Saturday, January 19, 2013

How to make and install android bootanimations




This is a guide which tells you how to make a your very own bootanimation and install a bootanimation on your device.
plz let me know if you made a bootanimation using this method so that every bootanimation made using this method can be posted here

How to make a bootanimation

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#This guide assumes that you are windows user and have - 
  1- 7 zip or winrar installed
  2- a image editing software (for ex-photoshop)  #
Bootanimation- what is it ?

1-you need a bootanimation.zip file [you can find them on google]
now if you have downloaded the bootanimation.zip file ;open it up

2- as you can see in the picture you find some folders in it named
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"part0" "part1"
and a desc.txt file .

Quote:
EXPLANATIONS
folders like part0;part1,etc. STORE .png pics of bootnaimation[and yes bootanimation is a collection of these pics)
the desc.txt file contains all the necessary info to run bootanimation like resolution fps ,etc
EXPLANATION OF desc.txt 


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As you can see in the image
   #1-it is the resolution of the bootanimation(you should basically use your device's resolution for ex - in the pic it is 320X480)
   #2-it is the fps(frames per second) of your bootanimation [higher the no. faster will your bootanimation play a standard fps should be 30]
   #3-these are the folders which contain images for your bootanimation
   #4-it is a pointer to tell it to look at new commands
   #5-specifies the no. of times this section of bootanimation will play ( 0 means infinite)
   #6-defines pause in seconds before repeating or moving on next line (o means no pause 10 means 10 sec pause)

Fire it up el captain !

we'll start making a bootanimation from here

#1-create a folder anywhere put in desktop for ease,let's call it
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bootanimation
#2-open the folder and create another folder name it
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part0
#3- With part0 created, it's time for you to start creating an image. To make it simple for beginning we'll make a simple one .So, using Photoshop as an example, create a new image which is the resolution of your handset. [like if ur on htc explorer use 320X480 or galaxy mini use 340X320] (if u don't know your device's resolution google it
#4-Give a black background to the image and take a image you wan't to fade in . paste it as a new layer and set the layer to 0% opacity 
so now you can only see a black background.
#5-now save the image in your
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part0 folder
and name it
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image00.png
#6-now increase the opacity of your bootanimation by a narrow degree say 6%.now save it as
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image002.png
in the part0 folder
#7-repeat step 5 every time until you reach 100%.and each time save it as image003-image004 etc. in part0 folder
#8-open notepad and type this -- 
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320 480 30

                                       p 1 0 part0
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change the 320 480 with the resolution you are using
#9- save it as :
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desc.txt
in the root of your bootanimation folder (not in part0)

#10- compress it using your archive manager say 7zip ;winrar,etc. 
imp: SET COMPRESSION METHOD TO STORE
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or else bootanimation WON'T work
congrats u just made a boot animation