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How to create an screensaver? |
TyzA
Joined: Dec 03, 2002
Posts: 4
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Hi,
Can anybody tell me how to create an animation (screensaver) for the Ericsson T68i?
Is it just an animated gif I have to create and upload to my mobile?
I've created an animated gif and opened it with the MMS Home Studio by Sony Ericsson, but it doesn't animate in here (maybe that's normal?).
Also, what should be the size (width, heigth) of such a screensaver and the maximum size (kb).
Hope you can help me.
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T68iFan
Joined: Oct 18, 2002
Posts: 214
From: Los Angeles
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Yes, you should use the animated gif file format for screensavers. The image size should be 101 x 80 pixels. As far as file size goes, it depends on how you download the file. If you want to view the image from the wap browser, be aware that some providers limit the size of a viewable image to 2.7 Kb. However, if you link to the file and download it directly without viewing it, the file size can be bigger. I downloaded one that was 8 Kb.
T68iFan
Attention AT&T! You'd better start supporting MMS or I'm switching to T-Mobile!  |
TyzA
Joined: Dec 03, 2002
Posts: 4
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Thanks very much,
it works |
TyzA
Joined: Dec 03, 2002
Posts: 4
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One more question,
How do I create an animated gif in screensaver format?
I've looked around, but I can't find anything
Thanks again for all your help |
T68iFan
Joined: Oct 18, 2002
Posts: 214
From: Los Angeles
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The best software for creating animated gifs is Adobe ImageReady (ships with Photoshop). It's great because it allows you control the file size by adjusting the number of colors, dithering and lossy compression.
If you don't have access to ImageReady, you can do a search on downloads.com for animated gif generators. But usually you have to pay a fee before you can enable all of the software's features.
Good luck!
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Posted: 2002-12-03 18:53
