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Boot animations

I'd like to start making some boot animations. Since I have a bit of animation experience and I don't really like any of the ones that I've found.
Once I get started I'll start posting them here for you all to use.
I have a just a few questions before I get started.
First of all I'm assuming it has to be the proper resolution and I believe they need to be gif files.
Is there anything else that I need to know? I've read a few threads and saw that some people had trouble getting them to boot for some reason or another. So is there anything else that I need to look out for?
Thanksss.

mcdaaaniel said:
I'd like to start making some boot animations. Since I have a bit of animation experience and I don't really like any of the ones that I've found.
Once I get started I'll start posting them here for you all to use.
I have a just a few questions before I get started.
First of all I'm assuming it has to be the proper resolution and I believe they need to be gif files.
Is there anything else that I need to know? I've read a few threads and saw that some people had trouble getting them to boot for some reason or another. So is there anything else that I need to look out for?
Thanksss.
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From what I recall, different phones don't necessarily keep the boot animation file(s) in the same place. AFAIK, that's the only real issue other than that you would have to provide different resolution versions if you want your boot animation to be usable on different phones. IMHO, I would just make it for the Eris first and if there's a demand for specific other phones/resolutions, then cross that bridge since there's no use doing work that's not needed yet.
You might end up tweaking the animation too, so you might as well "beta test" it only on the Eris to begin with for that reason, too.
Sorry if I'm ranting, I'm really really tired so I'm extra silly. LOL.
I don't think they use GIFs. I think they use a sequence of JPGs (completely up to you how many frames. Normally I could double check on my phone but I can't at the moment but I'm sure you could find the info somewhere in here.
I hope I'm not misleading you about JPG versus GIF; take it with a grain of salt since as I mentioned I'm tired. Good luck!

mcdaaaniel said:
I'd like to start making some boot animations. Since I have a bit of animation experience and I don't really like any of the ones that I've found.
Once I get started I'll start posting them here for you all to use.
I have a just a few questions before I get started.
First of all I'm assuming it has to be the proper resolution and I believe they need to be gif files.
Is there anything else that I need to know? I've read a few threads and saw that some people had trouble getting them to boot for some reason or another. So is there anything else that I need to look out for?
Thanksss.
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I could be wrong but I thought they were png files in the boot animation. I'm pretty sure that it's usually located in /system/media but I thought I read at one time that they can sometimes be located in data also. Good luck with the work though. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

you can use either one, gif or .png... use png for better quality (if using photoshop, save as for web, then use png-24 option and save.
also, make sure you don't compress the zip at all when you package it. Use the option "store" to zip the files up using no compression. If you compress it, it won't be accessible during boot and you'll have a black screen.
The bootanimation should go in data/local
here is my red cyanogen bootanimation zip, feel free to pack your own bootanimation into it, then sign it and it'll be flashable in recovery.
remember: the bootanimation.zip cannot be compressed... the flashable zip CAN be compressed.
Good luck! Hope to see something cool soon.

WOW i wasn't really expecting that much feedback. thanks a lot guys. i'll start playing around with this stuff as soon as finals week is over! :X thanks again!
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edit: I'm already bouncing around a few ideas in my head. I don't think I'll be able to get around to it until tuesday at the earliest though.
Also if you guys have any requests, my animation experience is somewhat limited but I'm willing to try anything!

mcdaaaniel said:
WOW i wasn't really expecting that much feedback. thanks a lot guys. i'll start playing around with this stuff as soon as finals week is over! :X thanks again!
Sent from my Floyo Tazz using XDA App
edit: I'm already bouncing around a few ideas in my head. I don't think I'll be able to get around to it until tuesday at the earliest though.
Also if you guys have any requests, my animation experience is somewhat limited but I'm willing to try anything!
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How about an apple burning while a droid pokes it with a pitchfork.

CondemnedSoul said:
How about an apple burning while a droid pokes it with a pitchfork.
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hahahahahaha yeah I'm pretty sure I can do that.

