So, with my Fascinate, whenever I try to place a wallpaper, it brings up the cropping tool. But the cropping tool is a square. I turned off wallpaper scrolling, so cropping my screen size by eye using the square is difficult. Is there a tool that let's me crop to native 480x800 or whatever the Fascinate is without using the square?
obsidianchao said:
So, with my Fascinate, whenever I try to place a wallpaper, it brings up the cropping tool. But the cropping tool is a square. I turned off wallpaper scrolling, so cropping my screen size by eye using the square is difficult. Is there a tool that let's me crop to native 480x800 or whatever the Fascinate is without using the square?
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If you get the Wallpaper Set and Save app, it should fix your issue. Best wallpaper app I've found.
Well... I kinda want something that let's me crop in a rectangular format.
If you're finding the image online, long-press it and select "Set as wallpaper". No cropping necessary
If I want something offcenter, though... I need rectangular crop.
I always crop my wallpapers on my computer first. I highly recommend the GIMP (google it). The crop tool will allow you to crop any image to the exact dimensions you specify.
Daemonax said:
I always crop my wallpapers on my computer first. I highly recommend the GIMP (google it). The crop tool will allow you to crop any image to the exact dimensions you specify.
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+1. Gimp is great.
I use GIMP. What's the dimensions of the Fascinate?
obsidianchao said:
I use GIMP. What's the dimensions of the Fascinate?
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I crop to 480 x 800 I think...
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That's if you have the moving wallpaper thing enabled. My whole issue is because I don't. :/
No, the full wallpaper is 960x800. A single screen is 480x800. Although, using a picture of that size still opens the crop tool. You'll need to find an alternate way to set the wallpaper other than long-pressing the home screen.
Edit: I just modified an existing pic I had that was 480x800 and set it in the middle of a 960x800 layer. Choosing it through the normal method and cropping it to the entire pic, gave me a full screen wallpaper in portrait mode. When it flips to landscape, you see an extra 160 pixels on each side, but if you get creative, you can make that look good as well.
Is there an app that I can crop to 480x800 and use WSS to set it, no problem?
There are couple of photo editing apps that crop, PicSay and Photoshop Mobile come to mind. I tried setting a 480x800 pic with WSS, but it expanded it to cover landscape mode and it looked terrible.
I guess you could try a 800x800 wallpaper. That would cover both modes. With movable wallpaper turned off, it would show the middle 480 pixels width-wise and the full 800 length in portrait. In landscape, the full 800 width will show along with the top 480 pixels.
Ah. I don't use landscape, either.
Damn, wish this was easier. They should just make the crop tool a friggin' rectangle. -.-
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I was checking zedge.net and found the wallpapers were posted there all of so small resolution. At first I thought it was the 480*800 resolution but then found the HD2 walls were right, but not Desire's. Why?
Its because as you swipe through the screens the wallpaper moves. I don't have a problem with them
While you're right about the wallpaper moving, the Zedge files are oversized. Try to set a standard wallpaper using the built-in function, not Zedge. You'll be brought to a screen with a crop rectangle that you can move around the picture, to select what will be shown on the screen. The crop is significantly smaller than the actual image.
The problem is... even the HTC original wallpapers are too large, as well. I don't think it's a Zedge-only issue. I wonder how the N1 handles standard wallpapers...
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While you're right about the wallpaper moving, the Zedge files are oversized. Try to set a standard wallpaper using the built-in function, not Zedge. You'll be brought to a screen with a crop rectangle that you can move around the picture, to select what will be shown on the screen. The crop is significantly smaller than the actual image.
The problem is... even the HTC original wallpapers are too large, as well. I don't think it's a Zedge-only issue. I wonder how the N1 handles standard wallpapers...
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Try giving that crop rectangle a pull at one of the corners or sides.
Thanks for the tip, I had no idea you could resize the crop rectangle
Well... I guess that leaves just Zedge acting weirdly...
i made a wallpaper and made it 480x800 but when i try to set it as my wallpaper it make me select a small portion of the picture then it stretches that and make it the wallpaper. i can resize the selection but it maintains aspect ratio and still stretches it. is there way to just set the entire picture? or fit to screen?
