[weed37]

credit for this great post goes to marcusita of afterdawn.com

First of all you need to download a few programs.

1.PS3 Theme Builder 2.1 - http://www.lili-chan.com/downloads.htm (Creators Site)

2.MFAudio v1.1 - http://members.lycos.co.uk/ripperoo/gta3/utilities/ (I downloaded it from here it was a pain to find)(pop up banner shows at the start so make sure you have your pop up blocker ON,sorry but its the only place i could find it) This is used to convert RAW format audio to VAG audio format for use with the sound effects.

3.XnView - http://pagesperso-orange.fr/pierre.g...loadwin32.html (Creators Site) Go to the bottom of the page and select XnView v1.92.1 Complete version (Some Plugins/Addons & NConvert, ShellEx, Media Detector)
Server 2.
This is only needed if you dont already have a image converting tool.

4.Audio converting software to convert your audio to RAW audio format.



Ok so youve downloaded all that software,now comes the fun part,creating your own personal theme.You can keep them to yourself or upload them to the net.You can also post them on Oners thread http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/587305

Before you start.
Image sizes and formats to be aware of.

Theme information - Theme Icon and Author Icon 64x64.PNG

Icons,Colours,Font - Main Menu Icons(i always put images in these) ALL 128x128.PNG
Sub Menu Icons(i put in proper icons for these ones) 128x128.PNG except Default Photo File/Folder which is 170x128.PNG and Default Video File/Folder which is 228x128.PNG
Pointer Icons - 48x48.PNG

Backgrounds - HD Background 1920x1080.JPEG and SD Background 640x480.JPEG

XnView will convert all of these for you and will also batch convert.

To search for images go here,its what i always use http://images.google.co.uk/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi

Also if your looking for icons,just type in PS3 Icons into Google.
Once youve done all the image and audio converting its time to start creating that theme.



Go into the folder where PS3 Theme Builder 2.1 is and double click the file that says PS3ThemeManager,your program will open.

Select file at the top,then select new and name it.
Once thats done you can now start creating the theme,give it a name,put in your icons to the Theme Icon and Author Icon area,then enter your details-Author name,genre,url,version and comment.

Now put all your icons into the Icons,Colours,Font area.

Once thats done put in your backgrounds in Backgrounds area.

Only if you really want to go to the Additional Commands area and insert your VAG files where it says sound effects.

Once thats all done go back to the Theme information area and click on Generate Preview,then select generate and once the preview has popped up click where it says at the bottom "click here to save the preview and close"

Now all you have to do is click build theme and thats it done.

Sorry if this looks sloppy but i am rubbish at explaining things,but you should be able to understand the tutorial ok.


EDIT
Where to upload(or download if you cant be bothered creating) your PS3 themes.
These two in my opinion are of the easiest to upload to,they are the ones i use.
http://www.allps3themes.com/
http://ps3files.net/themes

But there are more and ill list some of them here.
http://www.ps3-themes.com/
http://www.ps3theme.net/browse.php?page=2
http://ps3xmbthemes.com/

I have checked all these sites and they seem to be fine,but if any of the Moderators think that they are in any way inapropriate i will delete the link.

[David562]

lol at "hard to find..." http://www.zophar.net/utilities/ps2u...audio-1-1.html


GOOGLE! Must be on 'weed' man! :P

[rob1cool]

hay man thanks for this i was looking for a way to add sounds to my theme's for ages now many thanks

[w0313]

can I just add a music to my Heavy Rain theme with this method? how? @weed37
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can I just add a music to my Heavy Rain theme with this method? how? @weed37

[sandungas]

Originally Posted by w0313 can I just add a music to my Heavy Rain theme with this method? how?[MENTION=4772]weed37

This thread made me doubt about what i said you the other day that "there is no music support in themes"... and i had to read a couple of times because its not explained how to make music for a theme and the name of the thread is confusing

But i think he is talking about "navigation sounds" (this "click" sounds when moving in XMB)... this files are .VAG and themes can contains 5
Copied from http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/Themes_%28.p3t%29

se_optionmenu_1.vag  //is for Options menu open sound
se_decide_1.vag         //is for Enter sound
se_system_ok_1.vag    //is for General dialog open sound
se_cancel" src="se_cancel_1.vag          //is for Cancel sound
se_cursor" src="se_cursor_1.vag          //is for Cursor movement

Btw, i had the same doubt about heavy rain theme because i saw a video in youtube and it had sounds from a storm and i thought "hmmm, not bad" but when i found the theme and installed it had no sound

Officially there is no music in themes (or in the official tool and other tools derived from them)
Maybe with some hacking the firmware can support it, but i dont know if there is some technicall limitation that makes this idea imposible
So i will not say "is imposible"... but i better say "is not posible by now"

[GregoryRasputin]

Originally Posted by sandungas This thread made me doubt about what i said you the other day that "there is no music support in themes"... and i had to read a couple of times because its not explained how to make music for a theme and the name of the thread is confusing

Sorry i was a complete n00b back then and i think it was one of the very first tutorials i wrote, i think i wrote it before joining here, though saying that, even though it was quite a long time ago, im still not much better at writing tutorials

[PRIZERONE]

nice tutorial are try this soon

[w0313]

this is my first theme I designed by my self,.it's bad, isn't it.lol

[AzzyFox]

Thanks for the tutorial/info! =D

[arpan424]

thanks for the info!!