Since it seems like there still isn't a proper ZX Spectrum style boot animation for regular Android phones, here's my simple attempt at one. It's for 480x800 devices (at least for now - I MIGHT add some other resolutions later...or not...) and it's pretty simple, but I kinda like it, so here it is. I've tried to make it as lean as possible.
It's running a bit faster than it runs on real Speccy (yes, the loading border stripes are genuine and correct for this specific image and I've thought about adding the proper loading sounds as well ) and the pixel aspect ratio of the image itself is (obviously) off, therefore the image color attributes are not the famous 8x8 squares. Sorry about that. The font is corrected, though.
Just place it into /system/media (or wherever your kernel reads bootanimation.zip files from) and you should be good to go. Here's video of my Galaxy S booting (the version in the video is a bit faster than the final one, 15fps vs 10fps):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYRqlSkt2qQ
Download - see attached file or here's a Mediafire mirror:
http://www.mediafire.com/?z2b38o5qg3qusbx
Haha, that makes me want a 8bit NES style one
flyrocket said:
Haha, that makes me want a 8bit NES style one
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Nice one ))
Btw, there are two paths, which are searched for bootanimation.zip during kernel boot process:
/system/media/
&
/data/local/media
Placing it to the /system/media as you have suggested is better, because all kernels supporting boot animations reads system partition, while not all custom kernels uses /data/local/media for boot animation.
Good work ;-)
Nice, yesterday i was thinking in build this bootanim...
Long live the Speccy!
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*Update* 12/20/10: Mammon and a454nova have been kind enough to include my animations in their respective roms so I decided to update those to be generic "Android Froyo" animations so if anyone likes them on some other rom they can use them without confusion
I have the generic supernova up now, the bonsai animation will be up tomorrow as my computer is chugging away slimming down those pngs!
Hey everybody!
Now that we have some good, maturing Froyo ROMs I decided to make a couple of animations for the boot and shutdown processes, despite the fact that the rarity of restarting our phones usually means we're flashing a new ROM or we're having some serious problems!
Here is a boot animation I made for mammon's bonsai4all rom (since this is my daily driver) pretty much just made from some of the awesome wallpapers that he has included in his rom and a sound I mashed together.
Bonsai Boot Preview
Bonsai Generic Boot Preview
Bonsai Boot Sound Preview
Animation for a454nova's SUPERNOVA rom. The preview gif runs kinda poorly in browser (at least in mine)and may take up to 20 seconds to cycle, but the animation on the phone is like 10-12 seconds. Though I would like to, I haven't come up with a sound for this one. This 6 second limit really sucks!1
SuperNova Boot Preview
SuperNova Generic Preview
The shutdown is pretty generic, just wanted something a little more simple. And something with a slightly longer sound since powering down takes so long anyways and that is something of which we can actually extend the length, unlike the Power On sound.
Shutdown Preview
Shutdown Sound Preview
The .zips below are flashable through CWM. Generics are just "Android/Froyo" splash screens and the others are "ROM Name/ROM author" for those specific roms.
Instructions:
-Copy .zip to your SD card
-Flash through CWM like you would anything else
I have tested these on mammon's bonsai4all and that is all I have tried, though I assume (perhaps wrongly) that it should work on any kernel that supports custom animations as long as the boot animation runs from /system/media.
As for the usual disclaimer I am not responsible for anybody jacking up their phones by flashing these files. So flash these at your own risk.
That being said I hope you enjoy them!
Bonsai Boot
Bonsai Generic Boot
SuperNova Boot (No change to PowerOn sound)
Supernova Generic Boot (No change to PowerOn sound)
Epic Shutdown
Nice work, what program did you use of the text effects?
leatherneck6017 said:
Nice work, what program did you use of the text effects?
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I *think* Flash is used. I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong.
leatherneck6017 said:
Nice work, what program did you use of the text effects?
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Would love to know how your doing this as well.
Awesome job on adding to the feel and look for Mammon's bonsai4all rom.
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Nice work, what program did you use of the text effects?
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Thanks! The vector text was all made in adobe illustrator and compositing and fx were done in after effects. I am interested in learning flash though to see if it is quicker to produce a similar product but in a more streamlined fashion.
leatherneck, are you creating your animations at 30 fps? And what resolution are you running at? I feel like flash might be able to handle vector animation better than what I am using and wonder how it is handled in flash (i.e. can you render at any resolution you like or is it just Full, half, third or quarter of maximum)?
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leatherneck, are you creating your animations at 30 fps? And what resolution are you running at? I feel like flash might be able to handle vector animation better than what I am using and wonder how it is handled in flash (i.e. can you render at any resolution you like or is it just Full, half, third or quarter of maximum)?
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I have found the most success at 24 fps but setting desc.text to run at 96 fps. Using flash I am able to render at full 480 by 800. Flash can also output to png (1 png for each frame). If you want we could work together on creating a flash version.
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Awesome job, loving the new shutdown!!!!
