Can anyone recommend a good site for b&w photography wallpaper? - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

As per title.
Even my monochrome tastes are a little bored with a plain black lockscreen, now I'd like some grey in the mix.
Looking for photos - cityscapes, nature, nothing too abstract.
Trawled through zedge, interfacelift and a few others, not found anything great and/or 480x800.
Any tips much appreciated.

D'oh... this probably should have gone in the themes & apps section, right?
Thanks to any mod who wishes to move it.

I got a few picture but I just do a search in google and download them

Great tip, thanks....
Of course I've bloody done that, and am still doing so. It's haphazard and very time-consuming, and I'm looking for a dedicated site.

Well when it comes to backgrounds and wallpapers. I use interfacelift.com
Not sure if they have a category with just B/W images but have a look.

stylzjhn said:
Well when it comes to backgrounds and wallpapers. I use interfacelift.com
Not sure if they have a category with just B/W images but have a look.
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See 1st post... Sorry I'd written intrafacelift, now corrected.

B3311 said:
See 1st post... Sorry I'd written intrafacelift, now corrected.
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Wow thanks for such a great site for wallpapers that look great on the samoled+ , love that they actually let you download 960x800 for full scrollable wallpapers.
Cheers

deviantart.com has many nice photos and black and white pics too...u just need to keep searching which is a time killler but they have very nice quality of pics

Just convert a nice photo to B&W ... you can even do that with the SGS2's photo editor

This is what i use, if ya like girls. Dont worry its not rude.
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http://depthcore.com/
Has the most random pictures for wallpaper. Its some very unique stuff on this website. Anything you could possibly ask for is on this website. Check it out.

Personally for all my wallpaper needs I go to [URLhttp://www.wallbase.cc[/URL].
Not sure if they carry specific BW stuff, but they definitly have variety.

Thanks to everyone for the tips, I'll get searching (clean forgot deviantart, and have been a member there for years ).
No easy way to do it, I'll just keep clickin'.

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Vibrant "HOT BABES" Wallpaper Gallery

Thought I'd share my contribution. Since I'm no programmer, the best I can do is resize and crop some hot women for your Vibrant pleasure.
MOST of these are the standard 960x800, although there were a few that I felt could not be cropped without destroying the intent of the image, so these have been sized to 960 width. MOST are of hot women, although there's a few random walls in there too.
As with all Vibrant walls, these should also work fine on any phone that uses the same size walls (Nexus 1, etc.). Once I've converted a few more, I may try and .zip up a big file to be hosted somewhere, if anyone's interested, but Picasa works great for now.
http://picasaweb.google.com/shrivel/VibrantWallpaper
I am constantly updating, so favorite and check back for more.
9-8-10 A few more added to gallery.
Here's mine:
http://a.imageshack.us/img251/5714/sh1v.jpg
Awesome album!
Excellent!
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Hey why can I only see 1-100 on my phone. the last half of the album is even more awesome then the first. [email protected]#$%*&!!
ottenjr81 said:
Hey why can I only see 1-100 on my phone. the last half of the album is even more awesome then the first. [email protected]#$%*&!!
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Not sure. The entire thing shows on mine, but then again it is my Picasa account.
ottenjr81 said:
Hey why can I only see 1-100 on my phone. the last half of the album is even more awesome then the first. [email protected]#$%*&!!
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Download Floating Image in the market. It will allow you to enter Picasa accounts and stream them pretty easily with a bit of tweaking. Just make sure to turn off random and uncheck the other streams. Grab his account name out of the link he provided.
Shrivel said:
Thought I'd share my contribution. Since I'm no programmer, the best I can do is resize and crop some hot women for your Vibrant pleasure.
http://picasaweb.google.com/shrivel/VibrantWallpaper
I am constantly updating, so favorite and check back for more.
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Your source has been located
http://boards.4chan.org/wg/res/3560132
ritalin said:
Your source has been located
http://boards.4chan.org/wg/res/3560132
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actually only via second-hand. One of the sites I get wallpapers from (wallbase.net) gets a bunch of their stuff from 4chan. I haven't cruised the wallpaper section of 4chan (but I will now )
Ill go ahead and put up my Hot Girl gallery as well.
Since the best girl shots for a phone are always in portrait aspect, i have cropped most of the pics like this. They will work best with any home alternative that allows you to turn off wallpaper scrolling. Also the high contrast black and white shots look FABULOUS on our screens.
PS... Most shots are NSFW
http://picasaweb.google.com/wallshare/HotGirlWalls#
Ill keep adding shots as I find them.
http://picasaweb.google.com/shrivel/VibrantWallpaper#5511977020384533442
^By FAR the hottest "babe" of them all!^
9-9-2010
Updated gallery.
this thread deserves a bump back to first page
A couple updates added 9-17-10.
Added 4 more. 9-22-10.
man, this thread deserves a bump
holysmokesbatty said:
http://picasaweb.google.com/shrivel/VibrantWallpaper#5511977020384533442
^By FAR the hottest "babe" of them all!^
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Oh yes, yes it is
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10 more added
11-4-10
What happened to this thread? Keep them coming )
azsamsancho said:
What happened to this thread? Keep them coming )
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I bet u didn't notice until now how inuendous the last part of your post is

