Bootskin blahness
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 by firefighterlt3222 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I recently messed around with some of the boot skin images. Why are they all in 256 color format? Isnt there someting I can do to change the color depth and show the richness of some of these awsome images?
firefighterlt3222
Reply #3 Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:03 AM
Reply #3 Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:03 AM
well that just sucks. So basicly if I wanted to make one in photoshop and save it as a .png or .bmp file at 16mil I couldnt eh?
Jafo
Reply #4 Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:07 AM
Reply #4 Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:07 AM
Don't blame the proggy....blame Microsoft....that is their limitation....not ours....
DigitalCHET
Reply #5 Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:11 AM
Reply #5 Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:11 AM
Of course you could save it in 16mil colours as .png or .bmp, you just couldn't use it in that format or colour depth when creating a bootskin. But that's what sets most bootskin authors here apart, they know how to create/manipulate fantastic looking images with minimal loss to the overall original effect.
BootSkin does not have the capability of displaying more than 16 colours at this point, but then what other software can you use to legally apply bootskin images without having to hack into a Microsoft system file? Who else is working on displaying more than 16 colours on a bootskin?
I know who I'm sticking with on this issue.
[Message Edited]
BootSkin does not have the capability of displaying more than 16 colours at this point, but then what other software can you use to legally apply bootskin images without having to hack into a Microsoft system file? Who else is working on displaying more than 16 colours on a bootskin?
I know who I'm sticking with on this issue.
[Message Edited]
Jafo
Reply #6 Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:13 AM
Reply #6 Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:13 AM
System booting is handled by a default VGA driver component inherent in all systems, cards and monitors [except fixed frequency ones]....and will be therefore 640x480 res and 4bit colour [16 colour palette].
When the Win OS loads the SVGA driver or these days the wizz-bang 3D thingie with the heatsink and high price tag, then you get 24, 32bit support at 100+ hertz and resolutions beyond 1600x1200.
But not before....
DigitalCHET
Reply #7 Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:16 AM
Reply #7 Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:16 AM
Oooooh... wouldn't that be nice. A boot sequence fully animated and rendered in 3D.
DigitalCHET drools all over the keyboard.
DigitalCHET drools all over the keyboard.
Jafo
Reply #8 Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:18 AM
Reply #8 Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:18 AM
Yair......somethin' to stare at while ya system takes even longer to load....
firefighterlt3222
Reply #10 Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:19 AM
Reply #10 Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:19 AM
reminds me of the days when i drew in MS Paint ....figures....lol 
GreatSilverWyrm
Reply #11 Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:20 AM
Reply #11 Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:20 AM
I hope that when truecolor bootskins come out that the bootskin library doesn't become a wallpaper library clone..
kongit
Reply #12 Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:48 AM
Reply #12 Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:48 AM
It makes you wonder why linux can have a 24 bit bootscreen and windows can't. 
Jafo
Reply #13 Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:52 AM
Reply #13 Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:52 AM
Linux would have to load the vid card drivers first before booting to be able to be 24bit....so it'd be a bit arse-about as a 'boot sequence'...
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Reply #1 Wednesday, March 10, 2004 11:59 PM