Runcommand System Splashscreens!

[Rookervik]

Well once the images are all converted you can run a Photoshop script to create everything. I'll have to dig out my linux laptop and see about converting all the SVGs that way. Doing them all in Illustrator is a massive bummer.

[meleu]

@Rookervik if you're brave enough to believe me :) , the following commands convert all the SVG files below a directory level to PNG. Actually it won't convert but creates a new file with PNG format, and leave the original SVG file untouched.

EDIT: don't forget to install librsvg2-bin before!!

sudo apt-get install librsvg2-bin

And yes! I tested these commands before posting here! ;-)

# create a temporary directory in your home dir
cd ~; mkdir tmp

# copy the theme files to another place
cp -R /etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/ ~/tmp/

# create PNG files from the SVG files
# the -verbose option isn't really necessary, it's used just to let you
# see that something is happening
for svg_file in $(find ~/tmp/carbon/ -type f -name '*.svg'); do convert -verbose "$svg_file" "${svg_file/%svg/png}"; done

Hope it helps! :-)

[meleu]

By the way, here are some examples of what I could get with my initial research on ImageMagick commands and the respective command line (these commands were executed after the conversion from SVG to PNG):

convert -size 800x600 tile:$HOME/tmp/carbon/art/carbon_fiber.png -gravity center ~/tmp/carbon/nes/art/controller.png -composite nes.png

convert -size 800x600 tile:$HOME/tmp/carbon/art/carbon_fiber.png -gravity center ~/tmp/carbon/nes/art/system.png -composite nes2.png

convert -size 800x600 tile:$HOME/tmp/carbon/art/carbon_fiber.png -gravity center ~/tmp/carbon/nes/art/system2.png -composite nes3.png

[herb_fargus]

@meleu I used imagemagick to generate grids of sprites I ripped from Bomberman

I wrote up a bit of a guide here:

https://github.com/HerbFargus/Atomic-Bomberman/wiki/Sprites#create-montage-with-imagemagick

Personally I think the run command launch images should have the carbon background instead of just black ;)

[Rookervik]

@meleu Those look slick already. And use the carbon fiber. Just need some nice text saying to press X or 'any key' to configure run command.

PS, it does seem "X" is the most-correct button to press if you need to get into the run command editor. Any other button seems to be ignored (on a joystick)

Might want to test 1080p versions of these and see how long it takes to load them. I fear it might take long enough to load them that they might just flash on the screen for a split second before the game launches.

[daeks]

@meleu wow, I already love your third image :) I am happy to see that there will be something for carbon as well in the near future.

edit: I played a bit with imagemagick on windows: https://github.com/daeks/retropie-system-splashscreens-carbon
Each folder contains an autogenerated launching.png. The parameters used are stored in convert.bat

[meleu]

@herb_fargus

Personally I think the run command launch images should have the carbon background instead of just black ;)

But it's already carbon. Maybe are not seeing because you're on mobile?

@Rookervik

Those look slick already. And use the carbon fiber. Just need some nice text saying to press X or 'any key' to configure run command.

Could you make an image with the text with a transparent background (just like the controller lines)? You can choose a font that pleases you...

With this I can make the launching images for carbon...

it does seem "X" is the most-correct button to press if you need to get into the run command editor. Any other button seems to be ignored (on a joystick)

Actually runcommand gets input from the 0 and 1, and unfortunately the manufacturers don't have a standardization about these numbers. I have several joysticks here and the <ENTER> button (button 0) differs in all of them.

The "a" on the text should be an indefinite article, not the A button of the joystick. :-)

[meleu]

@daeks said in Runcommand System Splashscreens!:

edit: I played a bit with imagemagick on windows: https://github.com/daeks/es_launching_carbon
Each folder contains an autogenerated launching.png. The parameters used are stored in convert.bat

Wow! It's exactly what I would do!! I think I don't need to spend more time with it! LOL :-)

Thanks for sharing!

EDIT: And you used the command line to add the text. Good catch!! :-)

[daeks]

@meleu glad to hear that you like it :) anyhow it is not final as it still struggles about some issues:

• logos which are too big (edit: fixed)
• logos which are black or transparent (like game&watch or gamecube) are just shown as black image

[herb_fargus]

@meleu ah my mistake yes I was on mobile. I see it now.

@daeks there is a pull request for game and watch:https://github.com/RetroPie/es-theme-carbon/pull/19 I haven't gotten to testing it yet

[daeks]

@herb_fargus thanks for your hint. As I have seen the PR will merge a new system3.png to the repo. Is there a way to rename it to system.png? Currently there is no further logic in my batch to create the launching.png. It just takes the system.png as @meleu has done it.

[meleu]

@daeks C'mon dude! Rename it on your end! ;-)

[daeks]

@meleu I'm lazy :P - Renaming is not really a problem, but in case of any updates, it has to be renamed all the time. Just designed the script to be adoptable easily for other themes as well.

[meleu]

@daeks said in Runcommand System Splashscreens!:

Just designed the script to be adoptable easily for other themes as well.

Yeah, I was thinking in doing such thing in bash to let the users execute the script on the rasp, but unfortunately the theme makers don't have a standardization for the file names...

[meleu]

@herb_fargus said in Runcommand System Splashscreens!:

there is a pull request for game and watch:https://github.com/RetroPie/es-theme-carbon/pull/19 I haven't gotten to testing it yet

I've tested right now and it's fine. The red game and watch logo looks fine with a carbon background. I think that renaming system3.svg to system.svg is reasonable too...

[daeks]

Anyhow, I created new fixed launching images for G&W, GC and Steam. Currently I see no issue anymore. :)

edit: Images are also compressed by default to reduce filesize. Changing the background from carbon_fiber to carbon_black reduces the filesize significantly. It can be changed in the batch file.

[meleu]

@daeks WOW!! Really neat!! I'm writing a bash script right now to let the users create it on their rasp. I'll give the credits to all of you guys! :-)

[daeks]

@meleu I think you can reuse the convert parameters on linux as well. We should only consider if carbon_fiber or just a black color should be used as background. It reduces the filesize by ~50%.

edit: If you want you can also contribute your script to my repo with your credits. Then we have all at one place.

[Rookervik]

The logos need to be raised a little to balance out the image. It's too heavy on the bottom as they are. Otherwise looks good enough :D

[meleu]

@daeks can you submit a Pull Request to https://github.com/RetroPie/es-theme-carbon with your game cube logo with white leters?