User's Manual

Adding Boot Screens from a File
1. In the top left, click Add under Boot screens.
2. Select Load boot screen from a file.
An Explorer window opens and you can select any given file on your computer. The following for-
mats are supported:
Type
File exten-
sion
Description
TuneUp
boot screen
.TBS The individual format of TuneUp Styler
Stardock
Bootskin
.BOOTKSKIN
The format of many boot screens on websites such as www.wi-
ncustomize.com
Images
.BMP; .PNG;
.GIF; .JPG;
.JPEG
If you select an image in one of these formats, the Create boot
screen dialog is automatically called up with this image, allow-
ing you to make additional adjustments.
Ntoskrnl.exe
files
.EXE
The system kernel of Windows XP, in which a boot screen was
incorporated. TuneUp Styler extracts the boot screen from this
EXE file and saves it in Styler format.
3. Select a new boot screen and give it a name under which it will appear in the TuneUp Styler list.
You can also enter the name of an author. The newly added boot screen now appears in the list.
You can add additional boot screens.
Creating your Own Boot Screen
1. Under Boot screens click Create new.
A wizard appears with which you can search for and adapt an image. You can select an image on
your computer or on an external storage device.
You also have the option of first transferring an image from a camera or scanner or starting a
Google™ image search directly from TuneUp Styler. In both cases, you save the required image to
a location that you can easily find again and click on Search local drives to load the saved image.
2. Optimize the appearance of your new image.
Please note that the available alignment options are only effective if the picture is not yet the cor-
rect size for a boot screen (640 x 480 pixels). Under Background, you can specify the color to be
used for areas not covered by your image.
For technical reasons, this includes the background of the progress bar. You can also set position,
foreground color and edge color to suit your individual taste. Position the progress bar at a loca-
tion that does not interfere with the overall picture.
For more information, see: Tips for Attractive Boot screens (Windows XP only), p. 96
3. Save the new boot screen to the TuneUp Styler list under a name of your choosing.
You can also enter the name of an author. The boot screen you added now appears in the list.
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