Just thought I'd share a few classic rock wallpapers I made

Hey guys.
Just thought I'd share a few classic rock wallpapers I made. Nothing special at all, but they look pretty good on the phone, and they are optimized for desktops with a large widget such as Sense(like) clock.
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...And one more.
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mmmmmm.... very nice!
Thanks HG!
Any chance you would do one for Phish? All black with the small colored logo? probably not your style, but I would be very grateful.
Sure man.
I am a bit of a Dead Head, but have never really listened to Phish. I'll have to check 'em out.
Let me see what I can whoop up.
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What color did you want the background to be? Do you want it a gradient that fades to white?
Thanks Sean. BTW, Floyd is my all-time favorite group.
D'OH!!! I just read your original post. Working on it now.
Love the zepplin one might a get a it from you?
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Yeah man! You should be able to just save it from my original post. Just right click and save. If that doesn't work out, let me know and I'll e-mail it to ya.
Just saw you were in Asheville. I'm in Raleigh. Asheville is the best city, ever.
Phish is amazing. I've seen them 54 times, and that is not nearly enough.
All black, pitch black background, with a small colorful phish logo. I'll try and find one:
http://drygoods.phish.com/Product.aspx?cp=773_6268&pc=PHAS06
it would be awesome multicolored, but red would be cool too.
Awesome man!
Ok...Here's a first attempt. Don't be shy to tell me if you don't like it. I'll keep at it if we need to.
Yeah, Asheville ROCKS man. Especially if you like good a music scene.
Guys, I would also use a wallpaper applying app like Wallpaper Set and Save, so that the image will not be stretched or compressed.
Wallpaper Set and Save
These wallpapers look better on the phone, than they do in a browser preview.
Holy $hit, that's EXACTLY what I had in my mind.
Only thing I could say current, which is beyond you, it's the piv, it's not the highest quality, and the upper left corner looks lifted up. Again, that's just because the poor images online.
Can't believe how spot on you were with what I was looking for, nice work man.I'm rocking it now.
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Ok...Here's a first attempt. Don't be shy to tell me if you don't like it. I'll keep at it if we need to.
Yeah, Asheville ROCKS man. Especially if you like good a music scene.
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Hey mbrando, update the first post- that way we don't have to look all over the thread for the wallpapers. Makes it easier for everyone [also for people that like your work to follow you too!]
Just a suggestion.
Haha...Right on. Let's keep searching for a better logo and I'll hook it up. When you say the corner is lifted up, do you mean by the bubbles? I think that's the 2nd row of bubbles? Not sure tho.
I attached the logo I used. Let me know. I am hard headed enough to keep at it 'til it's what you wanted.
Glad you like!
Thanks HG. Will do. I'm still a nit of a n00b. I welcome the wisdom.

If you see a wallpaper that you like....

