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[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Rozenthal's guide on how to get high-quality wallpaper image on your Touch HD.

There have been many topics dealing with this issue, and I figured it was time someone made a guide with correct and precise instructions.

To complete this guide you will need to have at least moderate knowledge of Photoshop or similar advanced graphic software. You will also need your PC and some additional software.

However, I can confirm that the results are "as advertised" - full quality wallpaper image, without any visible image degradation.

Please note that I take no responsibility if you mess up something. I suggest you make backup folder with Manila files that need to be edited, so you can always go back to default if something isn't working. Also note that this guide deals with Manila2 (the new Manila from latest Topaz / Rhodium ROM's). The old Manila1 may be using different file names.

If all this seems too complicated, a simple way to improve image quality on your Touch HD is to use 512x512 pixel PNG wallpaper! Do not use 480x800! Use 512x512 and you will see it will be sharper and much better looking. Not perfect, but still better!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] KukurikU:
my head hurts!!! do you have an example to download and try?;)

maybe you can use this:
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Bimme:
and what if u select an 696x480 pixel pic as background? will it still be compressed that much ?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
You can imagine how much MY head hurt when I was trying to figure out all this... It wasn't easy, seriously :)

Also, if you use 480x696 the image will still be downsampled to 512 in height, compressed and then stretched to 480x696.

You have to remember that image CAN NOT be larger then 512x512 for TF3D to use it.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
I will not be a gold-fish here, so please don't request me to make your own custom wallpapers. I spend a lot of time trying to figure it all out, and now I'm sharing my knowledge with other people, so they can learn it too - and have it all much easier then myself :P

But, here's an example of my own custom wallpaper.

Manila files are inside ZIP. Backup your old Manila files before copying these ones into Windows folder!

Overwrite old files, restart TF3D and set the wallpaper to display default wallpaper image.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
One more example...

They're both dark and simple, but I prefer them that way :) They work 100% and they don't cause problems reading the SMS / Email / Today text.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] mainsail:
You are in the true, Rozenthal.. best backgrounds are Black. I always use black themes like the example posted. Great, great tutorial! It´s a bit hard for me (and english too) but i´ll try to follow your instructions. Thanks a lot!

Frank :):)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
I know it's not simple... I warned you :)

But, it might get a lot simpler soon, because author of CFC GUI (Chainfire) has been working on a solution that would automatically slice wallpaper bitmaps into appropriate Manila files.

That would mean you would not have to know anything about Photoshop, you would not have to create 4 separate PNG files or anything similar. It would all be done by CFC GUI "automagically" - as Chainfire likes to say it :)

But, until that happens, this is the only way :P
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Sir.B:
great write up

i actually spent a whole day figuring this out myself, then i find this awesomeness

a great contribution to our community

thanks
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] zuz242:
arrgh, can´t quote ´cause the tut is a big image.. clever ;)

well, nice tut but it is not working for me. i´m on panoshas black pearl 2.2 and replacing the manila files (used yours) just screws up my background.

So i guess my t3d version must be different ("New Manila v 3.1 panosha with landscape ").
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] PapaDocta:
it would be cool if you post for the old manila too ..
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] deepinside88:
Thank you! You made my life much better.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
This simply means that in your ROM these files are named differently.

The needed files are inside your Windows folder, so to figure out which ones are they, you'd have to copy ALL Manila files to your PC and use CFC GUI to check them and see what are the new file names. You won't have a hard time finding them, since there's not many images that are 512x512 / 512x256 pixels big.

The rest of the process is same as described.

Same thing goes for old Manila. The only difference with old Manila is that I'm not sure there are dedicated images for Landscape mode. Most likely there are only images for portrait, but as I said - I'm not sure. Someone with old Manila would have to check this out.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Pandemoniumone:
This is a much needed thread, thank you for starting it! I'm afraid it is a little to late for me though as I'm using Dutty's v2.6 xtreme rom with the new manila. It would be awesome if Chainfire makes his tool compatible with the new manila. I would definitely send a donation his way for the CFC GUI tool so I can finely "automagically" have a beautiful personal wallpaper!

Any idea when his new tool will be available?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] digimaz:
Is it possible for those which have tried this and confirmed that it worked successfully to post their work up here too? So others that like the same background can enjoy them as wel.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] KukurikU:
after copying in my windows directory the files that rozenthal was so generous to share (after making a back-up;)) i can confirm that the gray tiles looks fine in my all tabs. i can not say that now i have a high resolution back ground because the image is gray and the tiles are very, very small. just kiddin':p....the tiles are only a few pixels so it is easy to see that YES, i have a high resolution image in all my back grounds. i guess the same image without being killed, sliced and being revived should look awful.

there is a small bug: if u are looking closely you can notice that my lower band (Bottom Curtain) is transparent and the background image is not "stretching" to the that part of my screen. this is certanly not rozenthal's fault, this is because me tweaking the mannila. i don't think that covering that part of the screen should be a problem.

now go back and release the finger keyboard 2.1 rozenthal!:D enough playing!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] banzaip:
I use your tuto, and all tab is OK, except for home tab, I have a white background !!!

