Hey Guys
I made a Photoshop template for creating MFT wallpapers. I don't have the update yet so everything is based on the PR photos Ford sent out. I hope you guys can confirm for me that everything is in the right place.
This doesn't have to do with wallpaper, but at the bottom there is only the home button and cogs for setting, no "i" for info. Just letting you know what the release didn't include from Ford's pics!
Thank You everyone, I hope this helps. Im waiting to see how that background looks on the actual screen. Ive noticed some stepping in the gradient areas on other wallpapers, so hopefully the flare won't look horrible.
Also If anyone out there could confirm for me that this is what the Climate quadrant of MFT looks like on our cars that would be great. I looked around online and this was the best guess I could find. Im mainly curious if anything else is ever displayed in the area or if its just the 2 temps.
It is just the 2 temps. This template looks great! Awesome idea for the wallpaper. Pop over to Justy's MFT wallpaper thread and add it up there as well, I also posted a really basic wallpaper idea that incorporated an icon representing each quadrant in each corner of the screen, maybe you can take my idea and run with it and combine it with what you've done here.
Thanks gullwingdmc! I've been doing some tinkering myself, and this will be a big help! These cross hairs are going to make for some interesting wallpapers[thumb]
Just wanted to let you know that depending on your vehicle software configuration, the Performance Upgrade is now available on the Update & Customize page on the SYNC Owner website. For Navigation-equipped vehicle owners, if you choose to download the upgrade, please note you will have a non-functioning Navigation system until you receive the new SD card by mail.
I have the Nav so I'm waiting for my SD card to come. I went to my dealer today to get an oil change, I was hoping they would have them but they didn't. I called the 800 number too but they said there is no scheduled date yet for my packet to be sent out.
I noticed that on the actual car display, the wallpaper is *slightly* off. I'll snap a picture later to show you. I noticed finally when I looked at the middle where the cross goes through, it's centered horizontally, but vertically it's slightly off.
Sounds good let me know I can tweak my template. All 4 quadrants are the same size on the template, so maybe it's different on the system. I noticed on the old MFT the horizontal line is slightly lower than center.
I updated the PSD Template and the background image to fix some positioning and add a darken mask to match what the system is doing. The old links have been updated but here is new one so you don't have to search.
sweet! I wonder if there's some sort of glow that can be added for the red/green quadrants without muddying up the wallpaper, just something ambient, not necessarily in line with the text displays like the phone/climate since the Nav/Info and Music quadrants can change
Just installed my 3.0 this evening, so here's a photo of it in actual use...
Main issue is the gradients are a bit choppy on screen. I only saved out as PNG so it might be worthwhile trying a JPG version to see if that changes anything. Placement looks pretty good overall.
Sorry for the shoddy photo - just wanted to snap a quick shot w/my phone so you could see it on a real system.
Just installed my 3.0 this evening,
Main issue is the gradients are a bit choppy on screen. I only saved out as PNG so it might be worthwhile trying a JPG version to see if that changes anything. Placement looks pretty good overall.
I hear you about the gradient, I don't thing it's the file format.
The colors seem to washed out in the corners w/ the 3.0 update. It is as if there is a whiteness or grey trying to shine through from behind the colors. I notice this especially in daylight, when the lcd screen is at its brightest. It cheapens the appearance, to me.
2.11 had richer / deeper coloration ... it just plain looked good.
Looks good on the MFT display - only real issue is that the red area seems to be about one line of text too low. And that only shows up when you're using an audio source without presets, obviously.
Also, and it seems to me like the Driver/Passenger text is ever-ever-ever-so-slightly not centered under the numbers... but that might just be a little OCD kicking in. [8]
Since I'm liking this background so much, I played around with the template to add only the Climate labels to it...
EDIT - due to the opacity mask the MFT software adds to any background, the text is a bit too gray for my liking. I'm going to have to play around with it.
Thanks. I wish I could have made the glow bigger, but then it would have run off the edge. Also it seems the non nav MFTs have a bigger compas. On the nav versions it is much smaller, or at least it appears that way in some pics I have seen on here. When I updated the template earlier today I included both sizes just in case.
Feta_mgp I tried playing around with one like that, but at times there was so much on screen it was hard to tell what the icon was, particularly in the entertainment quad. Nav and climate were easy (map & thermometer) but for phone I couldn't find anything that looked good, and entertainment was tough too.
Awesome gullwingdmc! that's exactly what I was suggesting!
Next suggestion, not necessarily to add more to this wallpaper... but an idea incorporating an icon or symbol in each corner, color coded or not, that represents the quadrant would be cool
Next suggestion, not necessarily to add more to this wallpaper... but an idea incorporating an icon or symbol in each corner, color coded or not, that represents the quadrant would be cool
Gullwing, thanks so much for the template. You're awesome.
As a quick followup to my James Bond and Missile wallpapers, I put this one together. I don't have MFT3 yet, so I am not sure if it needs adjustment. Someone please let me know.
Nice, I like the theme. Especially the split on the climate.
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