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17 March 2005

Part three
How to setup transparent looks-alike logo

Here it is, the last and most complex part. If you read the previous parts carefully, then you probably already know that I will try to explain how to create a transparent logo in the easiest way. Also, this step requires good skills in a very difficult tool, specially for newbies who don’t have any experience in raster graphic editors.

I'm talking about Photo Shop of course, the best raster graphic editor available. Also, I will describe basic actions with MBM wizard and manipulation with multiple MBM files.

So, if you are a brave man, aren't afraid of PS and raster graphic and you want to know how to make/set-up the op logo to fit to theme's background like on the images above and avoid damn ugly non-transparent Op Logos, keep reading this guide...
BEFORE

AFTER


You will need the following:



Guru tip No 1:

U will see I'm using Photo shop CS (the latest version) but u can use PS 7 too, without any problems.

 

1.)

First of all, we have to find out the theme's mbm file.As you probably know, all the content of a theme is stored inside one mbm file, found at X:\System\skins\ directory along with skn file.

As always, there are many ways to do it.I will describe only one of them and, as always, it will be one of the fastest methods in my opinion..

So take your phone and run fexplorer or any other 3rd party file manager like Seleq, eFile manager, etc.

BTW:
I suppose that u have some theme installed, right??

2.)


Scroll down to skins directory like on the image above (C: or E:, depends on where the theme is installed)

3.)

Find directory of the theme you want to make the transparent logo for.If you're not sure what folder it is, you can check mbm file with Resco viewer, for example.

4.)

Once u have found the right mbm file, send it to PC in any way, with direct BT sending for example, like on the image above.

5.)


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If you used BT, you will find the mbm file inside BT exchange folder.Otherwise, locate your mbm file and copy it to some temp dir.

6.)


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Run MBM wizard, choose Import from file menu, just like on the image above..

7.)


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Find the right mbm file, highlight it and choose open.You will have to wait a few seconds after this actions, because the shell must run mbm converter and convert the mbm file as well..

8.)


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Now you'll see the content of the mbm file that was loaded at central window.If you click on the image, you will see its preview at the right of the screen, like on the image above.
We just need a theme header.It is the third image on the list like on sample above.

9.)


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Now just follow the steps you see on the image above, respecting the numeric order
So forget all other images and:

1.) highlight just the theme header as the sown under,
2.) then choose save selected as bmp
3.) On pop up window, just choose the storage place and click on save..

That's it, exit from MBM wizard and don't forget where you saved extracted theme header.

10.)


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It doesn't matter if you want or not, you need to open Photoshop now
So run it, choose Open from File menu, or just press CTRL + O.
Find extracted bitmap file and click on Open, as shown on the image above.
Repeat all once again and open supplied Op logo template.

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You will see something like the image above.Arrange windows like on the image above to work on them more easily.

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Now we need to copy theme header to the supplied Op logo template.We will do it in three simple steps as shown on the image above:

1.) Select theme header window and press Ctrl + A (Select / All)
2.) Then Press Ctrl + C (Edit / Copy)
3.) Finally, select Op logo template and press Ctrl + V (Edit / Paste)

13.)


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Press Ctrl + O and open your network's logo with transparent background.Usually it's in gif format, but it’s better if you can find it in tif, psd or similar raster format with transparent background support like on the image above. If you are unsure, you can download a tif sample right [here]


Guru tip No 2:

If you can’t find a transparent logo of your network, you can use a non-transparent logo and erase its background with magic wand tool, or even better, with select colour tool.
Also, if you have a logo in vector format, resize it to the right size, using some program that can handle with vector graphics, like Corel draw or Photo shop and then export it as tif or psd with transparency option marked, of course. But all the mentioned things are a completely different story...

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Repeat the same procedure with theme header:

1.) Select transparent Op logo window and press Ctrl + A (Select / All)
2.) Then Press Ctrl + C (Edit / Copy)
3.) Finally, select Op logo template and press Ctrl + V (Edit / Paste)

Or just drag and drop Op logo to SF template.

15.)


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Press Ctrl + T (Edit / Free transform) to go into free transform mode.You will see a rectangle around the logo as on the image above, so move it and, if necessary, resize it in order to fit it to Op logo area (between guidelines).
Once the positioning is done, just press Enter to apply the changes.

16.)


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Click on zoom tool or just Press Z to select it, or use the navigator.However,you must zoom the Image and be sure the Logo fits to the required area between the guidelines, like on the image above .

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Press Shift + Ctrl + ; or even better, choose view from main menu and be sure Snap option is marked like on the image above.

18.)


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Click on Crop tool in Tool bar or just press C as crop shortcut.
Then draw crop area like on the image above.Crop tool will automatically snap to the guidelines, for easier selection.
Once you’re done, just Press Enter to apply the changes...

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Now we will check image size, just to make sure everything is alright.
So Choose Image/Image size from the main menu.
Image size must be the same you see at the image above: 97 x 25 pixels.

20.)


Press Shift + Ctrl + S, or use File / Save as.. from menu bar

21.)


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On pop up window, enter oplogo name in file name field (My first OpLogo), for example.
In Format field, choose BMP format from drop down list
click on Save and that's it, astalavista baby

Now we just need to upload the Logo to the phone and setup oplogo as well...
So send the bmp image to your phone, by any way you like better: BT, irda, cable, wap, email, etc..

22.)

Scroll down to uploaded logo and choose:
Options/File/Set as operator logo

23.)

Don't worry about the pop up window, just click on yes. The phone will reboot and you will have a transparent looks-alike logo..


That's it, you should see something like the image above,
Cool, isn't it?? ...

Astalavista baby c",)


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