Changing my bootskin

Thursday, November 1, 2007 by robinldevine | Discussion: Skinning

I would like to take a picture .bmp that I have and turn it into a new bootskin... is there any way of doing that or can someone make it for me if I send them the .bmp?
Please email me at [email protected].

thanks
Bichur
Reply #1 Thursday, November 1, 2007 1:46 PM
Tutorials at Wiki

look under 'B'



Cyberworld's Bootskin Tutorial

you don't need photoshop - you can do it in paint - just has to be 4bit bmp (16 color) and the progress bar has to use the same colors
Bichur
Reply #2 Thursday, November 1, 2007 2:12 PM
You also might want to check out RabidRobot's BootSkin Buddy



and here's the shortcut verse:


#8 by Admin Jafo - 11/20/2003 6:27:27 PM
Take one 640x480 image....

Reduce it to 4bit 16 colours....

Copy an existing ini file....

edit it in notepad to have the nnew image name....

New author details....

Zip them....

rename 'zip' extension to 'bootskin'....

Done.

Progress bar needs one more image....same 16 colour palette, and a location in the ini for where it is and how wide it progresses.




...now send Jafo a dollar
robinldevine
Reply #3 Monday, December 17, 2007 10:17 PM
I got the picture sized just don't know how to take it from 256 to 16.. Can anyone help me there?
Iben
Reply #4 Monday, December 17, 2007 10:38 PM
Tell them what program you are using to edit the picture.

Noiram
Reply #5 Sunday, February 10, 2008 3:44 PM
In Photoshop it is Image/Mode/indexed color then select the pallet type you want- Local(perceptual,selective or adaptive) - make sure 16 is in the colors selection box - make sure Black and White are selected in the Forced box and below that for options you can choose diffusion, Pattern or Noise and play with the amount of % to get your pic to look good. Hope that helps a little.

Please login to comment and/or vote for this skin.

Welcome Guest! Please take the time to register with us.
There are many great features available to you once you register, including:

  • Richer content, access to many features that are disabled for guests like commenting on the forums and downloading skins.
  • Access to a great community, with a massive database of many, many areas of interest.
  • Access to contests & subscription offers like exclusive emails.
  • It's simple, and FREE!



web-wc01