But you do not know where to find the picture you can always use TinEye.
For those of you that haven't heard of it it's a reverse search image for pictures.
for example i really like this wall paper posted in a screen shot Here. The one black and white one of the girl towards the bottom.
but i really don't want to bother the OP for the file so i TinEye it...
and find the picture i am looking for. Results.
good find, this pretty slick
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good find, this pretty slick
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No problem. I know it doesn't work for every picture. but i've only see a few it not work for.
Great find brother... I will for sure put it on my list, and a thank you for yah
google goggles
google goggles will work most of the time for wallpapers as well
I can't seem to get that pic from the op to save...anyone who has it post it here?
MT4G + CM7
In instances like this where you cant find the Wall Paper... Might be good idea to ask for it from the OP
kennyp987 said:
I can't seem to get that pic from the op to save...anyone who has it post it here?
MT4G + CM7
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[REQ] Calling all Photoshop guru's

My brother has Dell streak and i recently got him rooted and onto 2.2 (as it comes with 1.6). We then started to make his phone sexy, since hes jealous of mine. We found a thread that quite honestly made me jealous. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=899879) I want to know if some of the talented minds on our thread can make such a thing.
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My brother has Dell streak and i recently got him rooted and onto 2.2 (as it comes with 1.6). We then started to make his phone sexy, since hes jealous of mine. We found a thread that quite honestly made me jealous. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=899879) I want to know if some of the talented minds on our thread can make such a thing.
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All of that should be fully compatible with our phones. It's just Desktop Visualizer with a custom wallpaper. It is really cool looking though.
MWBehr said:
All of that should be fully compatible with our phones. It's just Desktop Visualizer with a custom wallpaper. It is really cool looking though.
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oh i know. it just a wallpaper and desktop visualizer. but i lack the photoshop skils to make a wallpaper anywhere near those. thats why i wanted to know whom amongst us is any good.
McBang2023 said:
oh i know. it just a wallpaper and desktop visualizer. but i lack the photoshop skils to make a wallpaper anywhere near those. thats why i wanted to know whom amongst us is any good.
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Gotcha. Well definately not me . I don't really do artistic....my theming is more fundamental changes Tonic probably would have been your best option, but honestly I'm not sure if he's developing anymore or not.
Great find. Too bad I prefer portrait mode over landscape but this has inspired me to do something similar in portrait view.
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Great find. Too bad I prefer portrait mode over landscape but this has inspired me to do something similar in portrait view.
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That would be hot. Thats more or less what im looking for. The Vibrant is majorly a portrait phone, as for the Streak is a landscape phone. I was inquiring if an artist could make a walpaper (portrait style) for our phones so the same type scheming could be achieved.
Not to hijack the thread. But what's going on with tonic? His work was awesome.
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200 and 230 views and only 3 comments? i guess there arent any artistic folk here after all.
What exactly are you wanting to do just make wallpapers like this? Or a pre made theme with everything set up?
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It looks like they just changed the icons of the apps to be transparent then applied a wallpaper that already said the app names on it. I would love to do this but its tough to do without a Dell Streak. :/
Tonicacid said:
What exactly are you wanting to do just make wallpapers like this? Or a pre made theme with everything set up?
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My goal is to have a similar type wallpaper, several if I may, so that I could apply my own icons. (Transparent) and use just one home screen. But as you can see, these are huge and landscape.
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I have a friend that is pretty good at photoshop and will give it a shot for me. The problem that I see on this though is you will not be able to have more than one screen to move between or non of the icons will line up when you move to an alternate screen. What apps do you want listed on it? Do you just want the wallpapers from the other thread formatted to fit the vibrant screen? Let me know so I can pass it on.
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I have a friend that is pretty good at photoshop and will give it a shot for me. The problem that I see on this though is you will not be able to have more than one screen to move between or non of the icons will line up when you move to an alternate screen. What apps do you want listed on it? Do you just want the wallpapers from the other thread formatted to fit the vibrant screen? Let me know so I can pass it on.
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I wouldnt mind having only one home screen. So long as the general things are avaiable. (Dialer, Gmail, Market, Messaging, Web) a PLUS would be to also have a File Browser section and a Music section along wih a gallery. but these are not essential. The wallpapers from the other thread are landscape and not really for the vibrant. so to resize them would look odd. Anything original is ok. im not picky. i just thought it would be a good idea to introduce these to the vibrant.
neoseal said:
I have a friend that is pretty good at photoshop and will give it a shot for me. The problem that I see on this though is you will not be able to have more than one screen to move between or non of the icons will line up when you move to an alternate screen. What apps do you want listed on it? Do you just want the wallpapers from the other thread formatted to fit the vibrant screen? Let me know so I can pass it on.
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Actually... not entirely accurate. You can use the MultiPicture Live Wallpaper from the Market (free), and assign a specific wallpaper to each screen. You can use the same basic wallpaper with different app text locations, or different ones. Once you set up the screens you want, then add the trans icons, and boom, multiple screens with the same basic idea as what the OP had in mind.
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Actually... not entirely accurate. You can use the MultiPicture Live Wallpaper from the Market (free), and assign a specific wallpaper to each screen. You can use the same basic wallpaper with different app text locations, or different ones. Once you set up the screens you want, then add the trans icons, and boom, multiple screens with the same basic idea as what the OP had in mind.
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That's true I forgot about that live wallpaper. But I will give him the info and have him start working on them. Not sure how long it will take bit I'll put some pressure on him to not lolly gag around ;P. It might take a few days but I will post an update in a few days.
yea this **** is hard to do on samsung vibrant
neoseal said:
That's true I forgot about that live wallpaper. But I will give him the info and have him start working on them. Not sure how long it will take bit I'll put some pressure on him to not lolly gag around ;P. It might take a few days but I will post an update in a few days.
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also guys, "dodol" does the same thing with less battery consumption.
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savier420 said:
yea this **** is hard to do on samsung vibrant
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Agreed
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neoseal said:
I have a friend that is pretty good at photoshop and will give it a shot for me. The problem that I see on this though is you will not be able to have more than one screen to move between or non of the icons will line up when you move to an alternate screen. What apps do you want listed on it? Do you just want the wallpapers from the other thread formatted to fit the vibrant screen? Let me know so I can pass it on.
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Any Word from your friend?
im gonna give this a try..

