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[Tutorial] How to Make Manila 2.5 Animated Wallpaper

I've been making a few of these and I decided after a couple of requests that I should make a tutorial. I will try to be as thorough as possible. If I missed a step, please let me know and I will correct it. Thanks!
This tutorial will be for the Circles Animated Wallpaper. If I have time, I will add the Brush and Light Wallpapers later.
Things you will need:
1. A .png picture editor - Photoshop, Gimp, Paint.Net etc.
2. CFC_gui editor http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3164600&postcount=1[/URL]
3. A file explorer that will allow you to overwrite files in the Windows folder : Total Commander, Resco Explorer etc.
Step 1.
Create a folder on your Desktop PC Called Circles.
Step 2.
Open the file explorer on your phone that you will be using and go to the "Windows" folder.
Step 2a.
Locate, copy, and paste the following files to your storage card:
1f3e9503_manila
2bfd66c8_manila
2c0f7f49_manila
2c33b04b_manila
2c45c8cc_manila
2c2197ca_manila
5ad77c2b_manila
199e77cf_manila
4256a2d4_manila
42448a53_manila
423271d2_manila
Step 3.
Go to the "Windows>Animated Wallpaper" folder.
Step 3a.
Copy the file _RAW_Circle.png to your storage card
Step 4.
Copy these files to the "Circles" folder on your PC that you have created.
Step 5.
Open CFC_gui.exe
Step 6.
Select "File>Select Folder>Circles (Wherever you saved your Circles folder)
Step 7.
Select "Tools>Export to PNGs". To keep things simple, export the PNGs to the Circles folder.
Step 8.
Now open your photo editing software and begin editing your pictures.
_RAW_Circle.png is the thumbnail veiw that you will use to select your Wallpaper when you are finished.
5ad77c2b_manila is a 512x1024 image of your background
To make the next two images (199e77cf_manila and 1f3e9503_manila) you will need to start out with a 480x640 wall that you are using. These two images when combined, need to match up perfectly.
The rest are simply the circles that you can replace with any image you desire.
Be sure to replace and save all of the pngs with the same name in the circles folder.
Step 9.
Go back to CFC_gui. Select the first file in the window on the left. Hit the "Replace with" button on the lower right. Select the png from the "Circles" folder that has the corresponding name. This will overwrite the manila file with that name in the "Circles" folder. Do this with all of the files in the window on the left.
Step 10.
Now hit: Tools>Finish Up. The wizard that follows will CFC Compress, Pad, and Trim your files to optimize them for use on your device.
Step 11.
Move all of the manila files in the folder and the _Raw_Circle.png back to your storage card.
Step 12.
Copy all of the manila files in step 11 over to your Windows folder on your device. If asked to overwrite the existing files, click yes
Step 13.
Copy the file _RAW_Circle.png to the "Windows>Animated Wallpaper" folder. Again, if asked to overwrite the existing files, click yes
Now restart your device, go to Settings tab>Personalize>Home tab wallpaper>animated wallpaper and select your new wallpaper!
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