Guest Deeswift Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 Here's a new wallpaper I just made. I made 3 different sizes, all are in proper 4:3 ratio. Clicking the pic below will give you a look at the 1280 X 960 version. It looks real shit when small, btw. Click it. 1024 X 7681280 X 9601600 X 1200 Some random info: Your monitor should be set at the correct aspect ratio. Many people run their monitor at the max resolution (which isn't guaranteed to be a 4:3 ratio), not realizing that everything is being stretched. The sizes of the wallpaper should give you a clue of how your resolution should be. 1600 X 1200 is good for 19" monitors or larger. 1280 X 960 is good for 17" monitors. 1024 X 768 is OK for people running their 17" monitor at this resolution or using a 15" monitor. If you run your screen at a lower resolution than 1024 X 768 you're just a cheapskate who needs to upgrade A.S.A.P., or you're blind! I presume all of you know how to set your resolution. If not, right-click your desktop, select Properties, Settings (tab), and move the slider accordingly. Additionally, if you're using Windows XP, make sure the Color quality is set to "Highest (32 bit)". I'm not sure how well this wallpaper would suit the regular Windows XP (blue) theme. The silver theme would look fine because it contains bits of red in places and is neutral. Alternatively, you could try using the Black XP theme that many of us here are using. Here's a link to download it: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=03PP5X8D And last but not least, you can only use this theme if your uxtheme.dll is patched. If it isn't, see here: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=140707 EDIT: Oh by the way, this wallpaper was created for my own desktop which has the taskbar on the left-hand side of the screen. It doesn't really mattter much but bear in mind that if you have your taskbizzle along the bottom, you're gonna cover part of the picture. If you do wanna move it, right-click it, then deselect "Unlock the taskbar", and drag it over to the left-hand side. You can also have it auto-hide so you see the entire desktop and it only appears when you move your mouse cursor over it. To do this, right-click the taskbar, select Properties, and check the box for "Auto-hide". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chile Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 lol dope background mang! gonna use it, lol i recognise that pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jastek Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 (edited) ... Edited February 24, 2014 by jastek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekorum Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 Dope wallpaper, I'm using it. I'm on a shitty 15 inch monitor over here and using 1024 X 768 resolution. Don't know how to check my aspect ratio though..Thanks for writing all that "random info", pretty cool, hah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 The aspect ratio is simple to work out. You divide the number on the left by 4 and the number on the right by 3 (as in a 4:3 ratio). You should get the same result. For example, with a 1024x768 resolution: - 1024 / 4 = 256768 / 3 = 256 The same is true of all the resolutions Dee mentioned. Some of the choices you have for screen resolutions are not 4:3, for example on my monitor I have 1280x720 as an option which is a 16:9 ratio used for widescreen. My monitor isn't widescreen, so if I choose that setting, it stretches images making them appear taller than they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deeswift Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 My wallpaper deserves a bump, I'd say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 cool, ima take that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deeswift Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 Cool. Looks better on the desktop than on here, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekorum Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Haha yeah. Thanks Steve, I get it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iexist Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 sweet fucking job! im def. sporting this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deeswift Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 I'm thinking this would be good on some slipmats, so I was considering getting some printed up. It'd just need a slight change of the design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deeswift Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 The daily BUMP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clownstyle Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Haha, thats a cool one. Only just noticed this post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbay Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 it would look dope on slipmats. just the single pic though, not the mirrored one. nice and high contrast too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deeswift Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Yep, just the single pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deeswift Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 ^^^ Bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoReX Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 coolkinda trippy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndhand Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 i hate the picture but dig your design skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deeswift Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 Why do you hate it? It's funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndhand Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 i dont like the old woman.i dont like the concept of people photoshopped to look like they are a dj of some description!!! someone posted up a pic of tshirt with a design that showed john lennon at some turntables. i didnt like that either!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deeswift Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 i dont like the old woman.i dont like the concept of people photoshopped to look like they are a dj of some description!!! someone posted up a pic of tshirt with a design that showed john lennon at some turntables. i didnt like that either!!!<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Me neither, but this is a real pic, I guess she was an old radio DJ or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndhand Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 fair enough!she reminds me of nursey off blackadder 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deeswift Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 Haha! I like her, she's fresh... since '38. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey-Hands Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 Nice pic Dee! Did you made it yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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