Customize Beautiful Boot Screen [image editing tutorial]

what is this tutorial about? I'm here gonna show you how to easily create your preferred boot screen for your STAR with a simple way. The difference from just simply crop the image is that, here, we use the label from the original bootscreen.


this is the result as a preview of this tuts:
before:


after:


◄►◄◄NOW, WE START TO CREATE►►◄►
#1 download and install The GIMP (do not ask why don't I use Photoshop )
download The GIMP v2.6.10 or latest (about 19MB)

#2 save this image for your starter (you can crop or rescale from your preferred pics, just rescale to 240x400 pixel)


#3 open the starter image with The GIMP


#4 drag the original boot image to the canvas of opened window in The GIMP



now we have two layers image

#5 select the original boot image layer, navigate to menu Layer ► Mask ► Add Layer Mask...
select Grayscale copy of layer then click Add


this is our draft result, we have to refine the label in next step



#6 click on mask image of original boot image layer (the right hand image)


navigate to menu Filters ► Blur ► Gaussian Blur... then set Blur Radius for both V and H to 1px (see screenshot), ►OK
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#7 still on mask image of original boot image layer (the right hand image, see step #6) selected, now for final touch navigate to menu Filters ► Artistic ► Softglow... then enter the parameter (see screenshot)


you can play with the settings

#8 DONE....
now, save the result in Windows BMP Image format



- to get the original boot image, you can use Resource Manager V5.5 to open the RC2 file then select Export in Start backgroung image (see screnshot)


- you can also edit the progress bar with this simple way:
(in Resman) Extract ► [Open extracted image with Image Editor] (e.g. The GIMP) ► [edit] ► Save ► (in Resman) Browse
but I won't show here
keep the image's dimension as the original width and height
Resouce Manager link here : http://uploading.com/files/m8f1f21a/Resman.rar/

>>>>>>> TUTO by ALLANAS <<<<<<<

Where can we get Resource Manager V5.5 Pro