How to change wallpaper to any single JPEG image? - Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps

All,
Is there a way to do this? All i want is to browse to any picture in my internal storage and set it as a wallpaper on the TF3D Home tab.
I already have the Diamond Wallpaper changer program but pics have to be in a directory right?
Perhaps I've missed something very obvious?!
Thanks

Just go to the settings tab in tf3d, same tab as wifi, bluetooth and other stuff is, there you'll find an option to change the wallpaper aswell

Ha, I knew it was something easy, I'm still used to finding my way with the 'original WM' style interface.
Thanks!

but one thing...you need to downsize pic you want to 320 x 293 so it will look right on your screen.

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OK....Check WIKI

And attempted to search but found nothing. I am the owner of a Dash (Excalibur), but have two friends running Wings and they would like to know how to change around home screens. Ruttensoft and MadBeetle seem to be geared towards different sized screens.
Any software out there to efficiently change the screens?
Go to Settings, then TODAY, then under ITEMS
Apologize for not being more clear. I would like to create my own homescreens
Use any popular photo editing software (Photoshop, Paintshop, even IfranView) and crop/shrink the image to a 320x320 resolution. Send the image to your phone... Menu > Set as Today Background. Set the parameters you like (transparancy and the such) and hit OK.
Unless of course you want to change the colors of your Today screen too... then you'd have to use something like ThemeGen to create a theme from scratch and export it as a .tsk file.
Personally, I just use SKTools. It allows you to change all the colors from within the program. No need to create theme files or anything! Plus you get a much wider range of colors.
freakingwilly said:
Use any popular photo editing software (Photoshop, Paintshop, even IfranView) and crop/shrink the image to a 320x320 resolution. Send the image to your phone... Menu > Set as Today Background. Set the parameters you like (transparancy and the such) and hit OK.
Unless of course you want to change the colors of your Today screen too... then you'd have to use something like ThemeGen to create a theme from scratch and export it as a .tsk file.
Personally, I just use SKTools. It allows you to change all the colors from within the program. No need to create theme files or anything! Plus you get a much wider range of colors.
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That easy eh? I need to dump my Dash!

TF3D - Use gradient_background.qtc from o2 for other Themes

Hi there, im thinking about the issue that you cant use a background for all tabs in TF3D, so i am trying to find a solution for that.
We need to find out where in TF3D the XML definition of background tiling is, so we could deactivate that, and replace the manila background tile with a normal wallpaper.
What do you think?
Rotkaeqpchen said:
Hi there, im thinking about the issue that you cant use a background for all tabs in TF3D, so i am trying to find a solution for that.
We need to find out where in TF3D the XML definition of background tiling is, so we could deactivate that, and replace the manila background tile with a normal wallpaper.
What do you think?
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That would be great, one of the most annoying things of TF3D is the background only works on the Today screen. I guess another option would be to find the graphic file within the manilla files that contains the default one. I have seen a couple themes where they have changed that default image, I think it was the Orange one.
added to thread subscriptions, maybe we can do this and it will be so much better!
Thanks, look at the Vodafone theme for example, there is a blank white background. Can we customize the original files like this just with a wallpaper?
I found out that there is a 2bd5bb26_manila (Background image only on O2 theme) in the o2 theme.
When we could use this manila file for other themes too, we would have solved the theme problem!
there's one thing i don't really understand here.
in the o2 default blue theme, the gradient background (for all the tabs) is saved as an image of the width of 1 pixel. i tried to substitute it with another, wider image, but it didn't work.
in the htc black theme, on the other hand, there's no direct image for the background, instead, only the tiles are coded somewhere as image files.
how does it work then, i mean how does manila know how the background is encoded, whether it's a 1px-wide image that needs to be stretched or a tile that fits onto the background "floor" or whatever else on other themes?
if we could find the place where it's encoded what (and how) manila uses for the background, then i guess we could play with it a little more
This is what i have found about the background question in TF3D...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2558844&postcount=180
I haven't had any more time on it .. but I think we have to wait until we can change the mania/GLES files...
I hope this can be done

[REQ]Change Launcer Icon Size

Hello,
Can anyone please tell me how to change the program icon size from the launcher tab (not the background squares, but the actual icon)?
I hate some of the stock icons for my programs / scripts, so I replaced them with different icons using the registry, but for some reason it shrinks them down to something like 32x32 or 64x64, the default size everyone has. My plan is to get rid of the background box altogether and go with like a 128x128 icon if possible.
I am not sure if there is a registry setting I am missing or if you have to hex edit a manilla file. I am open to either.
Thanks,
Josh
Not possible...
I may be wrong, because whenever anyone is explaining why something can't be done, they're usually interupted by the person doing it! I think you'll find the image size is hard-coded into Manila. Whatever size you make the image file, it will always be stretched to 'fill' the picture box on the launcher tab

REQ Original wallpaper in RED?

Hi. I have seen the Original wallpaper but not in black and grey but black and red. I now searching for hours but cant find it again.. Does anyone remember the link? Else a link for the clasic original . (I will paint it..) Thanks ,
you could take it off of your phone then put it into a program like photoshop and overlay it with red.
TF3D Wallpaper..
Something like this?
Not something like this, exactly this !
Thanks . I know i have download it some days before ,but now i have spend hours without finding it..
So how would you go about getting that to be the background on tf3d? Would you have to use a program or could you just put it in a manila file and if so which one?
TF3D wallpaper..
Easy, place the wallpaper in 'My Pictures' on your device. Scroll along in TF3D until you come to settings, choose Wallpaper and when a box opens saying 'Choose default yes/no' choose 'no'. This will take you through to your pictures and you can click on the one you want and it will change it for you to your homescreen. To go back just click the 'yes' in the default wallpaper box.If you want to make your own wallpaper the size is 480x640....
N.B. If you SEARCH on this site for mUn BackgroundMode.CAB and install this CAB to your device you can have your Homescreen Wallpaper on all of your TF3D pages.
Sweet thanks! I knew about the home screen I was looking for how to change all the backgrounds.

Custom Wallpaper

Were i can locate the default wallpapers on my HTC and if anyone know whats the default size of them
Maybe i will sit and make one of my own so i need those info
And ..what i need to make it a weather - wallpaper ? And what i need to make it animated?
Thanx in advance
MOD EDIT - Moved to General forum as not related to rom development
no one can help me?
You're free to decide in which direcotory to put your own wallpapers, no need to put them in the default directory. I for myself have put several wallpapers in a directory on the storage card. Later, as you change your wallpaper, just go to the TouchFlo tab called "wallpaper" or "background picture" (I'm not sure since I use another language version) and navigate to this directory, then select your own wallpaper.
They can be of different sizes. Since this is not a full answer to your question, I added a container with some nice wallpapers which I found in another forum. The last one ("fantasy") is special, it has an additional frame.
Thanx for reply !
i need to know the dimensions cause i like to make my own theme (Starcraft 2 )
Anyway you know how to make it animated ... or like those new "Weather Wallpaper" ?
i have an HTC HD with Maryone Rom... 6.5
dalunatic said:
...i need to know the dimensions cause i like to make my own theme (Starcraft 2 ) .... Anyway you know how to make it animated ... ?
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I only can tell you the dimensions of the one I use myself ("fantasy", it's included in the *.zip file I uploaded). Its dimensions are 533 x 800 pixels.
Sorry, no idea how to animate a picture, my knowledge in graphics is down to almost zero. However, searching with "how to animate a jpg" brought instant access to several solutions (software packages). Some are to be found here: http://bit.ly/cblIdu. Good luck, though!
ok mate
thanx a lot

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