How to change the i3 Splash Screen

MELennium · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:37 pm Post subject:

Make sure it has not been saved as Splash Screen.bmp.bmp as windows can do this if you have not un-ticked Hide extensions for known file types, Click on the Tools menu in My Computer then on the Folder options then the View tab & un-tick "Hide extensions for known file types".
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MELennium · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:41 pm Post subject:

rjbsec wrote:

rjbsec · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 78

MELennium · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:12 pm Post subject:

You say that you have downloaded a thundercats splash screen but it still shows the original splash screen, but if the thundrecats was named exactly then it would overwrite the original.
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rjbsec · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 78

I downloaded the Thundercats image by selecting "Save picture as..." from this site and using the image programme downloaded it to the i3 - unlike all the other attempts with my images it appeared to download (I saw the progress bar and it completed).
I switched the i3 off and then switched it back on again and no Thunderbirds, just the original screen. I did not get any error messages with this image!

I have downloaded the original i3 screen to my laptop - just added a small amount of text and saved the .bmp file - I tried to upload to the i3 and it says its no good!
The images I have tried are definitely the right size and dimensions but they simply will not upload, I have even switched off the file extensions bit in Tools as you suggested.

The image software only gives me two images as options to edit, the Screen Splash and a Screen Shot and I have only tried the splash image.

MELennium · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:32 pm Post subject:

rjbsec wrote:

rjbsec · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 78

Just connected Webupdater again and it shows "V2.70 already installed".

MELennium · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject:

Please check that the image is:

220 x 176

72 pixels per inch

24 bit

113 KB

And it is saved as Splash Screen.bmp

Then try again
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rjbsec · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 78

Looks like my problem might be that I can't get the image below 75 dpi, even though I set the resolution at 72 - comes out at 75 dpi every time. Maybe need to use a different image software.

MELennium · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:22 pm Post subject:

Try PAINT.NET, this is a free download which is a good replacement for paint from microsoft. You will also need to download .net framework 2 which is on that page as a seperate download or bundled together.

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/downloads/2129101/paint-net
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MELennium · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:50 pm Post subject:

rjbsec wrote:

rjbsec · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 78

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

rjbsec · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 78

Downloaded your dog and changed to .bmp with correct title and it downloaded onto the i3 no trouble at all - clear picture of your dog on my i3.
Did a simple 220 x 176 blue square with identification text on it and saved as a .bmp with correct title.
Downloaded to i3, got progress bar to completion, switched it off then on again and low and behold ............................ the original i3 splash screen!

rjbsec · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 78

.........also added two words to your dog picture and downloaded to the i3 with full progress bar completion - switch off then on and back to the original i3 screen Question

MELennium · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:12 am Post subject:

It must be the way you are saving the photo in Photosuite 4, It worked when you loaded my picture but when you added text it did not work.
I have never used Photosuite 4, I always use Photoshop. But because it does not work when you add text, then if your program is like Photoshop then you will have layers, ie the picture of say the dog then another picture of the text, you will need to flatten the image,( combine the two pictures into one) then save it as Splash Screen.bmp
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