Hey I'm new to ICS and this kinda stuff, what is the best size or app for background images to used/make if i want them as crisp and best looking as possible without too much cropping? It looks like I need a square kind of image but isn't the homescreen 702p (1280x720) aka not square? :/ I don't get it! help!
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This should be posted in Themes. Could you move this please? The general is starting to become extremely cluttered.
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ahh in themes after all...I was wondering which of the two, sorry!
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lunaticz0r said:
Hey I'm new to ICS and this kinda stuff, what is the best size or app for background images to used/make if i want them as crisp and best looking as possible without too much cropping? It looks like I need a square kind of image but isn't the homescreen 702p (1280x720) aka not square? :/ I don't get it! help!
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Your question is a little confusing to me, but if I understand correctly, you want to create a wallpaper to use on your One XL (ATT + Rogers X). If so, make it at the full resolution of the screen.
There are also scenes though, that will pan left/right depending on how you scroll through your home screen. I'm not too certain of these resolutions, but if you keep the height the same (720px) and play with the width, it may just pan in different increments depending on the width.
Good luck,
~dan
i have no idea what rogers xl is...but i just bought this htc one x stock rom etc non rooter(don't know how) from my phone company simlock free etc...so no extra software for my phone company ....and I do want to know what the best aspect ratio/res is for pictures without zooming, i have 7 home screen but whenever i add a pic 1280x720 on my gallery(via SD -->usb) and select the picture and do ''set as...-->wallpaper'' I have to crop it too something that almost looks like a square...but I am not sure! and if I crop it the picture become blurry and ugly (at least that's from my experience...)
You need to double the width of the wallpaper, so for a 720P screen (AKA: 1280x720), your wallpaper should be 1280 pixels tall x 1440 pixels wide. For a 800x480 screen, the wallpaper should be 800 pixels tall x 960 pixels wide... And so on.
Hope that helps.
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I have seen many different reports. The one I roll with 980x800. Others give other responses, but 980x800 seems to be the closest, but there is STILL room on setting the wallpaper. Like a tiny centimeter on either side when you do it.
So, for once and for all, is it 980x800?
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I have seen many different reports. The one I roll with 980x800. Others give other responses, but 980x800 seems to be the closest, but there is STILL room on setting the wallpaper. Like a tiny centimeter on either side when you do it.
So, for once and for all, is it 980x800?
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If I remember correctly, the screen's resolution is 400x800, so something along that ratio should work. It needs to be the same LxW ratio as the screen for the box tio fit over it, the actual resolution size shouldn't really matter as long as it's within reason and has the same ratio.
Herp derp Captivate XDA app.
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it haz walpapers? epic
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If I remember correctly, the screen's resolution is 400x800, so something along that ratio should work. It needs to be the same LxW ratio as the screen for the box tio fit over it, the actual resolution size shouldn't really matter as long as it's within reason and has the same ratio.
Herp derp Captivate XDA app.
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The only problem with looking at the screens resolution is that most roms/launchers use wallpaper that stretches across all the home screens, and you scroll across it as you switch screens.... So to avoid stretching the image you need something wider... Hence the need for images with dimensions like 960 x 800.
If you are just using one screen (or have an app for a different wallpaper per screen) then you're looking for 800x480 (or as you said, the same ratio)
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960x800, as it always has been
I want to develop a text driven, mystery game for Android. The art will be in the style of a graphic novel. I'd like to be able to support as many devices as possible. I understand that Android can scale the graphics for different screen sizes, but an image produced in 480x800 would look like crap on tablet screen. What is the best way to deal with this problem? Is the solution simply to produce images for all screen sizes I want to support? This seems like the most effective way, but would make the app way too big. Can the image simply be produced at a very high resolution and shrunk down or does that cause problems? Thanks for your time.
In my opininion the best pictures will be HD or qHD.
This size is very good for big screen, and will be good resize for small screen.
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In my opininion the best pictures will be HD or qHD.
This size is very good for big screen, and will be good resize for small screen.
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What do you mean by HD or qHD? Can you be more specific? Do you mean 1920x1080 for HD and 960x540 for qHD? Will I be ok as long as I stick by the 16:9 ratio?
Yes it is this size : )
More phones have 16;9 screen, that I think it's the best way to good game graphic:good:
Is this something you've seen in your own tests or did you read it somewhere? I'd like more documentation on this before I start producing art.
Hello everybody,
I have the Nvidia Shield since two days, and now, I would like to change the default wallpaper. But, I don't know what is the right size for the Nvidia Shield wallpaper. I don't think 1280x720 is the right size.
