Boot Up Animation Requests....
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver
Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 11/11/2003 19:57
I suck. I can't make animations. I made the one in link in my signature "Digital Empeg", but I had to do it frame by frame in MS Paint! Yeah, with my old job I could waste all day doing that, but now I'm not even near a computer most days of the week... sigh...
So... I shamelessly am posting some boot-up animation requests, hoping that someone out there has the talents I don't!
1) A "Knight Rider" type KITT animation of either the hood lights (going left to right to left to right) or the in-car thing that moved to KITT's voice....
2) Anything Subaru, whether it be WRX or the SUBARU logos... I'm not picky!
Here is a link for logos:
http://logos.subaru.com/logos/logos.html
Anyone else have any wishes?
Posted by: webroach
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 11/11/2003 22:46
Attachment isn't anything special, but if you give me a specific request, I should be able to work it up for you.
I just attached the final animated gif, but you can load it in JEmplode's animation editor and load it to your deck without any trouble (already tested it myself).
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 11/11/2003 23:05
Bad Ass! You rock! Thank you!
Posted by: webroach
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/11/2003 01:30
Not at all.... Again, I'm more than happy to work up custom boot logos for people anytime. Just as long as folks are patient with me. ;^)
Posted by: JBjorgen
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/11/2003 08:01
Maybe one of these days you can work up something girly with flowers and butterflys and such for my wife. I try to get her excited about cool features like GPS and crossfading, but she seems to be more thrilled that she can change the lens color and boot logo every month. She's also excited about the possibility of different colored fascias and things like that.
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/11/2003 12:04
I'm with webroach.
I'm soon to post my site with several custom static and animated logos, empeg skins, and even several anavu backgrounds. There will be a request section for those willing to be patient with me. I'll try to have it up and running by next week.
Posted by: Narkotic
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/11/2003 12:12
ahh webroach my new pal... i'm lookin for something that involves the words skyline (ala nissan skyline), no pictures, just words... maybe you can think of something... that would rock!!
Posted by: Taym
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/11/2003 12:46
WHat a nice job, webroach.
Well, I can't help asking then
I can't find anything that says "Audi A3". If you can and wish to help me out with this, I'd really appreciate. I tried several time so far, and I have to admit that I am quite bad at that...
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/11/2003 13:55
couldnt remember if they were round, square or the number of LED's.
This one had to have 8 in order to go left to right and back in under 27 frames
Again, load it in JEmplode's animation editor.
Posted by: loren
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/11/2003 14:17
I just tossed this one together using Dave's spinning letters. It's supposed to be a turbo spinning... but the contrast didn't work out to well. If i get time i'll revisit it later.
Posted by: loren
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/11/2003 15:26
Here's another of a WRX driving up. I'm just playing around trying to find a good video. Anyone have a vid of a WRX doing a drift or something that might work?
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/11/2003 16:44
How's this? It's a bit bright but looks ok.
one small thing, for some reason frames 22-24 have a 1 pixel line thats runs across when loaded with JEmplode. That can easly be removed using JEmplode before uploading.
Posted by: webroach
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/11/2003 17:01
First off, BEAUTIFUL with the Turbo WRX. Love it!
Second, if you have the video of the WRX driving up in a larger size, I should be able to stabilize it for you. Might make a nice background....
Posted by: Taym
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/11/2003 17:31
It's Awsome!! THANK YOU!!!
Posted by: webroach
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/11/2003 17:50
Ok, attached is first whack at a Skyline boot logo. And since they're mostly only Japanese Domestic Market...... ;^)
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/11/2003 18:04
Are these going to work with Black, White and 2 shades of grey?
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/11/2003 18:08
Here's a WRX animation (not for the empeg yet).
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/11/2003 18:15
Loren, I love the turbo one! Loading it now!
Posted by: loren
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/11/2003 18:54
Here's one more. I wanna redo it so the background is black but it's going to be a royal pain, so maybe another day.
