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Pocket pc graphics look great on the pc but when sent to the pocket pc they are terrible quality?
Any pocket pc techies out there? I have a Viewsonic v36 running Windows Mobile 2003. I go into photoshop to create theme graphics for it and when I send the theme to the pocket pc it looks like total crap... In the pocket pc theme generator the graphics look fine... There are hundreds of themes downloadable online and all that I try seem to look fine. I'm trying to do a custom theme though and submit it to a theme archive site and I can't do that if every graphic I create looks like dogshit... The graphics look grainy as if someone converted it to a very low quality jpeg or low colored gif. Is there a format that I need to use? What am I missing here?
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BjornEricson: Thanks for your reply... Ok I am not sure what it is your referring to but I did try changing to cmyk mode and it looked crappy as ever... I looked around in photoshop for this Gamma Loader and came up empty. I tried looking also in it's program directory... Can you clarify?
Are you using the latest version of Theme Generator (v2.0)?
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BjornEricson: Yes that I checked... I am baffled as to why it saves my images so crapped up... it is the latest... I am using Adobe Photoshop CS (which I beleive is v8.0) by the way and maybe that doesn't have the Adobe Gamma Loader? I am looking in settings for anything that adjusts the palletes...
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What you need to to is to first setup both your CRT monitor and you Pentablet screen to use the same
palette. As you are using Photoshop the whole thing can be resolved quite easy.
In Adobes Photoshop, there is a tool called Adobe Gamma Loader.
Run this small .exe file and simply adjust your monitor to desired contrast and brightness.
Now run the same tool again when you have your Viewsonic attached to ensure you have the same settings.
There is no specifiy format you should use for themes unless you want to. CMYK is the best format to use if you intend to create professional imagery as you have a separate gamma channel.
Hope this helps,
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