The actual resolution, since sense pans the picture, is 960x800. I have no idea how to make it so the screen is fixed and you can just use 800x480. You can also drag the corners of the box to resize the part of the picture it uses
Download Wallpaper Set & Save on the market. Make a folder named Wallpapers on your SD card. Load it w/ wallpapers(.png files for better resolution) then launch the WS&S app and choose a pic. It'll do the rest for you. Hope this helps....
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Thanks to BigSk225 for this method. works well
I just recently bought a Samsung vibrant from t-mobile and i want to set a background of a photo. At first it tells me to crop a certain part of the photo then expands it and looks all pixelated. I searched around and theres this app called "wallpaper set and save" which didnt set the whole image as the background. is there any way of setting a full image as a background and the phone auto adjusts?
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I just recently bought a Samsung vibrant from t-mobile and i want to set a background of a photo. At first it tells me to crop a certain part of the photo then expands it and looks all pixelated. I searched around and theres this app called "wallpaper set and save" which didnt set the whole image as the background. is there any way of setting a full image as a background and the phone auto adjusts?
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Android lets you crop the picture when it's too big. If you touch the edges of the crop square, and drag it out, you can change the size of the cropped area, you might be able to drag it out all the way to encompass the entire image. Also, it shouldn't be pixellating the image unless the resolution is way low, like 170x200 low.
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Android lets you crop the picture when it's too big. If you touch the edges of the crop square, and drag it out, you can change the size of the cropped area, you might be able to drag it out all the way to encompass the entire image. Also, it shouldn't be pixellating the image unless the resolution is way low, like 170x200 low.
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if u want them to fit PERFECT the Image has too be 960x800 i will be makin wallpapers so stay tuned -----here are some of my other i tweaked for the MT3g & Nexus but i was making the nexus 50 pixels larger instead of 960x800 i was making them 960 x850
http://picasaweb.google.com/neffstarr
the image is bigger than the full crop window. so when i try to crop it it crops half the photo and expands it to fit the full screen therefore making it pixelated. its a photo that wasnt taken by the phone btw.
I'm having the same problem. I downloaded some 480x800 wallpapers and when I try to set the wallpaper, it asks me to crop part of the image and does not let you encompass the whole the thing. How are you supposed to set the wallpaper?
As stated above, make the image 960*800.
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Ahhh, I see. It works now, thanks a lot!
I still find the whole cropping thing a pain. I had images set at 960X800 but the cropping tool never lets me select it properly. I either end up with a small black band at the top and bottom or I have to under size it. I found this on the Market that lets you just set the image without cropping and it works on the Vibrant: "Application Utility".
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I still find the whole cropping thing a pain. I had images set at 960X800 but the cropping tool never lets me select it properly. I either end up with a small black band at the top and bottom or I have to under size it. I found this on the Market that lets you just set the image without cropping and it works on the Vibrant: "Application Utility".
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Then you're doing it wrong.
960 wide
800 tall
crop to 100%
done.
-bZj
i have yet to crop anything and have a wide array of resolutions so far. Wallpaper set and save. get it.
Hey folks, I just extracted the boot image from the G2's bootanimation.zip file and thought I'd share. It's a nice, high-res picture, so it would work perfectly for a wallpaper or whatever.
I may try to create a desktop-size wallpaper from this later. If I do, I'll post it here. Enjoy!
Can you edit it, replace it and have it custom???? I did on my Mogul once lol so just wondering.
tks for the boot image capture
never have figured what size to resize images for wallpaper use on our phone - i've tried the 480X800 our screen is supposed to be, i've even tried simply adjusting the physical size, and gone down to 1.5" X 3.0"
no matter what i do, it will display a nearly rectangular image (horizontal on the long dimension) and then crop to the text portion of that image
i know i can expand the cropping square but still i can only get a horizontally oriented rectangle - and then when i install the captured portion as a wallpaper, the text "G2" is humongeous and pixelated
any guidance for the photoshop challenged? I've got adobe photoshop CS3
Try resizing it to 960x800 and tell me if it works right. The phones screen is 480x800, and the wallpaper scrolls 50% to the left and 50% to the right.
