I just got a G1 a few days ago and wanted to make a wallpaper for it. As you know there's several screen breaks: three when viewed horizontal and three more when viewed vertical. I tried downloading a couple templates from various blogs and forums, but none were very thorough, so I made my own.
It's a tradition of sorts that I make a wallpaper for my phones featuring Keith Olbermann, so I named it after him cause I'm a big gay dork like that.
The template has two color coded Layer Sets: Each set of layers has three sub-layers that highlight the screen breaks and viewable area that occur on either of home screen's orientations.
I also included a layer of bars that align with the bottom row of icons for each orientation. I got the idea from another wallpaper I downloaded, I don't remember which but I tweaked it a little since it wasn't quite right when viewed horizontally.
The part at the bottom with my website link on it is never visible on the phone, so you can replace it with your credit there if you use it.
Some screenshots:
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And the link to the template:
http://drop.io/olbermann
From one nola geek to another, good job!
or use any image thats 800x600 in res.
k34m0n said:
or use any image thats 800x600 in res.
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You missed the point of the template. It has overlays that let you see beforehand exactly which parts of your wallpaper will display on all the Android "screens" whether landscape or portrait. Nothing worse than picking a wallpaper, no matter the res, and not being able to see the best part of it unless you open the keyboard and flip left.
k34m0n said:
or use any image thats 800x600 in res.
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Yes, but when you're viewing in landscape mode about a third of the image is cut off. Plus, some of us like to use something other than just 'any image'
... and the resolution is 640x480.
Over 200 downloads so far.. just wondering if anyone is using it and if they are if they have any suggestions?
I'm downloading it now. I'll let you know if I can think of anything useful to share! Thanks for the template.
Thanks! I'm thinking about adding a layer in the horizontal set that gives you letterbox style bands on the top and bottom so you can see what gets cut off when the orientation is flipped.
Just updated it (the 1.5 version) to add letterbox style bars on the tops and bottom to make obvious what will be viewable in each orientation.
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This is a strange problem that I've noticed. I assume this happens to everybody else too?
When I go to the Internet Tab... without any scrolling taking place... the top of one of the favourite icons is missing, like it's been chopped off (see Image 1).
Upon scrolling this list slowly, I can see 2 areas on the screen where parts of the foreground simply disappear (see Images 2,3,4,5). Either the top of the whole favourite icon + favourite icon background disappears, or just the top of the inner favourite icon disappears, or the dotted line disappears. Notice the background displays fine!
After checking other scrollable tabs... like the Settings Tab, the Program Tab, plus others... they all have the same problem. The top of the black round square disappears on the Program List (see Image 6), and the dotted lines disappear on the Settings Page (see Image 7).
Something that is about 1-2 pixels high, and full width, is making anything that passes over it, or under it (if it's invisible)... disappear!
I have marked all the below images with arrows (which are placed in exactly the same place in every image), so you can see where the disappearing occurs! You may have to view the full sized images, as the smaller ones that appear in the overlay don't show some of the dotted lines anyway!
It's really starting to annoy me... primarily because it's immediately visible & noticeable on the Internet Tab.
Does anybody know why this happens, or how to correct it?
Image 1
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Anyone know the solution????
I guess from the screenshots you're using an edited manila background, the two manila files that split a wallpaper in 2 to make a background for all the tabs? The top pixel line of the bottom file and bottom line of the top file do not show up on the phone - maybe they have something to do with it? I don't have this issue, using bg4all on Dutty R8.
Who can help,please........................
My problem is that the forth line of the Manila Contact list, the manila setting tabs are missing............
Can somebody tell me how to make a 480x800 wallpaper to fit fully in the home screen? The screen seems to be smaller with the black pieces up and down...
nikosfa said:
Can somebody tell me how to make a 480x800 wallpaper to fit fully in the home screen? The screen seems to be smaller with the black pieces up and down...
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This small black pieces called task/soft bar.
You will get answer quicker in this thread
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Can somebody tell me how to make a 480x800 wallpaper to fit fully in the home screen? The screen seems to be smaller with the black pieces up and down...
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It ultimately needs to be placed in picture program or app that enables resizing.
Or you can look <<HERE>> for lots of free things, wall paper that fits the blackstone right off the shelf...
nikosfa said:
Can somebody tell me how to make a 480x800 wallpaper to fit fully in the home screen? The screen seems to be smaller with the black pieces up and down...
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YOU need to Use HD WALLPAPER Creator if you wana make a FULL Screen HQWallpaper
Install this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=529730
Then use this to create wallpaper by your choice :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=503511
thanks a lot!
tsalta said:
YOU need to Use HD WALLPAPER Creator if you wana make a FULL Screen HQWallpaper
Install this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=529730
Then use this to create wallpaper by your choice :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=503511
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I had an HDwall program on my HD2 that was different from this. I'm not sure if it was part of a BSB tweak but it worked perfectly and I just deleted it by accident. I can't find it anywhere but this isn't it. Does anyone know what program I'm talking about? This was my homescreen
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PLEASE HELP! I WILL GIVE CUSTOM WALLS TO ANYONE THAT HELPS ME GET MY PHONE BACK TO NORMAL Thanks!
thank you so much !!this is very useful
Whatever I do with the orange resizing guide line box, I can't get wallpapers to fit on my homescreen exactly as I see them in the gallery. They're always too big for the screen. Even the default ones that came with the phone. They look nice but I can't see the whole image. What am I doing wrong?
I don't know, may be you are not stretching the orange lines to the max edges/corners of the screen, which is needed to set a wallpaper properly for portrait view. Be sure to check the portrait mode before stretching just under the pic also.
