[Android General] <JohnCarter>:
How to create and install android bootanimations from scratch

This is a guide which tells you how to make a your very own bootanimation and install a bootanimation on your device.

Please let me know if you made a bootanimation using this method so that every bootanimation made using this method can be posted here

#This guide assumes that you are windows user and have -
1- 7 zip or winrar installed
2- a image editing software (for ex-photoshop) #

Bootanimation- what is it ?

Prerequisites

1-you need a bootanimation.zip file [you can find them on google]

now if you have downloaded the bootanimation.zip file ,open it up

2- as you can see in the picture you find some folders in it named

"part0" "part1" "part2"

and a desc.txt file .

EXPLANATION OF desc.txt

As you can see in the image
#1-it is the resolution of the bootanimation(you should basically use your device's resolution for ex - in the pic it is 320X480)
#2-it is the fps(frames per second) of your bootanimation [higher the no. faster will your bootanimation play [B]a standard fps should be 30[/B]]
#3-these are the folders which contain images for your bootanimation
#4-it is a pointer to tell it to look at new commands
#5-specifies the no. of times this section of bootanimation will play ( 0 means infinite)
#6-defines pause in seconds before repeating or moving on next line (o means no pause 10 means 10 sec pause)

Fire it up el captain !!

we'll start making a bootanimation from scratch from here

#1-create a folder anywhere put in desktop for ease,let's call it

bootanimation

#2-open the folder and create another folder name it

part0

#3- With part0 created, it's time for you to start creating an image. To make it simple for beginning we'll make a simple one .So, using Photoshop as an example, create a new image which is the resolution of your handset. [like if ur on htc explorer use 320X480 or galaxy mini use 340X320] (if u don't know your device's resolution google it

#4-Give a black background to the image and take a image you wan't to fade in . paste it as a new layer and set the layer to 0% opacity

so now you can only see a black background.

#5-now save the image in your

part0 folder

and name it

image00.png

#6-now increase the opacity of your bootanimation by a narrow degree say 6%.now save it as

image002.png

in the part0 folder

#7-repeat step 5 every time until you reach 100%.and each time save it as image003-image004 etc. in part0 folder

#8-open notepad and type this --

[B][COLOR="Blue"]
1080 240 24
p 1 60 part0
c 1 0 part1
c 0 0 part2

c means that the entire part of the animation (eg part2) will be played even if bootup completes.[/COLOR][/B]

[B]change[/B] the 1080 240 with the resolution you are using

Thanks to [MENTION=291467]cisza[/MENTION] for this info.. [images will be updated soon ]

#9- save it as :

desc.txt

in the root of your bootanimation folder (not in part0)

#10- compress it using your archive manager say 7zip ;winrar,etc.

imp: SET COMPRESSION METHOD TO STORE

or else bootanimation WON'T work

[IMG="The original add to archive window of winrar"]http://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o511/ayushrox1/p1_zpsugp31kmt.png[/IMG]

[IMG="Discription of correct compression method"]http://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o511/ayushrox1/p2_zpsdp0malu2.png[/IMG]

congrats u just made a boot animation... and remember to share with us your bootanimation ;)

You can also use boot animation factory by RD despotovski01 It may help you with debugging and previewing and also creating bootanimations ;)

Installing bootanimations

To install your bootanimation just use root explorer to put it in system/media folder

if using htc stock rom put it in system/customize/resources folder (make sure to rename it the bootanimation.zip to htc_bootup.zip )