons... over scroll glow theming takes a lot of time to build straight from scratch... any .9 PNG can be edited when it is decompiled in apk manager or apk multi tool just don't edit the black patch as peppermint said or u will not compile...
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Kevin3328 said:
Js if u really look at the framework u will see all the images in the drawable hdpi folder are really a lot of the presses..tabs. status bar icons... over scroll glow theming takes a lot of time to build straight from scratch... any .9 PNG can be edited when it is decompiled in apk manager or apk multi tool just don't edit the black patch as peppermint said or u will not compile...
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Yeah, one of these days ill download the tools and play with it. I've always enjoyed theming.
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I'm just trying to figure out the script to flash, is it the one in the google folder?
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@js I know what you are saying about the desire to do it but the system isn't really what I would say themer friendly! Admittedly I am not the sharpest tool in the shade when it comes to some things (like the Android OS), so I would imagine that plays a big role in my intimidation of the whole thing.
What got me was the De-Compiling and Recompiling of everything just to change something. Not to mention the signatures and etc... perhaps one day someone will write a piece of software (be it windows based or Android in a shell on a PC) that will make it all pretty simple on that part. Till then I will prob. just enjoy and appreciate the work of others.
GL, Slim!
SlimMan said:
@js I know what you are saying about the desire to do it but the system isn't really what I would say themer friendly! Admittedly I am not the sharpest tool in the shade when it comes to some things (like the Android OS), so I would imagine that plays a big role in my intimidation of the whole thing.
What got me was the De-Compiling and Recompiling of everything just to change something. Not to mention the signatures and etc... perhaps one day someone will write a piece of software (be it windows based or Android in a shell on a PC) that will make it all pretty simple on that part. Till then I will prob. just enjoy and appreciate the work of others.
GL, Slim!
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Yeah, I agree about the decompiling and recompiling thing. When I had a webOS phone I created my own theme just by simply replacing the images and restarting the phone. With android, it seems you have to take the whole framework out, theme it and recompile the package file and flash it to the phone. Just seems a bit overwhelming.
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It's not that bad if you are just changing the images... Just timely. I suggest gimp to do the work. Another tip, some of the images are indexed. In gimp change from indexed to rgb...back to indexed, then rgb. Reason being that you are now able to add any color and doing it twice clears the pixelation...
What gets hard is smali editing and .xml editing. Let me know if you need help there.
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Send a PM to "KTT16" on the Motorola Photon Forums, he is a great themer, let him know what you need help with, tell him you are running stock on the X2, he'll ask you for whatever files he needs, and he will help out.
By the way, if you are at all interested in a signature image, I can create one for you, just PM me, and I'll get on it.
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It's not that bad if you are just changing the images... Just timely. I suggest gimp to do the work. Another tip, some of the images are indexed. In gimp change from indexed to rgb...back to indexed, then rgb. Reason being that you are now able to add any color and doing it twice clears the pixelation...
What gets hard is smali editing and .xml editing. Let me know if you need help there.
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I can batch process in PS.....and what is this bout clearing the pixelation...lol
Thanks I'll check it out
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When you find a indexed image going to rgb pixelates the image...going back to indexed and then to rgb fixes this.
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Peperm1nt said:
When you find a indexed image going to rgb pixelates the image...going back to indexed and then to rgb fixes this.
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I was p playing with you, all my online gaming and forum names have always had pixel, pixelated, pixelation, pixelized or any variety of pixel
Edit: swyponese
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I am trying this out for the 1st time. My main goal is to create a transparent status bar for CM7. Will this make that "patch" I need for this?
Kevin3328 said:
Js if u really look at the framework u will see all the images in the drawable hdpi folder are really a lot of the presses..tabs. status bar icons... over scroll glow theming takes a lot of time to build straight from scratch... any .9 PNG can be edited when it is decompiled in apk manager or apk multi tool just don't edit the black patch as peppermint said or u will not compile...
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i seem to be a complete idiot lol
im sitting here trying to use apk manager and have no clue how to go about it
i cant get it to friggin pull files, i have no clue what im doing tho lol
i been trying to find info on how to use it with the x2 but cant find jack that is actually useful.
time to go eat, clear my head, and get back to researching, im probably just missing something extremely easy i knoow, but hey, i havent had a working computer in years so yea, im kinda learning on the fly here, lol
Lol @ash
In apkm select the apk you want, then decompile... Make edits, recompile.
