How to create your own Startup/Off-Logo

[kacir]

Originally Posted by brainycat

In image magick, do 'convert FILENAME.bmp -colors 256 FILENAME.bmp' for each image using RGB space.

What I did was this:

convert escher01.png -quantize GRAY +dither -colors 16 -rotate "-90>" escher01.bmp

You can install imagemagick and use the convert command even in Windows.

[PossenteSpirto]

*bump*
Hello, I'm making a logo for my 902 while expecting (I can't knit). I've set the res to 825x1200 (found on the shop page) and set the mode to grayscale.

Now:

Originally Posted by Ulli

Do "Image->Convert to Greyscale"

Originally Posted by Ulli

* max 8bit colordepth (2,4,8 fits)

Originally Posted by Logseman

save it as "BMP, 256 colors) and you're set.

Originally Posted by brainycat

I finally got the missing piece figured out: you need to use color-indexed bmp files.
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5) Image > Mode > Grayscale
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11) Image > Mode > Indexed [256]
12) Save As > FILENAME.bmp [24bit]

When I try to save my pic as .bmp, Photoshop asks me the file format (Windows/OS2). Which one should I choose?
Also, do I really need to convert from grayscale to indexed color?
Since the screen has 16 levels of gray, can't I just save it with a 4-bit depth?

[norciom]

I was not very fast, but now I've published a web app and a desktop app to convert images for your pocketbook:
http://www.addhat.com/software/appli...ogo-maker.html

[paola]

Originally Posted by Ulli

Required Software:
Irfanview ( http://irfanview.tuwien.ac.at/iview425_setup.exe )

1) Open the picture you like to convert with IrfanView
2) Do "Image->Resize/Resample" set the values like there is no bigger than 800
** to fit the picture to the screen you should turn picture to get 600x800 resolution, turn the picture with the keys "L" and "R"
3) Do "Image->Convert to Greyscale"
4) Press "I" and change the dpi to "96x96" (important to see full 16greyscale colors on PB!)
5) Press "S" and choose "Fileformat" BMP, save it any location you like
6) Transfer the created file to "/system/logo" on your Pocketbook
7) Choose your logo at the Settings
8) Enjoy

Ulli

very helpful tutorial for me: it wasn't working with either GIMP or Paint (though again might be due to my inability, couldn't see how to set the 96x96 option), but irfanview did the trick
p.s.
for teh large models, use 825x1200 as suggested by PossenteSpirito

[FizzyWater]

The Pocketbook Touch Lux (623) has a screen resolution of 1024×758.