Posted by: loren
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/11/2003 18:55
Then use this as your car boot logo...
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/11/2003 18:57
Wait... that's broken, it's not a sedan!
Posted by: loren
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/11/2003 19:16
Your wagon is missing a back door!
Posted by: errol
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/11/2003 22:05
I'd love to see one of the BMW logo, spinning, like the Mercedes one I saw a long time ago.
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 13/11/2003 09:29
Is this what you had in mind?
Looks ok on my empeg
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 13/11/2003 09:32
Is this your WRX?
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 13/11/2003 09:38
I also noticed they are way more than 27 frames,
including the black and white ones.
Are these slowing the boot up time at all?
Posted by: tfabris
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 13/11/2003 11:38
I also noticed they are way more than 27 frames, including the black and white ones. Are these slowing the boot up time at all?
Too many frames does not slow down the boot time, but it causes the screen to blink strangely near the end of the boot sequence because the player app and the kernel begin to fight for who's painting the screen.
Posted by: webroach
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 13/11/2003 16:01
I really like the way that came out, with the letters and everything in negative.....
Actually, I think I like it better than the normal version. =^D
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 13/11/2003 16:11
Hehe, no, that's a '04 and mine is the 02-03 body style... but that IS damn sexy!
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 13/11/2003 16:12
Whoa Tony, new avatar! :O
Posted by: image
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 13/11/2003 16:35
Too many frames does not slow down the boot time, but it causes the screen to blink strangely near the end of the boot sequence because the player app and the kernel begin to fight for who's painting the screen.
a3v3 has less than 27 frames, and it starts blinking like you said. which is VERY COOL when you're using the matrix bootup animation.
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 13/11/2003 16:45
What's the Matrix one?
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 13/11/2003 18:13
For anyone looking for even more, I found
this by digging up an old thread... oh yeah,
this too.
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 13/11/2003 18:26
Okay, I editted the "Forest" one above by removing all frames after 60, then deleting every other frame (to give me 30 frames total). Here is what I've got... I think the car drives too fast, I may have been better off just using the first 30...
Posted by: image
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 13/11/2003 23:47
yours.
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 14/11/2003 05:51
Oh, hehe, I wasn't sure if anyone actually used that thing.
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 14/11/2003 06:36
Loren, I don't think you'll get much of this weather in your parts, but check out this
video (wagons).
Posted by: webroach
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 14/11/2003 16:53
I think my monitor just got pregnant. You really need to warn people before posting videos of mid-winter mayhem like that. ;^)
Posted by: Laura
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 14/11/2003 20:41
Damn, that looks like fun. I think my van would flip over if I tried doing slides and spins like those.
Posted by: dalewoodian
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 14/11/2003 22:40
Can somebody do the one that is the motocross one on the kenwoodusa page ?
http://www.kenwoodusa.com/register/kbm_download.jsp
Thanks
Posted by: webroach
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 14/11/2003 22:58
"Motocross" attached. It's a little fast, and I'm not sure how it'll look on the empeg (haven't tried loading it yet).
The images from the Kenwood site are pretty cool, but they pose some problems because of the larger size (176 x 32 as opposed to 128 x 32) and the greater number of frames (80+ in some cases).
Let me know how it works.
Posted by: dalewoodian
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 14/11/2003 23:35
Thanks, that was very quick.
I had to do some touching up on it to make the rider stand out but it looks pretty good.
Posted by: loren
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 15/11/2003 02:34
Loren, I don't think you'll get much of this weather in your parts, but check out this video (wagons).
=O
Oh man. You just planted a seed my friend. I must do that... nay i WILL do that. Is it snowing in Reno yet? I'm sure there's some parking lots or empty fields around there somewhere....
Posted by: webroach
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 15/11/2003 17:28
Could you post the re-touched version? I'm sure there are probably others who would appreciate it. =^D
Posted by: msaeger
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 15/11/2003 22:08
I would go someplace you can find a frozen lake.
