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Hey there everyone. So, I'm wanting to make this wallpaper. I can see it in my head, but I don't have enough experience in Photoshop or GIMP to make it come to life yet. I've been playing around with GIMP, but have only had it for a couple of days. I've done some reading and messed around with it a bit, but without some serious help present, this is just outside my expertise. I want to combine these three things -
1) Gothamesque Cityscape: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4691870612/
Scaled to 640 x 480 (I can do this part, it's easy...)
2) GOTHAM Banner:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4691238235/
Scaled to 640 x 80(the 640 is a must, but the 80 is open to your judgement)
I can do this part too, but blending is not part of my skill set yet.
3)Hoping to get a Bat Symbol, or Signal on the "O" for GOTHAM. I don't really have as much preference on this part, as long as it fits the color scheme.
The lights that are beaming from the city to the sky hits the "O" pretty much in the middle. Was hoping to use that idea to illuminate the symbol that is going to be covering the "O" for a bat signal type theme.
Here is a super rough draft idea of steps 1 & 2 so you can kind of get a feel of where I want to go-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4691909852/
So, that's it. Anyone willing to help a brother out? You'll receive my eternal gratitude and/or I'd be willing to make you a custom boot animation in return(providing it's from a video - that's all I have experience with at the moment). Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks in advance!
Here ya go, let me know if it sucks. I just threw it together, if you need anything changed feel free to ask
Awww man, that is like 95% of the way to what I was looking for! If I had to be nitpicky, I would just like the symbol to cover that hint of black on the left of it and was thinking of maybe adding a bit of glow to it? I know in GIMP they call it Alien Glow, or maybe just making it look a bit more like the light from underneath is why that part is brighter than the rest of the letters. I hope that makes sense? I really like how you integrated the Gotham in the sky - keeping the same colors but it's still visible. Very appreciative, I am. I'm in the middle of posting my Batman boot animation (with a preview) on the Gallery thread. Check it out!
this should be better, let me know.
Looks great man! Thank you so much Going on my phone now, with my new Batman boot screen and animation. I gonna play around and make some icons soon. I think I should be able to handle doing those. I can handle cropping, scaling, rendering kind of things, just not blending and lighting effects yet. Thanks again!
Just giving it a shot.
Nice work Now, if I could just combine the best of both worlds there...lol I like the GOTHAM better on the first one and the Bat symbol better on the other. No offense to either of you, of course. Unfortunately though, it doesn't look as good on my phone as it does on the computer. This is entirely my fault as I wasn't factoring in how it lays stretched out by the launcher and you don't see enough of it's glory on my home screen. I definitely am going to use it for a wallpaper on my regular PC though! Now, I'm playing around with the idea of just a Bat symbol (the newer one from the films that is just the bat itself - not the oval) in the middle of the sky, half way between the skyline and the top. This blended in a bit with the transparent clock widget looks cool because then it's modern gothic looking Bat clock. Thanks for your efforts though, they will be put to good use, some how
Just wondering if everyone elses LTE is set at a warm color, orange'ish whites
compared to the evo 4g which is cool with blue'ish whites
possible to ever change this?
TorxT3D said:
Just wondering if everyone elses LTE is set at a warm color, orange'ish whites
compared to the evo 4g which is cool with blue'ish whites
possible to ever change this?
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My brothers has cool whites and I have warm whites...yet our panels are both Sony...so I don't get it.
mine is also a warm-toned screen, nonetheless it looks great
I posted about this yesterday but it already got buried. Unfortunately you can either hassle with taking it back and hoping for a more blueish white panel or you can get used to it. I hated the look when i unboxed, I have the same yellowish tint on white. But im already used to it for the most part. There is an app on the play store called "Screen adjuster" that you can add some blue back in but its not perfect and it has to run in the background i haven't tested to see how much of a load it puts on the phone if left on all day. Also a good app to use to visually inspect the colors your panel is showing is "dead pixel test". So software can be used to help the tint, but as far as a permanent solution, I believe that would be up to HTC. Maybe some devs can do it eventually once we have s-off.
I've just starting to really notice this, and its driving me nuts.
The whites are not white at all, they are more yellowish eggshell (or as I like to call it 'light puke'). You can really notice it when your in natural light. I held it up to something pure white and you can see an epic difference.
Does this not bother anybody else? I forget, but don't some ROMs (for other phones) have options to change screen tones? Is this something that I can look forward to ? Or perhaps my eyes (and mind) are just playing tricks on me.
I dislike 'warm' tones a lot. I wish I gotten a 'cool' tone phone instead, I can handle the blue tone a lot better.