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This is the boot im trying to make http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igjHEPm95YY
These are the instructions i was given
1) Download youtube video using FreeStudio
2) Edit video in Windows Movie Maker
3) Convert video to jpeg using FreeStudio (every 50 frame)
4) Resize/crop/rotate photos using FastStone Photo Resizer
5) Make animation using Boot Animation Creator
6) Rip audio using FreeStudio
7) Preview bootanimation with Boot Animation Previewer
I got my video & audio files already
i get stuck at Faststone Photo what should i name the files ? & i should resize it to 540X960 ?
Then using Boot Animation Creator I don't know where there part0 & Part1 files are so i made those folders and i put all the Jpeg files there but i don't see it
What i'm asking can someone TEACH ME the steps from start to finish & don't worry about videos or audio i can get that myself , Just TEACH ME
P.s I'm willing to DONATE to you
this is the bootanimation / Boot Animation Creator thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1234611
I'm too STUPID to fallow this guys thread as i don't understand
THANKS WHOEVER YOU WILL BE WHO HELPS
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
after i learn to fish i will fish the seven seas for you guys ^_^ meaning i'll make over 50+ boot up/down + splash start up
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This is the boot im trying to make http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igjHEPm95YY
These are the instructions i was given
1) Download youtube video using FreeStudio
2) Edit video in Windows Movie Maker
3) Convert video to jpeg using FreeStudio (every 50 frame)
4) Resize/crop/rotate photos using FastStone Photo Resizer
5) Make animation using Boot Animation Creator
6) Rip audio using FreeStudio
7) Preview bootanimation with Boot Animation Previewer
I got my video & audio files already
i get stuck at Faststone Photo what should i name the files ? & i should resize it to 540X960 ?
Then using Boot Animation Creator I don't know where there part0 & Part1 files are so i made those folders and i put all the Jpeg files there but i don't see it
What i'm asking can someone TEACH ME the steps from start to finish & don't worry about videos or audio i can get that myself , Just TEACH ME
P.s I'm willing to DONATE to you
this is the bootanimation / Boot Animation Creator thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1234611
I'm too STUPID to fallow this guys thread as i don't understand
THANKS WHOEVER YOU WILL BE WHO HELPS
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
after i learn to fish i will fish the seven seas for you guys ^_^ meaning i'll make over 50+ boot up/down + splash start up
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gUBdwhlEX0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
This is what I watched and I worked from here you can find all programs by searching watch this video and ill know what to do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gUBdwhlEX0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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iNeedICS said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gUBdwhlEX0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
This is what I watched and I worked from here you can find all programs by searching watch this video and ill know what to do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gUBdwhlEX0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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thanks if this works i will donate to you
Jay_Rulen said:
thanks if this works i will donate to you
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Jay_Rulen said:
This is the boot im trying to make http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igjHEPm95YY
These are the instructions i was given
1) Download youtube video using FreeStudio
2) Edit video in Windows Movie Maker
3) Convert video to jpeg using FreeStudio (every 50 frame)
4) Resize/crop/rotate photos using FastStone Photo Resizer
5) Make animation using Boot Animation Creator
6) Rip audio using FreeStudio
7) Preview bootanimation with Boot Animation Previewer
I got my video & audio files already
i get stuck at Faststone Photo what should i name the files ? & i should resize it to 540X960 ?
Then using Boot Animation Creator I don't know where there part0 & Part1 files are so i made those folders and i put all the Jpeg files there but i don't see it
What i'm asking can someone TEACH ME the steps from start to finish & don't worry about videos or audio i can get that myself , Just TEACH ME
P.s I'm willing to DONATE to you
this is the bootanimation / Boot Animation Creator thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1234611
I'm too STUPID to fallow this guys thread as i don't understand
THANKS WHOEVER YOU WILL BE WHO HELPS
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
after i learn to fish i will fish the seven seas for you guys ^_^ meaning i'll make over 50+ boot up/down + splash start up
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i get stuck at Faststone Photo what should i name the files ?
