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shmerek · 12:29 AM

Hi could anybody run me through the steps or toss me a link of how to make a background image in a CD? You know when you get certain disk images or CDs and when you click it open there is a cool background to the volume? How do I do that? I thought I had it figured out but nope and I know some of you guys know how to do this because may of the themes I have downloaded have them.
Thanks!

shmerek · Apr 2, 2003, 12:30 AM

Here is an example of the milk theme disc image window so you get my drift

chambone · Apr 2, 2003, 08:07 AM

Hi,
You first need to make a r/w disk image with disk copy. Mount it and open a window from the mounted virtual drive and set it to icon view.

Make a folder and put in the image you want to use. Then press cmd-j and set it to 'this window only'. Set icon and text size and choose 'picture' for the background and locate the picture you just put in the folder on the disk image.

Once you've done this you need to make the folder you've put the picture in invisible, so that it doesn't show up on the CD once burned. You do this by putting a dot "." in front of it's name. You need to use the terminal; Finder won't allow it with admin rights.

Finally set the window size how you like it and paste a custom icon on the white virtual drive (if you like) which will show when you mount the burned CD. Then unmount the image and burn the image file. Done.

It's important that you burn the image file and not the mounted white drive, or it won't work.

ps. don't forget to include your stuff

bOOzo · Apr 2, 2003, 09:13 AM

I had the same problem. Renaming a file with a dot does not work. Smeger gave me help on how to do it, so this is just rewritten from what Smeger told me.

First make a folder and fill it with the stuff you want in it. Then open up Disk Copy.

From the File menu, choose New image from folder (cmd-I).

Select your folder, for the image format, choose Read/Write. Give it some temporary name. Encryption is 'none'

At this point, you should have a new disk image wherever you saved it. Double-click it to mount the new image.

Open up the new disk image and drag in the image file you want to use as the background. It's got to be a single image, one in each folder.

From the Finder, choose View -> Show View Options. Navigate so that the folder you wish to change the view for is the frontmost window.

At this point, the background should be set properly, but the image file is still visible in the window.

Go into Terminal, and move to the directory in your disk image. You can do this by typing (in Terminal)
cd<space>
and then dragging in the icon of the folder you wish to navigate to from the finder.
[press enter]

Still in Terminal, type:
/Developer/Tools/SetFile -a V bg.png
[press enter]

(bg.png is the name of the background..)

You need to have the developer tools installed for this to work

then type
cd /
[press enter]

Eject the disk image and then remount it. The picture file should no longer be visible.

From the File menu, choose Convert Image. Select the temporary disk image you've been working with.

Save it with whatever name you wish the final disk image to have. For the image format, use 'compressed'. For encryption, choose 'none'.

Once the new disk image has been created, mount it, make sure it's kewl, and ship the mofo!

(thanks smeger

)

chambone · Apr 2, 2003, 09:27 AM

Hi,
You're right, what I posted doesn't work anymore

(since 10.2 ??)

Thanks for the info anyway, I'll make sure to back that up.

swiz · Apr 2, 2003, 09:48 AM

Folow these steps exactly and you will be good to go.

1.Open Tinker Tool, Choose show hidden and system files.

2.Create a read/writeable new disk image with Disk Copy.

3.Create a folder on it named whatever you want so long as it starts with a period .

4.Place your background image in the folder.

5.In the view options dialog in the Finder choose background pic and type in the location of the image.
For example:
/Volumes/SS_Disk_Image/.hidden/background.tiff

6.Hide system files again with Tinker Tool.

7.Eject and remount the disc image and assure that it has stuck.

It will set and then you are all set.

shmerek · Apr 2, 2003, 07:31 PM

Hey guys thanks for all the replies. I am trying to use the steps suggested by swiz because I don't have the developer tools installed but I am stuck on one step:

.In the view options dialog in the Finder choose background pic and type in the location of the image.
For example:
/Volumes/SS_Disk_Image/.hidden/background.tiff

I don't see the option for typing in the location manually especially considering the location is hidden. When I select picture and then click select it only gives me the go to option and typing in the address doesn't take me anywhere. any suggestions?

mrbiiggy2 · Apr 2, 2003, 07:39 PM

Originally posted by shmerek:
Hey guys thanks for all the replies. I am trying to use the steps suggested by swiz because I don't have the developer tools installed but I am stuck on one step:

I don't see the option for typing in the location manually especially considering the location is hidden. When I select picture and then click select it only gives me the go to option and typing in the address doesn't take me anywhere. any suggestions?

