Hollywoodtx Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 (edited) Thought I would start this so we could all share..here is a great vid I came across to help learn how to do it on the focus but it is the same for the cmax and all ford my touch. Here is a cool site with pre made wallpaper http://focusmftwallpapers.tumblr.com/ Edited February 6, 2013 by Hollywoodtx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingrider01 Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 link does not work, but thank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnOhio Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 What size of image file works best? (Kil, Meg's) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywoodtx Posted February 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Should work now... For sizeMax 1.5 Mg and size 800X384 fits just right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnOhio Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 I uploaded a variety of pictures. It helps if the picture is 800 X 384. I used a program, Gimp, to size my pictures to the 800 X 384 size. I made the pictures in the JPG format.Some of the pictures are star fields, Dr. Who's Tardis, and Star Trek emblems. I made sure that the background was black so it would match the rest of the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoutsNC Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 I found some interesting wallpapers that others had already done for the MFT. I figured this would be a good post to share: http://focusmftwallpapers.tumblr.com/ Here's a thread on another forum that also has some really good ones http://www.focusfanatics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=281822&page=5 In 2010 when I first picked up my 2011 Explorer, there was an option to remove the home screen overlay. They have since taken that away though :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBGrad Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 I just found one of my pictures that I liked, reszied it in Lightroom, and exported it at 800x384 (which is about as UNstandard as you can get). This is the orginal aspect ratio. Sunrise on Sierra Crest by SBGrad, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RachelnLa Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Awesooooome. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 I just found one of my pictures that I liked, reszied it in Lightroom, and exported it at 800x384 (which is about as UNstandard as you can get). This is the orginal aspect ratio. Sunrise on Sierra Crest by SBGrad, on FlickrThat is spectacular! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roninsd Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBGrad Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 That is spectacular! Thanks. I took that picture at 632am, at an elevation of 13,000' (or so) on the Mt Whitney trail, about 8 miles from the trailhead (on the 99 switchbacks, if you know the trail). 10 of us from the office started at 1245am under a blue moon. It looked like that for about 1 minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnOhio Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Can't wait to get my car and make me some cool wallpapers. I'm a graphic designer and have Adobe Suite 6 on my computer. I wonder if they will give everyone access to change the voice in MFT. I was thinking of making the voice of the cylons on the original Battlestar Galactica and put a pic of a base ship on the screen. Of course I would have to figure out how to change the greeting from PLEASE SAY A COMMAND to BY YOUR COMMAND. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtorres Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Thought I would start this so we could all share..here is a great vid I came across to help learn how to do it on the focus but it is the same for the cmax and all ford my touch. Here is a cool site with pre made wallpaper http://focusmftwallpapers.tumblr.com/ Worked with out a hitch. Thank you for the post! EVger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxWally Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Thanks. Now my car can be an autobot, from starfleet or pretend to be the batmobile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtb9153 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Was wondering if any of you programers, computer geeks know if there is a way to use a screen saver background with motion rather than just a still of your favorite image. I'd like to incorporate a screen saver background from my MacPro called Flurry which moves across my monitor when the system is asleep. Assuming I can locate and extract this screensaver from my MacPro onto my thumbdrive it would look cool to have on the MFT screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBGrad Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Was wondering if any of you programers, computer geeks know if there is a way to use a screen saver background with motion rather than just a still of your favorite image. I'd like to incorporate a screen saver background from my MacPro called Flurry which moves across my monitor when the system is asleep. Assuming I can locate and extract this screensaver from my MacPro onto my thumbdrive it would look cool to have on the MFT screen. MFT only accepts .png, .jpg and .gif formats. There are animated.gif files, but I don't know: a) if MFT takes animated gifs, or b) you can save your Flurry background as an animated gif. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR61 Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 I just found one of my pictures that I liked, reszied it in Lightroom, and exported it at 800x384 (which is about as UNstandard as you can get). This is the orginal aspect ratio. Sunrise on Sierra Crest by SBGrad, on FlickrI like this! See my profile pic from same general area of switchbacks below Trail Crest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janice Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Help help: I have had zero success in uploading jpg images to my c max sync screen. I've followed directions in the video... ...used a FAT-32 USB ...images all less than 2 mb and cropped to proper size ...reset the system (twice) ... Asked for help from ford dealer ( useless) Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAZ Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Did you get a message as to why the failure to load? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janice Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Jaz, yes-- the message said that the file format was not compatible. The individual jpg file names showed up in the list, but when I tried adding any, got the 'file format not compatible' message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janice Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Jaz, yes-- the message said that the file format was not compatible. The individual jpg file names showed up in the list, but when I tried adding any, got the 'file format not compatible' message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAZ Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 That sounds like what happened to me: I then resized the picture to exactly 800 x 384 and it loaded with no problem. As mentioned earlier, that size is anything but standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janice Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Interesting. It's possible that my pix are sized at 800 x 385. I'll double-check. Fingers crossed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janice Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 Jaz,SUCCESS! :-)When I checked the file sizes--turns out the *size ratio* was correct but *pixels* were way off--far too large. I used Preview on my Mac to resize each image so it was indeed 800x384, and amazingly, Sync read the files and accepted them. Now i finally have a picture of my dog on the screen of my car. Only took two weeks and about 20 tries, plus one fruitless trip to the clueless dealer. :-[ Thank you SO much. :-))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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