Background in Bootskin

February 5, 2004 1:23 PM from

I just made a bootskin using Paint Shop Pro 8, and the problem is that when I preview it in Bootskin, the progress bar looks fine. When I install it however it appears to have a white rectangle where it is moving back and forth. I have the coordinates correct, and it seems weird that the preview would show it properly. Thanks.

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Reply #1 February 5, 2004 1:56 PM from

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The BG colour of the progress MUST be the first colour in the palette

Reply #2 February 5, 2004 1:58 PM from

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BTW: The preview although it works, it does not reflect the colour palette hiccup that MS left in the system, a futures version of Bootskin (Truecolour) will get around this bug

Reply #3 February 5, 2004 2:05 PM from

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Thanks.

Reply #4 February 5, 2004 2:15 PM from

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Ok I set the BG to the first color in the palette, but that still didn't work. I made sure I applied the boot screen again before restarting. The first color in the palette however is white, and that is the color of the rectangle.

Reply #5 February 5, 2004 2:17 PM from

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stumpy, thanks for #1, that helps solve alot of questions that i had!

Reply #6 February 5, 2004 2:28 PM from

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Adrian, are the two palette's (the one for the main image, and the one for the progress bar) the same? They MUST be identical. They can't just have the same number of colors, the HAVE to be the exact same palette.

Reply #7 February 5, 2004 2:30 PM from

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Yes they are the exact same.

Reply #8 February 5, 2004 2:31 PM from

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I now think that your problem is that the Progress bar size should be 22x9 and that you may have created one smaller than thi (not sure) if so them the BG behind the Progress graphic should be coloured using the first colour.

MS set this as permanent so any PB that show a bg must be colour as this :0

Reply #9 February 5, 2004 2:32 PM from

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save the palette from the background image and then load it into the prog. bar so that you have two identical color pallettes, or "color tables."

Reply #10 February 5, 2004 2:32 PM from

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If I am wrong.

Reply #11 February 5, 2004 2:33 PM from

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Email it to me as .zip and I'll look into it, and let you know what's wrong

Email to >> [email protected]

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Reply #12 February 5, 2004 2:34 PM from

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hey AP, thanks for asking this question. it answered mine. thanks.

stumpy knows his stuff so listen to him cuz if stumpy cant do it... (i was gonna say no one can but then again...)

Reply #13 February 5, 2004 2:35 PM from

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stumpy, #10 looks like its directed at me! >

Reply #14 February 5, 2004 2:37 PM from

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the first color in the palet is the background color for the progress bar. Even if you have the size wrong the background of the progress bar will be the first color in the palet. so if you don't want the background of the progress bar to be white change the first color of the palet to a color other than white

Reply #15 February 5, 2004 2:38 PM from

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It was refering to my previous post

Reply #16 February 5, 2004 2:45 PM from

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Ok duh that makes sense. Thanks guys.

Reply #17 February 5, 2004 2:49 PM from

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i know stumpy. and thanks from here to AP, stumpy and mr Kong over there, yes you scratching your ba--s

. this post answered my questions too!

Reply #18 February 5, 2004 2:51 PM from

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only problem now is that my USB disk (where i keep all my stuff) is failing on me so i am not sure if i can update my stuff. i will try...

Reply #19 February 5, 2004 2:53 PM from

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hey, anyone know what happened to the little "comments" pictures? i go to MY SKINS and now all the "old comment" "new comment" "unread" pictures are gone... wahts up with that???

Reply #20 February 5, 2004 3:08 PM from

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OK Adrian, problem sloved and returned, Enjoy

Reply #21 February 5, 2004 3:18 PM from

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Ooops, for got Jafo gets

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