Wallpaper Tips: Resolutions
Give choices for resolutions.
Thursday, November 13, 2008 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News
I just got another monitor the other week, and in trying to find some wallpapers for it, I noticed it’s getting difficult to find wallpapers in a variety of sizes on WinCustomize. It’s not because of a lack of search feature, it’s just because many of the wallpapers that are submitted only include one resolution, and sometimes a very odd resolution.
I also don’t see a lot of artists listing the resolutions that they are uploading. I’m just pointing this out as people have been asking how to improve their wallpaper submissions. With the huge variety of monitors, and widescreens becoming ever more popular, I wanted to offer some tips for wallpaper submissions.
Common wallpaper resolutions:
(Standard)
- 800x600
- 1024x768
- 1280x1024
- 1600x1200
(Widescreen)
- 1280x800
- 1440x900
- 1680x1050
- 1920x1200
These are by no means required, and there are many more resolutions out there, but these are what are common today. You can create a pack of wallpapers and put them in a .zip file to upload. Remember, similar wallpapers (variations in colors, etc.) should also be uploaded in packs as well.
Hope this helps, as having more resolutions will appeal to a bigger audience.
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Reply #22 Sunday, November 16, 2008 12:11 AM
I just uploaded a set using the above sizes. It is called Hole in the World. Check it out!
Reply #23 Sunday, November 16, 2008 12:57 AM
What would be useful is if the wallpaper section on this site offered (forced?) the ability to allow uploaders to indicate available sizes, and offered the ability to downloaders to filter on size.
I don't understand how any wallpaper site (this one, DeviantArt, etc...) can not provide this seemingly necessary and incredibly useful feature...
I ran that resolution for a long time and I will get a list walls together and post em up for you and also some links... maybe this week. Keep a look out for it. Gemerally I made my own.
Reply #24 Sunday, November 16, 2008 12:58 AM
Correct...but lets not forget, that wallpapers should be made the largest they can be for each ratio... that way they reduce just fine. But if someone makes an 800x600 wallpaper, it can not be resized larger without a lot of pixelization.
Also Irfanview is free and an excellent program for quick resizing among other things. I have used this program for years.
thank you for pointing that out, i should have made refrence to that. Thanks
Reply #25 Sunday, November 16, 2008 3:40 AM
it sucks i got dialup to upload or download a large file size would take forever and a lot of times uploading here i get a error and have to try again and again and again.
Reply #26 Tuesday, November 18, 2008 7:05 AM
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Reply #21 Saturday, November 15, 2008 5:53 PM
It's a DesktopX site...lol..wink, wink.