diff --git a/community-resources/src/community_progress_tail.png b/community-resources/src/community_progress_tail.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6f7661c913c
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diff --git a/community-resources/src/idea/IdeaApplicationInfo.xml b/community-resources/src/idea/IdeaApplicationInfo.xml
index dd0d2e733871..aabd0fb081d2 100644
--- a/community-resources/src/idea/IdeaApplicationInfo.xml
+++ b/community-resources/src/idea/IdeaApplicationInfo.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <build number="__BUILD_NUMBER__" date="__BUILD_DATE__"/>
   <install-over minbuild="0" maxbuild="0" version="10.5"/>
-  <logo url="/idea_community_logo.png" textcolor="ffffff" progressColor="b0f58220" progressY="269"/>
+  <logo url="/idea_community_logo.png" textcolor="ffffff" progressColor="ffaa16" progressY="265" progressTailIcon="/community_progress_tail.png"/>
   <about url="/idea_community_about.png"/>
   <icon size32="/icon_CE.png" size16="/icon_CEsmall.png" size32opaque="/icon_CEwhite.png" size12="/toolwindows/toolWindowProject.png"/>
   <package code="__PACKAGE_CODE__"/>
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/application/impl/ApplicationInfoImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/application/impl/ApplicationInfoImpl.java
index 17ff11cc8d1f..1894947fb261 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/application/impl/ApplicationInfoImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/application/impl/ApplicationInfoImpl.java
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ import org.jdom.Document;
 import org.jdom.Element;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
+import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.*;
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ public class ApplicationInfoImpl extends ApplicationInfoEx implements JDOMExtern
   private String myCompanyUrl = "http://www.jetbrains.com/";
   private Color myLogoTextColor = new Color(0, 35, 135);  // idea blue
   private Color myProgressColor = null;
+  private Icon myProgressTailIcon = null;
+
   private int myProgressY = 350;
   private String myAboutLogoUrl = null;
   @NonNls private String myIconUrl = "/icon.png";
@@ -98,6 +102,7 @@ public class ApplicationInfoImpl extends ApplicationInfoEx implements JDOMExtern
   @NonNls private static final String ATTRIBUTE_TEXT_COLOR = "textcolor";
   @NonNls private static final String ATTRIBUTE_PROGRESS_COLOR = "progressColor";
   @NonNls private static final String ATTRIBUTE_PROGRESS_Y = "progressY";
+  @NonNls private static final String ATTRIBUTE_PROGRESS_TAIL_ICON = "progressTailIcon";
   @NonNls private static final String ELEMENT_ABOUT = "about";
   @NonNls private static final String ELEMENT_ICON = "icon";
   @NonNls private static final String ATTRIBUTE_SIZE32 = "size32";
@@ -211,6 +216,11 @@ public class ApplicationInfoImpl extends ApplicationInfoEx implements JDOMExtern
     return myProgressY;
   }
 
+  @Nullable
+  public Icon getProgressTailIcon() {
+    return myProgressTailIcon;
+  }
+
   public String getAboutLogoUrl() {
     return myAboutLogoUrl;
   }
@@ -399,6 +409,12 @@ public class ApplicationInfoImpl extends ApplicationInfoEx implements JDOMExtern
       if (v != null) {
         myProgressColor = parseColor(v);
       }
+
+      v = logoElement.getAttributeValue(ATTRIBUTE_PROGRESS_TAIL_ICON);
+      if (v != null) {
+        myProgressTailIcon = IconLoader.getIcon(v);
+      }
+
       v = logoElement.getAttributeValue(ATTRIBUTE_PROGRESS_Y);
       if (v != null) {
         myProgressY = Integer.parseInt(v);
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/Splash.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/Splash.java
index 2fd1383c7927..099193d453a6 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/Splash.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/Splash.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import java.util.List;
  * <p><code>textColor</code> is HEX representation of text color for user name
  * <p><code>progressColor</code> is progress bar color
  * <p><code>progressY</code> is Y coordinate of the progress bar
+ * <p><code>progressTailIcon</code> is a path to flame effect icon
  *
  * @author Konstantin Bulenkov
  */
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ public class Splash extends JDialog implements StartupProgress {
   private boolean mySplashIsVisible;
   private int myProgressLastPosition = 0;
   private final JLabel myLabel;
+  private Icon myProgressTail;
+
 
 
   public Splash(String imageName, final Color textColor) {
@@ -84,6 +87,7 @@ public class Splash extends JDialog implements StartupProgress {
       myProgressHeight = 2;
       myProgressColor = appInfo.getProgressColor();
       myProgressY = appInfo.getProgressY();
+      myProgressTail = appInfo.getProgressTailIcon();
     }
   }
 
@@ -115,14 +119,13 @@ public class Splash extends JDialog implements StartupProgress {
     }
 
     final int progressWidth = (int)((myImage.getIconWidth() - 2) * myProgress);
-    //if (progressWidth > myProgressLastPosition + 1) {
-    //g.setColor(ColorUtil.withAlpha(color, 0.6));
     final int width = progressWidth - myProgressLastPosition;
-    //g.fillOval(width - 10, getProgressY() - 2, 12, getProgressHeight() + 4);
     g.setColor(color);
-    g.fillRect(myProgressLastPosition + 1, getProgressY(), width, getProgressHeight());
+    g.fillRect(1, getProgressY(), width, getProgressHeight());
+    if (myProgressTail != null) {
+      myProgressTail.paintIcon(this, g, width - (myProgressTail.getIconWidth()/2), getProgressY() - (myProgressTail.getIconHeight() - getProgressHeight())/2);
+    }
     myProgressLastPosition = progressWidth;
-    //}
   }
 
   private int getProgressHeight() {
@@ -184,4 +187,24 @@ public class Splash extends JDialog implements StartupProgress {
       return myIcon.getIconHeight();
     }
   }
+
+  //public static void main(String[] args) {
+  //  final ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon("c:\\IDEA\\ultimate\\ultimate-resources\\src\\progress_tail.png");
+  //
+  //  final int w = icon.getIconWidth();
+  //  final int h = icon.getIconHeight();
+  //  final BufferedImage image = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment()
+  //    .getDefaultScreenDevice().getDefaultConfiguration().createCompatibleImage(w, h, Color.TRANSLUCENT);
+  //  final Graphics2D g = image.createGraphics();
+  //  icon.paintIcon(null, g, 0, 0);
+  //  g.dispose();
+  //
+  //  for (int y = 0; y < image.getHeight(); y++) {
+  //    for (int x = 0; x < image.getWidth(); x++) {
+  //      final Color c = new Color(image.getRGB(x, y), true);
+  //      System.out.print(String.format("[%3d,%3d,%3d,%3d]  ", c.getRed(), c.getGreen(), c.getBlue(), c.getAlpha()));
+  //    }
+  //    System.out.println("");
+  //  }
+  //}
 }