I use dutty 2.6, and analog + flip clock from Max TF3D Theme Maker on home !
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Borbosch:
Hi there!

I was so happy while reading your Tutorial, because i allways searched for a solution for the blurry Backgrounds in TF3D. I tried all the steps but my result looks like the attached Screenshot. You will recognize a small grey line where the two parts of the background come together.

Is this a other Manilla part which overlays the Background? Because the files should be OK, i checked twice that no pixelline is missing.

Any Ideas?

(the pngs that i used for the manilla files are in the Zip-File)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Hello Borbosch,

the issue you describe is the last thing we have yet to figure out. Chainfire is working on solving this. If it makes you feel any better, I had the same issue on some of my wallpapers as well.

I assumed it was aligning issue, but yesterday night Chainfire said it was not problem in bitmap aligning but rather something else. I have a feeling it might have something to do with compression, but we'll know soon enough, and hopefully provide a solution.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Did you revert the wallpaper to default in Settings tab > Wallpaper?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
:)

It's not a bug, I think the problem is in the fact that when you use default wallpaper (and this is "default wallpaper"), the bottom curtain goes to 100% opacity.

I had this same thing. I solved it by installing Max theme maker and deploying bottom transparent curtain, but only AFTER I updated wallpaper files.

So, if you had it set to transparent before, try setting it once again. It should work ok.

And you're right - I should go back to FKBD now, I know everyone is waiting for it :P
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] banzaip:
Yes, this is my file ...
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Hm, the files are ok, I checked them.

I would assume it has to be that the Manila wallpaper files for the Rhodium ROM probably have different filenames then the Topaz.

I have Dutty 1.9 and it works as described. I can only suggest you copy all _manila files and check them to see where the default wallpaper files are. Then you can simply do the same procedure, and update those files with new bitmaps.

But I can't understand how come you have the updated wallpaper on other tabs, but not on the home tab. That is really strange. Perhaps there are 2 additional _manila files for home wallpaper?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] banzaip:
I made some test ! With digital flip clock it's OK, the pb is this analog + flip clock "dutty" from max TF3D theme maker.

I try with other background and i've same issue !

I think analog must be change, or alpha of wallpaper must be adjust.

I see the one black line on all wallpaper !
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Ah, you didn't say you have Max Theme maker. I had problems with that too!

Uninstall Max theme maker and it will be fine. As for the black line, we still don't know for sure what's causing it.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] KukurikU:
this happened to me also. immediately after installing (well, copying the files) i got the background in all tabs except the home screen. only after choosing the wallpaper from the settings tab i got my home screen also.

about the lower band:i reinstalled the transparent thingies this time using the cab file posted not long ago and...problem solved:D

you impressed me...again!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Svegetto:
Excelent work Rozenthal, I'm sure it's greatly appriciated. Do we think it would be a good idea to open up a new thread similar to "::Touch HD Wallpaper Thread::" but instead "::Touch HD manila v3 Wallpaper Thread::" which would have wallpapers only for the new manila so people wouldn't get confused and try loading wrong backgrounds on wrong versions of manila? Atleast until an automated tool is developed which will convert the files.

What do you guys think?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Chainfire:
I'd advise waiting for that a few days. I've been working on CFC_GUI options to make these backgrounds and it's done for VGA, but some LUA had to be modified. I'm not sure yet if it will need to be adjusted for WVGA as well, but it's likely for good results the backgrounds will have to be remade. I expect to have WVGA fixed somewhere next week (waiting on new HD to come in to test on)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] sitaniace:
try this it works for me perfect quality.

:Dhttp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=431849
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] KukurikU:
i guess you didn't read all the thread and u are clueless what is all about and why we have another thread about wallpapers.

start from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=498102
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Do we know why the portrait has "the line" where the 2 images collapse? Strange thing is there was no line on landscape, but there was 1 pixel overlap between the images.

On portrait I had 2 pixel overlap + line. This was at least what I could measure.

Also, I think for a good test wallpaper, it's necessary to draw lines under 45 degree angle, so that it's easier to see where the overlap happens. I didn't even notice there were problems until I played around with a wallpaper that had a lot of curvy angled lines.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Pandemoniumone:
Congrats on the new device, you're going to love it! I'm looking forward to your WVGA version of your tool so I can finely have nice wallpapers! Will your tool support the new manila?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Sir.B:
i did not see any line in my original wallpaper, so i tried to make a new one,

i picked a light and no horizontal pasterns picture

here is the result, it all seems fine, attached is a zip with manila files so anyone else can try

tell us maybe i'm crazy

i also noticed that for landscape images the height should be 377px not 403px
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
On this kind of wallpaper you will not see the famous "line" or the misalignment problem. The problem appears when your wallpaper contains wide tonal ranges (black to bright) with continuous lines that flow under an angle.

