im using RCOMage (rcomage-dev-v1.1.2 w/patches). I actually tested some of the new color themes using PNG convert in RCOMage, and they seem fine to me. I tested on 4.89. I would not be opposed to using GIM if there is a ps plugin perhaps lol.
I mentioned it because there are some problems in the conversions in between standard image formats and GIM... but the explanation of the problems is long, so instead of writing a wall of text im going to explain a failproof way to "port" the custom images from inside RCO's to different firmware versions
The GIM files allows to use many settings, sometimes the XMB is permisive with that settings, but sometimes is strict and the GIM file requires specific settings... and the easyest way to prevent this kind of problems is by
dont convert the GIM files
Is easy, specially now that you made a list of the images that needs to be "ported", lets use this one as example, lets say you have a pink theme and the
item_tex_ps_store.gim already made in pink inside a
explore_category_video.rco compatible with 4.88
1) create a folder named "explore_category_video_488_pink", and extract the contents of the OLD rco in it
without the GIM conversions
2) create a folder named "explore_category_video_489_pink", and extract the contents of the OFW rco in it
without the GIM conversions
3) copy the file
item_tex_ps_store.gim from folder 1 to 2 (overwriting the OFW GIM)
4) compile the rco
This is the kind of procedure that should work, because we are considering the custom pink .GIM taken from 4.88 was using valid GIM settings (and we are not modifying the GIM at all)
You know... if you repeat the procedure as many times you want, and you check the MD5 of the GIM is going to be identical all the times before/after including/extracting it from the RCO
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In my oppinion thats the easyest and most failproof procedure for "porting" images
In other words... the conversion to PNG is pretty much for identification purposes, and if you want to create new custom images, but if the only thing you want to do is to move some custom images from a RCO to another RCO i think what im suggesting is better
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