yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] leadpoizon:
Have you tried interlacing your .pngs? I realized that interlacing my images for manilla 2D themes helped. I was also under the impression that HTC has some special compression going on with their images, but while saving my images in photoshop, I save them in .png and select interlace option in the end. Try it. :)

Here's what's up:

1. When you save images for your pocket PC, they DO have to be in a loss less format, such as .png... This goes for Homescreen backgrounds as well, so when you save a picture off your phone camera, it'll be pixelation by default because they're usually in .jpeg format.

2. When you save images in Photoshop, in a format like .png. Save them as Interlaced images, or they'll come out crappy on the device.

3. If you are using the color overlay feature in Photoshop to, say, change the color of the image, There will be pixelation if there are any gradients in the picture. Most of the images in the Manilla 2D theme files have gradients, so almost all of them result in pixelation. What you have to do for those is: Zoom in and use the Blur tool (Smart Blur filter on larger images.) to smooth out the pixelation!

Hope this works for other people, and if someone can contribute anything else, it would also be appreciated. :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] petard:
The screen is 800x480 isn't it?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] liav12:
yes it is 800*480

makes me feel bad that it looks like that on such a beautiful device.

its obviously unacceptable that HTC playes like that.

i dont understand whats their big problem to give us some drivers that would solve this annoying issue
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] showaco:
Here, try this file out. Make a backup copy of yours unless its cooked in rom, that way you can delete this if necessary. It makes a difference for me. In this section of script, I changed the values to 200, 200 and it was reeeeeally crappy. I did that when I was checking effect. Originally it was 512, 512. In this one, I made it 800, 800.

I think it also makes bg's better if you make them square(in my case 640x640), especially if your using the new landscape manila. I know on touch pro, the rotation works better with bg's that don't have to be stretched.

Does anyone know what the true, false is at the end of that line?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] grzegorz10:
Re Wallpaper Resolution

I'm sorry but the Wallpaper you have as an original is of such poor quality that no phones resolution could correct it. I have a Touch HD myself and have made many Themes for all different phone resolutions and now for my new phone as well and have never had trouble getting what I expected and I use all of the graphic formats ie: .png .jpg etc.

For WVGA the Backgrounds actually need to be 480 x 696 for portrait and 800 x 366 for Landscape, what has not been taken into account is the size of the top and bottom bars which are both 52 pixcels adding up to 104 pixcels this needs to be subtracted from the overall size.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=492857&highlight=touchflo+vista
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Rozenthal:
Of course I tried. I tried interlacing both PNG and GIF's, I also tried different color depths, and all supported picture formats. It had no impact.

The thing is images don't look crappy on the device - when you view them in Album application, they look excellent. Actually, they look better then on my 30" Apple cinema screen, because HD has such huge pixel density.

However, when you apply these images to act as wallpapers on Home screen, they drop in quality and sharpness so much that it degrades the whole device appearance. And this is very annoying :(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Rozenthal:
The image I attached is 600% blown up version, that's not full size wallpaper.

And it doesn't matter what kind of quality of image I use - the images always appear much less sharp and with reduced quality when applied to home screen wallpaper.

Also, I don't think you're right about 480x696. That is the "visible" area of the screen, but homescreen wallpaper will always be used in 100% if the width is 480 or height 800. It might get cropped tough, can't say that for sure.

But, for example lets say you want to use image that is 800x800 in original resolution. When you set it as wallpaper, it will not be resized to fit 696 height, but rather it will be cropped on the sides, and the top and bottom bars will cover the top areas of the image. But there will be no scaling involved. This can be easily tested simply by overlaying the original image over the captured image of the device.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Rozenthal:
Hey, thanks! I have tested this, using 640x640 images, as well as 800x480, and 800x800. I can't say if it's a placebo effect, but the image does look slightly better.

Could I ask you to make a few versions of this file with parameters that can be substracted by 512? Because if I remember correctly, Manila likes those 512 numbers. So, if you would be so kind to make 1024x1024, 1536x1536, and 2048x2048.

