Edited: Image removed, bad logo image. Will be back after following tips below. Thank you very very much that was all the info I was looking for. I appreciate the honesty, and will edit that post and remove the image so it doesn't throw the topic further into the downward spiral.
I only posted it in question form anyway, I did not intend for anyone to try and use it, it is far too cluttered for a small screen.
Last edited by Stacker; 08-19-2005 at 10:14 PM.
Reason: bad file
Argh, clearly half the people posting windows "boot screens" don't actually use what they post because they wouldn't work. The format must be 16 color BMP (Including a couple specific palette entries even) 640x480. Without more fiddling, the progress bar even has to remain in the exact same place as the windows progress bar.
The above screen for instance hasn't a chance in hell of making a decent boot screen. It is the wrong size (Reduce the width to 640, uncheck "keep aspect ratio" to get it to look good on a 16:9 screen), it has no progress bar, it has too many colors, etc.
Sorry; I don't mean to flame, but this thread is only about 1/2 useful because of all the stuff people are posting that *cant* be used. Making these screens look good in 12-15 colors is not particularly easy. I would suggest that people spend the time to actually set up an image as their boot screen or BIOS logo prior to posting it here. It would raise the bar on this thread quite a bit and make it way more useful.
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The first previous post that conatins an image is mine.
I will assure you, both of those work as I use them
The actual picture posted may be a representation of it.
Heres a couple I did for a Nissan Skyline. Thought I'd post them incase anyone is interested. All have been lowered too the 16 color pallete standard. I also have the HQ originals if anyone wants.
GIFS are just to preview. The zip file has the BMP's to use.
heres what im using until i get my new car. the first one is what it will look like on the screen and the second one is the 640x480 version. they are jpegs so you would have to convert them.
Here is an Acura Bootskin I made to share. Unzip this folder into your Program files>stardock>wincustomize>bootskin>skins folder. This includes a tested and working progress bar.
Here's a Subaru bootlogo I made. It's 256 colour as I use the same image for my BIOS bootscreen. XP loading bar fits in the gap between text and image.
Note that it's squished slightly as I have a 7" lilliput which stretches the image horizontally when in 640x480 mode. Here's how it looks when stretched
Linear Mode