On some wallpapers there's no way you could notice problems, but the fact is - they are there.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] bigjee:
I hope this can be stickied.

About time my wallpaper started looking good.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ballxp:
Could not copy

I could not copy file from internal mem/windows to PC , anyone could help me :confused:
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] NikPraskaton:
Hmmm does this work only on new ROMs? Im using duttys HD 1.7 and after copying the manila files.. didnt get the prompt to overwrite anything... perhaps the manila files for bcgrnd have different filenames.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ballxp:
Different rom Different files name :)

I am not useing Thai HD ROM , Still waitng help to copy file from HD to my PC T_T

When I browse file by using USB, HD doesnot allow me to see windows folder, so I cannot copy to my PC and check the files
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Nvidia32:
I'm sorry, maybe i'm stupid or i've don't understand all the topic, but can you explain to me what's the difference with that? I'm making my own wall since a few weeks and i'd like to know if your method is better than the other.....
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] KukurikU:
maybe..:p

rozenthal and chainfire are in the middle of developing a method of making our home screen appear in full HTC-HD resolution and not the crappy image we are getting.

there is no connection between this thread and the one about making the wallpaper we choose appear in all tabs. this thread is about improving the quality of the wallpaper 'cose till now it doesn't matter what resolution, type or quality of pic you choose for the wallpaper you'll always end up with a blurry stretched and distorted one.

do some more reading...

start from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=498102
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Nvidia32:
I'm sorry but, you don't understand what i've said i think, just tell me, with the method on the other thread i've made some background for all tabs and i just want to know if there are some differences between the 2 methods.

For an exemple, i take pictures from this post and i use the method of this thread, then i make some .cab and i obtain TF3DV2.zip

Can you tell me if you have a best result with the method of this thread...
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ballxp:
From my understanding, other methods that use any picture to be HD's wallpaper will be lost some picture quality but this thread teach us how to implement HD's wallpaper with better quality :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] KukurikU:
the answer is: yes! if u are not using the method described here you'll get "normal" quality wallpaper. read the title (at least) of this thread:

"[TUTORIAL] How to get HIGH QUALITY wallpaper on your Touch HD!"

see, it was already in big letters and i added bold:D you can take any wallpaper and do with it what ever you want but if u are not preparing first with the method described in the first post you'll end up with the usual low quality image we all see on yr HD.

pay attention, in my last answer to you i repeatedly use the word quality. this thread it is not about wallpapers in all tabs or landscape or portrait wallpapers. end of explanations.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Nvidia32:
Ok, i'm going to test this "quality" method, and report as soon as possible ;)

And not need to be condescending as you are with me, i know my english reading and speaking is not perfect, so i don't understant everything, but i try and the only tittle can't resume all the thread. If it's not possible to post some question or request i don't understand what is a FORUM.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ballxp:
TO kukuriku or anyone?

May I get your help? I am now using THAI ROM and now I am stuck. The problem is that I cannot get 2 files which suppose to be substituted.

I read the information above that I have to copy files from folder 'windows' to PC and use promgram to see which files are the files that I want. But, When I syncronized with USB,HD doesnot allow me to see 'windows' folder.Later on, I tried to copy 'window' folder to my 8G memory ,as the result, HD denied to make a copy T_T

Could anyone give me suggestion plz. Thanks:rolleyes:
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ballxp:
:D

Personally, everyone should read at least creator of the thread's article which (this one) is cleary mention about this technique.:D Nevertheless, I don't mind to answer s/o who sometimes don't see the main point of the thread. If I can help someone and I am in the mood, I will help. Othewise, I just skip it.

I am the one that is not expert in ENGLISH as well, So I understand you :) hee hee. So smile :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] KukurikU:
i only wished you read a little more between yr questions. i am not a condescending person but i am a little sarcastic sometimes (at least that's what my friends are complaining to me from time to time). sorry if i sound otherwise. everything was done in good faith and driven by a sincere wish to help. i'll add a smiley to make it more clear:). lol:p
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] KukurikU:
i advise you to wait until the proper tool will be developed and the process will be automatic, at least that's what i understood and hope. see:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3566083&postcount=28

if you still want to look for files than use resco file explorer or total commander (freeware) in yr device. in both programs you have to enable the option to reveal the hidden/system/mannila files.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ballxp:
Thanks la , I will try what you suggested :D
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ballxp:
I did what you suggested. Right now, I can copy manila files but another problem occur. I could not find 512*512 - -'

I load with CFC_GUI all of manila files that I have are the icon of TF3D at the bottom of the screen T_T. Any idea where it is
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Nvidia32:
Ok no problem :)

i've made some tests, but no way, not working for me.

