Show us your "Customized" Opening & Closing - Page 2

GeneS · 10-13-2009, 02:16 PM

All:
Nicely done. Keep it up. I'm almost inspired to overcome inertia myself.

slayda · 10-13-2009, 02:35 PM

Here's mine. Name & number removed to protect the innocent.

griffonwing · 10-13-2009, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slayda

Here's mine. Name & number removed to protect the innocent.

Innocent?

Robertb · 10-13-2009, 07:40 PM

Dear All:

Wow!! You people all are incredible.

My ability to draw is god-awful. I could never design a warm-up screen!!

I would like to see what MobileRead Forum members can do on a nice warm-up screen that we can put on all EZ Reader Pocket PROs. I don't think I can offer any prize... but you would get your name (if you like) on every warm-up page and have some notoriety!!

Griffonwing came up with a great graphic for the PocketPRO once... but that is not a warm up screen. Have a theme to it, please like: "if cats could read they'd choose a Pocket PRO" or "when ships sale the sailors read Pocket PROs" or "when I fly I read a "Pocket PRO". These are just general ideas.

Please help!! AJ and Griffonwing certainly have the exact right idea!! "If trees could talk, they's urge you to buy a Pocket PRO"

Phogg · 10-13-2009, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slayda

Here's mine. Name & number removed to protect the innocent.

You really do look like Eeyore.

Musicman · 10-13-2009, 09:36 PM

Here are the open and closing screens I just made..

oops... They were too large to attach... I'll have to resize them..

Let's see if this works...

griffonwing · 10-14-2009, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Musicman

Here are the open and closing screens I just made..

oops... They were too large to attach... I'll have to resize them..

Let's see if this works...

Ooooh! Nice theme!

loading - A bird says hello...
closing - The bird explodes!!

Classic!

AJ Starr · 10-14-2009, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Musicman

Here are the open and closing screens I just made..

oops... They were too large to attach... I'll have to resize them..

Let's see if this works...

I had the same problem. Just convert to JPEG's and they'll show the thumbnails.

AJ

usagi_chan · 10-14-2009, 03:43 PM

Ok, after some major help from ekaser, I finally managed to customize my PEZ. Here are my screens, tell me what you think of them.

Chiron · 10-14-2009, 03:46 PM

If you have Photoshop you can resize the images so they dont look "too cramped" like seems they do, then you can select a portion of 800 x 600 and cut that part and add what you want (text, effects, etc), thats how i made my 2 boot/shutdown images

usagi_chan · 10-14-2009, 04:03 PM

Thanks for the tip, Chiron, I'll try that later. This is my first try, I hope to improve with time and some practice.

ekaser · 10-14-2009, 04:31 PM

Looks great, usagi_chan! As Chiron said, using the selection tool in your graphics editor program to select an area that is the same "aspect ratio" as the PEZ display (600x800) and then clipping and resizing that to 600x800 will avoid the STRETCHED look. (But you chose beautiful graphics for your first effort!)

Anyway, for example, let's say you have something that is 1500x1500 pixels. If you could find an area of that picture that was 600x800 and was everything you wanted, you could just select that, clip, and save. But if the area of the picture you want to keep is 1000 pixels wide, the area you select will need to be 1000*800/600 = 1333 pixels tall. Conversely, if the area you're interested in is 960 pixels TALL, then the width you need to select to achieve the right aspect ratio is 960*600/800 = 720 pixels wide.

A 600 wide by 800 tall screen has an aspect ratio of .75 (600 divided by 800 = 0.75), which means that the WIDTH is .75 (three-quarters) of the HEIGHT. So if you know the HEIGHT of the area you want, you MULTIPLY that by .75 to get the WIDTH. If you know the WIDTH of the area you want, you DIVIDE that by .75 to get the HEIGHT. In this way, you'll have the same aspect ratio as the PEZ screen, and when you then resize the graphic, it will get stretched (or shrinked) by the same proportion in both directions, so there'll be no image distortion. So at that point you can resize the clipped area to 600 wide and it should come out at 800 tall (or within a pixel, depending upon round-off errors). If it doesn't come out EXACTLY 800 tall, then you can resize the canvas and add or subtract the needed number of rows of pixels (probably to the bottom of the picture) to make it an even 800 tall.

AJ Starr · 10-14-2009, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by usagi_chan

Ok, after some major help from ekaser, I finally managed to customize my PEZ. Here are my screens, tell me what you think of them.

I Love your pictures..they are beautiful....

AJ

AJ Starr · 10-14-2009, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robertb

Dear All:

Wow!! You people all are incredible.

My ability to draw is god-awful. I could never design a warm-up screen!!

I would like to see what MobileRead Forum members can do on a nice warm-up screen that we can put on all EZ Reader Pocket PROs. I don't think I can offer any prize... but you would get your name (if you like) on every warm-up page and have some notoriety!!

Griffonwing came up with a great graphic for the PocketPRO once... but that is not a warm up screen. Have a theme to it, please like: "if cats could read they'd choose a Pocket PRO" or "when ships sale the sailors read Pocket PROs" or "when I fly I read a "Pocket PRO". These are just general ideas.

Please help!! AJ and Griffonwing certainly have the exact right idea!! "If trees could talk, they's urge you to buy a Pocket PRO"

Robert, I have an idea for one, but like you my drawing abilities are lacking. Do you have a deadline you need this by? I'm trying to get a page put together.