[Q] Any experts on photo resizing?

I don't know anything about photo editing, but wondered if it was possible to resize a photo that is wider than its length, to longer than its width. For example: Turn a 800 x 480 img into a 480 x 800 img. Phones are taller than they are wider today. I don't know why they don't make wallpaper that will fill the entire screen instead of just the middle section of the phone from left to right.
Gimp. That is all.
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I'd normally tell someone to search, but heck it only took a minute so.... This works well for me. Good luck. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.twistedapps.wallpaperwizardrii
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Phalanx7621 said:
I'd normally tell someone to search, but heck it only took a minute so.... This works well for me. Good luck.
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Yeah, everyone says to search these days, notice that? It didn't even dawn on me to search for an answer. Guess I'll never have to ask a question again the rest of my life, since a search will always have an answer for me.
And btw.... Ive used that app before. It doesn't allow such editing.
OrangeWetnap said:
Yeah, everyone says to search these days, notice that? It didn't even dawn on me to search for an answer. Guess I'll never have to ask a question again the rest of my life, since a search will always have an answer for me.
And btw.... Ive used that app before. It doesn't allow such editing.
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There you are mistaken. I use it all the time to make such edits
zelendel said:
There you are mistaken. I use it all the time to make such edits
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Please prove me wrong. Post an original photo and the resized one like I described above and we shall compare.
Have a good day and thanks for your post.
OrangeWetnap said:
Please prove me wrong. Post an original photo and the resized one like I described above and we shall compare.
Have a good day and thanks for your post.
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I think you're missing the point of these forums. It's not about proving someone wrong by producing something that he told u he could do. He has given u your answer.
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Phalanx7621 said:
I think you're missing the point of these forums. It's not about proving someone wrong by producing something that he told u he could do. He has given u your answer.
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The fact someone claims to have done something doesn't mean it is actually true, people troll a lot this days, and when someone says "Google this, that" they aren't giving an answer either, and helping is in fact the spirit of this forum, not trolling or pointing other people mistakes in a rude manner.
And btw, I know my ways around image editing software so I might help you out, but you will probably get some sort of stretched areas on your image.
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ngh55 said:
The fact someone claims to have done something doesn't mean it is actually true, people troll a lot this days, and when someone says "Google this, that" they aren't giving an answer either, and helping is in fact the spirit of this forum, not trolling or pointing other people mistakes in a rude manner.
And btw, I know my ways around image editing software so I might help you out, but you will probably get some sort of stretched areas on your image.
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Oh really, you're telling me a senior mod would troll someone? Nice dude, nice.
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ngh55 said:
The fact someone claims to have done something doesn't mean it is actually true, people troll a lot this days, and when someone says "Google this, that" they aren't giving an answer either, and helping is in fact the spirit of this forum, not trolling or pointing other people mistakes in a rude manner.
And btw, I know my ways around image editing software so I might help you out, but you will probably get some sort of stretched areas on your image.
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Yeah dude keep tellin urself that. +1 to Nick.
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OrangeWetnap said:
I don't know anything about photo editing, but wondered if it was possible to resize a photo that is wider than its length, to longer than its width. For example: Turn a 800 x 480 img into a 480 x 800 img. Phones are taller than they are wider today. I don't know why they don't make wallpaper that will fill the entire screen instead of just the middle section of the phone from left to right.