I would be glad to test them to see if there are any further improvements over this issue.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Rozenthal:
Ok, I tested everything again with a different wallpaper, so there's no more question whether the source file is good quality.

I think this image is suitable, because it has a lot of small details, but also large areas with soft transitions, so we can see the effect of compression on both the detail and the textures.

I also tested 696 file, and as I said earlier - it has absolutely no positive effect to image quality.

I have also noticed that in fact even the HTC Album applies some sort of image compression, but it's much much less visible! You can notice the effect of this on the dark area transitions. However, it's barely noticable when viewed on the device.

Perhaps if someone who knows where the HTC Album Manila files are, maybe it would be possible to compare them with the files that control compression in Home screen? Perhaps it would be enough just to copy the settings for HTC Album? Just an idea...

I'm attaching the files, they speak for themselves.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] BadCluster:
ok i've search in the registry with:

compress

quality

jpg

wallpaper

desktop

but nothing
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Rozenthal:
So did I :) Same results.

I don't think it's that simple anymore. We probably need to combine 2 things: the edited Manila file to support graphics up to 800 pixels, a way to easily compress a photo with ATC compression and then make Manila use it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Rozenthal:
OK, I think I finally figured out some stuff. First of all, we knew from before that wallpaper image for landscape was made out of 2 bitmaps.

However, it seems that this is the same case with the portrait wallpaper as well.

Digging through Manila graphic files I've found that indeed the maximum image size is 512x512pixels. So, in order to get the 480x696 pixel needed to cover the whole visible screen area, guys from HTC simply used 2 images, each with 512x512 resolution, but first actually covering 480x512 area, and the second 480x184.

Together, as you can see, they make 480x696.

But, what happens when you load 800x400 pixel image?

Most likely that the image first gets cropped to 480x696 dimensions, and after that top part (480x512) is put into one file, and the bottom part (480x184) is put into a separate file. They both get compressed with that ugly algorithm and that's why we end up with crappy looking wallpaper photos.

Files involved are:

LANDSCAPE:

29cff4fe_bglevel0_landscape_left.png

058acf31_bglevel0_landscape_right.png

PORTRAIT:

70083a29_bg_level0.png

77feee1d_bg_level0_bottom.png

Now, it's clear that Manila indeed does support full resolution, but because the wallpaper is being split into 2 parts and compressed, we have poor image quality. What brings us back to my first idea - is there a way to disable this compression, or increase the quality of the compressed photo by somehow forcing the compression algorithm to produce higher quality images?

Another way would be to use a Manila editor, cut the images into 2 manually, update old Manila default wallpaper files and always use the default background.

This is of course major pain in the a$$ to do each time you want to simply change a wallpaper.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Rozenthal:
Oh and by the way, for the record, I just manually updated these Manila graphic files, overwrote the old ones and I'm looking at my full-resolution wallpaper right now.

So, this obviously can be done. The question is can it be automatized?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Arju:
this is a tricky subject.. well i've always edited the 4 manila files to create my wallpapers on my Raphael.. well i also tried background for all tab but that's kinda buggy in the prosess of when i change from portrait to landscape.. well it's like the background for all tab app kinda takes the image i want as background and overlap the 4 manila files that has to be edited manually to make a great background,... well anyway i'm stuck with the same thoughts as this thread states... it's not so fun to always have to edit those manila files to create a good background and so forth...
[Touch HD General] supasye:
hi all..

im looking for the windows themes that came with the phone.. mainly the black and red 3d ones.. since i put dutty on they have gone.. did a search but cnt find them even on google..

if someone could upload them or point me in the right direction that would be great.

thanks.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] Brokul:
Is there any possibility to change language in transcriber?

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jambaj0e:
CONTACTS PAGE

Pretty self-explanatory, although the grid uses Object Grid, so to add, you must be in Author Mode. This is the only way to add those nice custom icons.

