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[lockscreen] photoshop

I dont have photoshop, but i need to have a see through or opaque picture to use as my lockscreen background. can anyone help me, or even make a quick one? with a grey background if its opaque.

BUMP! come on people someone must have photoshop, this would only take 5 minutes.

doesn't the one from the other thread work?....
http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=idhtmtuqyrm
..... Then have a play with DroidExplorer?... apparently it can do the ADB stuff for you......
EDIT..... Droid Explorer - 0.8.6.0 [06/19/2010] - Conan O'Brian Edition

Why someone with photoshop. It's just as doable with Gimp, a totally free image editor.

i dont have an image editor, slash i didnt know that. And its not the actual lock screen or anything i need.
i downloaded lockbot and you can use your own image as the background, so if i got a transparent one then i would have a transparent lockscreen..

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=707599
i modified the file from Cronos 1.7.1 so i'm not sure it will work for villainrom...
if you do want to try it ... do a nandroid or bart backup before you PUSH the file onto /system/framework folder

i think i tried that one before, but i'm not sure, i'll give it a shot.

it says verification failed?

If your looking to set an image as a lockscreen background its not as easy as having a transparent image. Android does not treat it as if it is transparent.
Hoping someone can work out a fix soon though.

oh i see. well thats helpful thanks. Also when trying to flash all these zips that people are putting together for me, when i try to flash them i get an error "verification failed"!!

archie winnington-ingram said:
I dont have photoshop, but i need to have a see through or opaque picture to use as my lockscreen background. can anyone help me, or even make a quick one? with a grey background if its opaque.
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use GIMP instead.

Lennyuk said:
If your looking to set an image as a lockscreen background its not as easy as having a transparent image. Android does not treat it as if it is transparent.
Hoping someone can work out a fix soon though.
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There was a Vanilla ROM with transparent locksscreen. I think it even was SuperHero and I remember it coz people did not like transparent lockscreens. It made screen look messy. Also some other vanilla ROMs have semi transparent lockscreens - it shows only wallppaper, not all icons and widgets - which I found very cool, especially if you like live wallpapers. I want to make it work on sense ROMs, don't know how so

for future reference:
fotoflexer.com
free online image editing.

Have you got a rooted phone?

Lockbot Pro Themes

I was wondering if anyone here has images to make Lockbot screens. I am looking for the icons and the gray bar in the attached screenshot. I want to try and recolor them to make different "themes". I tried the search function, but no forums came up. Hope someone is nice enough to help this newbie.

Open up any theme or rom, and navigate to /system/framework-res/framework-res.apk/res/drawable-land-mdpi
You'll find all the images there.

[Q] How to make a custom lock screen.

Hey guys, could someone direct me to a tutorial or write one up for me on how to make a custom lock screen? I found a wallpaper I wanted to use and I'd like to make one that fits the theme of the wallpaper.
Thanks!

The easiest way to go about it is to simply purchase WidgetLocker and use one of the many themes that have been made for it that can be found in the Android Themes section of XDA. If you simply want to change the sliders and wallpaper for just the unlock screen you will have to edit the framework-res.apk, the files for the sliders are in the "drawable-hdpi" folder. There are tons of tutorials on how to edit framework-res.apk all over this forum and the rest of the site. I'm not sure how to go about changing the wallpaper separate from the home screen wallpaper, though I know it has been done using MetaMorph so maybe look into that. I hope you were able to get some idea of what you need to do with this! Good luck!

APK that go launcher will see as an icon pack

Anybody know what needs to be defined in an apk for Go Launcher to see it as an icon pack?
(And without using their "thememaker")

Kermode said:
Anybody know what needs to be defined in an apk for Go Launcher to see it as an icon pack?
(And without using their "thememaker")
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I have the same question!

+1 for icon pack

studying urcipo
How detailed of an explanation are you looking for here?
If you know everything you need to know about making an icon pack and just want the easiest no BS answer, it is this:
Create a Go Launcher Theme, changing only the icons. Yes, it must start off as a theme, just change only the icons if you wish. Assign each icon to its proper internal activity name Compile into an .apk and then sign the .apk. I'm guessing the red bold parts are the things that you would need to look into and are possibly not doing now.
More? Ok.
You don't have to use theme factory, you can use a template somebody else has created. ThemeFactory makes a good reference to the template, not the other way around. The template is a much nicer thing, trust me.
I'll start off with the simple-ish version I guess. In order to be seen as an "icon pack", all of the included icons are automatically assigned to their proper spots, and the user doesn't have to change each icon individually. I'm guessing this is what you mean by an "icon pack"?
Shortest answer on how to do this: Create a Go Launcher Theme that only changes icons.
You don't want to use their "Theme Factory". Ok. You have a few options here then.
1) "drag-and-drop" your own icons on top of somebody else's iconpack.
2) Eclipse . I'm hoping you know something about Eclipse
If you know nothing of the Android SDK or Eclipse, and aren't ready to study a bit and learn, go with option 1) or use themefactory. Either way, it'll be defined as a Go Launcher Theme in the end. But with only icons to apply.
But I'm assuming you either know something or dont mind learning. You can start easy with a template.
You'll probably be using a Go Launcher Theme Template in every case...rather than handcoding every single icon name out...unless you're really just hardcore in love with writing code.
I think this may be the best template. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1421724 Worth the read. Getting a bit outdated with some of the new/chanaged SDK coding, but it's pretty easy to figure out what to change on your own.
Also, Quinny889 has two of them made. . Reminder...this is NOT the dreaded ThemeFactory app . These are templates that you import into Eclipse and customize/fill-in. The template then does the work of "dealing with" the Go Launcher/SDK compatibility issues.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1324378 Best one. Recommend using this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1314753 Older version, takes some tweaking to make work, but far more streamlined/simple once you do figure it all out. I recommend the newer template.
(Both are templates courtesy of Quinny 899!)
They come with instructions in PDF form as well...quite simple if you take the time.
Basically, fill in with your own icons. Compile the APK. Download/use ZIPSIGNER2 or similar APK signing program on the APK so it can be installed.
http://activities.droidicon.com/ -->You can get the names of the "activities" you assign your icons to here. For example, search for go launcher and you'll see what I mean.
Yes, it's a bit tedious in any case to assign each icon to its proper spot.
The TL;DR version to answer your question if you already knew what you were doing: Grab a template, build it up, compile. Sign it.
hELPFUL LINKS (Replace any "DOT" with an actual dot. Not allowed to post outside links here yet.).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=527
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1324378
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28793952&postcount=134
androidandme DOT com/2009/05/beginners/guides/un-packing-icon-packs/
developer.android DOIT com/guide/publishing/app-signing.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1442499
There are resources around for every type of launcher, just search! Hope I helped at least a tiny bit.
launcherpro DOT com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=7754 More in-depth, still very good reading even though it's LauncherPro.

InfiniteIce said:
How detailed of an explanation are you looking for here?
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You provided all levels. I have to gotta do some reading now.
Thanks!

Customization on ADW

Hello, everyone
I just want to share with you the theme I did using ADW Ex, Minimalistic Text and some icons that I found.
I think there's already a thread where you can share this things, but I didn't find it.
So here it is. The first screenshot was the first theme I did. Someone shared a similar layout so I tried to copy it.
The second is my current theme. I took me a couple hours to finish it.