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Question about images (sizes, etc)

Can the camera only take photos in portrait view, as opposed to the landscape style offered by pretty much EVERY camera in the world?
What should the dimensions be for pics used on contacts (the ones that come up when they phone you)?
What should the dimensions be for Today screen wallpaper, to make it fit exact?
Cheers again

Can the camera only take photos in portrait view, as opposed to the landscape style offered by pretty much EVERY camera in the world?
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well if you tilt the cam 90degrees and click the picture will be in landscape
and the screen res of xda2 is
176 x 220

I found how to get landscape, in the instruction book of all places :lol: . You press the "contacts" hardware button at the top left of the unit then turn it side ways. If you just turn it side ways it will still save the file in portrait mode.
And I didn't ask the screen res of the XDA. I asked the res required for Today wallpaer, and contact photos. And besides, the screen res is 240 x 320. Where'd you get 176 x 220 from?
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RTFM
It's also in the help screen available right in the camera app. Very nice feature, and there are a few others. I'm rather impressed for a "free" built-in camera and video recorder.

And besides, the screen res is 240 x 320. Where'd you get 176 x 220 from
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i did a search
what makes you think that the today screen would not use the same res that the screen use ? it's like that on a pc
and if a smaller picture or larger picture is used it get resized to fit the screen
i'm sure a theme editor would be helpfull in both making today themes and get info about sizes

Rudegar said:
what makes you think that the today screen would not use the same res that the screen use ? it's like that on a pc
and if a smaller picture or larger picture is used it get resized to fit the screen
i'm sure a theme editor would be helpfull in both making today themes and get info about sizes
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You try transferring a 240x320 image to your XDA then "set as Today Wallpaper". Because of the top and bottom bars, the actual space for the wallpaper is more like a square shape, so your image is scaled down to fit this gap, and you get white borders on the left and right.
And yes, I do need a theme editor. I'm on the case

G1 Screen Color Depth

I've had my G1 for almost a week now, and during this time I have modded it, added a custom boot image and much more. However, there is one thing that has really been bothering me. And that is the colordepth of the screen. At 65,000 colors, it really isn't impressive at all. Pictures seen from far away are okay, but close up you can notice the phones attempts at creating an additional color (little dots of the same color in a web fashion) which really is kinda annoying. Also, why is it that wallpaper images on the G1 always look so blurry and fuzzy?

The default wallpaper feature sucks and uses some kind of compression that blurrs the wallpaper image. Use Wallpaper Set & Save instead, for full quality wallpapers.
The color depth of the G1/Dream is abysmal, but there's not much that can be done about that.

Is wallpaper set & save only for png's? Or does it make jpg's look better also? All my wallpapers are jpg format

Works great with jpg too.

I gave wallpaper set and save a try but I didn't notice much difference, I will keep experimenting with it.

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I gave wallpaper set and save a try but I didn't notice much difference, I will keep experimenting with it.
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Here's an enlarged example of the difference between default the wallpaper feature (left pic) and Wallpaper Set & Save (right pic):
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Notice the "cracks" are a lot more defined in the right pic, giving more detail, and the colors are deeper/more vivid too.

Wow, your right that is very good. It must just be the wallpaper that I am using that probably isn't very clear in the first place. The only reason I am using the wallpaper I currently am, even though the quality isn't great is because it has a dock. Is there anyway I can put a dock on my own wallpaper? Is there a program I can use or a tutorial?

If you're relatively comfortable with photoshop and know how to utilize layers and blending options it's easy to make your own "dock". If not then it's quite tricky.

Haha yeah that would be a problem then. Ah well, Im sure ill get around to learning it one day.

[Q] 480x800 Wallpaper?

I got a few wallpapers I like from Windows that I want to use to my 1 page homescreen on my android. However, it always makes me take a portion of the picture. Is there a way i can just use the entire picture since i use only 1 homescreen anyways? I use launcherpro plus.

You probably need to just resize the pic to whatever the stock resolution is, which I don't know and am trying to find out myself.
I had a similar issue in that most wallpapers for andriod that I DLed from various places seem to be too big for any version I've tried on my HD2, and the common ways to select wallpaper force you to crop out a smaller portion of the picture to use.
I assume this is due to resolution restrictions, but why is it so small on the HD2 builds when it has such a big screen? It's probably a simple fix, but I've just started using andriod & haven't had time to figure it all out.

yeah, but i don't know how to resize the picture because that means i would have to figure out what portion of the cropped size the box takes for the first screen, figure out the how to stretch my picture to contain only that portion, and then try to match it perfectly to fit the screen. I'm pretty sure that is definitely not the way to do it. haha man, this is frustrating. I'm also trying to figure out if HD2's android can be flashed with other roms so we can get modded apps, change our status bars, lockscreens, etc.. i know this is just the beginning but im too anticipated!

anyone please?