There's only one text box on the window where you locate the file. 'Go to:', just type it in there.

If you do want setfile, here it is[/url].

shmerek · Apr 2, 2003, 07:50 PM

Originally posted by mrbiiggy2:
There's only one text box on the window where you locate the file. 'Go to:', just type it in there.

If you do want setfile, here it is[/url].

I must be a reject because when I type in that box and click go nothing happens

Adam Betts · Apr 2, 2003, 08:51 PM

Easiest way to get disk image background installed:

Download FileStorm from MindVision

Jasoco · Apr 3, 2003, 12:40 AM

I did this. How I did it was I put the CD-R in the drive, copied the files over, then created a folder and named it " " (Space) and gave the folder a blank icon. I placed the image inside the blank iconed folder and chose that as the background. The folder appeared invisible and I could make it look really cool. Then I burned it and it worked great. I tried to do a .Folder thing but when I tried to browse for the image in the folder (Even with Tinkertool set to show all files) the Open dialog couldn't see the folder.

My way is sort of a hack-ish way, but it worked and is a hell of a lot better than how they did it on OS 9 with all the icons forming a puzzle. (Still, that's more than I've ever seen Windows do and I was completely amazed the first time I saw a folder with a picture in it in the Mac OS.

Now.. I do have a question. Can the Finder burn CD's that will work in Mac OS and Windows? And when like this, can we still have an image as the background that shows up on the Mac side? If I could get this without having to use Toast, I'd be happy.

shmerek · 09:35 PM

Originally posted by Jasoco:
I did this. How I did it was I put the CD-R in the drive, copied the files over, then created a folder and named it " " (Space) and gave the folder a blank icon. I placed the image inside the blank iconed folder and chose that as the background. The folder appeared invisible and I could make it look really cool. Then I burned it and it worked great. I tried to do a .Folder thing but when I tried to browse for the image in the folder (Even with Tinkertool set to show all files) the Open dialog couldn't see the folder.

My way is sort of a hack-ish way, but it worked and is a hell of a lot better than how they did it on OS 9 with all the icons forming a puzzle. (Still, that's more than I've ever seen Windows do and I was completely amazed the first time I saw a folder with a picture in it in the Mac OS.

Now.. I do have a question. Can the Finder burn CD's that will work in Mac OS and Windows? And when like this, can we still have an image as the background that shows up on the Mac side? If I could get this without having to use Toast, I'd be happy.

I tried that and I thought it worked alright but when I mounted the disc today the image was gone.

WTF now the image is showing up.... nevermind

carver · Apr 4, 2003, 09:50 PM

Place the image you want to use on your .dmg file then get info on it with X-Ray. Under File Information click Invisible, voila all done...

Where to get X-Ray

phillryu · Apr 5, 2003, 11:36 AM

Isn't filestorm shareware?

ReggieX · 03:56 PM

Funny, I just wrote up a whole "How To" on this exact same topic for SomethingAwful.com two days ago! Whoa...

I just used the invisible folder trick, but have verified that editing the .DS_Store file with BBEdit works as well.

smeger/bOOzo's method has too many steps. There's no point in setting a folder up on the harddrive if you're creating a disk image anyway. And you don't have to convert it when you're done.

ReggieX · Apr 5, 2003, 02:00 PM

Originally posted by swiz:
5.In the view options dialog in the Finder choose background pic and type in the location of the image.
For example:
/Volumes/SS_Disk_Image/.hidden/background.tiff

Doesn't work. When I go to hit the OK button it gives me the error sound.

Originally posted by Adam Betts:
Easiest way to get disk image background installed: Download FileStorm from MindVision

Why would I want to pay for something that I can do for free with a simple icon?