--the exact name of the files don't matter, if you want in FastStone you can select all>right click>Tools>Batch rename>Rename and it will rename them all in numerical order; This is helpful if you removed some pics from the video rip that you did not want in the bootanimation.
i should resize it to 540X960 ?
--Yes, Resize them use photoscape
to do a batch edit, if they are too big it will make the final zip file large in size and laggy
Then using Boot Animation Creator I don't know where there part0 & Part1 files are so i made those folders and i put all the Jpeg files there but i don't see it
This is the Manual way to do this step:
--Make a folder and name it part0>put all your bootanimation jpeg's in it
--Now you need to zip the part0 folder and the desc.txt file
--> You HAVE to zip with compression method "Store"
You can use the attached desc.txt file and just edit FPS the "8" in the file to fit your bootanimation.
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eioous said:
Helpful Site Here
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Thanks Again bro if this work I deff will pay You 1st
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Please Leave This up .... has i Still need help thanks
jay_rulen said:
@ ineedics confirmation number: 8tc372173r536415b.
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please leave this up .... Has i still need help thanks
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ok so what are you stuck on still the sizes?
I'm watching....and learning
well i just made one using your method and it worked fine ill upload it for you it was just a test tho
Kaptinkrunk said:
well i just made one using your method and it worked fine ill upload it for you it was just a test tho
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thanks bro
Kaptinkrunk said:
ok so what are you stuck on still the sizes?
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no i'm stuck on fps i have energy rom not that it matters but i made 3 of them but i can't seem to sync them with the sound of the video
Dark Nightmare said:
I'm watching....and learning
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HERE HERE i'll ask the mod to close this thread then i'll make a new one and get people permission to use there work so new thread is a little Cleaner
Jay_Rulen said:
HERE HERE i'll ask the mod to close this thread then i'll make a new one and get people permission to use there work so new thread is a little Cleaner
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Why close it? Just make your guide/tutorial of the newer one, no need to close this. Send me a pm with the link to your tutorial/guide when you're done with it, I'll add it to the bible for reference for ya.
ah now i see the timing will be hard it also matter on frames ya know i keep making them to big but heres where im going to post my uploads lol
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/27042-kaptin-animations/
Dark Nightmare said:
Why close it? Just make your guide/tutorial of the newer one, no need to close this. Send me a pm with the link to your tutorial/guide when you're done with it, I'll add it to the bible for reference for ya.
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I sopose your right why close just fine tune it , good thinking dark that's why i'm still the noob lol anyways i'll get some time to work on this then i'll make a step by step guide so far i made 3 boots all worked ^_^ it was a pain in the @ss to get the timing just right but i got it Thanks again
Kaptinkrunk said:
ah now i see the timing will be hard it also matter on frames ya know i keep making them to big but heres where im going to post my uploads lol
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/27042-kaptin-animations/
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i just checked out looking forward to it you should upload to dropbox like i'm going to
Jay_Rulen said:
i just checked out looking forward to it you should upload to dropbox like i'm going to
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thats how i roll lol dropbox makes is to easy lol something that has helped me when you frame the vid go every frame then just delete evens at it will shrink but still look pretty goo its what i had to do about size and leave the vid res alone change it with the boot animation creating program
thank you have helped me find the right programs
Hi everyone, so I've been practicing some theming lately, and first off I am by no means an expert with photoshop. My girlfriend is a graphic artist, so she's passed down some of her knowledge to me but that's about it. I've noticed though, if I do too much to an icon it will change from a .png to a .psd. Well, Android icons don't natively exist as a .psd, so it won't work. If I change the extension to a .png the icon gets corrupted. Is their any way to theme and not encounter this problem? My guess is that is has to do with the mode being set to rgb, but I'm not really sure at all.
Sorry if this question is noobish, and makes me seem like I'm a photoshop dummy; because I am :b.
When you change an image and add a new layer, it'll give you that option of saving as psd so you can go back later to edit all layers. Whenever you save an image that you've added layers to, just save as PNG. Don't go later to change the extension because that will mess things up. So edit--save as--png. It'll work. If all you do is alter hue or anything involving only the base layer, you can just click save since it will still be a PNG. Hope this makes sense. I'm sleepy lol
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WasabiWa83 said:
When you change an image and add a new layer, it'll give you that option of saving as psd so you can go back later to edit all layers. Whenever you save an image that you've added layers to, just save as PNG. Don't go later to change the extension because that will mess things up. So edit--save as--png. It'll work. If all you do is alter hue or anything involving only the base layer, you can just click save since it will still be a PNG. Hope this makes sense. I'm sleepy lol
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Thanks, lol I feel like a noob but at least I know now!