CondemnedSoul said:
I could be wrong but I thought they were png files in the boot animation. I'm pretty sure that it's usually located in /system/media but I thought I read at one time that they can sometimes be located in data also. Good luck with the work though. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
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Just to be clear for anyone else that reads this... if you're cooking your own rom, you'd want it there in system/media ... if you're making a flashable zip you'd want it to go into data/local

workshed said:
Just to be clear for anyone else that reads this... if you're cooking your own rom, you'd want it there in system/media ... if you're making a flashable zip you'd want it to go into data/local
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Thanks for clearing that up shed. I knew there were 2 different places it could go just couldn't remember the difference. Lol. Xda app needs the thank button. I'll hit you later on it. Lol
Sent from my Floyo Tazz

CondemnedSoul said:
How about an apple burning while a droid pokes it with a pitchfork.
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I like it!!!

I have a .gif file that I would like to make my boot animation ... can someone tell me what or where it needs to go, please ?
Does it need to be signed and zipped or can it just be placed in system/media or .... what ?
Sorry if this elementary .... never messed with boot ani's before, just stuck with the ROM boot ani.
>> just tried a RedCMbootanimation.zip .... placed it in system/media (removing the ROM's bootanimation.zip > Nonsensikal 15.2 blue CM boot ani) ... renamed it the same as the boot ani I replaced (bootanimation.zip) ... no worky ... just a black screen ... is it b/c the zip file is compressed ? D
>> Also tried to put my gif. img there ... got a standard 'android' boot img.
>> Do I need to open the ROM boot ani .zip file in AC/adb and replace something in there ?

C.Hatfield said:
I have a .gif file that I would like to make my boot animation ... can someone tell me what or where it needs to go, please ?
Does it need to be signed and zipped or can it just be placed in system/media or .... what ?
Sorry if this elementary .... never messed with boot ani's before, just stuck with the ROM boot ani.
>> just tried a RedCMbootanimation.zip .... placed it in system/media (removing the ROM's bootanimation.zip > Nonsensikal 15.2 blue CM boot ani) ... renamed it the same as the boot ani I replaced (bootanimation.zip) ... no worky ... just a black screen ... is it b/c the zip file is compressed ? D
>> Also tried to put my gif. img there ... got a standard 'android' boot img.
>> Do I need to open the ROM boot ani .zip file in AC/adb and replace something in there ?
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It needs to be made into a zip named bootanimation.zip and not compressed and pushed to data/local. the redcmbootanimation is flashable from recovery.

Alright guys so i've made my first animation just to kind of test the waters. Definately not something I'd release on here quite yet.
The issue I'm having is that it is going at a very slow frame rate. What can be done about that?

mcdaaaniel said:
Alright guys so i've made my first animation just to kind of test the waters. Definately not something I'd release on here quite yet.
The issue I'm having is that it is going at a very slow frame rate. What can be done about that?
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try editing the desc.txt framerate. that's the number right after the resolution (ie. 320 480 15) the bold number is the framerate, try upping that, but I wouldn't go any higher than 25.
Good luck, hope to see it soon

workshed said:
try editing the desc.txt framerate. that's the number right after the resolution (ie. 320 480 15) the bold number is the framerate, try upping that, but I wouldn't go any higher than 25.
Good luck, hope to see it soon
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Thanks dude. Yeah I actually figured that out. What I actually did was i changed the framerate of the boot animation it's self because naturally I just set it to 29.97 since that's standard ntsc. so i changed that to 24 so it matched the desc.txt and i saw a slight increase in speed. I'm gonna play around with it a little more, maybe make the frame rate of the animation it's self even lower and see if i can get higher speeds. Hopefully without losing too much quality though.
Also, I read somewhere that if you use a smaller resolution it will go faster. So i'll give that a shot as well.

