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The moment all us graphical junkies have all been waiting for has arrived! These tools decrypt the images in the SArtFile.bin file letting you edit them. There is also a tool to repack these.

 

(Note: I did not create these utilities and am not taking any credit for them) Thanks to asap18/longhorn49 for this wonderful program :)

 

Tools (Download at end of post):

 

artDecoder.jar ===> Decodes the bin file

artEncoder.jar ===> Encodes the bin file

 

Instructions:

 

1. Navigate to /System/Library/PublicFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Resources

 

2. Backup the SArtFile.bin file and copy one to the artTools folder

 

3. Open a Terminal session and "cd" to the directory of the jar files and the SArtFile.bin you recently copied over there.

 

4. Type the code below

java-jar artDecoder.jar SArtFile.bin artfiles/

 

5. If all goes well you should see a directory called artfiles in the artTools directory. There are the images you can edit to your heart's content.

 

6. Once editing is done open up another Terminal session and "cd" back to that directory.

 

7. Type the code below

java -jar artfiles/ SArtFile.bin SArtFile.new.bin

 

8. A file named SArtNew.bin should have been created. The file size should be around 1.5-2.5 MB. If not, then you did something incorrectly.

 

9. Done, you may replace the files, logout and then in and test your skin! :)

artTools.zip

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Is this kinda like using ThemePark?

 

I honestly wouldn't know, I edited these but they always came out too large and they wouldn't compile :P

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omg thx for stealing mai tool.

 

Apologies asap18. I didn't take credit for your tool in any way shape or form, I picked it up from some other website and had I known it was you I would have given said it's yours.

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java -jar artEncoder.jar artfiles/ SArtFile.bin SArtFile.new.bin

 

Is the line I find I need to use to compile, and

 

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Resources

 

is the folder I have to go to (about to try, wish me luck :-) )

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@ ASAP18 - Whats your real name man? As far as I know longhorn49 at machthemes posted arttools! Are u that on macThemes? I hope none of the rights of the author are being infringed here, please attribute the efforts of the original author guys!!!

@ Master of computer - Dude this is practically a theft of the thread I linked to in my post, please mention MacThemes in your thread as courtesy to the hard work of the people over there!

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It is a nice tool been using it since you released it :)20080508-x6auq8h6bejqacd5teeyfjj1y4.jpg

 

 

Any Luck yet with the artfile tool.?

 

Yeah, it works :) btw is that your skin?

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The skin is muku available on MT. And the menubar is a mod I done to the SArtfiles , you say yes.? have you released the artfile tool yet to go with the sartfile tool then .?

 

I have Also done Siro Leo Theme, Siro iTunesand Plexis iTunes Themes.

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The skin is muku available on MT. And the menubar is a mod I done to the SArtfiles , you say yes.? have you released the artfile tool yet to go with the sartfile tool then .?

 

I have Also done Siro Leo Theme, Siro iTunesand Plexis iTunes Themes.

 

1. The tools are made by asap18/longhorn49

2. Can you teach me? :(

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  • 3 months later...
What am I doing wrong? michal-bugnos-maximus-formula:artTools Michal$ cd /Users/Michal/Desktop/artTools

michal-bugnos-maximus-formula:artTools Michal$ java-jar artDecoder.jar SArtFile.bin artfiles/

-bash: java-jar: command not found

Help!!!

 

It's not java-jar. It's java -jar. Notice the space?

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ok what do i do once i get the artfiles directory open. I followed all the way to step 5 so now comes editing the images. But what do i do with them? Do i open any of the images into photoshop and then edit it and re-save it again? Or do i move the file somewhere else? Or am i missing something completely? Because i'm trying to make the toolbar pure white with pink lettering and a pink apple.

 

This is where i am so far

Picture2-1.png

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Ok...so I'm totally new to editing it for myself...I get everything but what do you mean by "cd" the directory?

 

"cd" is the command to change the working directory at the Unix command line. eg. to change to your Desktop you would type this in Terminal.app:

 

cd ~/Desktop

 

(that's a tilde, btw, not a hyphen) and press <return>. afterward, if you typed:

 

pwd

 

and hit <return> you would get the following output:

 

Users/YOUR_USER_NAME_HERE/Desktop

 

which tells you your working directory (pwd=print working directory)

 

this might help for navigating the command line: http://www.ss64.com/osx/

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