And I don't want to cut this wallpaper or that it's deformed.
I will try to find by myself, but if you know the answer, that would be nice to share it.
Thank you for all.
Best regards.
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Hello everybody,
I have the Nvidia Shield since two days, and now, I would like to change the default wallpaper. But, I don't know what is the right size of the Nvidia Shield wallpaper. I don't think 1280x720 is the right size.
And i don't want to cut this wallpaper or that it's deformed.
I will try to find by myself, but if you know the answer, that would be nice to share it.
Thank you for all.
Best regards.
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This has always pissed me off, I also would like to know the correct size...
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This has always pissed me off ...
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Yeah, it's true.
Usually, for example, a device with a resolution of 540x960 (my Motorola Razr Maxx), the wallpaper resolution is of 1080x960.
Why? It's simple ; the screen is shared in fives (in my case) other virtual screens, to find the good resolution, you must multiply by two the width (540 in my case), what gives a finale resolution of 1080x960. I don't take into account the height.
It's the same way to find the wallpaper resolution of a device with fives virtual screens. On the other hand, with more (or less) virtual screens, I won't be able to tell you which is calculation to be made, but that shouldn't be very complicated to find it.
To come back to the resolution of the Nvidia Shield wallpaper, I applied this principle of calculation ((1280x2)x720 = 2560x720), but that doesn't function. I'm lost.
norgei said:
Yeah, it's true.
Usually, for example, a device with a resolution of 540x960 (my Motorola Razr Maxx), the wallpaper resolution is of 1080x960.
Why? It's simple ; the screen is shared in fives (in my case) other virtual screens, to find the good resolution, you must multiply by two the width (540 in my case), what gives a finale resolution of 1080x960. I don't take into account the height.
It's the same way to find the wallpaper resolution of a device with fives virtual screens. On the other hand, with more (or less) virtual screens, I won't be able to tell you which is calculation to be made, but that shouldn't be very complicated to find it.
To come back to the resolution of the Nvidia Shield wallpaper, I applied this principle of calculation ((1280x2)x720 = 2560x720), but that doesn't function. I'm lost.
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1360x720
The width must be greater than the 1280 because of side-to-side scrolling, but height remains 720.
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1360x720
The width must be greater than the 1280 because of side-to-side scrolling, but height remains 720.
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Sorry to tell you that, but why do you think this size is appropriate?
I say that because I realize by making tests which the wallpaper must rather have the dimensions close to those of a square.
But it is almost impossible for me to find good dimensions
What is the f****** problem with the dimensions of the Nvidia Shield wallpaper? I always succeeded in finding good dimensions for the wallpapers of my numbers android devices (Motorola Razr Maxx, Motorola Xoom 2 ME, Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7, Toshiba Excite 7.7, Nook Tablet, Acer Iconia Smart).
On this blow, I dry, a little assistance would be it welcome (sorry for this expression, but I'm french, and I don't knom the appropriate expression for this felt)
I'm telling you the size of the NVIDIA wallpaper.
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I'm telling you the size of the NVIDIA wallpaper.
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Ok, sorry, I had misunderstood .
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No problem. I also don't bother updating my signature, but I'm a technical lead for SHIELD, I personally identified the required size of wallpapers for SHIELD, and was the one who made it the default.
could i request for a link to the original default nvidia shield wallpaper that comes on the unit?
I wanna turn it into a live wallpaper with a water splash effect if someone could link me to the original image and i promise to release it in the google play store
OK i know i am bringing up an old thread sorry about that. However I got my shield and recently i have been playing around with making wallpapers. agrabren says that it is 1360x720 and he did the original, that's all fine and good however I go into photoshop, create an image 1360x720 copy it over to the shield when i am done and go to load it as the wallpaper and it wants me to crop it horribly.
so does anyone know the real size of the wallpaper or how to get the supposed 1360x720 wallpaper onto the shield?
thanks
OK now this is strange and if someone can explain i'm all ears. so i coped out the framework-res.apk (because mine isn't rooted right now) and extracted the contents of it. the original wallpaper is 1360x720, however there are 3 other default wallpapers with the following sizes as well 1600x1280, 1920x1280, and another 1360x720. now i'm curious as to the optimal size of a photo so that when i go to set it as a wallpaper i do not have to do any cropping. anyone know?
edit: i figured out the initial problem that is rotation, i always forget about that so it wants strange cropped might be the best word images. anyway not being able to get a good clean image in there i found an app that might help others, look for image 2 wallpaper if anyone else cares. it is doing a good job for me anyway.