mcdaaaniel said:
Also, I read somewhere that if you use a smaller resolution it will go faster. So i'll give that a shot as well.
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Yeah, you can make it 320 x 320 like the cyanogenmod bootanimation, just make it's background black. That's why theirs runs nice, it's 320 x 320 -vs- 320 x 480

downloaded the zip, thanks mate
gonna play around with it and see what works
anyone got a signing program? my SDK is being stupid tonight

workshed said:
Yeah, you can make it 320 x 320 like the cyanogenmod bootanimation, just make it's background black. That's why theirs runs nice, it's 320 x 320 -vs- 320 x 480
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Yeah I noticed that and I figured that was why it looks so nice. Kind of a bummer you can't have a full screen one that runs that nice though. Oh well.
Retrogress said:
downloaded the zip, thanks mate
gonna play around with it and see what works
anyone got a signing program? my SDK is being stupid tonight
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I just use this. it's for mac but i'm sure you could find something similar.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=573498

Retrogress said:
downloaded the zip, thanks mate
gonna play around with it and see what works
anyone got a signing program? my SDK is being stupid tonight
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I use AndroidSigner. Very easy to use, just drag and drop and sign. you can find it here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/android-development/126517-pc-ppcgeeks-android-apk-zip-signer.html

CondemnedSoul said:
I use AndroidSigner. Very easy to use, just drag and drop and sign. you can find it here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/android-development/126517-pc-ppcgeeks-android-apk-zip-signer.html
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thanks for the signer that was simple to use
i got one, just to see if i could get it to work, i will be making my own soon.
all props go to: mj_b90 at http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/56647-boot-animation-gallery.html
Little Big Planet Sackboy Dancing flashable boot animation
it worked on froshedyo v7, nandroid before flashing plz

Nexus prime bootanimation

He made a tab version but i have to wait till i get home to try it, but ill post it here also to see if anybody wants it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294973

This one works, I put it together and have it on my xoom now
http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/boot-animations/11035-bootamination-nexus-prime.html

Thanks Sardo Numspa, yours worked better. The first posted has a white flash at the end (That's what I saw enyway).
Cheers

KaitenII said:
Thanks Sardo Numspa, yours worked better. The first posted has a white flash at the end (That's what I saw enyway).
Cheers
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no problem. all i did was change the orientation of the animation so it was horizontal, then adjusted the height/width ratio to fit the screen. problem was the animation was designed for a phone screen so it loses some resolution when it gets resized to 1280 x 800.

Sardo Numspa said:
This one works, I put it together and have it on my xoom now
http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/boot-animations/11035-bootamination-nexus-prime.html
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Has a white flashing border....i can live with. Looks good coming from something thats not even out yet

Sardo Numspa said:
no problem. all i did was change the orientation of the animation so it was horizontal, then adjusted the height/width ratio to fit the screen. problem was the animation was designed for a phone screen so it loses some resolution when it gets resized to 1280 x 800.
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Thanks for the fix. Much better now.

mulletcutter said:
Has a white flashing border....i can live with. Looks good coming from something thats not even out yet
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white flashing border?
does anyone else have this?
there should not be one, all the image files are 960 x 600 and resized to 1280 x 800 through the desc.txt file. im not seeing it on my xoom when i reboot.

I am thinking he is confusing your version with the first one. Your version is fine for me.

qubit76 said:
I am thinking he is confusing your version with the first one. Your version is fine for me.
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ah, ok. if there was a white flash i'd have to fix it. im OCD like that.

qubit76 said:
I am thinking he is confusing your version with the first one. Your version is fine for me.
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I downloaded the link from xoomforums, had a small white flashing border.

mulletcutter said:
I downloaded the link from xoomforums, had a small white flashing border.
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mullet, i dont know what could be wrong. i'll have another look at it, but there should be no white flash

i too have a border. Doesn't bother me much. Good work still.

Game of Thrones - bootanimation

hi folks. any of u are fan of Game of Thrones? hope someone are...
well... this is mine 1st ''baby'' and i dont know is it good.
i just managed how to make something and i want to share with u.
go ahead and take look at it. hope it will work..hehehe
if u like it...than i am on good way!!
btw... just go to system / media and replace bootanimation.zip with this one and...reboot phone. ( i know only that way... )
TIP : just extract it from GoT.zip
( jpg screenshoot atached 2 )

hey thanks
thanks for the upload ! i will try this as soon as my phone is back from the service centre ! my screen got cracked :/
btw im a big fan of game of thrones !
Go NORTH !

