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November 9, 2017 10:18
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Convert image to ppm format suitable for Linux splashscreen
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| The logo_linux_clut224.ppm was generated in the following way | |
| - open your desired splash screen image (bmp, jpeg, whateva) in GIMP | |
| - File->Export As... | |
| - Change the name to <image name>.ppm and save | |
| - Choose "RAW" in the pop-up window that is showed | |
| - Now we run the following comands | |
| # This is to reduce color count to 224 | |
| ppmquant 224 <image name>.ppm > <image name>_224.ppm | |
| # Convert to ASCII! | |
| pnmnoraw <image name>_224.ppm > logo_linux_clut224.ppm | |
| Replace the file in this directory with the result from above commands. |
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