...that was gonna be my guess too

You had to guess?

But then Tron is one of my all-time favourite movies. When we get the technology to teleport people instantaneously from place to place, I hope it will be more like the 'transport' in Tron than the Star Trek transporters...

Now how do I get these logos loaded into my Mark 1, I beg you!

Paul the logo-frustrated

Just need instructions as to which address to upload the file to...

Wow. I just have to say wow. These boot logos are amazing! Really nice work!

I have to ask while Im thinking of it:

I really want a "Jeep" logo for my empeg, what I was thinking is that new "jeep" logo (see attached) animated like they do in the commercials.

I can't remember right off hand, but the "top" half of the logo seems to "drive" in with the bottom half not "fully" attached. The top aligns, and the bottom (headlights etc) sort of bounces into place. I tried to find it animated online but couldnt. Maybe Ill have to tape jeep commercials.

Anyway, to fit in the Empeg screen, I was thinking of fade in some "mountains" in the background, then have the jeep logo do its drive/boiunce thing in from the left ending center screen. Damn, I wish I could remember exactly how it moved.

Can anyone help me out here? I have the elements (logo file, mountains) I just have no clue how to make an animated GIF.

Jeff

Here's the mountain I was thinking of

I've seen the logo do it's thing but also can not remember how it moves, so I can't help there. I think it starts from the left at an angle, moves over an invisable hill, then ends up in the center.
The files you want to use are fine but I would go with a less dithered logo like this one.
I use Photoshop and ImageReady to put together and animate. then the animation tool in Jemplode to do the final touches.
If you have Photoshop 5 or higher drop me a PM and I can go over some tips and tricks for creating your animation if so desire to take a crack at it.

Hey, I know you're getting specific car/truck requests, but I always thought it'd be cool to have more generic ones. Like a sports car one that had spinning tires, a curvy road or tach needles doing their thing. Maybe an off-roader that had a closeup of wheels climbing rocks etc.. Just a thought.

Was it Nissan that has that cool undercarage shot of one of there 4x4's?
me like that one

On a side note, I think we need to start a project to get "startup sounds" for the empeg. I just reinstalled WinAmp5 on my Win-tendo, and it got me thinking....

"EMPEG..empeg....it really whips the Neo's ass..."

Nicely done audio file and TTSClock and we're ready to go!

How about one for the Dodge Ram, in this style, but larger? Maybe finish with a RAM 1500 Logo or simple Dodge Ram. I don't know, always been a thought of mine to do.

Since no one replied, I'll ask again... Is there a program that can be run that will load a random boot animation? Something like programs I've seen that randomly change your background under Windows. This way you could have several of your favorite anims uploaded and each boot would be a different (random) animation.

Nope, the boot animations are stored in flash. It'd be quite possible to write a program which would write a new one into the flash from the hard drive, but the flash memory can only be writen to a finite number of times so it wouldn't be a good idea.

Matthew

OK. The unit has an RTC, so how about once a day or week? That way the animation could change daily or weekly. At that rate, I don't think that you'd be decreasing the life of the flash.

Jeff

Your idea was my original intent.
Not only would it have taken longer to make but with 28 to 30 frames, that idea would happen too fast to to really notice the difference between the two. So I chose the less time consuming idea.

OK, so I was bored, and I took the more time consuming path.

I hope you don't mind... I made a little mod of your "Futuristic" boot screen. Check it out:



Still could use a little cleaning up, and at 25 frames I think it works alright.

That's sweet!!
I like it!
no, wait, I love it!

Glad you like it!

Here's another slightly modified version.

That one takes the cake!

Dude, we should hook up since I'm in hollister, it's not that far.
Me and the guys are doing a jam session this Saturday.
What do you say?

Very Cool! I noticed the last 3 frames are the same... I trimmed two of them. Way to go you two!

I trimmed two of them

Actually, you didn't have to.
The animation editor in jemplode still ignores duplicate frames.

the last 3 frames are the same...

Yeah, those are actually left over from the origional. That was the way the master had done it, so I didn't change it...

Sounds like it doesn't matter anyway.