I did a search so forgive me if this has been answered already.
I just noticed that when setting wallpaper in TF3D that it seems to downscale the resolution of the wallpaper to a lower more pixelated version instead of the nice high res original that you can view via the album.
In the album it looks amazing but as a wallpaper it doesn't look as nice.
What is the deal with this? Is there any kind of fix to get full res wallpapers?
The album app doesn't make it a proper wallpaper. It lowers the quality and resolution, saves it as JPG. TF3D then stretches it.
For proper background you need to copy it to your computer and use CFC GUI or Maranell0's background tool.
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is there any application that can make a High Resolution Wallpaper for the VGA screen device like the one for the WVGA screen device in the blackstone forum?
link to the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=503511
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=470798
the cfc editor also works for our VGA resolutions.
steps:
turn off manila
under device, go and patch manila
then under the tf3d, apply the xbmod patch (if that's what you're using)
then tf3d > create background
photoshop your image to the given sizes. (choose vga landscape or portrait to see sizes)
load up the image and save. it will split the images. you can do this for both portrait and landscape (i have different backgrounds for each now)
after you load up your images and they show up on the panel on the left, hit CTRL-F.
yes to compression, yes to trim.
then transfer to device. although keep backups of the files being replaced incase anything goes wrong.
this replaces your default background. so just go to settings and choose to use default bg and that's it. one side-effect is that i have backgrounds on all tabs now. not that i'm complaining.
woot, finally high quality backgrounds. those grainy bg's from before were really getting to me. this makes changing backgrounds harder, but i like my quality.
Hi Guys,
I'm looking for a specific background for my hero.
I've downloaded the 'backgrounds' app from the market and also had a search via google with no luck.
Any idea where I can get a Tottenham Hotspur wallpaper from?
Or if not, how I can convert a picture to use as a wallpaper?
Thanks,
B
errm..
http://www.tottenhamhotspurs.tv/tottenham-pictures-5/
or even here
whats the background image resolution on the uk tmobile g2 ?
i.e. not the physical screen resolution, but the resolution of the image that is scrolled in the background of the default 7 touchflo (android home?) pages. i dont think its simply 7x width of screen, as it doesnt scroll as much as the foreground
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Check the HTC site and see if it lists the dpi (dot per inch / dot pitch) of the screen... but a 72 dpi image should be fine, or use a larger size than 640x480.
As long as its the same aspect ratio it will scale nicely when cropped.
Cheers joe!
I've found something decent, I was under the impression I needed a specific android wallpaper, but the image I found from one of your links seems to work fine!
Thanks...
http://g1wallz.com/
this site will be usefull there are enough wallpapers. i like this site
Any 640x480 jpeg image should be fine for a home screen background, anything larger can be cropped down when you set it
Hi,
I've been playing around transferring files onto my phone, but I just can't get my lock screen to look right.
1. Does anyone know what the exact dimensions of the lockscreen image should be? I read 320x480 somewhere, but this isn't correct. I've also tried 360x380, 340x480. Maybe it's 345x480? I want to get this right because...
2. Whenever I set an image onto the lock screen, the phone seems to compress the image really badly and I see loads of jpg artifacts on the parts that should be solid colour. I'm hoping that if the image is the right size, it won't convert/re-sample/re-compress the file.
Any ideas?
japher said:
1. Does anyone know what the exact dimensions of the lockscreen image should be?
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The stock ones are 320 x 455, and I've had good results using those dimensions for my own images.
Im sure i read that converting your image to a png and using that instead of the png file gave better results also. Not 100% on that though lol
.png gives better quality than jpg.
320x455 px is the right size. But everytime you set wallpaper, HTC software it re-compress as JPEG in tragical quality. PNG or JPEG, that makes no difference.
Will be nice software like Wallpaper Set & Save for lock screen wallpaper. But I can't find something like that.
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320x455 px is the right size. But everytime you set wallpaper, HTC software it re-compress as JPEG in tragical quality.
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Not my experience. My own images are usually desktop 'papers resized and/or cropped to 320x455 and saved as JPEGs, and provided I ensure the green 'crop box' is expanded to encompass the entire image when selecting the lockscreen they look just as good as the originals.
I've tried many images. At most (as you) cropped or resized desktop wallpapers. I prepare the correct size and copy to phone. I keep JPEG at 90 to 100% of quality and also convert it to PNG. And every image was resampled during setting up as lock screen wallpaper. Everytime its quality goes rapidly down. Even I used exactly the same way like you.
It is not good visible on landscape wallpapers with. But on artifical images it's very big problem. It blurs every contrast line on image.
Try it on this image: http://anowia.deviantart.com/art/Light-Blaze-HD-Wallpaper-129153930 If you don't notice any resample after setting up as lock screen wallpaper, please provide screenshot.
carnero said:
Try it on this image: http://anowia.deviantart.com/art/Light-Blaze-HD-Wallpaper-129153930 If you don't notice any resample after setting up as lock screen wallpaper, please provide screenshot.
