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Hi,
I've recently read a thread which is aimed to show people how to apply backgrounds image for all tabs, but there are several steps that I found quite confusing:
If there is a .png file @ 512x512 resolution,
How can I achieve steps below:
- remove 54 px from top
- remove 50 px from bottom
- increase width by 56 px, you should notice the empty area on the right
- resize the picture to 512x512 px, allow distortion
any help will be gateful!
If there is a .png file @ 512x512 resolution[/QUOTE]
the original image must be at 480x800, otherwise of course 512+56<>512
bbonzz said:
If there is a .png file @ 512x512 resolution
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the original image must be at 480x800, otherwise of course 512+56<>512[/QUOTE]
thanks, but whatever the resolution is, how can i remove or increase pixel of the image from various sides and what tool that i should have picked up for the procedure?
photoshop or gimp
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photoshop or gimp
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I have Photoshop CS3 installed on my PC, should I use 'image size' option within the 'image' tab to cut pixel?
image size doesn't cut but resizes. better play with canvas size, or by cutting with the crop tool
bbonzz said:
image size doesn't cut but resizes. better play with canvas size, or by cutting with the crop tool
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Thanks, it works for me, but I think I might got something wrong cos the final display on my phone shows a tiny slim line of blank pixel on the right hand side
anyway, I really appreciate your regarding
you have blank pixels since, in my opinion, 56px right is too much. See my tiny tutorial here. It leaves the black hole at top, since i did it b4 the new edit, but the widht is always the same
Hi there, can anyone help with putting wallpapers on the Desire please?
I've got a few 480x800 ones off the web and copied them over to the DCIM\100MEDIA folder. When i browse to them on the phone and select 'Set as' wallpaper it will only allow me to crop the image and not have the full image as a wallpaper.
Cheers!
Have you tried expanding the green box? You can make it larger by dragging.
Yes but it only enlarges to half the size of the screen, is 480x800 definitely the correct resolution?
Odin1979 said:
Yes but it only enlarges to half the size of the screen, is 480x800 definitely the correct resolution?
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look for 960*800 that will work
Odin1979 said:
Hi there, can anyone help with putting wallpapers on the Desire please?
I've got a few 480x800 ones off the web and copied them over to the DCIM\100MEDIA folder. When i browse to them on the phone and select 'Set as' wallpaper it will only allow me to crop the image and not have the full image as a wallpaper.
Cheers!
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I realised this the other day when trying out other wallpaper. The problem is this. Although the screen is 480 x 800, HTC sense (or Android) makes the wallpaper wider to compensate for the 6 other home screens. You will notice that as you move from one screen to another the wallpaper moves along with you. So in essence the wallpaper size we need to be working with is.more like 900 x 800 or something. This is why when you try and crop it won't let you crop to a 480 x 800 ratio.
Although the moving wallpaper is a cool effect, it would be nice to stop it so that the background screen was always 480 x 800.
Ah i see, it's been bugging me for the last day or so!
Off i go to find some 960x800 wallpapers.
Cheers guys
Odin1979 said:
Ah i see, it's been bugging me for the last day or so!
Off i go to find some 960x800 wallpapers.
Cheers guys
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Here are som nice wallpapers in 640×480 and 800×480.
h**p://w*w.techcredo.com/fun/landscape-wallpaper-collection
I'm not sure if this will work fine, but i hope so
960x800 will be perfect
Hello,
What is the resolution/dimensions of sliding wallpapper? ( similar to default wallpapper that you find on a new Galaxy s) because I want to make custom sliding wallpappers.
And what is the extension/type of the picture? and in which folder I should put it?
And What I should do different if I want to do non-sliding (Fixed) wallpapper.
Thank you.
would also like to know this?
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960x800
I made a custom one meyself last night and it's a million times better than using the crop tool in Gallery.
For a none slide use launcherpro, it has a setting that stops the wallpaper slide if you want that, its in the preferences/appearance settings.
Thanks for the info, I would rather a non-sliding wallpaper.
Is there no way to make it a different picture for each of the 7 screens?
Monkey101 said:
Is there no way to make it a different picture for each of the 7 screens?