Tapping Software again brings up Resco Contact Manager

The Menu button on the far left is replaced by Home button, which closes the dock

AGENDA PAGE

Tap on HOME or on the clock on the left hand side to go back to the HOME PAGE

I use Pocket Breeze Today plugin here, but you can substitute it with WAD's internal agenda

Bottom four buttons:

New Appt: Creates a new appointment via Agenda One

New Task: Creates a new task via Agenda One

New Note: Opens up Window's Note app

Agenda: Opens up Agenda One

WEATHER PAGE

Tap on the big weather pic to close Weather Dock

Tap on the current temperature or the "updated...." to update weather

Tap on the left or right arrow on either side of the City to switch between Home and Visiting City
[Windows Mobile Themes] jambaj0e:
Reserved for future use
[Windows Mobile Themes] nir36:
megabeautiful.
[Windows Mobile Themes] galvaliziman:
simply perfect.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Aegishua:
Sorry, ive gotta dissagree with everyone else here. Its beautiful sure.. but isnt it a bit cluttered? and also it looks like its a tad unconventional and might be difficult to use. But still a very great looking UI
[Windows Mobile Themes] mobile101:
not good

not good

not good
[Windows Mobile Themes] norkoastal:
I really like the layout, but I do think you could incorporate more of a color theme to this to glue everything together a bit better. Another item to note is the use of (or lack of) docks.. The homepage has a lot going on which could be solved with a top down swipe to remove some clutter. Music integration with song information would be nice as well.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jambaj0e:
Can you go more in details in what you are mentioning? I believe I do have a color theme going: white, light grey, dark grey, and orange. Do you see something else otherwise or lacking?

As for the docks, the Software, System, and Contacts button on the bottom open up their own perspective docks. The Agenda and Weather has their own docks. What other docks/features do you propose? What do you consider with the top-down swipe?

Music integration is something I will add later. The only thing is that there is no relatively universal music integration for the main apps out there. I use exclusively Pocket Player, in which I can add the fast forward, rewind, play/pause buttons. Other people wants S2P, Nitrogen, Core Player, or WMP. Perhaps, there's an app that can mimic A2P functions?
[Windows Mobile Themes] jambaj0e:
Ok, can you go further with that? In what ways is it not good? How can it be improved?
[Windows Mobile Themes] arungk2:
excellent theme very different from the usual.

great work

thanks for the effort you have put in.

need some installation instruction though it does not show on my atom as it does on the post.

where do we put the other 2 files.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Jclarkk:
It does abit annoy me though that you havn't even mentioned where you got the "inspiration" for this theme from. Atleast credit the original creator.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jambaj0e:
Sorry, I had this thread in the WAD2 forum, where the original Concept WAD for Omnia was pretty well known. I did update my first post to include that thread: http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15005

As you can see, I was inspired by the theme and color palette, but my overall design is very different from the original Concept Omnia version.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jambaj0e:
Which 2 files are you having problems with? The folder "Concept Moderne" goes under \Program Files\Lakeridge\Wisbar Advance Desktop\Themes

The folder "Concept Moderne Images" goes under \Storage Card\Wisbar Advance Desktop\
[Windows Mobile Themes] jminor4326:
I posted my remarks in the WAD2 forum, but to keep the xda community informed, here are my remarks: I am so incredibly impressed with your design work, your graphics and the WisBar software. The software alone has opened a new world. My problem is I don’t understand the WisBar programming technique enough to know how or where to “program” it to have the same outcome and appearance as your design would dictate, and frankly I don’t have the time to teach myself. I am a computer hacker so I know a fair amount, but not the intricacies of a new program like WisBar. Can you find time to describe in slightly more detail, in what directories (or even if you have to make new directories) how to make my phone operate as the YouTube demo I watched. I think your knowledge would be a real gift to the community.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jambaj0e:
Wait, what Youtube demo?
[Windows Mobile Themes] destri:
:D

The demo of my original theme (i Think): --> Concept demo by destri

:D

Well, you have made a great variation with your version !
[Windows Mobile Themes] Gustopher:
WVGA Version

I know there has been a little talk about it, but does anyone know of a WVGA version of either jamboj0e or destri's theme?