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Please prove me wrong. Post an original photo and the resized one like I described above and we shall compare.
Have a good day and thanks for your post.
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I think you need to better describe what you want the end result to be.
I can turn a 800x480 image into a 480x800 image in the gallery by rotating it.
If you want an exported jpg file, that is different than taking an image and cropping it for a wallpaper. The app referenced will take an image, crop it and apply it as a wallpaper. Just long press the photo in the app and choose set. Crop portrait with no scrolling chosen at the top will let you choose the area to crop, and apply the wallpaper full screen. But, that app will not export the edited image. When using the gallery to set a wallpaper you will get different results. Starting with a 800x480 image and cropping out the middle and scaling that up to 480x800 will give you a really low quality photo.
And finally this is not the place to make anyone (especially forum mods) prove to you what they say is right. The burden is on you to show what you tried, and show where it is falling short. So, try the app, and post a screenshot of how it didn't work.
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I think you're missing the point of these forums. It's not about proving someone wrong by producing something that he told u he could do. He has given u your answer.
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My original post wasn't to try and prove points. It was a yes or no question. He answered cocky, so I asked him to show me. I hoped he proved me wrong so I could know how to do it.
ngh55 said:
And btw, I know my ways around image editing software so I might help you out, but you will probably get some sort of stretched areas on your image.
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Thx. That's kind of what I thought. I just wondered if there were any tricks to eliminate that stretched look as much as possible.
quarlow said:
I think you need to better describe what you want the end result to be.
I can turn a 800x480 image into a 480x800 image in the gallery by rotating it.
If you want an exported jpg file, that is different than taking an image and cropping it for a wallpaper. The app referenced will take an image, crop it and apply it as a wallpaper. Just long press the photo in the app and choose set. Crop portrait with no scrolling chosen at the top will let you choose the area to crop, and apply the wallpaper full screen. But, that app will not export the edited image. When using the gallery to set a wallpaper you will get different results. Starting with a 800x480 image and cropping out the middle and scaling that up to 480x800 will give you a really low quality photo.
And finally this is not the place to make anyone (especially forum mods) prove to you what they say is right. The burden is on you to show what you tried, and show where it is falling short. So, try the app, and post a screenshot of how it didn't work.
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I don't want to crop it. I want the entire picture to properly fit on the screen without as much stretch as possible. It doesn't have to be the exact reverse dimensions of the original photo. For example, turning a 800 x 480 photo into a 600 x 800. That's what I'm talking about. Obviously, most wallpapers are built for desktops. And desktop dimensions are always wider than taller (1024 x 768, 1280 x 1024, 1600 x 1200). What I initially asked is what is the best method, or is it even possible, to get a decent quality pic without cropping by taking an original pic like in the dimensions described above and make it slightly taller than wider. The GS2 is 480 x 800, but any wallpaper you find on Zedge or Wallbase will be 800 x 480, or 1600 x 1200 etc. always wider than taller. I wouldn't be asking these questions if there were an abundance of wallpapers out there with taller than wider dimensions.
Who said anything about making forum mods prove what is right? He said I didn't know what I was doing. I challenged him to show me after the fact. Isn't that how it works in the real world? That's like accusing someone of something they did wrong and instead of bring evidence to back up your accusation, you sit back and wait for the accused to come forward first with evidence to prove their innocence. lol. Why would I post pics of how it didn't work first, and how would anybody know what I was doing wrong? Sounds easier to me if you know how to do something, post how its done. Or if you don't want to contribute, then don't. Otherwise, don't act like a know-it-all but not follow through. And I don't know why everybody's gettin all butt sore when it doesn't involve you (other than the obvious fact he's a moderator and I'm a "noob" ,which I assume, like most forums, are not worthy of respectful replies. Everybody was a "noob" at some point.)
