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Wallpaper Tips: Resolutions

Give choices for resolutions.

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November 13, 2008 11:16:20 AM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

I just got another monitor the other week, and in trying to find some wallpapers for it, I noticed it’s getting difficult to find wallpapers in a variety of sizes on WinCustomize.  It’s not because of a lack of search feature, it’s just because many of the wallpapers that are submitted only include one resolution, and sometimes a very odd resolution.

I also don’t see a lot of artists listing the resolutions that they are uploading.  I’m just pointing this out as people have been asking how to improve their wallpaper submissions.  With the huge variety of monitors, and widescreens becoming ever more popular, I wanted to offer some tips for wallpaper submissions.

Common wallpaper resolutions:

(Standard)

  • 800x600
  • 1024x768
  • 1280x1024
  • 1600x1200

(Widescreen)

  • 1280x800
  • 1440x900
  • 1680x1050
  • 1920x1200

These are by no means required, and there are many more resolutions out there, but these are what are common today.  You can create a pack of wallpapers and put them in a .zip file to upload.  Remember, similar wallpapers (variations in colors, etc.) should also be uploaded in packs as well.

Hope this helps, as having more resolutions will appeal to a bigger audience.

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Reply #1 November 13, 2008 11:22:12 AM
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Us semi blind people use an odd res, 1280x768.  Thats odd as its on a 23in WC.   

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Reply #2 November 13, 2008 11:30:59 AM
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I think you left out 1280x800 wide screen which is a pretty common res, I.D.

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Reply #3 November 13, 2008 12:49:18 PM
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Thanks, added. 

 

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Reply #4 November 13, 2008 2:21:37 PM
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Thanks for the article Brad.   I'm starting to see a lot more 1680x1050 included, and it's much appreciated.
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Reply #5 November 13, 2008 2:29:20 PM
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Thanks for the article Brad.
I knew it!  ID *is* Brad!

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Reply #6 November 13, 2008 3:04:28 PM
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I totally agree. For last five-six years most of people are using wide screen monitors and every new laptop is wide screen. The thing is when image is created on wide screen monitor doesn't fit to basic resolution like 1280x1024, etc...Starting and creating image from a scratch, like modeling different objects from cylinders, cubes, spheres is always different and unique. So changing the resolution and doing another render is basically cutting the image and it doesn't look the same anymore, plus some images are taking so much time to render, 2, 5, 20 hours for quality ones...Running applications on few different computers is the only option for that and its really taking so much time for artist do create the image and share with all of users out here. Still, we are trying to find time to do this and I'm really enjoying being part of this great community. So I will run two renders at the same time in the future to get more resolutions. It has to be rendered in high resolution and after that is very easy to make it smaller. For example if render size is 1920x1200 changing the "width" size in Photoshop to 1280, height size automatically goes to 800...That's easy part and Photoshop does it...I believe all the artists will try to do little more... Good point Brad and keep up the good work. Thanks for taking care of this community...
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Reply #7 November 13, 2008 3:53:25 PM
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I agree AtomArts,  my first pc's were standard size and now I have a widescreen...so it totally changes how I do my wallpapers. The last one I posted is only widescreen, because to cut that one down would ruin it.  But I and others do try to have many resolutions....Mike I just wrote down your odd size 1280x768...will try to cover that in the future as well!! 

Good article, ID!!!

 

 

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Reply #8 November 13, 2008 4:16:25 PM
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Hi, first of all, I'd like to express my undying gratitude to ALL the artists who contribute to this site. Those of us with NO artistic ability need you desperately. On topic, this site has an interesting way of dealing with that issue. I don't know if it is helpful but here is the site address. http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper_beta/downloads/date/any/
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Reply #9 November 13, 2008 4:26:03 PM
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It's a good list of resolutions but the only ones that are really necessary are 1280x1024, 1600x1200, 1920x1200 (16:10), and 1920x1080 (16:9 1080p). 1280x1024 is a unique aspect ratio in itself and 1600x1200 would scale down to 1024x768 just fine. A 1920x1200 wallpaper will also scale down to 1280x800 without a problem.
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Reply #10 November 13, 2008 10:46:44 PM
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Am I unique in that I have not only 2 monitors, but at 2 different aspect ratios? (24" widescreen and 19" standard)because finding wallpaper that fits both is a pain in the a$$.

But I think ID has a good idea in that people uploading wall papers should list the resolutions that the walls fit.

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Reply #11 November 14, 2008 12:21:22 AM
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Gosh I have tried to approach this before. When you are working on a dinosaur of a system that takes forever to render one image it is really hard to do the two different aspect ratios. I cannot use my system for anything else productive while Apo is rendering so I have to render while I sleep or I would never be able to get anything done! It is quite frustrating when you go the extra mile to do the two resolutions just to find your magnificent creation delegated to your personal page only. I was finally able to purchase a new system with the umph to render large images with a wide screen monitor only to have it stolen out of my home before I could even get it set up and running. It took eight years to be able to afford it and I can't replace it until and if homeowners comes up with a check! If I get a request for wide screen, I do try to accommodate!

 

 

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Reply #12 November 14, 2008 12:33:08 AM
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I fully realize this is so true, but I am still a newbie at Photoshop and I just hate skewed walls because they weren't resized correctly. I will work on it tho.    Thanx for this post, Bra.....I mean ID!

