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Advice on how to make background fit

Can someone advise me how to get pictures from my pc to fit on the today screen rather than the mosaic effect it produces. i would really appreciate some help on this as it is doing my head in
Cheers in advance

Think you have to edit the pics at your PC using Gimp or anything similar.

Make it at least screensize (That is 800 x 480). Notice tehre is a difference if you set the picture in landscape mode or portrait mode. Not the full picture can be display because taskbar cuts off some space (And softkey labels, too). Don't know how much that is, but certainly not more than 100px.

That's easy.
Use 800 x 800 pictures,
the same size as DEFAULT, preloaded pics on X1.
This way on HORIZONTAL view the part of the pic will be displayed without need to repeat it.
Understand: having 800 x 480 pic makes device repeat it to fill the 800 size in horizontal view.
Hope I'm clear.

shaunyboy19 said:
Can someone advise me how to get pictures from my pc to fit on the today screen rather than the mosaic effect it produces. i would really appreciate some help on this as it is doing my head in
Cheers in advance
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1) Find the two images within the windows folder called
stwater_480_800 and stwater_800_480
2) Understand that st_water_480_800 is the portrait picture
3) Understand that st_water_800_480 is the landscape picture
4) Create your own custom images with matching or corresponding pixel resolutions: 480_800 and vice versa
5) Replace these st_water files with your custom images
6) Don't worry about replacing the st_water files... st_water files are never original files, so you do not need to back them up.

poetryrocksalot said:
1) Find the two images within the windows folder called
stwater_480_800 and stwater_800_480
2) Understand that st_water_480_800 is the portrait picture
3) Understand that st_water_800_480 is the landscape picture
4) Create your own custom images with matching or corresponding pixel resolutions: 480_800 and vice versa
5) Replace these st_water files with your custom images
6) Don't worry about replacing the st_water files... st_water files are never original files, so you do not need to back them up.
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Hew was asking about TODAY not SE Panel,
AFAIK,
so your instruction is not relevant.

doministry said:
Hew was asking about TODAY not SE Panel,
AFAIK,
so your instruction is not relevant.
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Actually that is for the TODAY screen. Unless there is such thing as the TODAY Panel? Or you just mean default?
That instruction is correct.
stwater_480_800.jpg is Portrait and stwater_800_480.jpg is Landscape. Just replace them with your picture and you will be set...

doministry said:
Hew was asking about TODAY not SE Panel,
AFAIK,
so your instruction is not relevant.
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lol lol lol

the easiest way and the best way, is to make all images 800x800, browse to the folder using the pictures and video application, tap and hold the pic with the stylus until a menu appear and click on 'set as today background'
then set the transparency according to your needs, set it to 0% if you want the full pic to show as it is, then click ok
this is the best way to set your wallpaper in windows mobile
if your image is 800x800 then you have no issues with portrait or landscape
this method can set wallpapers in both L & P using one image as long as the image is at least 800x800, and yes you can use any pic
using this method you do not need to replace anything, this is a waste of time >>>stwater_480_800.jpg is Portrait and stwater_800_480.jpg

spikegotti said:
using this method you do not need to replace anything, this is a waste of time >>>stwater_480_800.jpg is Portrait and stwater_800_480.jpg
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Not really, doing that makes the background look the way you please.
Instead of random way the winmo decides to display the 800x800 image, all out of focus and all over the place. Maybe the pictures of sky will look great but a picture of Megan Fox will look terrible!

DeeChan said:
Not really, doing that makes the background look the way you please.
Instead of random way the winmo decides to display the 800x800 image, all out of focus and all over the place. Maybe the pictures of sky will look great but a picture of Megan Fox will look terrible!
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no dude, obviously when u scale the pic to 800x800 you make sure her face would be center, then when u set it as wallpaper, adjust the box around the image in landscape mode, bcos obviously its already set centered in portrait once u made her face center b4 u scaled the image...btw megan fox aint getting no free marketing from me, she aint family to me so i aint want her face on my x1 lol that goes for any celeb
also note that this method allows you to move the box to set the image as you like,
now why would a person want to rename and replace images every single time i want to set a wallpaper?
i for one change my wallpaper almost everyday,on both my laptop and x1, and i do have tons of images on my memory card, changing a wallpaper should not be such a hard task as renaming and replacing, it should be simply selecting and adjusting
this method u can change a wallpaper in less than 6 seconds
the sony ericsson panel now is where u have no choice but make both P & L
in my opinion, making P & L 480x800 and 800x480 images for wallpapers is too much of a hassle and i would only do that if i wont be changing wallpapers for a long long long long time

