Wallpaper Tips: Resolutions

Give choices for resolutions.

Published on November 13, 2008 By Island Dog In 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.

Comments (Page 2)

teddybearcholla

on Nov 14, 2008

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.

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.

alphadog

on Nov 14, 2008

And, on the fringe, I just upgraded my system to a 3840x1024 triple monitor setup. Try finding wallpapers for that! 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...

teddybearcholla

on Nov 14, 2008

I just upgraded my system to a 3840x1024 triple monitor setup. Try finding wallpapers for that!

What if "you" were to make wallpapers for that size? You do realize people make wallpapers for others to enjoy...another words free. It takes a lot of time and patience to make a wallpaper. And most artists do state the sizes included in their wallpaper zip files.

PuterDudeJim

on Nov 14, 2008

I used to run a dual monitor system...loved it and I miss it. But I had to make most of my own walls then, and I wasn't good at it, still ain't. I also made all my DX themes for duals, which is why there are so many that size at my old site: http://puterdudejim.wincustomize.com When I get better at walls, I will be looking into making more resolutions.

ZubaZ

on Nov 14, 2008

I don't understand how any wallpaper site (this one, DeviantArt, etc...) can not provide this seemingly necessary and incredibly useful feature...

IT's d be nice to have but I feel compelled to point out taht neither this site, nor dA, is a wallpaper site. It's a skinning site with a wallpaper section.

PuterDudeJim

on Nov 15, 2008

IT's d be nice to have but I feel compelled to point out taht neither this site, nor dA, is a wallpaper site. It's a skinning site with a wallpaper section.

It's a DesktopX site...lol..wink, wink.

PuterDudeJim

on Nov 16, 2008

I just uploaded a set using the above sizes. It is called Hole in the World. Check it out!

The__Goo

on Nov 16, 2008

alphadog

reply 17

And, on the fringe, I just upgraded my system to a 3840x1024 triple monitor setup. Try finding wallpapers for that!

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.

The__Goo

on Nov 16, 2008

teddybearcholla

reply 16

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

eddyhaze

on Nov 16, 2008

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.

hallv5

on Nov 18, 2008

FWIW, I render three sizes (2560x1600 (Widescreen 16:10), 1600x1200 (Fullscreen 4:3), and 1280x1024 (Fullscreen 5:4)) if I'm doing an image that will be a screen-wide WP. If I'm doing a single-image that's not screen-wide (IOW, a 'centered/offset' single image or a multiple image composite) WP I render the image(s) at 1600x1600 (the largest size needed) and compose/resize down from that. 2560x1600 covers screen sizes 2560x1600, 1440x900, 1920x1200, 1680x1050, and 1280x800. 1600x1200 covers screen sizes 1600x1200, 1400x1050, 1280x960, 1024x768,and 800x600. 1280x1024 covers, well, 1280x1024. The rendering does take quite a bit of time (and, yeah, it does get a tad frustrating when one gets non-selected), but I do most renders over-night so as to free up the system (and it is an antiquated one) during the day. If it takes me a few days to get one WP submission completed, well, I feel that's just the way it goes - kind of the price I pay to play. In the mean time I work on other projects (bootskins, logons, or docks) that I can adapt my already-rendered images to.

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