AJ

usagi_chan · 10-14-2009, 05:01 PM

Thank you for all your opinions! I'm glad you liked the pictures Ekaser, AJ

. I gave it another shot and this is what I have come up with. (the messages are in Romanian and say "have a pleasant reading" and "see you soon"). I'll try some more "adaptations" in the next few days. The thing is, I like anime wallpapers (I'm an otaku, what can I say

) and these are sized for pc screens (800*600). I'll look harder for ones that will fit my pocket pro. I don't like cropping them too much, it takes away some of the beauty of the wallpaper.
Well, here they are.

10-13-2009, 02:35 PM	#17
slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	Here's mine. Name & number removed to protect the innocent. Attached Thumbnails

10-13-2009, 07:40 PM	#19
Robertb Astak Director, Bus. Devl Posts: 2,560 Karma: 2500000 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Astak Pocket PRO	Contest: Best Warm Up and Close Screen Dear All: Wow!! You people all are incredible. My ability to draw is god-awful. I could never design a warm-up screen!! I would like to see what MobileRead Forum members can do on a nice warm-up screen that we can put on all EZ Reader Pocket PROs. I don't think I can offer any prize... but you would get your name (if you like) on every warm-up page and have some notoriety!! Griffonwing came up with a great graphic for the PocketPRO once... but that is not a warm up screen. Have a theme to it, please like: "if cats could read they'd choose a Pocket PRO" or "when ships sale the sailors read Pocket PROs" or "when I fly I read a "Pocket PRO". These are just general ideas. Please help!! AJ and Griffonwing certainly have the exact right idea!! "If trees could talk, they's urge you to buy a Pocket PRO" Last edited by Robertb; 10-13-2009 at 07:48 PM.

10-14-2009, 03:43 PM	#24
usagi_chan Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Romania Device: Black Pocket Pro (my preciousss)	Ok, after some major help from ekaser, I finally managed to customize my PEZ. Here are my screens, tell me what you think of them. Attached Thumbnails

10-14-2009, 05:01 PM	#30
usagi_chan Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Romania Device: Black Pocket Pro (my preciousss)	Thank you for all your opinions! I'm glad you liked the pictures Ekaser, AJ. I gave it another shot and this is what I have come up with. (the messages are in Romanian and say "have a pleasant reading" and "see you soon"). I'll try some more "adaptations" in the next few days. The thing is, I like anime wallpapers (I'm an otaku, what can I say) and these are sized for pc screens (800*600). I'll look harder for ones that will fit my pocket pro. I don't like cropping them too much, it takes away some of the beauty of the wallpaper. Well, here they are. Attached Thumbnails

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GeneS eBook Enthusiast Posts: 120 Karma: 726 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-350, Astak PocketPro, iPhone, Asus eee Pad Transformer	All: Nicely done. Keep it up. I'm almost inspired to overcome inertia myself.

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Chiron Fantasy & SciFi Reader Posts: 183 Karma: 262 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico Device: Astak EZ Reader Pocket Pro	If you have Photoshop you can resize the images so they dont look "too cramped" like seems they do, then you can select a portion of 800 x 600 and cut that part and add what you want (text, effects, etc), thats how i made my 2 boot/shutdown images

10-14-2009, 04:03 PM	#26
usagi_chan Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Romania Device: Black Pocket Pro (my preciousss)	Thanks for the tip, Chiron, I'll try that later. This is my first try, I hope to improve with time and some practice.

10-14-2009, 04:31 PM	#27
ekaser Opinion Artiste Posts: 301 Karma: 61464 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Albany, OR Device: Nexus 5, Nexus 7, Kindle Touch, Kindle Fire	Looks great, usagi_chan! As Chiron said, using the selection tool in your graphics editor program to select an area that is the same "aspect ratio" as the PEZ display (600x800) and then clipping and resizing that to 600x800 will avoid the STRETCHED look. (But you chose beautiful graphics for your first effort!) Anyway, for example, let's say you have something that is 1500x1500 pixels. If you could find an area of that picture that was 600x800 and was everything you wanted, you could just select that, clip, and save. But if the area of the picture you want to keep is 1000 pixels wide, the area you select will need to be 1000800/600 = 1333 pixels tall. Conversely, if the area you're interested in is 960 pixels TALL, then the width you need to select to achieve the right aspect ratio is 960600/800 = 720 pixels wide. A 600 wide by 800 tall screen has an aspect ratio of .75 (600 divided by 800 = 0.75), which means that the WIDTH is .75 (three-quarters) of the HEIGHT. So if you know the HEIGHT of the area you want, you MULTIPLY that by .75 to get the WIDTH. If you know the WIDTH of the area you want, you DIVIDE that by .75 to get the HEIGHT. In this way, you'll have the same aspect ratio as the PEZ screen, and when you then resize the graphic, it will get stretched (or shrinked) by the same proportion in both directions, so there'll be no image distortion. So at that point you can resize the clipped area to 600 wide and it should come out at 800 tall (or within a pixel, depending upon round-off errors). If it doesn't come out EXACTLY 800 tall, then you can resize the canvas and add or subtract the needed number of rows of pixels (probably to the bottom of the picture) to make it an even 800 tall.

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