I updated the OP with some generic splash screens for the animations for anybody using ROMs besides those two
Not sure what prompted me to spend a day making this and, if it's not painfully obvious, I relied on PowerPoint and Paint for most of this. Since it's finished, though, I decided to share. Hope someone enjoys rocking it on their TB as much as I do.
Also, added a .gif of the sequence down below. Timing is off and quality is poor in the .gif, but the bootanimation.zip contains all .png's. The .gif is of the White version. My OCD noticed a little ring of light color around the Droid in the Black version, so I went back in with Gimp and made a White version and am uploading both.
Note: I didn't add a sound for it. I prefer to not have a boot sound, but if someone finds/mixes one appropriate, I'm game to try it.
Files attached below, but also MultiUploaded
Black Boot Animation - bootanimation.zip
Black Splash Screen - PG05IMG.zip
White Boot Animation - bootanimation.zip
White Splash Screen - PG05IMG.zip
How to change your Boot Animation
How to change your Splash screen
In the Downloads below, the Black version's files come first.
*scratching head....
Where is the gif? Only see a jpeg.
Okay,
I was fiddling around with boot animations on my sensation an made a sweet one that i like from a couple of youtube vids all credit goes to them ie korea android ad and i think a fellow in a design class made the other one (look below i have attached) but when i tried to do the same for my xoom i got stuck in the boot animation where it kept recylcing the boot and never actually booted into the rom... to say the least i had to do a nandroid to get back just from a boot animation which kinda sucks... anyway ill lay out the specifics
1. I used jpgs, same as with my sensation they seem to work just as well as .pngs but keep the zip much much smaller and dont look choppy
2. I use the original boot animation from the tiamat 2.2.2 version as my base zip file which i edited with my pictures
3. I used the actually spec'd dimensions of the xoom of 1280 x 800 for the pictures, however i noticed that the boot from tiamat used 704 x 440 maybe that could be it (i will be trying that now and report back)
4. as my boot time took a while i thought i may try to use 900 images (a bit dumb i know, in my sensation i use 400 and it gets through them nicely, each pic is a pretty quick segment tho) (i will edit the same amount as my sensation and try again)
can anyone shed some light onto why mine may not have worked other than the amount of pics..
here is a youtube link for what i actually made
boot
i tried to just change the resolution to 704 x 440... and i deleted half the images... and tried again... again it kept replaying and never actually booted into the rom so again i am nandroiding lol
You will need to edit your desc.txt file
1408 880 24
p 0 0 part 0
put all your pictures in folder named part0.
Then zip folder using 7zip and make sure you choose store as compression method.
Hope this helps.
i have done that but used done3 as my folder name.. as i said i used the tiamat moray boot animation as my base zip =]
the name of the folder inside the zip shouldn't make a difference especially as i got it to play but it keeps playing and playing a small bit and not the whole file nor booting into the rom...
on all my bootanimations, it helps if you make each image 960 x 600.
then on your desc.txt file, make the screen size 1280 x 800 (the correct size for the xoom).
sometimes if there is an extra pixel hanging off it could cause you to blackscreen or bootloop.
also, sometimes you'll get a bad jpg file, that could also cause the black screen or bootloop.
best suggestion would be to get the desc.txt file from a known working bootanimation and just adjust the frame rate. be sure to hit enter for a new line after you have put in the info for the last part folder.
oh, and a little trick i found. use the bootanimation installer to push the bootanimation, then restart the xoom and be sure to close the bootanimation installer.
leave your xoom connected to your pc. if you do get into a bootloop, wait a few minutes for it to loop then just reopen the bootanimation installer and push a known working bootanimation. after a few seconds the new bootanimation (or default one) should show and should boot normally. this is my procedure.
Sardo Numspa said:
on all my bootanimations, it helps if you make each image 960 x 600.
then on your desc.txt file, make the screen size 1280 x 800 (the correct size for the xoom).
sometimes if there is an extra pixel hanging off it could cause you to blackscreen or bootloop.
also, sometimes you'll get a bad jpg file, that could also cause the black screen or bootloop.
best suggestion would be to get the desc.txt file from a known working bootanimation and just adjust the frame rate. be sure to hit enter for a new line after you have put in the info for the last part folder.
oh, and a little trick i found. use the bootanimation installer to push the bootanimation, then restart the xoom and be sure to close the bootanimation installer.
leave your xoom connected to your pc. if you do get into a bootloop, wait a few minutes for it to loop then just reopen the bootanimation installer and push a known working bootanimation. after a few seconds the new bootanimation (or default one) should show and should boot normally. this is my procedure.
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Sweet ill try that.. I tried 3 dimension sizes the true size, and 2 dimensions i got from boot animations with the roms.. I reduced the number of jpgs..
One last thing what setting do u choose for your jpg in photoshop? Or do u jyst use pngs.. I can use setting of 6 medium sized compression for me sensation even tho it works for my phone that may be affecting the xoom
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doesnt really matter the file size. we've made bootanimations with upwards of 7 parts and 200+ mb.
i would say try it first with pngs and if it works then convert to jpgs. i use a file sizing program to make sure of the picture ratio, it gets rid of any of those hanging pixels.