Posted by: mtempsch
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 16/11/2003 02:54
Just make sure the ice is thick enough - we had a guy here put a 3 month old SUV (can't recall brand) through the ice just outside Gothenburg this winter. Took him about a week to arrange a rescue - I'm sure the electrical system appreciated the saltwater...
/Michael
Posted by: msaeger
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 16/11/2003 08:21
And you're supposed to have the window rolled down too.
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 17/11/2003 15:30
Here is another Nissan Skyline boot for you.
Posted by: JBjorgen
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 17/11/2003 15:41
Maybe one of these days you can work up something girly with flowers and butterflys and such for my wife.
Uh oh. I made the mistake of mentioning this thread to her when it started and now she asks me all the time when the pretty animation is coming.
Posted by: Narkotic
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 17/11/2003 15:50
OMG! I LOVE YOU MAN!
Posted by: siberia37
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 17/11/2003 16:21
Check out the butterfly animation
here. Pretty cutsy.
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 17/11/2003 17:04
Maybe one of these days you can work up something girly with flowers and butterflys and such for my wife.
got one in the oven
Posted by: JBjorgen
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 18/11/2003 07:33
siberia:
Cool...I saved it ...wondering what I have to do to make it empeg compatible...I'm sure there's a faq entry on it somewhere.
skunk#1:
Thanks a bunch. Much appreciated.
Posted by: siberia37
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 18/11/2003 08:26
Just click on the Preview button for each animation, then right-click on the animated gif that appears and save it. Use JEmplode's animation editor to open the animated gif and upload it to your Empeg.
Posted by: JBjorgen
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 18/11/2003 10:08
Sweet. Wasn't aware of that feature in JEmplode as I still usually use emplode.
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 18/11/2003 12:45
Ok, the kenwood and panasonic clips are nice but
we own the coolest car stereo on earth!
No one wants to hear "Thats cool, I have that on my stereo too."
Behold........the empeg buterflies.
P.S. also available with Rio logo.
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 18/11/2003 16:06
You might also want to delete some frames (either the first 1/2, or every other one) to keep the number of frames down to about 30 or so.
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 19/11/2003 13:03
Hey Brad! check this out!
Looks best if you use the last frame as your static boot.
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 19/11/2003 13:30
Not sure if you chose to use the animation i came up with but in case you did, I would like to provide you with a better file than the one posted.
I notice that the ani tool in jemplode does not convert these 32 color animations to 4 colors very well. So I decided to convert them myself. The result is a much clearer animation. The previews may not look great but at least this is exactly what you will see on the empeg screen.
Take a look at this preview and the original file and yoll see what i mean
Posted by: loren
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 19/11/2003 17:15
YES!!!!! Thanks for the spin out. So sweeeeet. putting it on now...
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 19/11/2003 17:26
Oh my gosh, that rocks! Can you gimme the last frame too?
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 19/11/2003 17:42
WRX-static-boot
Posted by: loren
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 19/11/2003 17:47
I upped the contrast and it looks a bit better on the empeg VFD. Try this one out...
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 19/11/2003 17:52
this is not final. i was just trying to see if i could pull it off...........
look closely and it magically becomes sponsored by empeg
i have not tested it yet so i don't know if the word empeg shows up.
If anyone is interested, i can finalize it with either empeg or rio.
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 19/11/2003 17:55
sweet
Posted by: tfabris
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 19/11/2003 18:09
look closely and it magically becomes sponsored by empeg
Okay, that's flippin' cool. Did you use anything special to achieve that, or just hand-distort the logo one frame at a time?
Posted by: gryng
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 20/11/2003 00:37
Ok if we -are- doing requests, I'd like a nice boot logo for my alternative player I'm working on, called squash. I was thinking it would involve the huge foot from Monty Pfthon's Flying Circus.
Posted by: JBjorgen
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 20/11/2003 07:59
Thanks...I'll load it this evening.