Have you tried the HDWall app? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=503511
If I remember correctly, you can just edit & resize the image without having to create a .cab file for WinMo. Then, just move that image over to the phone and apply.

The thing is, i'm trying to get the wallpaper for android, not windows.

you need 960x800 wallpaper because of the way the wallpaper moves along each tab.
Just take your 480x800 wallpaper, and use photoshop (or paint.net or something) to expand the canvas to 960x800, leaving your original wallpaper in the middle.

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UGHHH
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4965620317/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4965620373/
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YES! got it. For anyone who is wondering how to do it, resize the picture to be 1440x800. after, make the selection box as wide as you can and center the picture as best as you can. you may have to experiment a few times because you can get a strip of white from the empty border if it is not 100% centered. Because of this, i make the box SLIGHTLY smaller then maximum size.

Alright, not to be annoying, but the quality goes down by a lot when i fix the images. can this be prevented?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4965715657/ - how it looks with the canvas stretch.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4965715529/in/photostream - how it's suppose to look. The box can't be stretched however, which was my original problem.

[Q]Wallpaper Size

So I want to make a wallpaper that fits across three home screens and has a different color on each screen. Now the size of the screen is 480 x 800 but when I create a wallpaper that is 1440 x 800 the pictures don't fit on each screen correctly. Anyone got any suggestions/experience with this? Thanks.

For it to pan (the many) homescreens, resolution should be at 960x800.
Don't believe it? Google it.
What I normally do to get wallpapers to fit my phone is to use any photo or image editor, or, go online and use http://www.resize.it/ (select advance tools)

I'll give that a shot. Thanks for the fast and good response!

I think you'd be better off downloading Multipicture Live wallpaper as the wallpaper does not scroll as far as one homescreen.

doesnt it also depends on how many homescreens you use?
using the same wallpaper with 3 homescreens will look different when you scroll compared to if you have 5 homescreens.

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doesnt it also depends on how many homescreens you use?
using the same wallpaper with 3 homescreens will look different when you scroll compared to if you have 5 homescreens.
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I think the only way it'll look different is the "amount" of wallpaper that pans when you slide your finger across the home screens.
3 home screens would result in more pan of the wallpaper per homescreen, while 5 would result in less pan of the wallpaper per homescreen.
In terms of resolution depending on home screens, maybe others could work as well (I have never tried anything but 960x800), BUT remember, doesn't the wallpaper picker "crop" your chosen wallpaper at a certain ratio?
Because of that, you *could* experiment with different wallpaper resolutions, as long as it respects the ratio I suppose.

I would say it depends of so many parameters as :
the launcher you use
the grid you choose
the size of your wallpaper
the colors to split and fake screens
but nice piece of subject to study, i will continue to test as more possibilities as i can and will keep you informed
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Fitting Wallpapers

I'm looking for a good background on the screen, if I open the screen setup I see a square block instead of a rectangle block,
if i use a 1280x800 image is always cuts off a part of the image.
does someone know the resolution of the square box?
of does anyone have a link to a wallpaper pack for the Tab 10.1?
Greetz...

I been struggling with this same issue since day one. I too tried using the same Res wallpapers with the same issue lol. Soo I did some experimenting. For me what worked was a combination of two things. First off I use 1280x1024 wallpapers and I use quickpic to apply them. Here's some screenies to compare gallery and quickpic..
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This image I'm sure ur familiar with. Nice n square and not cropped as we want it to be.
Here as you can see the crop toll within quickpic fits the rectangle horizontally quite perfectly and only cutting off the image at the top and the bottom. This is something that has become quite acceptable to me lol. Well I hope this helped
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Wallpapers that fit
I too was having this problem. Even using Zedge would render blurry, non-fitting images. After some trial and error, I found PicSpeed wallpapers (https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zcnNkZXYud2FsbHBhcGVycyJd) and everything that I've loaded from there has been cropped and adjusted properly. I did find that I get my best results by picking the default settings, which is the one that allows the wallpaper to scroll. Not my app at all, but it solved this problem for me.
Good luck.

best solution till now for wallpapers i found
i use app in google play called wallpapers bay to get nice looking wallpapers with tablet resolutions and save them as download them then use app in google play called simple image wallpaper to set them i enter the app from from live wallpaper !!! and then find the name of installed app then enter it enter setting and browse image in gallery then set it sooo decent looking