I don't worry about the wallpaper size and just use Nova Launcher, it have a more flexible way to crop wallpapers when setting them.
I know this thread is pretty old, but I was having a problem with NSP wallpapers by not knowing this information. The reason I'm posting up in an older thread is to simply help others, and to grow the knowledge base for the Shield Portable at XDA. The proper size for a Shield Portable wallpaper should be 1280x720. I confirmed this both through trial and error, and by checking out the size of a screenshot. I hope this info is found helpful.
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I don't worry about the wallpaper size and just use Nova Launcher, it have a more flexible way to crop wallpapers when setting them.
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I guess he doesn't want to use 3rd party launcher. That ruins the fun.
Are the Shield Wallpaper dimensions same in SPMC as well for backgrounds on New Build
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No problem. I also don't bother updating my signature, but I'm a technical lead for SHIELD, I personally identified the required size of wallpapers for SHIELD, and was the one who made it the default.
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Sir I am new to Shield as well..maybe a week in... is this the correct dimensions as well for lets say a skin background if I was running SPMC? I am desperately trying to figure out what the best dimensions I use to save photos and add them to my builds... Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Many Thanks
Hi all!
I've had many android phones but this is my first tablet. I'm trying to find a good background using the standard wallpaper apps on play store but they all look like crap on this giant screen! Any advice? Do I need to use an app specifically for tablets or do I need to somehow modify the wallapaper?
Also just out of curiosity can someone please explain to me why this is? If my tablet as similar ppi why does a wallapaper made for a phone look so bad on a larger screen? I'm know there's an obvious answer but I'm not that savey with hardware and am trying to wrap my head around it
Thanks!
ebertshay said:
Hi all!
I've had many android phones but this is my first tablet. I'm trying to find a good background using the standard wallpaper apps on play store but they all look like crap on this giant screen! Any advice? Do I need to use an app specifically for tablets or do I need to somehow modify the wallapaper?
Also just out of curiosity can someone please explain to me why this is? If my tablet as similar ppi why does a wallapaper made for a phone look so bad on a larger screen? I'm know there's an obvious answer but I'm not that savey with hardware and am trying to wrap my head around it
Thanks!
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Main reason is resolution only thing close to this resolution wise is the LG g3 at 2560x1440.
Some nice wallpapers here. 2560 x 1600, 2880 X 1800 and UHD 4K at a crisp 3840 X 2160 resolution.
http://www.hdwallpapers.in/
Here are some wallpapers at an amazing UHD 8K of 7680 X 4320. Hope you can find a suitable image.
http://www.wallpapersultrahd.com/
ppi density (pixels per inch) is not the same as the actual image dimensions. You need at least 2560x1600. Higher is better.
As for good wallpapers, moving ones are much more fun. Personally I'm using this one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dualboot.apps.forest
https://youtu.be/nP0I6Mb880E
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Yup, this was pretty obviously stated and samsung did tell people. You can turn the resolution up if you require also.
1920/1080 is 1080p....so 1080P+
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its a little more than 1080p. Also I speak from experience that you can not tell a difference unless you are looking for it. It is the same screen resolution on the S7's with nougat.
Yep it is. Lets not blow this out of proportion people if you want QHD+ its in the settings under display.
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Yep it is. Lets not blow this out of proportion people if you want QHD+ its in the settings under display.
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that also. lol. its not that bad it being 1080p+ though. It looks almost the same and to most you wont be able to tell.
Agreed ?
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I couldnt tell on my oneplus 3T, the screen was great.
QHD on a phone is overkill. It's a nice-to-have if you're trying to watch a movie, but other than that it's purely excessive. If someone showed you a 1080p and a QHD display on the S8 or even the s8 plus, I can all but guarantee you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. I sure can't with my S7E.
The problem is not that 1080p looks bad. The problem is that this display has a set number of width and height pixels which is defined as 2960 x 1440. So if you want to display a picture which is 2220 x 1080 in a display which size isn't a multiple of the picture you have to interpolate. You somehow need to have just 1080 pixels in a row where there are supposed to be 1440. Why don't they go with 720p instead? Well I guess it would also look shi**y :/
Just my thoughts, I have never seen a S7 or S8 display.
EDIT: I just think about this from a delevoper perspecive. The developer thinks: Let's make a black 2px line there -> it's a 2px line.
Because you cant fit a multiple of 1080 in 1440 the interpolation would make a 2,66px line. As you know you cant color 0.66 parts of a pixel black. So most likely the whole pixel will be black which results in a 3px black line where there should be a 2,66px line. As this happens with every pixel of the display the image won't just get inaccurate but also the GPU has to do some very unnecessary scaling work.