First, if i only use files from this message posted by Rozenthal , i have a blank screen.

Second, if i apply all the TUTO, i have a blank screen.

Third if i apply the TUTO without CFC compress, it's working but i have same resolution than my others Wallpapers (normal?), and i have a little graphic bug in landscape mode (blank vertical line on the right end of the screen).

I'm using .png with good sizes, no problem with that, i use Resco explorer to copy files into my Windows folder...

My questions are: is there any chance to make this working for me (and maybe others)? What's the problem: ROM i use, a program, something else?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] KukurikU:
don't know. if u are looking back at my posts you can see that i used rozenthal's ready made files/wallpapers without any problem. look at the pics...

i just downloaded and copied the files. my wallpapers and my home screen never looked better! :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rechinica:
Yep, working here on Davideuck HP v3 ROM also.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Eraser85:
what about creating a thread with true high quality (THQ :D ) wallpapers? :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
I agree that we should create a thread with high quality wallpapers, but I suggest we wait for Chainfire to cook up some goodness into his CFC GUI Manila editor.

So more people can make them...
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] NikPraskaton:
Works for me! Great! Now.. lets make some custom bcgrnds :D

hmm one problem at start :D when I copy manila files on my computer (runnin vista) the files dissapear! cfc gui opens them but I cant see them on my desktop. Any clues?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Probably because you have set your Windows folders to hide System files.

Dunno about Vista, but in XP it's like this:

- open any folder

- Tools

- Folder options

- View

- Show hidden files and folders

- Untick "Hide protected operating system files"
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] NikPraskaton:
Yup. Didnt unticked "Hide protected operating system files" :rolleyes:

Here is mine background finally in much better quality than before! Only its a lot darker :(

edit:

I attached the rar file with 2 manila files for portrait background.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] raz0r09:
Hallo guys,

can anyone do this for the famous peces pic of the Iphone. I am not very good in technics, so I would be glad if someone could transform this Walpaper for the new Manila:

I am looking forward to hear from somebody!

Best regeards

raz0r09
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] mtbmtbmtb:
Is this a manila only problem or do you also get it in windows 6.5?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Pandemoniumone:
Any info on when the "True HQ Wallpaper Tool" will be available? Also if it will be compatible with the new manila?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Akhara:
very good, hope there will be later a soft for this ^^

what is hard is to slice precisely.. I use fast stone image viewer;)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] crazililazn:
hey. im using dutty extreme 2.6 rom and when i try to overwrite the old manila files, it gives me the error message that says it is being used, not enough storage memory, and it is write-protected. can anyone help me. all help will be much appreciated :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] KukurikU:
from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3570669&postcount=48
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] rovex:
Is a manila issue, the OS doesnt matter. Windows mobiles standard home screen displays all pictures at full quality
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] maranell0:
I wrote a small app that does the resizing and compression automatically, please take your time to test it

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=503511
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Chris Cross:
Wow - great thread. I'll have to try it out.

@Rozenthal: Thanks for all the work and time invested!!! Impressive!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Dawei94:
what does it mean by "make transparent images"?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Dawei94:
Can someone post a folder with the 4 original manila files? I accidentally deleted the backup of the original ones
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Coyote.Max:
Anyone knows what manila files in stock ROM corresponding to wallpaper? I know what files in newer TF3D but not in TF3D 1.3.x (stock ROM).

Thanks:)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
You can copy all _manila files to your PC, and use CFC GUI to check which files are used to create background image.

Apparently, they changed the file names between different Manila versions.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Coyote.Max:
Yes, I did it, but apparently files where wallpaper is are coded somehow. CFC GUI didn't show any promissing files. As someone mentioned earlier, files with best possibility of being wallpaper did not occured to be one. Anyway, there's another file 0d1412fr_manila. But this file is no good too.

So I wondering if there is Manilav2 cab anywehere:]
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Hmmm... As far as I know, that's not possible.

CFC should read any Manila file that contains a bitmap. Also, CFC will only load graphic Manila files, it will ignore other files that contain no images.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] vagel7:
I made the pictures, but when run the CFC GUI and go to open the folder that has the manila images do not show me any picture in list left.:(

Can someone help? I have the latest version of CFC GUI.

I found these pictures in my device/windows for portrait and landscape http://rapidshare.com/files/239622986/original_manila_files.rar.html

Sorry for my English!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Vagel, this thread is no longer active. I've managed to get attention of some great programmers and they have now created several very good applications that do everything automatically. Just look them up in Blackstone\Theme, App and Soft forum!