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 20/11/2003 10:55
One frame at a time in Photoshop. That is why you see the logo shift slightly once the camera pans out and the WRX goes zooming by.
I wasn't trying to be precise. I just wanted to try out a few frames and preview it to see if it would work.
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 20/11/2003 15:45
How's this?
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 20/11/2003 15:54
Whoa, that is weird?!?
The file I posted has a strange one pixel mirror effect at the bottom and a white line at the right of the animation.
My original does not do that!
Must of happened during upload.
Let me know if you ended up liking the boot logo and I will post the "clean" one.
Posted by: Ezekiel
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 20/11/2003 16:36
Can you do an empeg logo or a penguin being squashed by the Monty Python 'Foot of God'? Puhleease????
-Zeke
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 20/11/2003 17:17
How about the Lunix Penguin?
Posted by: gryng
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 20/11/2003 17:37
This is excellent skunknumber1. And you responded so quickly!
There are no artifacts when I tried the logo out on my unit.
I want to put this on the site where you can download squash. I don't mind putting up the gif file, however how do I get the file in the raw image format? (I don't expect everyone to install jemplode, and the aniwrite program will write the raw format).
But thanks again!!! I am going to put the gif file up in anycase, and it's of course already on my unit.
Posted by: Ezekiel
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 20/11/2003 21:02
You bet! He'd put up a good fight tho, or slip out the side like a watermelon seed between your fingers.
-Zeke
Posted by: webroach
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 21/11/2003 02:39
I personally vote we rename Skunknumber1 to "Boot Logo Master". Great stuff!
Posted by: webroach
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 21/11/2003 02:41
If the logo is on your empeg you should be able to pull off the .raw file...
...or am I crazy?
Posted by: speedy67
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 21/11/2003 07:27
it causes the screen to blink strangely near the end of the boot sequence because the player app and the kernel begin to fight for who's painting the screen.
Is it possible to put a program it the bootup which just waits x seconds, so that longer animations can finish before the player-app starts?
cheers, Thomas
Posted by: msaeger
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 21/11/2003 07:51
How about have the original empeg logo tony made come up then have the foot crush it. I think that would be pretty monty python like. Or after it gets crushed have the rio logo pop up
Posted by: gryng
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 21/11/2003 08:33
Yeah I'm sure you can, but I didn't see anything interesting in the /proc directory. So I guess I'll have to look in the source code of the aniwrite program to figure it out.
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 21/11/2003 09:50
I personally vote we rename Skunknumber1 to "Boot Logo Master".
Awe shucks.
Thanks but I am still learning with every new one I do.
Posted by: Ezekiel
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 22/11/2003 10:12
Either would be very cool. I just love the Python foot.
-Zeke
ps: I second the nomination to "Boot Logo Master"
Now where did Master Kan go? ...he's the one with the foo to achieve this.
Posted by: tfabris
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 22/11/2003 10:21
Done.
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 22/11/2003 16:31
Is there any sort of trick in Photoshop to get a 4-color pallet that would mimic the one the empeg uses? I see a lot of boot logos at RioCar.org that are WAY more than 4 colors and don't use the proper shades. They look nice on the site, but don't work on the empeg.
When I used to make boot logos, I'd do a "copy/paste" from the Logo Editor to whatever program I was using (usually MS Paint) of a few pixels to get the right shades. Then I'd do it all by hand to get it to work right. But this would not only be a pain for 30 frames, it would also be hard to maintain the same look from frame to frame.
Posted by: tfabris
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 22/11/2003 20:11
I don't know how to do it in Photoshop.
In Paint Shop Pro, it's very easy, you just create a palette and then apply that palette to the image, choosing whether you want it dithered and how.
If I recall correctly, photoshop has very poor tools for working with palletized images, which is why I switched to Paint Shop Pro (it has some useful and easy features for dealing with palletized images).
Posted by: robricc
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 22/11/2003 20:24
I am no Photoshop expert and that's why I had to improvise when making my logo. I used the "Save for Web..." feature to save each frame as a GIF. While in the Save for Web thing, I loaded the attached color table I had made. Works for me.
