[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] GuestK0091:
Making a Bootanimation​

Introduction

Hello xda,

I’m not really into Android development at the moment as I’m just not familiar with anything coding or related, but while my knowledge of Android may need to grow some more I can share things that I already master a bit more. After all, this forum is a place to share knowledge so I hope I can help some people while I am enjoying my stay here on the forums.

Since most of the forum users are here to get the limits out of our phone and probably want to customize it too, it’s most likely that you want to change your bootanimation at some point. Most custom ROM’s already have a customized bootanimation integrated and there are also quite some bootanimations available in the theming section, but what if you want to make your own customized animation?

I wrote this tutorial on how to create a bootanimation for the people who want to experiment with the making of bootanimations, as well as the people that are good at making animations already but don’t really know what to do next. I will try to explain the making of a basic animation using the tools a regular pc user can get or already has, and also get a little more in depth at some points for people who are not satisfied with only the basics. The goal of this tutorial is to get even the less experienced users on their way, not to make the best animation ever. Also, I wrote how I did it, and how I would suggest doing it, but there might be better ways to do certain things described. If you know how to do it easier and/or better, please feel free to leave feedback.

What you can expect in this tutorial:

•	What software to use

•	How to make a simple animation in MS Paint

•	Make an image sequence

•	Make the package ready to be installed on your phone

•	Porting an already existing animation

Animation: What software to use?

Before we want to make our bootanimation we first want to plan out what software we are going to use. The first thing is of course the animation. Depending on what you’re after and your level of skill these are some of my recommendations:

Microsoft Paint – The Gimp – Adobe Photoshop – Adobe Flash Professional – Adobe After Effects ​

Microsoft Paint

Maybe it surprises you, or maybe you just didn’t think of it, but MS Paint is actually a good tool to start making your animation. Anyone with the Windows operating system has it installed by default so this is the software I’m going to use for the animation in this tutorial.

The Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/

Already a bit more advanced than MS Paint and therefore a better option if you want to make a more complicated animation and can find your way through the options the software offers. Best option if you want to go advanced but don’t want to spend any cash.

Adobe Photoshop - http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html

I can barely imagine someone who has never heard of this software before. This piece of software is pretty much the standard in the image editing world, and I highly recommend using this software if you can afford to buy it.

Adobe Flash - http://www.adobe.com/products/flash.html

This software maybe is the best software to use for this matter, its interface is designed for the making of animations and if you know how to use it (which I sadly don’t) I recommend it. But again, it doesn’t come for free.

Adobe After Effects - http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects.html

Even though this software is mostly used for compositing effects on videos it does an awesome job on the more complicated animations and motion graphics. That’s why I’m using this software myself when making bootanimations.

This is some of the software I would recommend using. Of course there are many more alternatives as well as more advanced software out there, 3D applications for example like Blender, Maya, Cinema4D and 3Ds Max could also be useful depending on the complexity of your project. Right now I’m just going to stick with MS Paint for the sake of this tutorial.

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