How to create Sony Ericsson themes ?

Phone Themes are one of the most exciting things through which you can change the look and feel and enjoy your phone also. In this article we will discuss on How to create personalized Sony Ericsson themes. So, If you are using a Sony Ericsson phone and ever wanted to design a theme with your choice of images and styles, here is a simple tutorial to create SE themes. We will be covering right from requirement to selection of images and preview to final installation of the theme which is safe.

Requirements for creating Sony Ericsson Theme

Sony Ericsson Theme Creator which is a freeware and can be downloaded from SE developer website. – Download Sony Ericsson Theme Creator Software
A good graphics design software, preferably Photoshop, which you will need in case you want to modify your images a little bit. (If you have the images ready with you, no need to have photoshop.)

How to create theme using the software ?

Once you download and install the software, run the theme creator. Now since you have installed it lets get started.

Select Your Phone Model: First step is you need to select the phone for which you are going to develop the theme as the screen size varies for different phone. This can be done by selecting File-> Change phone in the software menu. Once you have selected the phone, the image of the phone appears in the right hand bottom corner.
Create Images for Menu: We need to create images and colors for each menu of the phone. In the left hand portion you can see the menu you have selected. There the different items for the particular screen are listed, like standby image, softkey image etc. You have the option to choose images or can have colors alone. Each of these menus has the colors listed. Most of the SE phones supports 2,62,144 colors, so you have a variety of colors to chose from.

Most of the phones support JPEG, PNG and GIF images. You can add animated images to few menus like standby, highlight etc. JPEG is the best format to create themes and make sure that the size of images are not too high as this will lead to more memory consumption for the theme in the phone. Another important thing to note here is the aspect ratio of images. Make sure that the image aspect ratio is perfect; otherwise it will lead to scaling of images. Also make sure that the colors and images selected blend well in the background.
Recheck Images and Colours: Next thing is to make sure you have added images and colors to all the menu items in the theme. Check all the menu on the top of the theme creator. At the extreme right corner there is a check box called Show Images, make sure that it is checked, so that you will be able to view the images added to the theme.
Preview and Save your theme: Good work, Now since you have created the theme for the entire menu, click the preview tool to see all the menus with and without images. Here you get a good idea about the theme and if it requires any color or image changes.

You can also add a ring tone to the theme with the Ring Signal menu. Finally when you are done with the theme, add your details in the author section of the menu and save the theme as .thm extension. File->Save. You are now ready with the theme. You can transfer to the phone and check out the looks of the theme.

Congrats!!!! You just learned how to create a Sony Ericsson Theme in simple steps. Now you can go ahead and experiment more with it and create your won unique design to make your friends a little jealous. Haha Just kidding but it will be fun .

This post was contributed by Nirmal who blogs about Technology and Internet at Life Rocks 2.0 Do visit his site for more tutorials and technical articles. If you have any questions feel free to ask him. I hope you enjoyed the article

About The Author of this article:
Ashish is one of the co-author of this blog and writes on various interesting softwares, PC tips and more. You can read more of his articles here.

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ReviewSaurus, June 22, 2007:

Indeed, this post is really cool and as I said that it will surely help many and will allow them to create some super cool themes
Ashish Mohta, June 22, 2007:

@Mayank: I agree with you. He has done a good job there
Shankar Ganesh, June 22, 2007:

Hey this post is really cool. Bookmarked it. Will try out to brand my phone… if I buy any
Nirmal, June 25, 2007:

@Review Saurus and Shankar,
Thanks for the comments.
devilz, July 4, 2007:

how to download the software it need
Download Verification right but went i type the right code and it still cannot
Ashish Mohta, July 5, 2007:

@Devilz: Thanks for Sharing the problem. We will get back to u on this. I hope nirmal also gets the mail
Nirmal, July 5, 2007:

devilz,
I checked the problem which you mentioned. For me it was downloading correctly.
@Ashish can you please check if its downloading for you.
Otherwise we can upload it somewhere else and provide the link.
AJ, July 24, 2007:

How do you put these on your phone?? I cannot figure it out!
Nirmal, July 24, 2007:

@AJ,
You can directly send these theme via Bluetooth or an IR port. The themes will be saved in the Themes folder in the phone. If you are transferring to memory card in the phone, check for the folder where all the default themes are located, just paste the theme here.
chinna, July 31, 2007:

Infact i have a sony erricson mobile, i will try to create new themes for my mobile.