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 22/11/2003 20:33
Rob, I don't have Photoshop on this machine, but if this works, it'd be a great tool for all of us... thanks!
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 22/11/2003 20:47
Man you guys are awesome!
Thanks.
Photoshop has a hidden program called ImageReady.
This is what I am using for these animations.
It will optimize you file using any four colors you choose.
Coming up,
completed requests.
Posted by: robricc
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 22/11/2003 20:51
Cool. I made that file in Photoshop 5.5. Hopefully it works with other versions.
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 22/11/2003 20:51
BMW request for errol
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 22/11/2003 20:54
Having fun.
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 22/11/2003 20:59
Request for Ezekiel
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 22/11/2003 21:34
Your old photoshop files will still work. If you have any text layers, photoshop will just ask you to update these layers in order for you to use the updated features for text.
Like Rob said, the "Save for web" feature works good to get images to the four empeg colors. just convert your file to grayscale before you use that function.
For the files on rio.org, open them with ImageReady and click on your optimize tab on the file window. Play with the settings on the top right corner of the program. Be sure to have gif and (4) colors selected. The file window will give for a preview of the changes you make. Now, once you are happy with the way it looks, go to File-save optimized as-and your destination.
Upload and test your animation.
Up the contrast if needed
-Loren-
What did you use for fixing the contrast?
Posted by: Ezekiel
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 23/11/2003 00:46
Posted by: wfaulk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 23/11/2003 09:52
You misspelled ``ultimate''.
Posted by: loren
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 23/11/2003 12:10
lol. i saw that last night and had an entry typed out... but i figured i'd see how long it would take Bitt to catch it. =]
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 23/11/2003 12:31
Posted by: wfaulk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 24/11/2003 09:45
Posted by: Skunk
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 25/11/2003 12:20
Thought I'd post the Boot Logo I've been using for a while now.
It's time for a new one so I am giving it up.
Posted by: RobotCaleb
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/12/2003 10:22
a while back i found a gif that had my name on it and the correct way to print it. much like its taught in elementary school, with the first instance of it showing in bold the way its supposed to look, and having arrows and numbers showing which way to draw the loops and what to draw first. then on the second set of lines it had the same thing, without the arrows, with a dotted trace-the-dot style line image of the word. last night i used that and created a boot logo for my empeg, which i think turned out pretty neat.
Posted by: RobotCaleb
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/12/2003 10:24
although, after looking at it here, it seems that the leg of my 'a' is drawn backwards. from the bottom up, rather than the top down. and it looks much better on the empeg than it does on here.
Posted by: RobotCaleb
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/12/2003 10:25
also, i guess this wont be of any use to anyone without a very very similar name. but i thought id show it off
Posted by: RobotCaleb
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/12/2003 10:27
another also, the gif i pulled it from was static. it was some work getting it animated as i have. only because i kept running to quirks in jemplode though.
Posted by: jmwking
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/12/2003 10:47
You don't need to bump your post count! You're already an addict!
-jk
Posted by: RobotCaleb
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/12/2003 10:48
lol. i just need to fully form my thoughts before i hit post.
Posted by: RobotCaleb
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 12/12/2003 13:41
the original
male names
looking at it again, while im awake, it seems i screwed up my 'e' also
meh
Posted by: RobotCaleb
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 14/12/2003 01:34
another one i made
Posted by: RobotCaleb
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 14/12/2003 01:35
first time appears broken
Posted by: RobotCaleb
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 14/12/2003 01:40
and a good follow up as a static boot logo
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 14/12/2003 17:07
Thanks man! loading now!
Posted by: RobotCaleb
Re: Boot Up Animation Requests.... - 14/12/2003 22:51
it does look like the first 'e' is about a pixel too far left. but.. oh well.
i hope you like it. it looks much better on the empeg than it does in the gif