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Everyone starts somewhere I wish I had a graphic artist that I could pick the brain of sometimes..
Hey anyone out there good at themeing some things, got any ideas on what i (a TOTAL 100% Noob) would have to do to edit some of the things in sense 5? possibly create a theme?
I dont need like a super long drawn out tutorial on EVERYTHING id have to do, unless youd be so kind as to provide one.
Just general bits and pieces and ill put together something from a collab of information given here ive been thinking about making a theme for a while but TOTALLY lack the skills lol
any information you can give as to what might work, what worked in sense 4.5, and what will very likely work in sense 5.0 id love to hear it. Even if its just somethin small my ears and eyes are WIDE open.
Ok so luckily for you skins have been removed in Sense 5, so the theming process is a bit easier (no need to extract m10 files and such). Basically though, you'd take the apk you want to edit, and decompile (extract) it. This can be done using apktool. To get that working, use these tools and this guide. Once your done editing your apk file, recompile (compress) it using "apktool b decompiled_folder_name" (or by reading the guide). Once it has successfully been compiled, sign it with this (copy the PPC Geeks folder to the /Program Files directory on your c: drive, and create a shortcut of the .exe file on your desktop) or you can alternitavely use this tool, which includes an option to zipalign (optimize?) the apk as well as sign it. However, if you use the latter, make sure to sign with test, not private keys.
Also I should mention that the majority of the images you will be editing within the apks are located in /res/drawable-xxhdpi, and the color of most of the text in the apk will probably be located in either /res/values/colors.xml, or /res/values/styles.xml. You may stumble upon a few ".9" images, which are special images that will only stretch along the places that are overlapped by the 1px tall border surrounding them. I recommend using this program to create your own .9 images, or you can edit pre-existing .9s in an image editor progam like photoshop or gimp, just make sure that you do not touch the black 1px border (9patch).
That's all! Good luck, have fun, and you're welcome
ssojyeti2 said:
Ok so luckily for you skins have been removed in Sense 5, so the theming process is a bit easier (no need to extract m10 files and such). Basically though, you'd take the apk you want to edit, and decompile (extract) it. This can be done using apktool. To get that working, use these tools and this guide. Once your done editing your apk file, recompile (compress) it using "apktool b decompiled_folder_name" (or by reading the guide). Once it has successfully been compiled, sign it with this (copy the PPC Geeks folder to the /Program Files directory on your c: drive, and create a shortcut of the .exe file on your desktop) or you can alternitavely use this tool, which includes an option to zipalign (optimize?) the apk as well as sign it. However, if you use the latter, make sure to sign with test, not private keys.
Also I should mention that the majority of the images you will be editing within the apks are located in /res/drawable-xxhdpi, and the color of most of the text in the apk will probably be located in either /res/values/colors.xml, or /res/values/styles.xml. You may stumble upon a few ".9" images, which are special images that will only stretch along the places that are overlapped by the 1px tall border surrounding them. I recommend using this program to create your own .9 images, or you can edit pre-existing .9s in an image editor progam like photoshop or gimp, just make sure that you do not touch the black 1px border (9patch).
That's all! Good luck, have fun, and you're welcome
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Hey thanks alot i will definitly check this out, looking to add some transparency throughout the rom. Does anyone know what blinkfeeds apk is named o.o
Prizm something
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Prizm something
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guys if i wasnt outta thanks today id throw you both one (EDIT: Aparantly xda thinks that the middle of the day is the time for renewing thanks -_-) thanks a bunch. Not too sure how to edit XML files now, all im trying to do at the moment is make blinkfeed's background transparent, however i am lost as to how to even read XML files at the moment, dont have a program on my computer that displays it correctly.. I found how to do the new weatherclock, and steal25 is working on the App drawer, and Sysui pull down.