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Here you go.... see what you think. View attachment lockscreen.zip
Not perfect, but it was a rush job. Resized from 1280x1024 to ???x455, then cropped to 320x455. Saved as JPEG @ 100% for use. Photoshop Elements 7 used. If I had more time I'd probably play with the sharpening to compensate for the downsizing.
carnero said:
I've tried many images. At most (as you) cropped or resized desktop wallpapers. I prepare the correct size and copy to phone. I keep JPEG at 90 to 100% of quality and also convert it to PNG. And every image was resampled during setting up as lock screen wallpaper. Everytime its quality goes rapidly down. Even I used exactly the same way like you.
It is not good visible on landscape wallpapers with. But on artifical images it's very big problem. It blurs every contrast line on image.
Try it on this image: http://anowia.deviantart.com/art/Light-Blaze-HD-Wallpaper-129153930 If you don't notice any resample after setting up as lock screen wallpaper, please provide screenshot.
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Also having this issue with this image..
I have problems with all images. But on this it's good visible. And as Shluggity's screenshots shows, it's not only my problem. I think it's not good
I'm not sure what's going on but there's definitely some sort of degradation visible, a softening of the edges. I honestly haven't seen it in my own wallpapers, but I haven't used images like this with lots of thin sharp 'light beam' effects. Maybe original image res is a factor, maybe screen dpi, maybe something completely different... If I have time tomorrow I'll do some tests.
how does wallpaper set and save work? maybe the wallpaper directory is similar to the lockscreen directory?
Have you tried HeroLockWall? (Market)
lockscreen wallpaper help..
i have the same problem i cant get lockscreen wallpaper to work every time i try i get a tile wallpaper and not a stretch wallpaper that i want can sum body help me plz??
Hey guys, my laptop's screen resolution is 1366x768 but it's very difficult to find wallpapers with that res. What's the next best wallpaper size that will fit nicely with the screen without any distortions or major cropping? I'm running Windows 7.
go to google images, advanced, use desktop size.
http://images.google.com/images?as_...:1,isz:ex,iszw:1366,iszh:768&biw=1680&bih=837
1600x1200 would work nice close to the aspect ratio.
It's worthwhile to know how to crop and resize images with photo editors. That way, you can use any image you want as your wallpaper, despite your weird screen resolution.
Mines 1440x900 yeah use advanced google search then type your res in there or photoshop a photo
Now you see i just go straight to the top and mine is 1920x1080
lol
desktop: 1280x1024
laptop:1280x800
or Google 1366x768 wallpapers
infact 'Let me Google that for you'
There is actualy a lot of websites with the odd resolution maybe it's not so odd
Its a fairly common resolution because its 16:9 720p screen.
I'm trying desperately to love my android device, but it keeps tripping me up with stupid things that I swear shouldn't be this difficult.
Latest issue is that I have a gorgeous 1080x1920 wallpaper that I would like to set as my background. Considering the M7 has a 1080x1920 resolution you'd think that this would be a match made in heaven, but NO for some reason both the gallery app and es file explorer are forcing me to resize the wallpaper to some awful square resolution that kills the quality of the wallpaper.
Reading around I understand that this may be due to the wallpaper scrolling feature, but if that's so I'd just like to switch that feature off and have my background be static. Can I find such an option....nope.
So please, someone put me out of my misery.
jimxms said:
I'm trying desperately to love my android device, but it keeps tripping me up with stupid things that I swear shouldn't be this difficult.
Latest issue is that I have a gorgeous 1080x1920 wallpaper that I would like to set as my background. Considering the M7 has a 1080x1920 resolution you'd think that this would be a match made in heaven, but NO for some reason both the gallery app and es file explorer are forcing me to resize the wallpaper to some awful square resolution that kills the quality of the wallpaper.
Reading around I understand that this may be due to the wallpaper scrolling feature, but if that's so I'd just like to switch that feature off and have my background be static. Can I find such an option....nope.
So please, someone put me out of my misery.
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Try using this app to set it as wallpaper
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shirobakama.wallpaper
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Try using this app to set it as wallpaper
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shirobakama.wallpaper
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Funnily enough I've downloaded that and a load of other wallpaper apps and none get it perfect.
With the app above, if i select a 1080x1920 wallpaper and tell it not to resize, it looks perfect in the preview, but as soon as I apply it, there is a 15mm black border at the bottom of the home screen. It's almost like its reserving some space form the 3 dot menu.
It's driving me f**(^ing insane. I cant believe android is so retarded. Even Windows 3.1 could set a bloody wallpaper full screen.
jimxms said:
Funnily enough I've downloaded that and a load of other wallpaper apps and none get it perfect.
With the app above, if i select a 1080x1920 wallpaper and tell it not to resize, it looks perfect in the preview, but as soon as I apply it, there is a 15mm black border at the bottom of the home screen. It's almost like its reserving some space form the 3 dot menu.
It's driving me f**(^ing insane. I cant believe android is so retarded. Even Windows 3.1 could set a bloody wallpaper full screen.
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Let's keep in mind that it's not Android that's stupid, it's Sense (at least parts of Sense). Stock Android/CM/etc can set full res wallpaper images without issue.. You could probably even set a full res wallpaper with a 3rd part launcher