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I thought of making a Live Wallpaper that did this (or just displayed a static image that didn't scroll) and fiddled with the SDK last night. Only problem is I suck at Java. If I could use Visual Basic I could have done it in about 10 minutes.
Maybe someone more competent at Android developing could take this idea and make it a reality.
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For a none slide use launcherpro, it has a setting that stops the wallpaper slide if you want that, its in the preferences/appearance settings.
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Thanks for the info, i ve missed that feature.
But any other launcher does support this? abw for example?
Tachikoma_kun said:
960x800
I made a custom one meyself last night and it's a million times better than using the crop tool in Gallery.
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Thanks everyone, but I tried 960 X 800 and used Gallary to set it like sliding wallpapper but it forced me to chose a part from the picture and I could not chose the whole picture.
ZeCoder said:
Thanks everyone, but I tried 960 X 800 and used Gallary to set it like sliding wallpapper but it forced me to chose a part from the picture and I could not chose the whole picture.
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Tap one side of the box and slide to choose whole image...
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Is there no way to make it a different picture for each of the 7 screens?
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I have searched and searched for a solution but my best find was this app:
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-creativecore-wallpaperplus-jmit.aspx
haven't tried it yet.
i think it will not work with touchwiz, but might work with launcher pro
Dexter666 said:
Tap one side of the box and slide to choose whole image...
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Thank you.
I found out that my mistake was making the longer dimension vertical while it should be horizontal. So the rotation of the picture for 90 degrees gave me the ability to select the whole picture as sliding wallpaper.
But what if I want to make non-sliding wallpaper that fit to the screen completely, what is the resolution for that?
um isn't it 480 by 800?
Because of the moving of the image when sliding to different homescreens it needs to be slightly wider, hence the 960x800 resolution.
slightly? thats twice the width lol
what file type do you think would be better?
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um isn't it 480 by 800?
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480x800 is the actual resolution of the screen, while the sliding wallpaper is doubling the width so that the wallpaper won't stretch and display the at native resolution when you slide through the home screens.
When you got some image with high resolution (higher than 960x800), selecting that high resolution image and crop to fit by the wallpaper selector, it will corp and resize the image for you on the fly but it doesn't look sharp as those TouchWiz and Launcher Pro wallpaper which is resized and optimized the sharpness on 960x800, I'm going to crop and resize my favorie wallpaper on a desktop imaging tool.
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I've made a couple of backgrounds in ps that were 960x800 resolution and then put them on my phone. Whenever I got to change the wallpaper, it has me select the file and then I have to crop the image. I'm aware that I can drag it out to make the crop zone large but it still only selects I would say 3/5 of the image. I've tried several different times over several different images and I cannot make it any larger. I'm using launcher pro if this has anything to do with it. Are you sure the resolution is 960 wide by 800 tall? Other than that, what am I doing wrong?
Would deleting all but 1 home screen make the wallpaper full-size/non-sliding?
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I'm using launcher pro if this has anything to do with it. Are you sure the resolution is 960 wide by 800 tall? Other than that, what am I doing wrong?
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It's what I use and is fine for both stock and launcher pro. When I chose the wallpaper the crop rectangle stretched to the wallpaper perfectly.
Hi. I tried 1280 x 1280 whoch I convert using samsung kies and the crop box fits 100 % and the wallpaper is perfect.
Hope this helps.
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I have put together a collection of wallpapers that are optimised to work with the Galaxy Nexus resolution. I have tried to give some choice and they all look great on my Galaxy Nexus. I have added the original link in the description for those who would like a different crop.
http://imgur.com/a/efWeX/
For those wanting to create their own the images they need to be 1440x1280.
Did not see any existing thread for this. Let me know otherwise.
I was coming here specifically to post on this topic when I noticed your thread.
I don't think 1440x1280 is the optimal size. When you go to select an image as a wallpaper, the selection box is slightly larger than the two rectangles which presumably represent the area that is visible on screen.
With this in mind, it seems as if wallpapers optimised for the Galaxy Nexus should actually be 1440x1280 + some extra black space, so that the actual image squarely fits in the are provided.
Otherwise it would seem that you're taking a 1440x1280 image, cutting off the edges, and then stretching it back up to 1440x1280, resulting in a less clear image (which is a shame on such a gorgeous screen).
