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ryeryerye · 04/06/2010 03:08 AM

Hello guys! I decided to join here cause I'm having problems editing my psp theme

I run on a Gen d3 firmware and all i want is that my background is like a powerpoint slideshow of pictures.. you know, where series of pictures are shown every a 5 seconds interval or something like that.. is that possible? i extracted one theme named "win" (theme with windows XP inspiration in it, like a true desktop..) using patpat's ctf tool.. now I just want to change the background to a slideshow-like one and retain all the icons, gameboots and other things,.. can some one help me? thanks! I hope Mr. Vegetano or Zinga burga responds to my queries..

Vegetano1 · 04/06/2010 04:02 AM

imposible,. you could add 3 low res(240x136 stretched to 480x272) picture's for a switching background,. but that is the max,.

Maybe you should ask a dev to make a plugin for this,. a plugin wich could switch between 01-12 backgrounds,. or saved jpg's>?

SchmilK · 04/06/2010 05:08 AM

Just use the spiderman theme system_plugin_bg.rco and change the images that make the background and adjust the time between changing images.

Mr. Shizzy · 04/06/2010 05:17 AM

(04/06/2010 05:08 AM)SchmilK Wrote: Just use the spiderman theme system_plugin_bg.rco and change the images that make the background and adjust the time between changing images.

I thought that there where only rotating objects in the bg of that theme ?

Try using my Little Big Folders theme.  That has 4 animated pics that alternate in the background.
Like Schmilk said, just adjust the timing to your desire.

OH - and I would suggest using 8 bit PNG images.  Optimize the file size before saving in Photoshop before saving to something small.  Then you will be able to squeeze more in.

Also, like V1 said, go with a smaller resolution than a full 480x272.
I only used 480x272 in the LBF theme, because i had no idea what I was doing with Rcomage back then...   (So you can change the dimension on those too)

Cirehpsa · 04/06/2010 06:48 AM

(04/06/2010 05:17 AM)Mr. Shizzy Wrote:
(04/06/2010 05:08 AM)SchmilK Wrote: Just use the spiderman theme system_plugin_bg.rco and change the images that make the background and adjust the time between changing images.

I thought that there where only rotating objects in the bg of that theme ?

Try using my Little Big Folders theme.  That has 4 animated pics that alternate in the background.
Like Schmilk said, just adjust the timing to your desire.

OH - and I would suggest using 8 bit PNG images.  Optimize the file size before saving in Photoshop before saving to something small.  Then you will be able to squeeze more in.

Also, like V1 said, go with a smaller resolution than a full 480x272.
I only used 480x272 in the LBF theme, because i had no idea what I was doing with Rcomage back then...   (So you can change the dimension on those too)

Your lbf theme's backgrounds are not a full 480x272...
they are 240x136
Unless you released two vers...

SchmilK · 04/06/2010 06:50 AM

yes i are drater...

Vegetano1 · 04/06/2010 07:10 AM

zinga's first rcomage sample was an animated background,. hehe

SchmilK · 04/06/2010 08:32 AM

(04/06/2010 07:10 AM)Vegetano1 Wrote: zinga's first rcomage sample was an animated background,. hehe

i thought for wsome reason it was just a list of images, not rotating one :-/ oh well, my head is borked and i can't think or see straight :(

ryeryerye · 04/06/2010 11:31 AM

wow thanks for the replies!

@vegetano how can i do that? 3 pictures switching is enough for me..

and also a follow up question.. can i make a .gif animated picture a background for my theme? thanks!

Cirehpsa · 04/06/2010 01:09 PM

(04/06/2010 11:31 AM)ryeryerye Wrote: and also a follow up question.. can i make a .gif animated picture a background for my theme? thanks!

animated gifs don't work

you can however extract each frame and do the same things as the sideshow except just replace each image with a frame and then speed up the switching if necessary.

here is an example
http://www.mediafire.com/?qjznujizyzz

i extracted the 4 frames of this gif

Spoiler:

and resized them than replaced them using rcoedit.

that's it :/

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