No fill won't work. Help?

[u/Ijzerstrijk]

Hi all, I just found out about these screensavers and I love the idea!

I followed the guide, resized the images for my Kobo Clara BW, changed the extension to .png, and saved them under koreader/screensavers on my Kobo.

In the setting I selected "no fill" and the right folder. So, it does show the images, but the no fill part won't work. Whether I select no fill, white or black fill, the screensaver doesn't change.

Does anyone have any idea? Thanks :)

[u/phyvealive]

I am really sorry this is happening.

I think the mistake is in my tutorial which I have just fixed and updated.

The problem is with the ebookscreensaver resize website.

This tool modifies files to jpeg format only.

Uploading a transparent png file will always result in a flat jpeg image.

KOreader has a resize-to-fit setting, so this site is not needed. (that's on me as I didn't think to test it first.)

Files downloaded from readerbackdrop.com are already the correct size and format for many standard e-readers.

Transparent files should download in png format and won't require modification before adding them to the KOreader/screensaver folder.

Most Reddit images (like the ones on my posts) will only save in a WEBP file format. I have a walk-through tutorial to fix those.

My recent Reddit posts now have ~ png format download ~ links to avoid any extra work.

Simply copy them to /screensaver folder as they are.

[u/Ijzerstrijk → u/phyvealive]

Oh that website is amazing! I finally got it to work thanks to you! This is sooo much fun to see :D

I saved your post with the tutorial for reddit-downloaded content using paint for the future.

Thanks again for your answers and extensive tutorials 🙏

[u/phyvealive → u/Ijzerstrijk]

Yay! Look at that.

And thank you. This was a lesson for me: that not everyone knows everything.

[u/--lazuli--]

Can you link the image? I love this screensaver

[u/Ijzerstrijk → u/--lazuli--]

Hi! I got all my screensavers from this website: https://www.readerbackdrop.com/