HOW-TO make custom usplash art

[Bodsda]

After only being able to find posts of people asking this question i decided to explore and find out how to do it. Great thanks to garry for his tuto at -- http://ubuntusatanic.org/forum/comme...onID=21&page=1

So first things first, create an image you wont to use for usplash
try and keep the colours to a minimum

1.) Make the image 1024x768.

2.) Flatten the image so it only has one layer.
-- in GIMP do this by {Image-->flatten image}.

3.) Reduce the colours by doing
{Image-->Mode-->Indexed} Select "Generate optimum palette" and set the number of colours to 256.

4.) Play around with dithering to set optimum appearance, then save as a .png

5.) Repeat this for sizes -- 800x600, 1365x768, 640x480 & 640x400

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- Install some build utilities

1.)

sudo apt-get install cdbs debhelper dpkg-dev fakeroot devscripts autotools-dev

- Install the build dependencies for the usplash stuff

2.)

sudo apt-get build-dep usplash-theme-ubuntu

- Get the source code - I'd base it on the xubuntu usplash.

3.)

cd && apt-get source xubuntu-artwork-usplash

- Make sure you have permission to overwrite everything

4.)

user=$(whoami) ; sudo chmod -R 777 /home/$user/xubuntu-artwork-0.19*

- Build the package

5.)

user=$(whoami) ; cd /home/$user/xubuntu-artwork-0.19/ && dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

Installation. The compilation process generates a .so file. Copy it
to /usr/lib/usplash. To install it, run

6.)

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-artwork.so usplash-artwork.so /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-xubuntu.so 10

- Finally

7.)

sudo update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so && sudo update-initramfs -u

- Test it with

8.)

sudo usplash -c

Enjoy!!!

[monolux]

Been looking a long time for this topic big txs!!!

[Bodsda]

No probs m8, the only thing i would say is when designing your art for usplash make sure your only using a 16 bit colour palette, keep colour to a minimum, try and make do with bold colours and not many different shades -- usplash is fairly limited to the amount of colour you can use.

[Het Irv]

Thanks for Writing this, It was really needed. Wiki version?

[ellaguno]

Great post Bodsda. You have a typo in step 6

where it says ..../usr/lib/usplash/usplash-them-xubuntu.so 10

should say ..../usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-xubuntu.so 10

I used a 256 image (fairly big) with no problem in my laptop.

[theozzlives]

I tried this and wound up with an Xbuntu theme, I wanted my own theme

[zakeytech]

You are really something.

[Bodsda]

You are really something.

What something am i??

I tried this and wound up with an Xbuntu theme, I wanted my own theme

Can you paste all the commands you typed in please -- you were meant to substitute some of the names for your own ones.

Great post Bodsda. You have a typo in step 6

where it says ..../usr/lib/usplash/usplash-them-xubuntu.so 10

should say ..../usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-xubuntu.so 10

I used a 256 image (fairly big) with no problem in my laptop.

Glad i could help -- Typo fixed, thanks

[soxs]

/home/$USER and user=$(whoami) can be replaced by $HOME
nice tutorial btw

[Bodsda]

/home/$USER and user=$(whoami) can be replaced by $HOME
nice tutorial btw

Cheers -- i know bout the $HOME and things now, i wrote this tut quite a while back when i was less knowledgable -- maybe i should rewrite it