Us semi blind people use an odd res, 1280x768.  Thats odd as its on a 23in WC.   

I think you left out 1280x800 wide screen which is a pretty common res, I.D.

Thanks, added. 

 

Thanks for the article Brad.   I'm starting to see a lot more 1680x1050 included, and it's much appreciated.

I knew it!  ID *is* Brad!

I totally agree. For last five-six years most of people are using wide screen monitors and every new laptop is wide screen. The thing is when image is created on wide screen monitor doesn't fit to basic resolution like 1280x1024, etc...Starting and creating image from a scratch, like modeling different objects from cylinders, cubes, spheres is always different and unique. So changing the resolution and doing another render is basically cutting the image and it doesn't look the same anymore, plus some images are taking so much time to render, 2, 5, 20 hours for quality ones...Running applications on few different computers is the only option for that and its really taking so much time for artist do create the image and share with all of users out here. Still, we are trying to find time to do this and I'm really enjoying being part of this great community. So I will run two renders at the same time in the future to get more resolutions. It has to be rendered in high resolution and after that is very easy to make it smaller. For example if render size is 1920x1200 changing the "width" size in Photoshop to 1280, height size automatically goes to 800...That's easy part and Photoshop does it...I believe all the artists will try to do little more... Good point Brad and keep up the good work. Thanks for taking care of this community...

I agree AtomArts,  my first pc's were standard size and now I have a widescreen...so it totally changes how I do my wallpapers. The last one I posted is only widescreen, because to cut that one down would ruin it.  But I and others do try to have many resolutions....Mike I just wrote down your odd size 1280x768...will try to cover that in the future as well!! 

Good article, ID!!!

 

 

Hi, first of all, I'd like to express my undying gratitude to ALL the artists who contribute to this site. Those of us with NO artistic ability need you desperately. On topic, this site has an interesting way of dealing with that issue. I don't know if it is helpful but here is the site address. http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper_beta/downloads/date/any/

It's a good list of resolutions but the only ones that are really necessary are 1280x1024, 1600x1200, 1920x1200 (16:10), and 1920x1080 (16:9 1080p). 1280x1024 is a unique aspect ratio in itself and 1600x1200 would scale down to 1024x768 just fine. A 1920x1200 wallpaper will also scale down to 1280x800 without a problem.

Am I unique in that I have not only 2 monitors, but at 2 different aspect ratios? (24" widescreen and 19" standard)because finding wallpaper that fits both is a pain in the a$$.

But I think ID has a good idea in that people uploading wall papers should list the resolutions that the walls fit.

Gosh I have tried to approach this before. When you are working on a dinosaur of a system that takes forever to render one image it is really hard to do the two different aspect ratios. I cannot use my system for anything else productive while Apo is rendering so I have to render while I sleep or I would never be able to get anything done! It is quite frustrating when you go the extra mile to do the two resolutions just to find your magnificent creation delegated to your personal page only. I was finally able to purchase a new system with the umph to render large images with a wide screen monitor only to have it stolen out of my home before I could even get it set up and running. It took eight years to be able to afford it and I can't replace it until and if homeowners comes up with a check! If I get a request for wide screen, I do try to accommodate!

 

 

I fully realize this is so true, but I am still a newbie at Photoshop and I just hate skewed walls because they weren't resized correctly. I will work on it tho.    Thanx for this post, Bra.....I mean ID!

First I am Peter, and now Spencer is Brad....what are you on over there Angus?  

This is a correction and a suggestion to the original post.

Actually the only thing the artist needs to do is create the wall paper in a certain aspect ratio.  800x600, 1024x768, 1600x1200 all share the same aspect ratio of 4:3 and 1280x1024 has a unique aspect ratio of 5:4 and then you have 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050 and 1920x1200 which share an aspect ratio of 8:5(16:10).

The artist only needs to create three sizes of wall paper to accommodate everyone's needs.  The user should be able to adjust the size of the wall paper with any graphics program such as Photoshop or Paintshop.

(4:3)

·         800x600

·         1024x768

·         1600x1200

(5:4)

·         1280x1024

(8:5) (aka:16:10)

·         1280x800

·         1440x900

·         1680x1050

·         1920x1200

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800x600 is still common?