Just something I've been wondering about. Feel free to comment or correct me.
Thanks, this is great. Quick question, how would I go about changing the resolution of pictures I already have?
Sorry for my ignorance on this subject.
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apascual89 said:
Thanks, this is great. Quick question, how would I go about changing the resolution of pictures I already have?
Sorry for my ignorance on this subject.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
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if your pictures are too small then you DON'T want to change them as they'll just get ruined. upscaling destroys digital images.
your best bet is to just find new wallpapers to use. Luckily for me i've always downloaded 1600x1400+ wallpapers so i'm good.
i am curious though, does the stock wallpaper picture still pixelate the images and ruin gradients? i know my nexus one does that and i downloaded quickpic to get around it. but i have noticed on my tablet wallpapers look good.
If you use something like quickpic it will select the whole image, the built in Gallery app will show you a guide however I find that it does use the whole image at the ratio.
If someone can suggest a better resolution I would appreciate it, otherwise this is the best I have found so far.
I don't have a Nexus (yet), but if someone with root could check the file /data/system/wallpaper_info.xml, there should be a line reading as follows:
<wp width="something" height="something" name="" />
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Which should give the actual expected resolution.
copkay said:
I don't have a Nexus (yet), but if someone with root could check the file /data/system/wallpaper_info.xml, there should be a line reading as follows:
Which should give the actual expected resolution.
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1440 x 1280
Niksko said:
I don't think 1440x1280 is the optimal size. When you go to select an image as a wallpaper, the selection box is slightly larger than the two rectangles which presumably represent the area that is visible on screen.
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You can drag the edges of the box to make it bigger - there still seem to be corners left out but I was able to get the top / bottom / side edges of the selected area out to the edges of my image.
I made a couple of darkish fractals at 1440 x 1280, in an attempt to extend battery life without going entirely black.
Originally posted in the first wallpaper thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1365415
reposting for convenience:
jdadroid said:
I have put together a collection of wallpapers that are optimised to work with the Galaxy Nexus resolution. I have tried to give some choice and they all look great on my Galaxy Nexus. I have added the original link in the description for those who would like a different crop.
http://imgur.com/a/efWeX/
For those wanting to create their own the images they need to be 1440x1280.
Did not see any existing thread for this. Let me know otherwise.
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dude, these are great! thank you so much!
adamleerusse said:
1440 x 1280
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Thanks! So that should mean it does include the 96px soft-button area (also meaning the lower 96px of the wallpaper will not be visible). As soon as VZW decides to launch the damn thing I'll give it some testing, but I'm pretty confident the 1440 x 1280 is correct.
Just thought I'd report back with my experiences.
I've been making some wallpapers and experimenting over the last few days, and I'm very confident that the correct wallpaper size is 1440x1184 ie. you have to remove the 96 pixels taken up by the soft buttons to get things to work nicely.
If you use this size wallpaper, the selection box will be completely filled, without leaving out any parts.
yeap
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19481934&postcount=3
Someone may be able to assist me here, but my absolute most HATED part of Android is the wallpaper selector. I can never actually set a picture I want as wallpaper because of the poxy blue line crop/selector which refuses to actually ever take in the full image.
I've used photoshop to resize a photo to the dimensions for the screen and it's still too big for the photo selector. Am I missing something very elementary here??
**EDIT**
I just made an image which was 100 pixels high as an acid test and when i tried to set IT was wallpaper it was tiny and shrunk, but so was the selector box and I STILL couldn't select the whole image. What the heck am I doing wrong!??
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the correct wallpaper size is 1440x1184 ie. you have to remove the 96 pixels taken up by the soft buttons to get things to work nicely.
If you use this size wallpaper, the selection box will be completely filled, without leaving out any parts.
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BANE said:
I can never actually set a picture I want as wallpaper because of the poxy blue line crop/selector which refuses to actually ever take in the full image.
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Have you tried 1440 x 1184 as a size? Then if it doesn't select the whole thing first time try dragging the edges of the box.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/12/isaac-newton-papers/
I'd love to see some from these. I also wish for a NASA respository.