Thanks for the info
Chris, August 25, 2007:

how do you make a see-through highlight bar thing. You know when you go down a menu and there is a highlight behind the thing you are selecting at that time?
lol, October 9, 2007:

how to upload to ur phone ?
Kite, October 24, 2007:

hey… how come I download already… both the versions for Windows, but I cant gert into the software? It’s like loading half way… then, stop loading, and nothing happen.
Mobile Accessories, November 1, 2007:

How can i download this software?
Shalia, November 23, 2007:

i’m having trouble in making my phone theme which is Sony Ericsson Z610i. i’m hoping that anybody can help me to create my own theme.. i’ve alraedy tried at http://www.ownskin.com. but then i wont help coz they dont have my phone type.. help me plizz.. tq
amaze, November 23, 2007:

plz any one tell me how to use a swf shockwave flash file with themes creator
Ashish Mohta, November 24, 2007:

@Amaze: What exactly you want to do ?
Ashish Mohta, November 24, 2007:

@Shalia: I tried looking for some but was not able to find theme which suits your phone. Try to contact the ownskin people to add in
Kelsey Mclaughlin, January 8, 2008:

Hiiayh How do yew put it oan yer phone and how do you make your own theme
Shaab, January 23, 2008:

hey can any1 tell me or help me hw 2 dwnload sony Ericsson W810i themes thank you.. xxx
xiao zai, February 23, 2008:

hi i this rockss
jenna, February 24, 2008:

how do you get the exact size of the picture on the w810i one?
kopidog, March 8, 2008:

how do i make my pop up menu half transparent, as in, the style similar to that of windows vista? i understand i need a grey-and-white box-like image, but i dunno where to get it. thank you.
Murtaza Munshi, March 23, 2008:

Hi everybody
Can any one tell me how to get the half transparent pop up highlight images or say shaded images
pleazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz any one reply me
Grober, April 1, 2008:

Sony Ericsson Themes Creator software cannot make images transparent unless they already are. Strongly recommend GiMP (http://www.gimp.org/downloads/) to such images. Save the images as PNG with 24 bit colors and 8 bits alpha to suite the Sony Ericsson phones best.

Also…
Z610 uses the exact same themes as K610, K530, K660, Z710, K618, W610 and W710. So if you fins themes for any of these phones it will work just fine.
tanya, April 5, 2008:

i cant run it, ive installed it and everythin but it doesnt open it just keeps going to install :S
anyone help?
Ashish, April 5, 2008:

@tanya: did you try re installing. It works fine for me ?
tanya, April 6, 2008:

yeah i tried that
it didnt work =/
breeze, April 15, 2008:

hi in your theme creator article you said that we can add animated image.how can i make animated image
Clarice, May 18, 2008:

I made my own theme, but i have problems uploading it to my W660i phone. After i click on my phone under file manager, there is no files inside. Is there something wrong or what?
Ashish Mohta, May 18, 2008:

Clarice either your phone is not supported or the download file is corrupted. Can you please check and tell us back?
rajesh, June 3, 2008:

hi can any1 teach me how to make a transparent highlighter and to make semi transparent pics…………………………………….
glad, July 7, 2008:

hey i keep on getting this msg- too many similar colors,the theme may not work on phone.. pls help
Tomomi, July 22, 2008:

I can’t find my phone model G502 in the programme. D: Or is it impossible to make themes for it? I tried searching around on the net but nothing seems to be able to help.
Dymer02, August 11, 2008:

Hi, for all those people who wants to make a theme for their phones and it doesn’t matter wich phone. You must go to http://www.zedge.net there you can find lots of themes for your phone, ringtones, wallpapers and even create your own and last but not least it’s all for free. Yeah that’s right, all for free.
Puneeth, August 22, 2008:

where will i get this software to download for free?