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share the wallpaper plz!
 
Been living with this home screen for a little while. Was tired of small text icons so I made a Launcher Pro bar with larger text on the bar.

Thought icon size was fixed. Mind sharing how you did this and how large is "larger text" ?
 
Thought icon size was fixed. Mind sharing how you did this and how large is "larger text" ?


OK, here's how I did it.

1) I found the launcher dock background (the circle with the android and the two-tone bar) through the Launcher Pro forum on custom docks and the link to Ardchoille's artwork at his website (Ian's Place | Artwork / Artwork).

2) I opened the .png file in Photoshop and added text on top of the dock for each of the other links. I used Agency FB font (native font), bold, all caps, 60 pt for the first letter and 48 pt for the others. Then I changed the text color to match the lightest green color in the android.

3) Added a drop shadow and a slightly darker green stroke (the outline of the words). Saved the file as a .png and uploaded it to my EVO.

4) In Photoshop, I also made a transparent icon (72 x 72 px) with nothing in it and saved that to my EVO icon file.

5) Then I used Launcher Pro to install the dock with the text and added funtionality with a transparent icon over each of the five spots.

Overall, it's kinda a cool concept (not mine originally) and I don't mind the fixed text because these are the five options that I use all the time anyway. I might go back and shrink the font sizes down just a bit. Also, I'm not super crazy about all that green and might play around with other colors.
 
How the heck do you guys get wallpaper to fit so nicely...That green box I cant figure out for the life of me. It either blows up the image or not show enough...I dont get it.
 
How are you guys uploading your screens. I have the shoot me app, are you connecting through usb or sending them directing from your phones to this forum.
 
How the heck do you guys get wallpaper to fit so nicely...That green box I cant figure out for the life of me. It either blows up the image or not show enough...I dont get it.

yeah it's hard at first. First you have to have the right shape wallpaper. Second you have to determine what portion of the image you want on your home screen and use image editing software to move it left or right as needed. It's all been covered numerous times in this thread. I know it's long but if you take the time you'll learn a lot.
 
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