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Thanks!
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I just made a nice, big 1680x1050 wallpaper version for my desktop computer and thought I'd share. Enjoy!
Download: http://www.mediafire.com/i/?3modp33fp1p8uz3
Thanks i will try it this morning
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I just made a nice, big 1680x1050 wallpaper version for my desktop computer and thought I'd share. Enjoy!
Download: http://www.mediafire.com/i/?3modp33fp1p8uz3
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Hi,
I am trying to set an image as my homescreen wallpaper. However, when I choose "Set as Wallpaper," it brings me to a cropping screen where I have to select a portion of the image as the wallpaper. As a result, the portion that I select is chosen as the wallpaper, resulting in a zoomed/blurry/pixelated wallpaper.
Is there anyway I can use the whole image as a wallpaper? I tried using images of all resolutions from 1280x800 to 1920x1080. Yet, I have to crop the image in all attempts.
Thanks
Download quickpic and try using it for the wallpaper.
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STXInnovation said:
Hi,
I am trying to set an image as my homescreen wallpaper. However, when I choose "Set as Wallpaper," it brings me to a cropping screen where I have to select a portion of the image as the wallpaper. As a result, the portion that I select is chosen as the wallpaper, resulting in a zoomed/blurry/pixelated wallpaper.
Is there anyway I can use the whole image as a wallpaper? I tried using images of all resolutions from 1280x800 to 1920x1080. Yet, I have to crop the image in all attempts.
Thanks
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You can also try using Multi picture live wallpaper or custom launcher like Nova, Apex etc
STXInnovation said:
Hi,
I am trying to set an image as my homescreen wallpaper. However, when I choose "Set as Wallpaper," it brings me to a cropping screen where I have to select a portion of the image as the wallpaper. As a result, the portion that I select is chosen as the wallpaper, resulting in a zoomed/blurry/pixelated wallpaper.
Is there anyway I can use the whole image as a wallpaper? I tried using images of all resolutions from 1280x800 to 1920x1080. Yet, I have to crop the image in all attempts.
Thanks
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Hi, STXInnovation...
Not all wallpapers (images) will crop exactly according to the screen metrics of the Nexus 7... it depends on the images dimensions; usually you have to put up with a compromise... (1280x1024 seems to be the optimal).
You can edit the image (scale it) with something like Photo Editor, but it's a lot of messing round, and there is usually some lossage (resolution) in the saved result.
As alluded to by both @redmonke255 and @ashik992, a combination of an alternative launcher (like Apex), and QuickPic will afford you more wallpaper cropping options then with the stock launcher or gallery.
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Personally, I've never been a big fan of scrolling wallpapers on the Nexus 7 anyway... used primarily in portrait mode, I prefer static wallpapers. On a 10" inch tablet, used in landscape mode, scrolling wallpapers looks terrific.
So, on my Nexus 7, here's I how set up my wallpaper...
In Apex Launcher settings, there is an option called 'Wallpaper Mode', for which you can set 'Single Screen (non-scrolling)'... then with QuickPic, select (and load) your chosen wallpaper, and then choose 'Set as... (QuickPic Wallpaper)' from the menu... a moveable/re-sizeable cropper box will appear of the same screen dimensions as the Nexus 7. Hit the tick button in the top right hand corner..., and your wallpaper will be set accordingly.
This is just one possible setup out of many... so it's worth tinkering until you find something you're happy with.
Finally, PicSpeed HD Wallpapers is also worth looking into; as well as offering a veritable cornucopia of excellent wallpapers for download, it also provides good cropping abilities, which can be accessed directly from QuickPic with any images you happen to have stored on your Nexus 7.
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Hope this helps, and gives you some pointers.
Rgrds,
Ged.
The Nexus can take several wallpaper sizes.
Stock, the wallpaper size should be 1600x1280. That is, 1600 width, 1280 height.
If you install simple image wallpaper (free), you can use 800x1280 or 1280x800 images as well (for portrait, and landscape, respectively).
If you're using nova launcher, by default, it will accept 1920x1280 and 800x1280 sized images without cropping.
If you want to scale an image, I recommend using supersampling in paint.NET.