Bootskin wont show me my own bootskin

When I attempt to open the image files, I get an error that they aren't valid BMP/DIB/RLE files. What program are you using to create/save them, and what method are you using?

I made the images with Photoshop, saved it as a .jpg file and renamed it later as a .bmp file.

Well that's the problem then ...... why are you saving as jpg, and then renaming to bmp? Why not save as bmp?

Well that's the problem then ...... why are you saving as jpg, and then renaming to bmp? Why not save as bmp?

Is it possible to save images as .bmp with Photoshop?

I tried saveing the images with photoshop as a .bmp, but you can choose only between .gif .jpg. .png!

Do you want to save the images for me as a .bmp?
You can find the .jpg images here:
http://members.lycos.nl/akverslag2003/matrix_BSE/img.jpg
http://members.lycos.nl/akverslag2003/matrix_BSE/bar.jpg

And here is the .ini file:
http://members.lycos.nl/akverslag2003/matrix_BSE/bootskin.ini

Thanx you very much!

You're kidding, right? ........ I don't use PS, but I'm pretty sure it's quite simple to do so. If you need info on how to do it, I would suggest reading the manual. Surely an expensive program such as PS comes with instructions.

Can you save the images for me as a .bmp?
The URL's are written down above.

What version of Photoshop are you using? Is it actually Adobe Photoshop or some scaled down manufacturers version that came with a scanner or digital camera? Even then I find it really difficult to believe that it doesn't support bitmaps.

At any rate, if you saved them as .jpg, you can open them yourself in MS Paint and save them as .bmp.

Or you can DL IrfanView http://www.irfanview.com/ It is a freeware file converter which can view almost any graphic file format and can convert to most all of the common graphics formats. It is also a very good tool for resizing or doing batch conversions.

I use PS Elements 2.0 and it is extremly easy to use

I tried converting the images with IfranView, i placed them in a .zip en renamed it to .bootskin
But it still doesn't work!

It doesn't work by me.
Does it work by you?

Here is the .bootskin file:
http://members.lycos.nl/akverslag2003/matrix_BSE/Matrix.bootskin

It's not working now, because you didn't save the bmp's as 16 color 4 bit images.
You need to read this tutorial...  http://martin.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=1886 

Yes, of course PS will save files as bmp's, although it does take a little finagling to get them saved as 16 color 4bit.

Thank you it really work!
But the quality is very bad!

Yeah, that's the problem with being limited to 16 colors, but there's nothing that can be done about that at this time. BootSkin has to load before any graphics drivers are loaded. The more complex an image, the more it will suffer when reduced to 16 colors.