Create .bootskin from jpg?

Bootskin tutorial: WWW Link

Thank you ^^ , i'll try my hands at this.....slightly complicated process.

This is very very difficult, i wish the tutorial would state that it is too hard for a beginner. Is there any way to get help with this tutorial?

That is one of the best most straight forward bootskin tutorials: what are you not understanding/able to follow.



Bootskins are one of the most basic of all skins to make, they are what most start with and are considered a beginner skin.

Hey, thank you for the reply....after some struggles i found my way through. Most of it was related to the Photoshop interface. For example, the names of many things were very confusing as they had different names in the tutorial. Pencil = Brush, EyeDrop = Color copier. It seems to work well altogether. Other problems were related to some detailed sequencing of steps, being solved by redoing the whole thing after making a mistake of 2...

However, now that i think of it, i have one question:

Why does it have to be 4 bit? I found a wonderful wallpaper, but it's quality is decreased drammatically due to the limitations. What happens if i just leave it at the 200- something bit?

Again, thanks for the reply...

200 something bit, no such thing, do you mean 200 colors instead of 16.

Image must be 4 bit 16 color because Bootskin requires it to display bootskin properly. If screen image is 1 pixel off in size, say 641x480, or bit depth is not 4, it will not even show up in list in Bootskin.

That's one of the drawbacks of bootskins..... they never look as good as I hoped. Try to find a wallpaper/image with as few colors as possible