diff --git a/common/doc/splashscreen.md b/common/doc/splashscreen.md
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+In order to create your own splashscreen image, before building,
+overwrite the `bootsplash.jpg` with your own JPEG, using
+* "Progressive" turned off, and
+* "4:2:0 (chroma quartered)" Subsampling
+
+You can use `imagemagick` to prepare the .jpg file using:
+* `mogrify logo.jpg -interlace none <splashscreen>`
+* `mogrify logo.jpg -sampling-factor 4:2:0 <splashscreen>`
+* `convert <splashscreen> -resize 1024x768! <splashscreen> # optional, but converts image size to match screen dimensions`
+
+`ImageMagick` can also be used to convert images of another format into .jpg using the [convert](https://imagemagick.org/script/convert.php) tool.
+
+**Note**: replace `<splashscreen>` with the file name.
diff --git a/x230/README.md.in b/x230/README.md.in
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 * `./build.sh` and choose the configuration you want to build
 
 ### replace the splashscreen image
-In order to create your own splashscreen image, before building,
-overwrite the `bootsplash.jpg` with your own JPEG, using
-* "Progressive" turned off, and
-* "4:2:0 (chroma quartered)" Subsampling
-
+![[common/doc/splashscreen.md]]