+ Posted by Noel Silvia // PLAYSTATION Store Team
Here’s what you’ll be needing:
- a computer that runs Windows
- a digital image editing program
- the “PSP Theme Toolbox”
- a little bit of time
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In the “Toolbox”, you’ll find:
- Icons and Wallpaper templates
- “PSP Custom Theme Converter” program
- Default Project saved as a “.txt” file
- “How To” Basics and Advanced Walkthroughs
- Layered PhotoShop template of icons
- Unlike for PS3 Themes, there is an actual program so you won’t have to be worrying about XML code or funky compiler programs.
- Open the program (PSPCustomThemeConverter.exe) and we’ll go though it, tab-by-tab.
The first tab is the “Information” Tab.
- Put the name of your Theme or its description in the “Title” space.
- The “Product ID” is where you assign what the Theme is associated to, e.g. Game, Anime, Movie, etc.
- The “Version” is helpful if you want to do keep track of multiple versions of a Theme, but isn’t necessary either.
- Wallpapers have to be:
- Click on the “Folder” button to browse and select any image that matches the required size and format.
- If the image you select is not useable, an “Error” window will pop-up letting you know what needs to change.
- You can click the “Preview” button to preview your wallpaper once you’ve selected one that is workable.
- * 480 x 272 pixels * 24-bit Color Image * BMP files
- These icons need to be:
- * either 64 x 48 pixels or 48 x 48 pixels * 8-bit Index (32-bit Color) * TGA, PNG, or GIM image files
- These are the sub-icons that appear below the category XMB icons.
- Double click on the icon line or click the “Edit” button.
- You’ll see a request for two files: the “Icon Body” and the “Icon Focus”. The “Body” is the actual icon.
- The “Focus” is the glow that pulses around the icon when you highlight that icon. If you’d like to keep things simple, or not worry about having a pulsing glow around your selection, you can either use the default focus image or leave that space blank.
- The icons need to be:
- * 32 x 32 pixels (Body) * 48 x 48 pixels (Focus) * 8-bit Index (32-bit Color) * TGA, PNG, or GIM image files
- Just like the First Level Icons, these need to be:
- Its focus needs to be:
- * 32 x 32 pixels * 8-bit Index (32-bit Color) * TGA, PNG, or GIM image files
- * 48 x 48 pixels * 8-bit Index (32-bit Color) * TGA, PNG, or GIM image files
- The “Preview Icon” is the tiny thumbnail that appears when you choose your Theme, and needs to be:
- The “Preview Image” is the preview for the Theme, and needs to be:
- The final option is “Theme Color”. Here, you can assign a particular highlight colour to your Theme, or have it change monthly automatically.
- * 16 x 16 pixels * 8-bit Index (32-bit Color) * TGA, PNG, or GIM image files
- * 300 x 170 * 24-bit Color Image * BMP
Once you’ve assigned all of the Icons to your images, go to “FILE” and select “EXPORT”.
- Name your file, click “SAVE”, and the program will create your PSP Theme File (.PTF).
- With your PSP connected to your computer in USB Mode or with a compatible Memory Stick connected, place the file into the proper “Theme” folder ( \PSP\THEME ).
- Disconnect your PSP or insert the Memory Stick in to your PSP.
- Under “Settings”, select “Theme Settings”, and then “Theme”.
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