[SeaBIOS] bootslash.bmp

[Fred .]

I've made a ImageMagick script to generate a image!
It is easy to change it to generate in other screen resolution or
change font size.

#!/bin/sh
convert -background black \
        -font /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-R.ttf \
        \( -pointsize 96 -size 320x480 \
        -gravity East -fill '#2078cb' label:'Sea' \
        -gravity West -fill white     label:'BIOS' \
        +append \) seabios.jpg

Looks awesome!

On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Fred . <eldmannen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Converted to JPG the file would be only about 9 kb.
>
> It could be generated from this SVG file I attached.
> This could be generated in a scripted manner using free open source
> software tools such as the 'convert' utility, part of ImageMagick.
>
> $ convert seabios.svg bootsplash.jpg
>
> Convert also supports -size parameter to resize to different sizes.
>
> The benefit of having it in the source tree is that it would make it
> easier for user to locate the path/directory where seabios looks for
> the bootsplash image, so they know where they should put their own
> bootsplash image.
> So they can just find the included bootsplash image and replace it
> with their own.
>
> Having a prominent logo displayed may also result in SeaBIOS receiving
> more attention.
>
> On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 6:32 AM, Peter Stuge <peter at stuge.se> wrote:
>> Fred . wrote:
>>> Add to source tree.
>>> bootsplash.bmp
>>
>> I'm afraid that's not likely.
>>
>> The file is 1.2 MB, which would grow the current repository size
>> over 30%. I find that unacceptable for a bootsplash file that most
>> will really notice or want.
>>
>> Recall the discussion when you first brought up the bootsplash topic.
>> SeaBIOS as you may have experienced by now only runs for a few
>> hundred milliseconds, and in fact running the VGA BIOS takes most of
>> that time, so a bootsplash would only be visible for maybe a tenth of
>> a second. Suggesting to add artificial delays would not be wise.
>>
>> Furthermore, if there is to be a bootsplash (which I for one don't
>> hold for impossible) then it needs to be generated from the
>> professional project logo (so far there is none) and preferably using
>> scripted free and libre tools.
>>
>> In any case, I think all graphics should be stored outside the source
>> tree, and be an optional addon.
>>
>> See e.g. what we do for the coreboot logo: http://coreboot.org/Logo
>>
>>
>> //Peter
>>
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