Great show, huge fan.
Thanks for the upload

@johnrambo801
u'r welcome mate.
for next step i will try to manage a better quality... this was mine 1st '' job ''.
@Sheppie
yes rly great show..btw..did u know that part of show was production in mine country?? well... King Landing is 1 part which was capture there... and.. i was on set hehe
lucky me....

Winter is coming to o2x
Sent from my Optimus 2X using XDA

Dude, thanks for awesome work. You don't mind if I adapt this work for other devices and screen sizes?

Audio needed desperately
You know that the them song is more important. So add audio to it.
Please do that.

appy.79 said:
You know that the them song is more important. So add audio to it.
Please do that.
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You still use this phone?

Mr.KM said:
You still use this phone?
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Nope, I use redmi 2 prime. And I only came here for the boot animation.

CyberianIce said:
Dude, thanks for awesome work. You don't mind if I adapt this work for other devices and screen sizes?
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np m8,just do it!

KitKat 4.4 Bootanimation- Easter Egg Edition.

Hey All,
Here is something I made today for my Galaxy Grand. It is high res so I assume it will work on other phones too. The resolution is 540 x 960 and I have made it fit perfectly well on my Grand's screen...
Hope you guys like it...
The file is about 45MB so..Just rename the file to bootanimation.zip and put it in system/media
Thanks...
LinK: http://www.4shared.com/zip/DP2Ssu-g/AXV7FINALPERFECT.html

45 mb??????

Any previews?

-CALIBAN666- said:
45 mb??????
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that's tooooo big for a bootanimation

I know ..but there is no way to reduce the size..it works for me..also, like I've mentioned in the OP, I have tested this only on Grand Duos
Sent from my GT-I9082 using Tapatalk

Thank u man i have been looking for this for a while.

[Boot Animation] sci-fi Style

My first post
I designed it in my free time
Hope you enjoy it
Cheers
Preview
srv2.jpg.co.il/6/53cfa0924d861.gif
download
mediafire.com/download/l1wzm4gck510cb3/bootanimation.zip
or

Awesome!

Amazing !
תודה

Wow very nice :thumbup:
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Place into system/media or flash to install?

Awesome work bro! Can you also make a glowing blue edition? It would look great!

shago_go said:
My first post
I designed it in my free time
Hope you enjoy it
Cheers
Preview
srv2.jpg.co.il/6/53cfa0924d861.gif
download
mediafire.com/download/l1wzm4gck510cb3/bootanimation.zip
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It doesn't work for some reason on my galaxy s4. Do i need to delete lmprec_508 and 600 as well? Or only old bootanimation.zip?
I successfully applied permission change for bootanimation.zip (because root browser failed when i tried on sdcard as it was on my htc vision).
It is just blank black screen after boot logo till lock screen shows up

Wow! :good::good::cyclops::cyclops:

Well...i decided the problem is in desc.txt. So i've changed resolution values and it worked. But was stretched and ugly. So using batch + actions in PS i've changed canvas size of all images to 1080x1920. It's a little bit small for this display but will maximize it when have enough time for tests. I'll upload it as attachment for those who want to try it

Sorry I could not respond, I was full of work
Thanks everyone, I'm glad you enjoy it,
I hope to have more time to make more cool stuff
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Amazing !
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בבקשה:laugh:
InfinityShooter said:
Awesome work bro! Can you also make a glowing blue edition? It would look great!
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I can not promise I'll try, only if I have extra time
soadfan said:
Well...i decided the problem is in desc.txt. So i've changed resolution values and it worked. But was stretched and ugly. So using batch + actions in PS i've changed canvas size of all images to 1080x1920. It's a little bit small for this display but will maximize it when have enough time for tests. I'll upload it as attachment for those who want to try it
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I'm glad it worked eventually
To tell you the truth, in my profession I just Animator.
This is the first time I make something for Android.
And thanks:good:

shago_go said:
I'm glad it worked eventually
To tell you the truth, in my profession I just Animator.
This is the first time I make something for Android.
And thanks:good:
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Well...i maximized it for 1080x1920 display, but i'm not sure images aren't loss quality in the process. but i will share it for who wants it