Well theres vts(can decompile and recompile)and has a notepad++ type thing built in and notepad++ is a must for any themer to read xmls, smali (but need apktool, or something like it to decompile and recompile)
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dased14 said:
Well theres vts(can decompile and recompile)and has a notepad++ type thing built in and notepad++ is a must for any themer to read xmls, smali (but need apktool, or something like it to decompile and recompile)
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What he said Notepad++ is the best.
And Prism.apk is what you're looking for.
Gumby63 said:
What he said Notepad++ is the best.
And Prism.apk is what you're looking for.
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Downloading it now, thanks for the responses guys i really appreciate it especially coming from all of you recognized themers with 1000+ thanks. Wow i feel like im going to do good here.
and yeah i found the prism, and the XML file i need to edit for blinkfeed to be transparent, and i actually got some config from someone in the general thread too! ill try to have blinkfeed and some other stuff transparent by the end of the day tomorrow. (like thats gonna happen right?)
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Downloading it now, thanks for the responses guys i really appreciate it especially coming from all of you recognized themers with 1000+ thanks. Wow i feel like im going to do good here.
and yeah i found the prism, and the XML file i need to edit for blinkfeed to be transparent, and i actually got some config from someone in the general thread too! ill try to have blinkfeed and some other stuff transparent by the end of the day tomorrow. (like thats gonna happen right?)
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Keep in mind that when you're editing colors, the first two digits in the hex code control transparency...also don't be surprised if edits need to be made in multiple places...sometimes both an image and a color need to be set to transparent
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Keep in mind that when you're editing colors, the first two digits in the hex code control transparency...also don't be surprised if edits need to be made in multiple places...sometimes both an image and a color need to be set to transparent
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Oh man, if i started off thinking it was going to be easy for me, i would think you guys have it easy, and i dont. I knew this would be a difficult task when i jumped ship on this transparency thing and hope i can get it out soon because sense 5.0 is amazing as it is now, and i wanna add that touch of beauty its missing.
Feel free though guys, if anyone wants to get this going without me go for it. Ill be on it for like 3-4 days (possibly straight) figuring this stuff out before i have a even possibly close version of this looking right is my guess.
igotlostintampa said:
Oh man, if i started off thinking it was going to be easy for me, i would think you guys have it easy, and i dont. I knew this would be a difficult task when i jumped ship on this transparency thing and hope i can get it out soon because sense 5.0 is amazing as it is now, and i wanna add that touch of beauty its missing.
Feel free though guys, if anyone wants to get this going without me go for it. Ill be on it for like 3-4 days (possibly straight) figuring this stuff out before i have a even possibly close version of this looking right is my guess.
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Would love to help but pc crashed about a week ago so im sidelined until i save enough for new one, but good luck
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igotlostintampa said:
Oh man, if i started off thinking it was going to be easy for me, i would think you guys have it easy, and i dont. I knew this would be a difficult task when i jumped ship on this transparency thing and hope i can get it out soon because sense 5.0 is amazing as it is now, and i wanna add that touch of beauty its missing.
Feel free though guys, if anyone wants to get this going without me go for it. Ill be on it for like 3-4 days (possibly straight) figuring this stuff out before i have a even possibly close version of this looking right is my guess.
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I'm in the same boat as you. I want to get into learning this stuff too. Hopefully after this week is over, I will have a little more free time to learn.
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Its so good to see people want to learn. Keep it up bro. We need all the contributors we can get.
Only if everyone was like this
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igotlostintampa said:
Feel free though guys, if anyone wants to get this going without me go for it. Ill be on it for like 3-4 days (possibly straight) figuring this stuff out before i have a even possibly close version of this looking right is my guess.
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Well if you need any help just ask away
Actually I haven't been able to start just yet as I've been a bit busy with errands and when I get on xda the forum is packed with things I needs throw in the sense 5.0 q/a thread. I'll start working on it soon and if I need any help I'll definitely post back here. Thanks a lot for your help and support guys
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igotlostintampa said:
Actually I haven't been able to start just yet as I've been a bit busy with errands and when I get on xda the forum is packed with things I needs throw in the sense 5.0 q/a thread. I'll start working on it soon and if I need any help I'll definitely post back here. Thanks a lot for your help and support guys
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The intro to themeing thread in evo 3d themes and apps is a great place to start.
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