I wonder why this is I mean it isnt like amoled n the screens should be.the.same.... Maybe dim lights inside?
Root it and try chainfire 3d, it has the option to change screen tone in I believe the pro version. Added bonus, works with all roms to my knowledge. I haven't tried it yet myself as I'm completely happy with the tone on mine, but I used it on the og evo for a long time.
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urrgevo said:
Root it and try chainfire 3d, it has the option to change screen tone in I believe the pro version. Added bonus, works with all roms to my knowledge. I haven't tried it yet myself as I'm completely happy with the tone on mine, but I used it on the og evo for a long time.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try since I'm already rooted. I messed around with 'screen adjuster' and 'filer your screen' and neither seemed to do the trick.
EDIT: Looks like I'll have to wait a bit longer to play with chainfire 3d. Requires S-off (or probably just unlock bootloader). Only have root. But chainfire looks promising.
This was a problem on the One X for AT&T but most of them cleared up after a week or so. My advice would be to keep the brightness up for a while when using it.
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We have two EVO LTE and one of ours is much cooler and blue and the other is much warmer. How do you check if the display type to see if they are different?
My screen is warm also. At first I thought it was the ZAGG HD screen protector that was causing that yellowish tint, but after I removed it, it was still there.
If anyone with two EVO LTE phones can post a side-by-side picture of the warm and cool screens, I'd greatly appreciate it.
TIA
Here is a picture. Its not the best quality so it might be hard to tell a difference. The difference is much more apparent in real life.
Supposedly its due to the adhesive. There is a thread about it in the HOX forum. My screen seems to be whiter than it was a week ago but that may be a placebo effect- I need to do another side by side comparison with my iPhone to tell.
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I was dreading a problem like this. I can deal with blacks not being black (have to deal with it with the very nature of LCD) but whites... Yeah, they need to be white.
Here's to hoping my device doesn't have this issue. I will update this post with news.
get an app called screen adjuster
then increase the blue a little bit, to about 15 or so
woooooorks wonderss!!!
On my NS4G, there was a kernel mod developed by SuperCurio that allowed you to adjust gamma levels. I always ran my phone with very cool blue whites.
Maybe something like that would be possible for the Evo?
I think I have the warmer screen color. Things like this doesn't bother me at all. I've seen thread like this everytime a new phone comes out. After a few week your eyes and OCD levels will adjust.
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Here is a picture. Its not the best quality so it might be hard to tell a difference. The difference is much more apparent in real life.
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You can def tell the one on the right is the warm though. I'm sure in direct natural light the difference is huge.
mlin said:
Supposedly its due to the adhesive. There is a thread about it in the HOX forum. My screen seems to be whiter than it was a week ago but that may be a placebo effect- I need to do another side by side comparison with my iPhone to tell.
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I'm hoping this is the case. Its weird because I think it changes. Like after it goes in direct natural light it gets really bad.
Racer Of All said:
I was dreading a problem like this. I can deal with blacks not being black (have to deal with it with the very nature of LCD) but whites... Yeah, they need to be white.
Here's to hoping my device doesn't have this issue. I will update this post with news.
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Same. I can deal with the black but not the whites. Whites need to be crisp and clean not yellow. I repainted all the eggshell whites in my house to pure white. To me it takes away the crispness of the screen.
flex360 said:
get an app called screen adjuster
then increase the blue a little bit, to about 15 or so
woooooorks wonderss!!!
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Man you hit the nail right on the nail. I had mine set at 14 for the past three days. It helps but it still isn't ideal. Plus its consuming resources.
dont think its an adhesive bonding process still "curing"
i think the color temp is permanent.
hopefully a dev will allow color temp change because its a little awkward staring at my pc monitor, then looking at the phone's brown and yellow drab lcd tint.
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dont think its an adhesive bonding process still "curing"
i think the color temp is permanent.
hopefully a dev will allow color temp change because its a little awkward staring at my pc monitor, then looking at the phone's brown and yellow drab lcd tint.
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This is what I am praying for. But enough people have to be annoyed by it for somebody to do something.
The best test is to open the settings menu (Evo white) and compare it against a piece of notebook paper (real white). Its gross.
I first experimented with a few different colors on my old nexus s 4g, and settled on Krylon Fusion Buttercream for my new EVO.
It works for me.
Looks nice!
"We're coming from a pure power source."
I hope the paint doesn't have any conductive properties (many do).
white? lol
In my opinion I dislike it. But the paint job looks well done. I am not daring enough to do that.
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Looks good, but I'd be interested to find a matching matte black like the bottom. I have a couple friends who are auto painters, so I might have it done when I get mine. We'll see. The shiny black might grow on me.
