Modding my TomTom to XR standards - now with DIY

[Timmeh]

Mate, here's my best attempt for now, but I'm not ecstatic about the colour. It's pretty hard to get the metallic blue to appear well on a car that is only 80 pixels tall and half that width.



Right click and Save As:
http://www.stfocus.net/timmeh/TomTom/arcticnl.bmp

I'll keep playing to see if I can get it any better, but it might be as far as my photoshop skills can take me. If something doesn't look right to you, let me know.

Timmeh

[Timmeh]

Alright I have tweaked the colour a bit to look less grey and more metallic blue.

Enjoy.

Tim

[Hybrid34]

Originally Posted by Timmeh

Alright I have tweaked the colour a bit to look less grey and more metallic blue.

Enjoy.

Tim

BUY THIS MAN A DRINK!,
thank you sooo much for this timmeh!, really appreciate your time to do this for me, +1 to you!,
it works a treat, looks pretty scary seeing my car on the tom tom moving around , haha
cheers again
- Ash

[Timmeh]

Excellent, glad you like it! It was all done freehand using your car as a colour reference and some other shots from carsales ads to try to get the rear lights shape working properly.

Nice (real) car, by the way.

Timmeh

[GT0132]

Originally Posted by fordel

Awesome program that.

Just installed it onto my TomTom ONE, worked perfectly.

Though the install screen was in french, so just watch for that

Also didnt have the default.bmp cursor file either but who would want that now anyway !

Thanks for showing me this Tim !

Thanks Tim, I bought one of these today and then downloaded your program...Fantastic

[StealthAu]

Hey man that is pretty cool, just tried it out on my Navman and it worked. Anychance of an icon of my car? I can't draw CGI's for crap

[Timmeh]

Originally Posted by ozmale42

Thanks Tim, I bought one of these today and then downloaded your program...Fantastic

Excellent news!

Originally Posted by stockoau

Hey man that is pretty cool, just tried it out on my Navman and it worked. Anychance of an icon of my car? I can't draw CGI's for crap

I'll have a crack tomorrow morning using the photos of the car in your signature.

Timmeh

[csv8]

Can you do it to the Navman N40 ? cheers

[Timmeh]

Originally Posted by stockoau

Hey man that is pretty cool, just tried it out on my Navman and it worked. Anychance of an icon of my car? I can't draw CGI's for crap

I thought I was going to be able to adapt one of the BA cars to an AU look, but my photoshop skills just aren't that good, sorry. I spent quite a while on it but it just was not working for me. Best I could do was make one from a photo of your car. If you provide a photo of your car at the angle you want, I can convert it into an icon for you.



http://www.stfocus.net/timmeh/TomTom/au.bmp

Originally Posted by csv8

Can you do it to the Navman N40 ? cheers

Really not sure, I wasn't even aware that it would on any Navman, so I really don't know if it will or not sorry. I don't have one here to try it on.

Timmeh

[StealthAu]

You can do this on any GPS unit, with the Navman I just went through the settings looked for the file full of icons, had a look trhough them till I found the one that is the car icon. Backed it up to my computer (in case it went pair shaped) then I deleted it off the Navman and saved the picture provided here with the same name and format as the original icon.

And thatnks for the pic :

[troppo]

Sorry for the threadmine but I only just got a GPS early this week and tried this out.
I took a pic of my car from a balcony and made my own icon...the detail is almost good enough to make out the AFF and NT club stickers on the back window .

The photo isn't great though, partly because I haven't taken the plastic off the touchscreen yet.

Thanks timmeh

[Timmeh]

Nice one, good to see you got it working for you!

Timmeh

[GT0132]

Originally Posted by ozmale42

Thanks Tim, I bought one of these today and then downloaded your program...Fantastic

Hey tim...I don't suppose you can do the car in Black could you?...I tried and failed...It doesn't have to be a GT, an XR is fine

Cheers mate.

[GT0132]

Just on these Sat Navs...I bought the Tom Tom One XL....What a fantastic device....The speedo readings are spot on with my cars own speedo and they do know when to change speed limits within a few metres of the road sign...I also love the camera warnings...But can it distinguish between a speed camera and a red light camera and how do you tell?

Not a bad gadget for around $400. My Sydney Street directory can now be used as a boat anchor

Only drawback is having to take it down from teh screen every time you get out of your car for fear of a break in....How do others mount theirs?...I was thinking of trying to mount it down low near the glove box so it's out of sight somewhat.