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doesnt really matter the file size. we've made bootanimations with upwards of 7 parts and 200+ mb.
i would say try it first with pngs and if it works then convert to jpgs. i use a file sizing program to make sure of the picture ratio, it gets rid of any of those hanging pixels.
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Well considering i set canvas size with photoshop that constricts pixel dimensions quiet well but ill take ya advice and try that and i might split it up too
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also remember that there is a file number limit per part (folder).
looks good
Success it would seem.. Jpgs are fine.. I think i have found the upper limit of pictures no matter the amount of folders.. The 130 per folder helped.. Will update when i get home from work
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I am in the process of creating over 100 true 3D Boot Animations of various sizes.
I have a sample of one on youtube. It is a 30 second animation. All animations loop seamlessly until the os is loaded.
Multiple stages and customized colors, images and personalization will be available as well.
I look forward to being part of this forum. SyrD0n
I have a sample on youtube:
galaxy loader
I have a spinning galaxy loader almost complete. I will post a video sample when its ready.
Let me know if there is interest in this type of thing.
Btw, the boot animations.zip will be totally free to all. I will never place ads of any kind in my boot animations for your devices. I have 20 plus years experience with Photoshop and other adobe products. I use after effects cc, Photoshop, cinema 4d and other applications to do my work. I have business licenses for all of the applications I use. I would like to be a valuable contributor to this community.
SyrD0n / SyrD[ZERO]n
Can't wait to see some of these!
Android...A New Digital Revolution Of Incredible Developers
First animation almost ready for nexus 10 tablets (more soon)
I have created the first of many many seamless boot animations. This one should set some new standards for the nexus 10.
This boot animation is an underwater view of the sun from beneath the surface of the ocean. The animation has waves moving through the entire screen. Yes folks. this is a 2560x1504 bootscreen using every pixel of the screen. No black backgrounds. All seamless. All free. I booted up my nexus 10 to show my roommate the animation on startup. His reply is "where did you get the picture for that?" He thought I was warping an image. He was shocked when I showed him it was all mathematics and no images at all. Fractals rock so hard! Although I certainly can manipulate images, 3d objects. you name it.
I am going to look online also and find storage space so that I can give out a link to the actual bootanimation.zip file.
Keep in mind, this first version will be for the nexus 10 only. I will re-render for other devices as soon as I solve storage and sharing issues. If someone could be so kind as to direct me to the information of maximum screen resolutions for your devices, I will compile a list and do a batch render for each animation I create. Also, can anyone tell me if it is ok to attach the bootanimation.zip file to the post here? I don't wish to break any rules. Especially since I am new.
It is time to turn the generic into the extraordinary. I am here to work with a team and make a difference.
SyrD0n (ancient god of illusion)
Demo on youtube
30 Second video render of underwater boot animation.
Here is a working demo of Underwater - bootanimation.zip on my own nexus 10 tablet.
So, here is the best part.
I am working on a server side system that will create these bootanimation.zip files on the fly for download. What this allows for is the ability to customize the animations in a myriad of ways. For instance, It could include your name, info, etc. It could have your picture inserted in a corner, etc. There really is no limit. I have been making dynamic images with php since the mid to late 90's. once each image is created, the server would zip it up and offer it for download. All I would need to do is create a html5 front end to allow for the customization.
I am attempting to work with major developers of various android system tool apps (ones that manage boot animations) to make them available in those apps as well. If not, then I will end up making my own app. Simply changing a boot animation isn't enough of a feature for me.
I will also be releasing how-to video tutorials and show how to create some of this video effect magic, as well as exporting png files, choosing the correct zip format and installing new animations. I will start releasing these in mid spring 2014. So look for that as well.
This video is available as high as 1440p on youtube.
Anyways, enjoy. I will find out if its ok to post the bootanimation.zip file in this post.
SyrD0n
Updated Information
There are now 2 boot animation previews available.
The underwater bootanimation.zip is around 11 MB.
That is impressive considering it is a full-screen, seamless, animated rendering for the nexus 10. Virtually every pixel is being used (this one does have some black at the bottom that doesn't change).
I've had trouble finding a Transformers boot animation that I like that includes sound. I've started trying to make my own with Boot Animation Factory, but the sound is way out of sync with the video. I don't know if the problem is due to rendering the png images incorrectly or what. Perhaps there's a better boot animation creation tool now?
I'd like to try to do a pacific rim boot animation but as of yet I haven't found any source material I like to work with. (I usually like to stick to animated logos & whatnot.)
Here's the video I was trying to convert to a boot animation:
sendspace.com/file/unco9f
I'm still a bit new to android at the moment, but I do have backgrounds in programming, web design, and graphic design. Any help with either converting this video to a boot animation, or just pointing me in the right direction to make it properly myself would be greatly appreciated. I'm making it for a 10.1" tablet running android 4.4.2