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 formats
are supported:
Type
File exten-
sions
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, allowing
you to make additional adjustments.
Ntoskrnl.exe
files
.EXE
The system core of Windows XP, in which a boot screen was incor-
porated. TuneUp Styler
3. Select a new boot screen and give it a name under which it will appear in the list of TuneUp Styler.
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. Optimizing the appearance of your new image.
Please note that the available alignment options are only effective if the image is not yet the correct
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, fore-
ground color and edge color to suit your individual taste. Position the progress bar at a location that
does not interfere with the overall picture.
You can find out more information here: Tips for Attractive Boot screens (Windows XP only), p. 130
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 newly added boot screen now appears in the list.
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