Looks great aside from the color. Try flat black
What the glossy plastic wasn't ugly enough? LOL
Hey as long as you like it that's all that matters!
To each his own. I don't know why people want to mess with the top part so bad. I think it looks fantastic just the way it is.
But that doesn't look that bad. Could've gone with a dark purple though.
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I think it looks nice in its own way how did u do it op? Nvu gonna try a diff color?
It went from ugly to fagly!!!!
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To each his own. I don't know why people want to mess with the top part so bad. I think it looks fantastic just the way it is.
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Thank you! I think I'm the only one that things the contrasting colors AND contrasting surfaces (matte/glossy) on the back is hot. Didn't anyone learn anything in Art class? Contrast people.
I teach HS and already, day 2 of having it, people are saying "Oh wow what is that? That is live!" Instead of "That looks like every other phone."
While the paintjob is well done, I don't agree with the choice of color. Did you at least sand the cover before you painted?
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Thank you! I think I'm the only one that things the contrasting colors AND contrasting surfaces (matte/glossy) on the back is hot. Didn't anyone learn anything in Art class? Contrast people.
I teach HS and already, day 2 of having it, people are saying "Oh wow what is that? That is live!" Instead of "That looks like every other phone."
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I agree. I think they pulled off the contrast very well, particular because of the red band. But your right. The phone looks sleek and different, but in a good way.
What I also like is that it was a bold design move. Not many are willing to break the conceptual mold that a phone is suppose to look like.
Do a test, go out in public, whip out the phone with its huge screen and contrasting back with a red band. People notice. What is that? Damn straight.
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Do a test, go out in public, whip out the phone with its huge screen and contrasting back with a red band. People notice. What is that? Damn straight.
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Thanked you cz this made me lol..lol
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Color Choice
javaraider said:
While the paintjob is well done, I don't agree with the choice of color. Did you at least sand the cover before you painted?
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I did sand it first as I was following a post from another thread, and intended to just leave it sanded. I didn't like the result. Mine didn't look as good as the posted sanded phone, so I painted it.
I didn't mind the glossy black color at all, just hated the constant fingerprints. My old glossy black backed nexus didnd't seem to leave fingerprints as bad this EVO.
Believe me when I say that I had no intention of going the "buttercream" route at all. I had 4 colors of Krylon Fusion in the house and tried them all on my old Nexus S. Flat black, satin white, buttercream, and a light green.
For some reason the buttercream in person looked best to me, and best of all, no more fingerprints. I don't mind the derogatory comments posted by some as my wife gave me crap too before seeing the finished phone. The photo was taken from my work blackberry so it isn't the best and looks much better live.
I just thought I would post it as so many talk about changing the back, yet nobody has/does....... well I did for better or worse.
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nice job
not lol
but yea it does look like crap. white red and black?
yea I dont like the factory shiney top part either. I will probably just sand blast it at work to give it a matte finish
What kills me about this photo is the phone is sitting on top of a case.SMH
Just busting your balls OP.. Although I wouldn't a painted it that color, it wasn't my choice. Good job
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Anybody here have black spots in their screen?
Its only noticeable when the room is dark and the screen is dark.
For example, when I'm about to go to bed all lights off and I read stuff here on xda using the dark theme. I notice some black spots in the screen. They're everywhere in mine and its annoying.
Can you guys try it and let me know if I'm not the only one.
To see it better try using screen filter app from the market and lower the brightness.
Download the picture and open it with gallery. Zoom in to fill up the whole screen. Let me know if you guys have this too
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you're not the only one. it's a known thing w amoled screens. i have 2 big ones near bottom of screen n many tiny dots. doesn't really bother me. don't wanna go through hassle of trying to exchange not knowing if new one would have or not
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you're not the only one. it's a known thing w amoled screens. i have 2 big ones near bottom of screen n many tiny dots. doesn't really bother me. don't wanna go through hassle of trying to exchange not knowing if new one would have or not
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Yeah me too. I guess it is normal. Lol
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Yeah, at this point it's pretty much normal.
You should of seen all the fuss people made about the S2 and even donated a phone to a well known dev to try and somehow fix it only to never get anything back from that dev and everybody's phone still remained the same. Lol.
Some might have it more than others, but at the end we have no choice but to deal with it unless you want to get a different phone.
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Yeah, at this point it's pretty much normal.
You should of seen all the fuss people made about the S2 and even donated a phone to a well known dev to try and somehow fix it only to never get anything back from that dev and everybody's phone still remained the same. Lol.
Some might have it more than others, but at the end we have no choice but to deal with it unless you want to get a different phone.