Not that I think I will get time to do it, but if there isn't a WVGA version would either of you mind if I had a go as a homage!
[Windows Mobile Themes] jambaj0e:
Ahh, that looks great! Now I see how each of your panel works. I may have to record my own demo then =D
[Windows Mobile Themes] anonimov:
Links to download fails

Only the third link works. Please repair them. Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] jambaj0e:
I'm going to put up an update very soon. The new version will have animated menus for software, system, and contacts. It's looking pretty darn good ;D
[Windows Mobile Themes] jambaj0e:
Hey guys, I uploaded v1.3 of the Concept Moderne. The Software menu, System menu, and the Contacts menu now all have animations. Bear in mind, because of the way WAD does animations, there is a slight delay on the Software, System, and Contact tab buttons when changing menus.

Download from the first post!
[Windows Mobile Themes] jminor4326:
I can't get my screens to work when I install the Moderne files. Can someone please be more specific as to where the unzipped directories and files go, and which ones would get deleted. I've tried everything. What is the file structure. I would really appreciate some help. Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] ZED_pt:
It would fit me perfectly the only problem is WAD2...dont like it and for some reason i cant install custom themes....i do everithing as asked by the author´s and still all i get is a black screen.
[Windows Mobile Themes] plemen:
@Jambaj0e this skin is the BOMB!! Great job - I haven't been a WAD2 fan in the past but the lack of customization of M2D (other than the buttons and background) had me looking for options - and this skin is some fresh stuff - thanks for your efforts.

One bug I've found is that when you are on the Home tab and if you click on the software tab, the Home tab changes to "Honu" - instead of "Home".

@ZED_pt WAD2, while new to me, seems to have a lot of flexibility and a bit of a learning curve. Here is what I did to get the skin installed:

(From the readme)

Copy "Concept Moderne" folder into \Program Files\Lakeridge\Wisbar Advance Desktop\Themes\

Copy "Concept Moderne Images" folder into \Storage card\Wisbar Advance Desktop\

(My extra steps)

Run WAD2 in Page Menu mode

click and hold anywhere on the wad2 screen (maybe some blank spot?)

select "Settings"

click on "Change Theme"

Select "Concept Moderne" and click on Menu -> Set as Portrait Theme

Click Apply then OK

cheers.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jminor4326:
Plemen - your notes make the install better but I still get garbage. (the added notes are now included in the 'wadesktop' zip as a readme) Now I get opaque squares on the main screen that give me error messages when touched, and the only additional screen is the calendar which I reach by tactile contact across the screen. I thought this was a plug-in-play, but apparently for people like me with no experience with WAD more is required. How do I get the other pages and icons? Please help as I'm learning but not fast enough and I think I'm at a dead end. Thanks in advance.
[Windows Mobile Themes] plemen:
Hmm... not sure where you could be going wrong... judging by your symptoms it looks like the theme can't find the images folder. Can you check your Storage Card and make sure there is a folder called "Wisbar Advance Desktop"? Copy the whole "Concept Moderne Images" folder into this folder and then try again.

Also, you can change the programs and actions associated with any button by going into Author mode and changing the settings... takes a bit of experimenting and getting used to but works.

Here are some issues I am running into:

1) When I pull up the full weather panel (swipe up from the home screen) the weather panel comes up but it won't go away - how can I make this panel go away and get back to the main screen?

**EDIT - figured it out: you can click on the left most weather picture to bring the weather up and then bring it down.

2) On the contacts screen when I click on a blank contact and try to add a contact it goes back to the main screen. The workaround is I have to DELETE the blank contact and then I can click on this deleted contact spot and add. Also, any time I click on anything in the contacts (like after deleting) the theme takes me back to the home screen... kind of annoying.