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The problem is not that 1080p looks bad. The problem is that this display has a set number of width and height pixels which is defined as 2960 x 1440. So if you want to display a picture which is 2220 x 1080 in a display which size isn't a multiple of the picture you have to interpolate. You somehow need to have just 1080 pixels in a row where there are supposed to be 1440. Why don't they go with 720p instead? Well I guess it would also look shi**y :/
Just my thoughts, I have never seen a S7 or S8 display.
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It's the same as changing the resolution of a computer or monitor display. The interpolation isn't the issue, every manufacture has that down pat. 720p would make a noticeable difference, even in basic browsing and function. 1080p is enough that on a screen the size of the S8 or S8+ you wouldn't be able to see the individual (or interpolated) pixels.
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It's the same as changing the resolution of a computer or monitor display. The interpolation isn't the issue, every manufacture has that down pat. 720p would make a noticeable difference, even in basic browsing and function. 1080p is enough that on a screen the size of the S8 or S8+ you wouldn't be able to see the individual (or interpolated) pixels.
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I didn't say that this is not the same. But when I buy a 1080p monitor, I use it in 1080p because thats what it is intended for. You won't see pixels on a 500+ ppi device. But the image will be totally unaccurate and that's not what I generally like to look at. I just tried this in photoshop and the effect is even worse than I thought and demonstrated by that example picture in my last post. Here's what it'll really look like. You want to look at this? Of course it will be very small pixels but do you really don't mind?! I know I do.
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I didn't say that this is not the same. But when I buy a 1080p monitor, I use it in 1080p because thats what it is intended for. You won't see pixels on a 500+ ppi device. But the image will be totally unaccurate and that's not what I generally like to look at. I just tried this in photoshop and the effect is even worse than I thought and demonstrated by that example picture in my last post. Here's what it'll really look like. You want to look at this? Of course it will be very small pixels but do you really don't mind?! I know I do.
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That's not at all what it will really look like. Doing something in photoshop is not even close to how it will look in real life. Please look at the phone before you assume what it will look like. I just switched my phone from 1080p to QHD and back again, and I literally cannot tell the difference, even with my face pressed inches away from the phone.
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That's not at all what it will really look like. Doing something in photoshop is not even close to how it will look in real life. Please look at the phone before you assume what it will look like. I just switched my phone from 1080p to QHD and back again, and I literally cannot tell the difference, even with my face pressed inches away from the phone.
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You can't negotiate with the pixel science
Most likely the pixels are just to small to see a difference but I will take a look at the phone when I get it to judge wether switching to 1440p or not
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You can't negotiate with the pixel science
Most likely the pixels are just to small to see a difference but I will take a look at the phone when I get it to judge wether switching to 1440p or not
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But don't forget these OLED panels use a diamond pentile subpixel arragement, so the interpolation isn't quite the same as a traditional RGB LCD monitor.
It's REALLY REALLY difficult to tell the difference between QHD and 1080p on the S7. At more than about a foot, it's nearly impossible to tell. I know what you're saying, I hate running monitors at non-native resolutions.
If it bugs you that much, just change it.
If lower resolution gets me another 1hr SOT per day, I'll drop all the way to the bottom. Can't tell the diff.
I just changed to 1080 p on my S7E (was at the highest rez setting). Really can't see a difference. Icons and keyboard are a bit larger. Texts are a bit bigger. But as far as sharpness, look of the display, not an issue. Just going to test and see if this makes a difference much on SOT or not. I can always change back to the highest rez setting if I want - takes about 30 seconds to do.
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I just changed to 1080 p on my S7E (was at the highest rez setting). Really can't see a difference. Icons and keyboard are a bit larger. Texts are a bit bigger. But as far as sharpness, look of the display, not an issue. Just going to test and see if this makes a difference much on SOT or not. I can always change back to the highest rez setting if I want - takes about 30 seconds to do.
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This setting should not affect the size of the screen elements (icons, text) at all.
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This setting should not affect the size of the screen elements (icons, text) at all.
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The initial change of setting could change aspect ratios, but a quick restart should fix it.
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I use Nova launcher, Swype and Handcent texting app. It changed the size of icons, the size of font, the size of the keyboard and the size of the texts (the bubbles and text font). It did increase the size on all of those. Also increased the size of the quick settings, etc. It's not a big deal, but it did increase the size of things a bit. Has caused no problems so far otherwise.