Okay, now that I actually HAVE a Nexus, I can say with certainty that 1440 x 1280 (not 1184) is the correct wallpaper resolution. 1440 x 1184 is not the same aspect ratio as the crop box; however, you can add 96 blank pixels along the bottom of a 1440 x 1184 image (making it 1440 x 1280) and it fills the crop box, and the bottom 96 pixels don't show on the home screen due to the software buttons.
Would post a preview pic, but I need to post more first, I guess
h t t p ://oi41.tinypic.com/v4lzrl.jpg
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hey guys.. how come my wallpapers look completely different on my phone than on my laptop/old sgs2?
wallpapers like this
http://www.highwallpapers.com/wallpapers/hd-planet-earth-HD_wallpapers.jpg
look beautiful everywehre.. but for some reason on my phone the blacks dont look black at all and instead look blotchy.. any idea?
I recently got an Epic 4G Touch. I created some custom wallpapers and sized them to 480x800 to match the screen's resolution. The wallpaper has a single object (the HAL 9000 eye) which is a circle.
When I use the wallpaper as the lock screen, the eye is distorted slightly so that it's no longer a circle.
The gallery displays the image properly and the selection screen for the lock screen also displays it correctly.
I think I can compensate for this by resizing the image slightly, but I don't know how many pixels to remove from the image. I think the status bar might be a good starting point, but I don't know how many vertical pixels it uses.
Thoughts?
Lobo Droid said:
I recently got an Epic 4G Touch. I created some custom wallpapers and sized them to 480x800 to match the screen's resolution. The wallpaper has a single object (the HAL 9000 eye) which is a circle.
When I use the wallpaper as the lock screen, the eye is distorted slightly so that it's no longer a circle.
The gallery displays the image properly and the selection screen for the lock screen also displays it correctly.
I think I can compensate for this by resizing the image slightly, but I don't know how many pixels to remove from the image. I think the status bar might be a good starting point, but I don't know how many vertical pixels it uses.
Thoughts?
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Because of wallpaper scrolling, you need 800x960 wallpaper. In other words, double the horizontal dimension to allow for scrolling...
My wallpaper doesn't scroll anymore, I'm not sure why.
nabbed said:
Because of wallpaper scrolling, you need 800x960 wallpaper. In other words, double the horizontal dimension to allow for scrolling...
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I tried creating an 800x960 wallpaper using the same eye image and it didn't work. I used GIMP to create a black background image and then inserted the eye image as a new layer. The 480x800 images I created were done with the same method.
The 800x960 wallpaper is still distorted. So the problem is that the aspect ratio of the lock screen is not quite 480x800 or any multiple of those dimensions.
Through some experimentation, I think that changing the vertical dimension to something less than 800 seems to work. For example, I took my original 480x800 image and cropped 30 pixels off to make an image of 480x770. I then resized the image back to 480x800 while ignoring the aspect ratio. This results in a distorted eye, but the distortion is in the opposite direction. (The 480x800 wallpaper is distorted in the horizontal dimension. The 480x770 resized image is distorted in the vertical dimension.)
The 480x770 image is slightly less distorted so I think this might be the way to go. Short of guessing the right dimensions, I was hoping for a way to determine the best dimensions to use.
To help anyone else reading this thread, I'm attaching the wallpapers I've created. Feel free to download them and try them out.
galaxytabevo said:
My wallpaper doesn't scroll anymore, I'm not sure why.
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I think I read somewhere here that the latest Samsung stock update disabled the scrolling wallpaper.
home screen or lock screen?
Lock screen does not scroll.
For home screen you need 800x960 image or you may need to adjust your original 800x480 image to 400x480 and double the pixel size.
To scroll the home screen wallpaper, you need to change the option to make it scroll.
kobridge said:
home screen or lock screen?
Lock screen does not scroll.
For home screen you need 800x960 image or you may need to adjust your original 800x480 image to 400x480 and double the pixel size.
To scroll the home screen wallpaper, you need to change the option to make it scroll.
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I'm working on the lock screen. With most wallpapers, the difference in the aspect ratio is likely not noticeable. I just happen to see it because my lock screen image has only one component and it's very easy to see when it's distorted.
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I think I read somewhere here that the latest Samsung stock update disabled the scrolling wallpaper.
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This really sucks. I also miss the bounce effect on the browser/when you reach the end of a menu. Was it due to the Apple lawsuit?