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eenieMINI 01-21-2009 11:58 AM

New Manila Editor
 
I posted this in the Diamond forums but wanted to share here too...
there is a new manila editor that has functions for simple manila replacement/theme creations as well as cooked roms... much more accurate than the original Manila Editor

As I posted earlier in the "Today Screens" post there is a new manila editor program available at XDA from Chainfire.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=470798

I've tried this as well as Manila Editor 2.0.. this Chainfire one is perfect! I only suggest you work from a copy folder so you don't lose your originals.

Be sure to read the "manual" post for how to's and what if's.. but its pretty straight forward, allows a viewing background color so you can see those white qtc's and repairs/fixes headers etc for those hard to replace items.

Have fun and post what you've created!! I'm fixin to redo my flyfishing icons so they are cleaner.. I really had to jig around to make them import in Manila Editor... this program will be a breeze compared!

Insatiable 01-21-2009 04:16 PM

Re: New Manila Editor
 
thanks! cant wait to get gome and take a wack at it

Kolano 01-21-2009 07:53 PM

Re: New Manila Editor
 
This editor also enables further lossless compression of images, which both saves space and improves performance. From the Bugs\Fixes\Updates WM6.1 build 20931 kitchen thread...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kolano
Manila:
Pre-compression: 18,000,929 bytes
Post-compression: 11,611,887 bytes

Manila Raphael:
Pre-compression: 17,781,179 bytes
Post-compression:11,496,698 bytes

Manila Sprint:
Pre-compression: 16,037,276 bytes
Post-compression: 9,079,523 bytes

Manila Sprint Raphael:
Pre-compression: 16,305,021 bytes
Post-compression: 10,670,080 bytes


eenieMINI 01-22-2009 01:54 AM

Re: New Manila Editor
 
Yes, I was reading about that and thinking to try the compression factor. However, one thing in the creator's post stated that if you compress one you should compress all... since I am only changing things here and there I was chicken to use the compression factor..... but maybe when I get a theme I wanna keep I can export all the manila files and simply compress the theme without replacing graphics.

I like how his program is good for beginners like me and cooks as well.

Kolano 01-22-2009 02:35 PM

Re: New Manila Editor
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by eenieMINI (Post 657799)
However, one thing in the creator's post stated that if you compress one you should compress all.

Can you be more specific where you saw that?

I believe the edited Manila should support both compressed and uncompressed images, so it's not clear you have to compress everything. However, since the compression is lossless/reversible, performance is best with things converted, and the conversion process is automated, there really isn't a good reason not to.

eenieMINI 01-22-2009 03:00 PM

Re: New Manila Editor
 
Makes sense. I can't find where I read it now so maybe I misunderstood on the first time through. I just read through the entire thread and user area and see no reference now, but it seemed that I read that if you compress you should compress everything. Anyway, as I said I was just chicken to try since I'm barely editing manila qtc files ... I'll get brave and try it now!


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