DeeChan said:
Not really, doing that makes the background look the way you please.
Instead of random way the winmo decides to display the 800x800 image, all out of focus and all over the place. Maybe the pictures of sky will look great but a picture of Megan Fox will look terrible!
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agreed!
tried different resolutions...the best is 1280x800. Try it. no problem in landscape mode. 800x800 doesn't work well at all!!! it goes center in portrait mode but not in landscape mode

Haha, I never thought about this, because I have been using only one wallpaper since I got the device - pure black!
Let me point out a very nice app called "picture resizer" that helps a lot.

how do i get 480/720p on cyan 6?

i think cyan 6 stable comes with 720p? can i choose between 480 and 720? in the app i see a "high" and "low" option both at 30fps, but the "low" option looks really, really low, is that 480? thanks

DMaverick50 said:
i think cyan 6 stable comes with 720p? can i choose between 480 and 720? in the app i see a "high" and "low" option both at 30fps, but the "low" option looks really, really low, is that 480? thanks
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720p has been in since RC3 and is definately in CM6.
If you change the mode to "Custom" and then press the "settings" (from within the camera" you can then scroll through the settings to get to the mountain of options, including resolutions (which are all listed as QVGA, WVGA etc. instead of 320x240, 640x480 etc. which is a pain in the ass).

knightnz said:
720p has been in since RC3 and is definately in CM6.
If you change the mode to "Custom" and then press the "settings" (from within the camera" you can then scroll through the settings to get to the mountain of options, including resolutions (which are all listed as QVGA, WVGA etc. instead of 320x240, 640x480 etc. which is a pain in the ass).
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Thanks, when I choose custom and press menu my only options are "gallery" and "switch to camera"
After flashing cyan I stupidly flashed a separate 720p zip and it was successful (a friend told me cyan didn't come with 720 and I had no reason to doubt him, this is my first custom rom, I only just rooted), maybe I have that camera apk now? If so, any idea how I can get rid of that flashed zip? Or do I have to wipe and reflash cyan? Thanks

DMaverick50 said:
Thanks, when I choose custom and press menu my only options are "gallery" and "switch to camera"
After flashing cyan I stupidly flashed a separate 720p zip and it was successful (a friend told me cyan didn't come with 720 and I had no reason to doubt him, this is my first custom rom, I only just rooted), maybe I have that camera apk now? If so, any idea how I can get rid of that flashed zip? Or do I have to wipe and reflash cyan? Thanks
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It's not the menu-button you should press, but the on-screen configuration button which is the top one of the row to the right (or the one to the far right in portrait mode). There you get a long list of options which you can scroll through.
edit: Was feeling helpful today, so I attached a picture with some fancy Paint-editing on it

SBS_ said:
It's not the menu-button you should press, but the on-screen configuration button which is the top one of the row to the right (or the one to the far right in portrait mode). There you get a long list of options which you can scroll through.
edit: Was feeling helpful today, so I attached a picture with some fancy Paint-editing on it
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thanks for this, i feel like an a**hole. I checked that software icon when i was initially messing with it before making a whole thread. Stupid me didnt notice i could scroll down. thanks a bunch

is the video still blurry except for the 720p option? go ahead and try to record a video mms, or a 480 video, and it has been total blurry the last 2 months. has this been fixed in the final release?

Panoramic photos?

I know you can take panoramic photo's with the camera on the phone by taking multiple photos..
But is there an app like on the Taylor swift commercial that you just sweep the camera around the room?

Not that I have seen, but why? That feature works perfectly in the camera, you don't really need an app for this.

I'm pretty sure its basically the same thing. The Samsung camera software just gives you a green box to follow and makes a camera sound when you reach it... you're still sweeping from left to right in real time.