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Reply #13 November 14, 2008 12:34:30 AM
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Thanks for the article Brad. I'm starting to see a lot more 1680x1050 included, and it's much appreciated.

First I am Peter, and now Spencer is Brad....what are you on over there Angus?  

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Reply #14 November 14, 2008 8:51:56 AM
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This is a correction and a suggestion to the original post.

Actually the only thing the artist needs to do is create the wall paper in a certain aspect ratio.  800x600, 1024x768, 1600x1200 all share the same aspect ratio of 4:3 and 1280x1024 has a unique aspect ratio of 5:4 and then you have 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050 and 1920x1200 which share an aspect ratio of 8:5(16:10).

The artist only needs to create three sizes of wall paper to accommodate everyone's needs.  The user should be able to adjust the size of the wall paper with any graphics program such as Photoshop or Paintshop.

(4:3)

·         800x600

·         1024x768

·         1600x1200

(5:4)

·         1280x1024

(8:5) (aka:16:10)

·         1280x800

·         1440x900

·         1680x1050

·         1920x1200

If anyone is in need of a free graphics program they can find one at Paint.net

Paint.netis free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.

It started development as an undergraduate college senior design project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being maintained by some of the alumni that originally worked on it. Originally intended as a free replacement for the Microsoft Paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple image and photo editor tool. It has been compared to other digital photo editing software packages such as Adobe® Photoshop®, Corel® Paint Shop Pro®, Microsoft Photo Editor, and The GIMP.

If you are interested in Paint.net feel free to visit.

 

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Reply #15 November 14, 2008 10:31:20 AM
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800x600 is still common?
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Reply #16 November 14, 2008 1:56:10 PM
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The artist only needs to create three sizes of wall paper to accommodate everyone's needs. The user should be able to adjust the size of the wall paper with any graphics program such as Photoshop or Paintshop.
Correct...but lets not forget, that wallpapers should be made the largest they can be for each ratio... that way they reduce just fine. But if someone makes an 800x600 wallpaper, it can not be resized larger without a lot of pixelization. Also Irfanview is free and an excellent program for quick resizing among other things. I have used this program for years.
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Reply #17 November 14, 2008 3:01:51 PM
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And, on the fringe, I just upgraded my system to a 3840x1024 triple monitor setup. Try finding wallpapers for that! What would be useful is if the wallpaper section on this site offered (forced?) the ability to allow uploaders to indicate available sizes, and offered the ability to downloaders to filter on size. I don't understand how any wallpaper site (this one, DeviantArt, etc...) can not provide this seemingly necessary and incredibly useful feature...
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Reply #18 November 14, 2008 3:14:26 PM
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I just upgraded my system to a 3840x1024 triple monitor setup. Try finding wallpapers for that!
What if "you" were to make wallpapers for that size? You do realize people make wallpapers for others to enjoy...another words free. It takes a lot of time and patience to make a wallpaper. And most artists do state the sizes included in their wallpaper zip files.
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Reply #19 November 14, 2008 10:35:29 PM
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I used to run a dual monitor system...loved it and I miss it. But I had to make most of my own walls then, and I wasn't good at it, still ain't. I also made all my DX themes for duals, which is why there are so many that size at my old site:  http://puterdudejim.wincustomize.com    When I get better at walls, I will be looking into making more resolutions. 

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Reply #20 November 14, 2008 10:45:06 PM
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I don't understand how any wallpaper site (this one, DeviantArt, etc...) can not provide this seemingly necessary and incredibly useful feature...
IT's d be nice to have but I feel compelled to point out taht neither this site, nor dA, is a wallpaper site.  It's a skinning site with a wallpaper section. 

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Reply #21 November 15, 2008 5:53:27 PM
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IT's d be nice to have but I feel compelled to point out taht neither this site, nor dA, is a wallpaper site. It's a skinning site with a wallpaper section.

It's a DesktopX site...lol..wink, wink.

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Reply #22 November 16, 2008 12:11:47 AM
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I just uploaded a set using the above sizes. It is called Hole in the World.  Check it out!

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Reply #23 November 16, 2008 12:57:36 AM
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Quoting alphadog,
reply 17
And, on the fringe, I just upgraded my system to a 3840x1024 triple monitor setup. Try finding wallpapers for that!

What would be useful is if the wallpaper section on this site offered (forced?) the ability to allow uploaders to indicate available sizes, and offered the ability to downloaders to filter on size.

I don't understand how any wallpaper site (this one, DeviantArt, etc...) can not provide this seemingly necessary and incredibly useful feature...

 

I ran that resolution for a long time and I will get a list walls together and post em up for you and also some links...  maybe this week.  Keep a look out for it.  Gemerally I made my own.

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Reply #24 November 16, 2008 12:58:51 AM
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Quoting teddybearcholla,
reply 16

Correct...but lets not forget, that wallpapers should be made the largest they can be for each ratio... that way they reduce just fine. But if someone makes an 800x600 wallpaper, it can not be resized larger without a lot of pixelization.
Also Irfanview is free and an excellent program for quick resizing among other things. I have used this program for years.

thank you for pointing that out, i should have made refrence to that.  Thanks

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Reply #25 November 16, 2008 3:40:46 AM
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it sucks i got dialup to upload or download a large file size would take forever and a lot of times uploading here i get a error and have to try again and again and again.

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