How do I create a bootskin?
Tuesday, March 7, 2006 by Amol Kotay | Discussion: New Users
First of all, I want to apologise if this has been catergorized wrong, and if I'm asking a question that's been answered dozens of times before.
Now, to business. I'm trying to create a bootskin to match my desktop, but I'm not sure how to do it. I tried opening an existing one to see how it worked, and it went fine - until I came to the .ini file. I have no idea how to format the information in it. I know I need to tell it what the file names are, etc, but I have no idea how. I can't access any of the files in the one I disected, either. Could someone help me out?
EDIT: If this is too difficult to explain, then could somebody just do it for me? I can send you the images I want to use.
Amol Kotay
Reply #2 Tuesday, March 7, 2006 10:32 PM
Reply #2 Tuesday, March 7, 2006 10:32 PM
The page doesn't seem to load for me... all I get is a white screen, but it says it's done (when obviously it's not).
WOM
Reply #3 Tuesday, March 7, 2006 10:47 PM
Reply #3 Tuesday, March 7, 2006 10:47 PM
Amol Kotay
Reply #5 Tuesday, March 7, 2006 11:01 PM
Reply #5 Tuesday, March 7, 2006 11:01 PM
No problem 
And thanks, Master WOM. I've heard that Bootskin only works with 16 colour bitmaps. Is there any way I can work with 24bit colour?
And thanks, Master WOM. I've heard that Bootskin only works with 16 colour bitmaps. Is there any way I can work with 24bit colour?
Jafo
Reply #7 Wednesday, March 8, 2006 1:01 AM
Reply #7 Wednesday, March 8, 2006 1:01 AM
You can 'work' with 24bit...but you will have to dither the resulting image to 4bit for a Bootskin to work...
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Reply #1 Tuesday, March 7, 2006 10:26 PM