You'll need to use a 4bit 16 color bmp whit a resolution of 640x480 pixels.. atm i'm working on some new features that will i.e allow u to change the colors of the pallet and use zipped bitmaps in stead of boot.res files (for live patching) i'll also write a small tut how to make bootscreens using freeware only. i found that "gimp" works the best for me..(dont save with multiple opend layers) i'v remade some XPtsp bootscreens and hex edited them so u can see what u are doing BMP's to work from. dl:sample_lbs_boot.zip when done u can just use them as they are ... (u don't have to make them black for that) Check if the file properties are still the same after u saved your edited bitmap... (else you'll get a black screen or even a bsod) if u want to use your bitmaps in a XPtsp patcher u can only use the standard color pallet, else you'll have to do some hex editing to the kernels..