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Nelson L. Squeeko 2009-09-30 20:51
Re: Size of desktop wallpapers
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by thecursedfly (Post 336784)
I have this, this, this and this ready to be cut in 4 parts... :D :D

just need to find some that loop (meaning that the extreme left corner continues the theme of the extreme right corner)... :D
The blood splat and brown hair looking one shouldn't be too hard to loop with a little Photoshopping. The other two images it would still be possible to loop the edges, just a little bit more work.

kanishou 2009-10-01 08:16
Re: Size of desktop wallpapers
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by pelago (Post 337014)
Ah, thanks for the explanation. I didn't think of it working that way. For some reason I assumed the widgets would move at "finger speed" (them being the things that look like they are closest to the finger) with the wallpaper lagging behind in the distance.
We could have just as well moved the widgets at the speed of your finger, the problem is the same. If you move the widgets, the backgrounds won't move far enough. If you move the backgrounds as we do, the widgets will move too far!

So who can guess how we solved this? :) It's remarkably simple.

linuxeventually 2009-10-01 08:29
Re: Size of desktop wallpapers
 
I think you should play with the Compiz Fusion cube on a linux desktop (Sabayon live-cd is a good choice) to give you some idea. The expo plugin might be useful as well. While it is possible to use different wallpapers with Compiz this is disable by default because it is quite unstable (last I checked)

EDIT: Unfold is probably a closer match

PetriS 2009-10-01 08:49
Re: Size of desktop wallpapers
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by kanishou (Post 337324)
We could have just as well moved the widgets at the speed of your finger, the problem is the same. If you move the widgets, the backgrounds won't move far enough. If you move the backgrounds as we do, the widgets will move too far!

So who can guess how we solved this? :) It's remarkably simple.
I would imagine that you just let the screens to be wider apart in the widget space coordinates. Then the widgets will arrive in the correct position, and go off when panned, invisible to the user. :) Looking forward to get my hands on the device internals to develop these kind of usability and productivity tricks 3D-accelerated.

eiffel 2009-10-01 10:51
Re: Size of desktop wallpapers
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by thecursedfly (Post 336784)
just need to find some that loop (meaning that the extreme left corner continues the theme of the extreme right corner)... :D
It's a bit of a kluge, but you can take a 480x1600 image and join it to a mirror-image of itself to obtain a 480x3200 wraparound.

thecursedfly 2009-10-01 11:36
Re: Size of desktop wallpapers
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by eiffel (Post 337361)
It's a bit of a kluge, but you can take a 480x1600 image and join it to a mirror-image of itself to obtain a 480x3200 wraparound.
lol, right, nice idea... but it would look kind of strange with some images (thinking about landscapes and pictures with clear subjects)... with abstract images (like the "red drops" one and the "lines/hair" one) it's possibly a good solution.. :)

joshua.maverick 2009-10-01 15:36
Re: Size of desktop wallpapers
 
i looped the blood image, maybe someone could check it/test it

http://mav-media.com/maemo5/wallpape...dLooped001.jpg

code177 2009-10-01 20:58
Re: Size of desktop wallpapers
 
Guys - remember that the N900 screen is 267 PPI/DPI, so for the best results, make sure you have you DPI set to 250+ when making your wallpapers :)

Disregard this, I was totally wrong :D

Corwin_bg 2009-10-01 21:12
Re: Size of desktop wallpapers
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by code177 (Post 337798)
Guys - remember that the N900 screen is 267 PPI/DPI, so for the best results, make sure you have you DPI set to 250+ when making your wallpapers :)
Nope, only get them to the right size in pixels. The DPI setting comes into play only while printing.

joshua.maverick 2009-10-01 21:34
Re: Size of desktop wallpapers
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corwin_bg (Post 337807)
Nope, only get them to the right size in pixels. The DPI setting comes into play only while printing.
I was just going to say that


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