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I don't know, may be you are not stretching the orange lines to the max edges/corners of the screen, which is needed to set a wallpaper properly for portrait view. Be sure to check the portrait mode before stretching just under the pic also.
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I am stretching the lines to the edges, as far as they'll go. When in landscape mode, I can stretch the lines to the edges, but when in portrait mode, it doesn't.
Either way, I can't get the whole image visible that you can see in screenshot 1.
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That's a scrollable wallpaper mate. It's very normal.
Hello, i used to have this problem. I have found this app,crop wallpaper.
It lets you use a full size wallpaper in portrait mode without loss of quality or the annoying zooming in. Very useful app, just disable "Wallpaper Scrolling" in your launcher settings first.
Hurl durp. How else are you going to see a whole image in portrait mode. Unless you want black letterboxes at top and bottom.
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Hurl durp. How else are you going to see a whole image in portrait mode. Unless you want black letterboxes at top and bottom.
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I'm not sure if i worded it right but what i meant is that when you try and set a wallpaper that is 480x800, the phone forces you to resize the wallpaper. When this happens you can't resize the orange square so that it covers the whole image, you can only resize it so that it covers 1 third of the image, thus the zooming in and loss of quality. So i use the Crop Wallpaper app to set the wallpaper (480x800) without resizing so the image doesn't zoom in and you don't lose quality. Still, no need to be a **** about it. "Hurl durp" -_-
TekJoe said:
Hello, i used to have this problem. I have found this app,crop wallpaper.
It lets you use a full size wallpaper in portrait mode without loss of quality or the annoying zooming in. Very useful app, just disable "Wallpaper Scrolling" in your launcher settings first.
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Thanks TekJoe, got it ready to install. I'll see how it goes.
Does anyone else experience this problem:
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Where the background from a hi-res picture looks like crap after putting it through the wall paper chooser.
It seems to happen to all images (downloaded or taken from the camera), but it doesn't happen to default background images.
It's also cutting off a good portion of the picture. I don't know if this is specifically related to ADW Launcher or if it is related to the entire system.
The lockscreen isn't having as many issues (if any).
I have tried low res pictures, 720p pictures, and 1080p + pictures, and they all seem to have the same thing happen to them. Not sure what would be causing this issue.
Full picture can be found here: http://www.androidwallpapers.eu/wallpapers/picture/nature/1234.html
EDIT: Forgot to tell what version. I am on Stock Odex'ed EL29 with Rouge CWM Repack. This is a clean install.
This happens when selecting other wall paper as well:
Again same thing. I specifically choose a 480x800 wall paper on interface lift, even though it seems to want to serve a 960x800 picture. If I narrow the selection of the orange outline, it just zooms in further so the picture becomes more pixelated and distorted.
Try using the app quickpic from the market. It gives you an option to set wallpaper from there. See if it does the same thing.
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Thats really annoying / lame, as I don't remember having this happen in older builds. Thanks for the tip.
Back in the day I used to use an app called Wallpaper Set and Save. It's a little cumbersome to use if you change wallpapers alot but it works well in ensuring no banding or distortion.
Wallpaper wizardrii solves this. Its in the market free. It allows you to set landscape as is etc. I have yet to found a wallpaper it can't handle.
I dl the image and set as my wallpaper for an example.
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Unfortunately this issue is occurring again with FE13, and the above suggestions don't seem to be solving the problem.
Anyone have any other idea?
Sorry to bring up an older thread but was this issue ever figured out? It doesn't happen with my home screen wallpaper but rather with my lockscreen.
I adjust the box to the area I want and it won't 'zoom' to that area. It remains the same and basically blows up that area to the screen size when I set it. It looks like hell.
I did resolve it with the Homescreen, but I haven't had the issue with the Lockscreen. I don't know if quickpic can set the lock screen or not.
Hi there,
i am fairly new to the HTC and Android scene. Yesterday i got my HTC One X and the very first i noticed is a problem with the contrast.
Especially when it goes from grey to black, there are blocks visible. It is a bit difficult to make a photo of this issue, but i think you can see it clearly.
Is this a known issue? Can i do something about that?
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Many thanks.
That's not contrast.
That is an image that seems to either compression artifacts or was produced with too little bit depth.
There's nothing wrong with the phone, it is faithfully reproducing a crappy image.
This was just an example. It shows the menu of a program (i think google maps).
I have also some photos that look the same where a black area goes into a brighter area.
Also some of dark HTC widgets, like the clock show this.
Like i said, difficult to make a photo of this issue:
Any problems viewing this?
Probably you mean these horizontal stripes. They are there when you look at the angle, but when you look straight, they are not there. I guess this is a problem due to technology used and it looks the same on mine One X. Also, AFAIR there are two different displays used in HOX, both from different manufactures and one of them doesn't have this problem but there are some other minor problems like smaller contrast or brightness, can't exatcly remember right now. It also annoys me but generally it is still the best phone screen I've ever seen and somehow I can get over it
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This was just an example. It shows the menu of a program (i think google maps).
I have also some photos that look the same where a black area goes into a brighter area.
Also some of dark HTC widgets, like the clock show this.
Like i said, difficult to make a photo of this issue:
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these widgets in particular, and a lot of other things are supposed to change colour gradients, the notification bar being another.
just makes it look more fancy/3d
personally i don't think you have any problems except for the colour depth of the image not being enough, and that is why you see that, if there was more depth, then more detail and you wouldn't see that blocking
try switch your pc to a lower colour depth and youll see the exact same effect.
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Thanks. I had the same idea and it looks normal. I also upgrade it to CM10 which does not have these grey to black transitions at all.
So no problem there, just poor graphics by HTC.
Thanks