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i'm dealing with it lol this is my first samsung amoled phone and didn't know about the issue til i saw it one night and was like wth? lol but even then, it didn't bother me since you can only see it in a dark room on a black screen.
Welcome to the joy of Oled, thx Samsung.
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I just tested my screen and I have a few very tiny dots then a really nice size one which I wish wasn't there. The little ones don't bother me so much.
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I just tested my screen and I have a few very tiny dots then a really nice size one which I wish wasn't there. The little ones don't bother me so much.
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I finally got around to testing mine last night, too, and I got lucky as I couldn't detect any ink blotches whatsoever. Even when they are there, they're not noticeable in regular conditions.
Steps to reproduce:
1) Download a completely black image from google images or wherever.
2) Open it fullscreen, turn your phone off, turn the lights off.
3) Wait 10 minutes for your eyes to adjust to pitch black darkness, then turn your phone back on with the black image displayed
4) Check the screen for non-uniformity
I have the problem as well. It does suck, but for me it's not really worth having to go through the exchange steps to get a different one.
I always wondered about them but figured it was just normal I have a big one dead center of the screen. Kinda like a target. Lets hope not for that reason though
guess, I got lucky. My first S3 had 3 spots. The new one is clean!
I'm definitely disappointed with the blacklevels on this display - at least when viewed in extremely dark environments.
I have 1 quite significant black line, and a few dots too. Bleh... wonder what's changed since the S1 screens - black levels were WAY better, and none of this ink marking.
I noticed the black dots, too, but I was able to make them go away with some carefully applied Liquid Paper. No more black dots. Does anyone else have a problem with white dots?
So i'm debating between white and grey; in the store I tend to prefer the white due to contrast the white border makes with the display (on the surface it seems to make the display stand out) but i prefer the grey because it makes the buttons (at bottom) more visible and seems more stealthy. I'm curious if folks who purchased the grey one end up wishing for the white and conversely those who purchased the white if you end up wishing for the grey and why ?
(only other thing I could think that might be material is if the white creates more flare for the camera)
my mind had been made up for months that I was going to get the White...once I spent real time in the store and really thought about it, Grey won out. I don't regret it at all. it's just more my style in the end...more understated.
Got the white since I thought the gray just didn't look right on the phone so no I do not wish I had gotten the gray over the white and also I haven't noticed any problems with the camera.
I got the white and now I'm wishing I got the grey instead. The white just feels a little too girly for me. Plus, the grey would have gone well with the color of the new car.
I really wanted the white one and when I finally went to get my phone at the Verizon store they only had grey left. Me being too impatient got it anyway and very happy I did lol.
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I can choose color easily just wish that the color on the edges never fadeout else is OK .
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ok thanks; i've moved this to note 2 general (since I suspect that might be the more appropriate place).
endo689 said:
I really wanted the white one and when I finally went to get my phone at the Verizon store they only had gray left. Me being too impatient got it anyway and very happy I did lol.
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Same thing for me, only all they had was white. So white it is!(really wanted grey, but I too am an impatient sort)
I had a white s3. I wanted a white phone,but it got old really quickly. I have the gray n2, and must say, looks much nicer and more stylish than the white. Just my opinion though.
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I got the grey. Im colorblind anyways so it wouldnt matter if the phone was lime green.
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So i'm debating between white and grey; in the store I tend to prefer the white due to contrast the white border makes with the display (on the surface it seems to make the display stand out) but i prefer the grey because it makes the buttons (at bottom) more visible and seems more stealthy. I'm curious if folks who purchased the grey one end up wishing for the white and conversely those who purchased the white if you end up wishing for the grey and why ?
(only other thing I could think that might be material is if the white creates more flare for the camera)
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I had the white I just got tired of it, so I got the greyand it is real nice.I had it for maybe a month and I still love looking at the color. It just looks way better.
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So no one else thinks the white makes the screen easier to read (higher contrast) ?
P2o8wer said:
I had the white I just got tired of it, so I got the greyand it is real nice.I had it for maybe a month and I still love looking at the color. It just looks way better.
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I originally wanted white, but I'm glad I went with gray. Even though it's Samsung's famous shoddy plastic it gives a not-so-cheap looking, brushed metal appearance, where as white plastic looks like... white plastic. Plus with the Glacier flavor Otterbox, it contrasts well.
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I'm digging the white. I dont like the grey because the faux metal look makes it feel like a cheap immitation of something which is out of place on this bamf. Color is a minor point though since I jave a case that covers 90% of the samsung plastic. Verizon home button bothers me less in white.
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Sounds like most people are happy with whatever colour they pick and don't wish for the other colour after the fact. Btw if I buy one i would use it without a case; can't stand cases.