Any way to get higher res panorama with the stock camera? The panorama is 640x480 photos stitched together.

born_fisherman said:
I know you can take panoramic photo's with the camera on the phone by taking multiple photos..
But is there an app like on the Taylor swift commercial that you just sweep the camera around the room?
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The phone does this with the built in app. You can move the phone in a sweeping motion and it will take 8 sequential shots. This can be done in either landscape or portrait mode.
When sweeping the camera a green outline will appear in the area of the next shot to help you properly align the photo. When the outlined area is centered on the screen then the phone automatically captures the next image...wash, rinse, repeat.
I have been using this feature a lot lately since the pictures are gorgeous and it is awesome for group photos. A fun thing I like to do is have someone move along to the next shot and pose so you get a strange clone effect of one person throughout the scene.

Shovelhead84 said:
The phone does this with the built in app. You can move the phone in a sweeping motion and it will take 8 sequential shots. This can be done in either landscape or portrait mode.
When sweeping the camera a green outline will appear in the area of the next shot to help you properly align the photo. When the outlined area is centered on the screen then the phone automatically captures the next image...wash, rinse, repeat.
I have been using this feature a lot lately since the pictures are gorgeous and it is awesome for group photos. A fun thing I like to do is have someone move along to the next shot and pose so you get a strange clone effect of one person throughout the scene.
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Have you tried the action shooting mode? Does a very similar thing.

I too would like to see an app that used higher res images (640x480 really does not cut it)
I would also like to see something that could take 360 degree photos, not just moving the camera left to right but also up and down.

Well that's just the sensor setting, the final resolution will be much greater than that in one direction. Holding the phone vertically will give a nice photo. But I would like a 1080 vertical mode for my dual monitor setup and no black lines.
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Yeah, but a panorama that's about 550px tall and has fairly obvious seams makes it less of a big falk that the phone stitched out all by itself. Oh well, if you want it nice you really need a camera with a proper mount, anyway, and preferably raw output, and striving on a computer...
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Wallpaper's and any Launcher -- arghhh

Arghhh how the heck are you guys getting your photo's to display correctly ( as wallpaper ) on the NC after you install any Launcher on the market !! ... this is horrible. The images are all zoomed in and cropped off no matter what I try.

Set it through the nook. Nook button -- settings -- home (under app settings) -- set wallpaper. This was mentioned in another thread, I'm just repeating the answer.

Search for Wallpaper Set & Save - that's what I used.

johnopsec said:
Search for Wallpaper Set & Save - that's what I used.
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I tried that app. With any Launcher that I have tried, Set and Save still does not format the wallpaper correctly. Seems as soon as you replace the stock Launcher nothing will set a wallpaper correctly.
I wonder if there is a way to pull a stock wallpaper of the nook then push a new one into the /system/wallperps folder via the shell ...?

Check your other threads on this same topic and you will see I have already answered this for you. Go to the nooks original home screen and set the wallpaper there. Turn the device to landscape and discard the first try at wallpaper then select. You can just put a folder on your sd card called wallpapers and they will show up in the nooks photo gallery automatically.
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monsterpt said:
Check your other threads on this same topic and you will see I have already answered this for you. Go to the nooks original home screen and set the wallpaper there. Turn the device to landscape and discard the first try at wallpaper then select. You can just put a folder on your sd card called wallpapers and they will show up in the nooks photo gallery automatically.
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Mmmm I am pretty sure I tried this allready and it did not work. I will try it here in a few ( on my NC with ZEAM installed ) and post my results. Thanks in advance !

Wallpaper set and save works for me perfectly. I am running seam as well.
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monsterpt said:
Check your other threads on this same topic and you will see I have already answered this for you. Go to the nooks original home screen and set the wallpaper there. Turn the device to landscape and discard the first try at wallpaper then select. You can just put a folder on your sd card called wallpapers and they will show up in the nooks photo gallery automatically.
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Thibor69 said:
Mmmm I am pretty sure I tried this allready and it did not work. I will try it here in a few ( on my NC with ZEAM installed ) and post my results. Thanks in advance !
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Well I tried this again and still it crops the picture and zooms in. Are you getting the square crop box when you do this ?? I am. I am doing this...from home screen >long press home screen>click on change wallpaper>pick new picture from photo tab>move crop box as much as as I can>hit save. New wallpaper is zoomed way in and pixulated. :O(

