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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
ta
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.
carnero said:
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??
What is the screen resolution on the NC ? Just the one screen not across multipule desktops. So if I created a photo what size should it be to fit exactly on the front/main screen ??
Thanks
1024 x 600
The screen resolution on the Nook Color is 600x1024.
The equation for sizing pictures to use as uncropped backgrounds is (n+1)*h/2, where N = the number of home screens you will be scrolling across and H is the horizontal resolution of the screen. This comes from the fact that the "background" is scrolled half as quickly as the foreground. Note that the notifications bar does mean you will have a lil bit of crop at the top and bottom, or you can set your launcher to hide the bar.
So, for 1 homescreen you would want the picture to be 600x1024, 3 will be 1200x1024, and 7 will be 2400x1024.
EugeneKay said:
The screen resolution on the Nook Color is 600x1024.
The equation for sizing pictures to use as uncropped backgrounds is (n+1)*h/2, where N = the number of home screens you will be scrolling across and H is the horizontal resolution of the screen. This comes from the fact that the "background" is scrolled half as quickly as the foreground. Note that the notifications bar does mean you will have a lil bit of crop at the top and bottom, or you can set your launcher to hide the bar.
So, for 1 homescreen you would want the picture to be 600x1024, 3 will be 1200x1024, and 7 will be 2400x1024.
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Great info to have ! Thanks.
As above, so that it can fit to scale of my HTC Desire HD as wallpaper?
Any ideas guys?
When you select an image to use as a wallpaper the phone will let you resize it.
Otherwise best bet is to change it on your PC in something like Photoshop or Gimp. You could also use one of the free online image resizers.
Image size should be 960x800 for best fit
I tried changing to 960x800 but when setting the wallpaper right, it doesn't let me use up the whole picture. Why is it so?
That's because the picture you are trying to use will have a different aspect ratio to the aspect ratio of 960x800 (I can't remember if it's 4:3 or 3:2).
Any resolution (640x480 etc) photo with the same aspect ration can be resized to fit without cropping any of the image. However, when trying to resize an image of a different aspect ratio some of it will get cropped.
In Photoshop, when you resize an image if you uncheck the box that says "Constrain Proportions" you can make the image fit 960x800, although it will look distorted.
Further reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image)
I have a Droid Incredible which is an 800x480 resolution. The stock CM10 boot animation at 480x480 works well on it. Someone modified that boot animation to add different colors, but the resulting animation is a larger resolution than my phone can accept. I've tried to edit the jpg's inside the animation down to either 800x480 or 480x480 without good results. 800x480 results in a stretched appearance and 480x480 makes the CM logo at the center too large for the screen (the sides are clipped off).
Clearly, I'm doing something wrong. Does anyone have any insight on how to scale the jpg's down effectively?
TIA,
CheapDad
CheapDad said:
I have a Droid Incredible which is an 800x480 resolution. The stock CM10 boot animation at 480x480 works well on it. Someone modified that boot animation to add different colors, but the resulting animation is a larger resolution than my phone can accept. I've tried to edit the jpg's inside the animation down to either 800x480 or 480x480 without good results. 800x480 results in a stretched appearance and 480x480 makes the CM logo at the center too large for the screen (the sides are clipped off).
Clearly, I'm doing something wrong. Does anyone have any insight on how to scale the jpg's down effectively?
TIA,
CheapDad
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You have to modify the resolution into the desc.txt file. Read available guides on XDA to know how to create/modify a bootanimation.