Great theme - looking forward to an update/clarification on the contacts and weather panel.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] arungk2:
sir thanks for assuming that all are software geeks.but still it will be nice ,if you can explain which of these three files go where,so that my phone looks like this post.

explicit installation instructions are not mandatory but helpful.thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] jambaj0e:
Hey all,

I uploaded the weather icons images, in case some of you don't have it:

Download the weather icons here: http://rapidshare.com/files/217925270/Concept_Moderne_Weather_Icons.zip
[Windows Mobile Themes] jambaj0e:
Thanks for the extra clarifications for the other readers. As for the Contacts Dock, since I already have contacts on my Concept Moderne WAD, perhaps when you install Concept Moderne on your system, it shows the contacts as a "blank contact" instead of an "Add Contact." Is that right?

If that is the case, just erase the blank contacts.

If there's still an issue,go to Author Mode and check the CONTACTS DOCK's properties. The "Hide after executing shortcut" should be unchecked.
[Windows Mobile Themes] plemen:
Thanks I will do that - appreciate your efforts. Is there some of "Pinning all" to pin all of the elements? I find myself accidentally moving the buttons etc.

cheers.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jambaj0e:
What phone are you using? Also, did you use the wadesktop or the original WAD theme files?
[Windows Mobile Themes] jambaj0e:
First of all what phone are you using? Only the Concept Moderne WAD zip and Concept Moderne Image Files zip are needed if you have a "\Storage Card" directory in your phone.

The folder from the Concept Moderne WAD goes under \Program Files\Lakeridge\Wisbar Advance Desktop\Themes\

The folder from the Concept Moderne Images goes under \Storage card\Wisbar Advance Desktop\

Load Wisbar Advance Desktop, hold and tap on the screen to open up the context menu. Choose Settings. Go to Change Theme. Choose Concept Moderne as your Portrait Theme
[Windows Mobile Themes] jambaj0e:
That's strange. My phone doesn't show that at all. It shouldn't, since the Home Tab is an image, so the word "Home" is not a text created within WAD. Can you post a screenshot?
[Windows Mobile Themes] jminor4326:
I have a Mogul 6800 running 6.1. I used wisbardesktop QVGA plus the wadesktop v1.3 and WAD v1.3. I still don't know what to do with the other files in Weather icons. Should I have used both of the v1.3 files? I saw another great theme, WD7, ( http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14477 ) that has different files plus the instructions are clear and it runs well. Is there a difference between WAD and WAD2?
[Windows Mobile Themes] jambaj0e:
The Concept Moderne wadesktop v1.3 and the WAD v1.3 is essentially the same theme files, except wadesktop is the exported theme version. The Concept Modern image folder need to go \Storage Card\Wisbar Advance Desktop.

The weather can be placed anywhre (I made a weather folder under \Storage Card\Wisbard Advance Desktop). Go to the WAD settings and go to the icons tab. Choose the large weather icons for Large Icon Directory and the small weather icons for the Small Icon Directory. You should be all set, but sometimes, you may need to Quit WAD and restart it again.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jambaj0e:
IMPORTANT:

I have found a small error on the weather page. Tomorrow's Forecast is not set right and is actually only reading off Today's Forecast.

Open the full weather page by clicking on the weather pic at the bottom of the Home Page.

Go to Author Mode and hold n' tap Tomorrow's Forecast text. The "Text to display" should read %MultiForecast1%. If yours is not, change it to that. Now your Tomorrow Forecast is going to show tomorrow's forecast.

Thanks guys!
[Windows Mobile Themes] hossann:
Hi, i have got this "HONU" at the software tab. How to get rid.

Is a nice theme, unfortunately this theme cannot load up when i soft reset.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jambaj0e:
That is strange! Like I said before, HOME is hard-written as an image tab, so for it to change like that is very strange. Are you using the newest version? Try redownloading the image file again. As for the theme not loading up.... I'm not sure. Anyone else can figure this out? Thanks!