A Prettier rEFIt

[stefanwa]

Okay, just done a monochrome version of the Windows logo. To be specific, a monochrome boot camp icon. Mind if I do a repack with the Windows icon+ the optimized refit.conf? And by the way, I also need your help with aligning the stuff. Thanks.

And here's my final product, boot camp logo is fully monochrome :

Hi!

Could you upload your theme somewhere? It's exactly what I searched for...great work! Thanks

[qubert]

Can some one please share those icons please please

[mspritch]

For those struggling to get hostname.bmp files recognised, try this:-

Boot into Windows
Open the hostname.bmp in Paint (in a Bootcamped setup you should be able to read this from your Macintosh HD partition)
Save As, save a copy on your Windows desktop
Boot back into MacOS or whatever
Copy the new hostname.bmp back to your \efi\refit folder

This worked for me, using a 256x40, 24-bit bitmap. Even though there's not much difference between a Paintbrush BMP and an MSPaint BMP, it seems to be enough.

[mspritch]

I still need a banner though. My fiancee said that she would whip one up for me that says "Choose Your Weapon" so I'll update when I get that.

rEFIt feature request: MP3 theme tune support to go with the above banner

[MrNago]

For those struggling to get hostname.bmp files recognised, try this:-

Boot into Windows
Open the hostname.bmp in Paint (in a Bootcamped setup you should be able to read this from your Macintosh HD partition)
Save As, save a copy on your Windows desktop
Boot back into MacOS or whatever
Copy the new hostname.bmp back to your \efi\refit folder

This worked for me, using a 256x40, 24-bit bitmap. Even though there's not much difference between a Paintbrush BMP and an MSPaint BMP, it seems to be enough.

Same here, you have to use Microsoft Paint! For some reason...
No way i coould get it to work with PaintBrush/Photoshop.
I went even simplier. Small monochrome (1 bit) bmp.

[lamalex]

This is beautiful!! I have been searching for that monochrome apple logo for 30 minutes, and now I find a beautiful selection and circle of friends image. Merry christmas to me.

[wersdaluv]

To the OP: Mind if I fork your theme? I have already created more icons for Windows + more distros:

You can find raprap30's icons here http://cl.ly/1y2B3P3806212H2u2R06

[mikev63]

Hi all,
This has been an incredibly helpful thread. Thank you to everyone here for sharing your ideas. I have one question, does anyone know how to add text to the background/hostname.bmp? ...i have been able to edit everything else and i am using a solid black background. I understand that the background color is set with the top left pixel of the .bmp file but there must be a way to add text. Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

[benjihall]

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[rezzo]

Nice work!