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Well I tried this again and still it crops the picture and zooms in. Are you getting the square crop box when you do this ?? I am. I am doing this...from home screen >long press home screen>click on change wallpaper>pick new picture from photo tab>move crop box as much as as I can>hit save. New wallpaper is zoomed way in and pixulated. :O(
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Ok. When you get the portrait crop box - DO NOT hit save. Rotate the nook into lanscape first then Hit discard (trust me). When you discard the first image orientation it will give you the option to crop the same image in landscape format. Crop the second image option and then save that one.
Ps. You should see two tabs when selecting to set wallpaper. One labeled wallpapers the other should say pictures (I think). If not, try putting some wallpapers in a folder on you sdcard.

monsterpt said:
Ok. When you get the portrait crop box - DO NOT hit save. Rotate the nook into lanscape first then Hit discard (trust me). When you discard the first image orientation it will give you the option to crop the same image in landscape format. Crop the second image option and then save that one. Try this for me.
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Ok I see now what you mean. And yes that did work ... sort of ... After I hit the discard button the picture reset and the crop box changed to a landscape size. But .. even tho the photo changed and the crop box changed, I can not fit the entire picture in the crop box. The picture I am trying this with is a portrate picture of my kids standing up. They fill the entire picture, but I can only get the new crop box to frame in either the top half or the bottom half of the picture. If the crop box was to rotate then they would fit in the frame perfect. Right now I can only see their chest and heads. But it did fix the problem about the zooming in. Any other thoughts mate ? and THANKS

Just to confirm, I'm trying the same method and seeing the same (picture doesn't fit) behavior.

Thibor69 said:
Ok I see now what you mean. And yes that did work ... sort of ... After I hit the discard button the picture reset and the crop box changed to a landscape size. But .. even tho the photo changed and the crop box changed, I can not fit the entire picture in the crop box. The picture I am trying this with is a portrate picture of my kids standing up. They fill the entire picture, but I can only get the new crop box to frame in either the top half or the bottom half of the picture. If the crop box was to rotate then they would fit in the frame perfect. Right now I can only see their chest and heads. But it did fix the problem about the zooming in. Any other thoughts mate ? and THANKS
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hmmmm... what is the size/resolution of the image you are using? you may need to resize the image with photoshop or one of the free image editing programs. Maybe cropping the image on a pc then transferring to the nook. Glad this could at least get you started. Thanks for asking the question cuz I am gonna load pics on the two NCs that I got my kids for xmas so that they are personalized when they start them up that morning. Now I know that I have to do some photo editing before hand. When I get it done, I'll post a little tutorial on the steps.

monsterpt said:
hmmmm... what is the size/resolution of the image you are using? you may need to resize the image with photoshop or one of the free image editing programs. Maybe cropping the image on a pc then transferring to the nook. Glad this could at least get you started. Thanks for asking the question cuz I am gonna load pics on the two NCs that I got my kids for xmas so that they are personalized when they start them up that morning. Now I know that I have to do some photo editing before hand. When I get it done, I'll post a little tutorial on the steps.
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I'm using the hummingbird pic from the stock NC pictures tab.

ICS shortcuts

Hi
I don't know how to explain it but back on GB there were some shortcuts like touching the upper screen and moving left or right to change brightness but this seems to be gone on ICS?!
Are there any other things like this that have changed??

galaxynotes said:
Hi
I don't know how to explain it but back on GB there were some shortcuts like touching the upper screen and moving left or right to change brightness but this seems to be gone on ICS?!
Are there any other things like this that have changed??
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yeah it is gone on ICS
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there is other things like display all animation menu, it is no longer there.
hidden gb pictures also replaced by uglier ics picture.
the easy copy paste feature also replaced by a strange hard to guess one
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This is more,
ICS is using more processor power,
ICS is using more ram,
ICS is using hardware acceleration,
ICS is slower in data read and update because of new sql file storage.
(taken from sony mobile developer forum)

Andrew0811 said:
yeah it is gone on ICS
edit:
there is other things like display all animation menu, it is no longer there.
hidden gb pictures also replaced by uglier ics picture.
the easy copy paste feature also replaced by a strange hard to guess one
edit2:
This is more,
ICS is using more processor power,
ICS is using more ram,
ICS is using hardware acceleration,
ICS is slower in data read and update because of new sql file storage.
(taken from sony mobile developer forum)
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what was display all animation?
and hidden gb pictures??
but ICS is very smooooth and even though ram is normally 500-600 mb but there's no lag.
But the Brightness shortcut has to be there somewhere
And I somehow managed to take a screen shot without sweeping my hand across the screen?!Idk how I did it lol