But Thanks for everyone who DID provide some useful knowledge.
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My original post wasn't to try and prove points. It was a yes or no question. He answered cocky, so I asked him to show me. I hoped he proved me wrong so I could know how to do it.
Thx. That's kind of what I thought. I just wondered if there were any tricks to eliminate that stretched look as much as possible.
I don't want to crop it. I want the entire picture to properly fit on the screen without as much stretch as possible. It doesn't have to be the exact reverse dimensions of the original photo. For example, turning a 800 x 480 photo into a 600 x 800. That's what I'm talking about. Obviously, most wallpapers are built for desktops. And desktop dimensions are always wider than taller (1024 x 768, 1280 x 1024, 1600 x 1200). What I initially asked is what is the best method, or is it even possible, to get a decent quality pic without cropping by taking an original pic like in the dimensions described above and make it slightly taller than wider. The GS2 is 480 x 800, but any wallpaper you find on Zedge or Wallbase will be 800 x 480, or 1600 x 1200 etc. always wider than taller. I wouldn't be asking these questions if there were an abundance of wallpapers out there with taller than wider dimensions.
Who said anything about making forum mods prove what is right? He said I didn't know what I was doing. I challenged him to show me after the fact. Isn't that how it works in the real world? That's like accusing someone of something they did wrong and instead of bring evidence to back up your accusation, you sit back and wait for the accused to come forward first with evidence to prove their innocence. lol. Why would I post pics of how it didn't work first, and how would anybody know what I was doing wrong? Sounds easier to me if you know how to do something, post how its done. Or if you don't want to contribute, then don't. Otherwise, don't act like a know-it-all but not follow through. And I don't know why everybody's gettin all butt sore when it doesn't involve you (other than the obvious fact he's a moderator and I'm a "noob" ,which I assume, like most forums, are not worthy of respectful replies. Everybody was a "noob" at some point.)
But Thanks for everyone who DID provide some useful knowledge.
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If you don't want stretching you have to crop the photo. That app will stretch full screen, or crop and scale to full screen. If you want a blend of the two, to stretch a little and crop a little you probably need to use a computer instead of an app on the phone.
I still don't understand your goal, if that app doesn't do it. It does exactly what you described. It will let you take a picture that is wider than tall and select the area you want as a wallpaper, crop the picture and apply the wallpaper.
This isn't the criminal justice system. It also isn't the XDA help desk. This site was built by and for developers. No one here is paid for their time to spoonfeed people with a sense of entitlement. No one here is entitled to anything. Noobs get what they give. Mostly they don't give respect, so they don't get it back. Yes, everyone was once a noob. Generally the noobs that don't give respect leave because the forum is too scary and mean. The noobs that give respect stay and become l33t members on the board. (Unscientific anecdotal observation) These members grow tired of the sense of entitlement that makes its way to this board. That sense of entitlement is destroying this board slowly, driving the devs away.
You are asking for help, and have been told what you want to do is possible with Wallpaper Wizardrii by several people on here. So, we either don't understand what you are saying, or we are all involved in a conspiracy to misinform noobs. While the latter sounds like a great book, I think its most likely the former. So, help us help you. Show us what you tried, and maybe looking at what you show will help us understand what you really want to do.
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Thanks for the lecture, dad, but clearly, I stated several times that I was looking for a way to resize a pic without cropping or sacrificing quality. So apparently you/they aren't paying attention, or are really here to misinform noobs. While the latter sounds like a great book, it's probably the former.
P.S. I really hope you're not a developer, and just a brown-noser.
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Thanks for the lecture, dad, but clearly, I stated several times that I was looking for a way to resize a pic without cropping or sacrificing quality. So apparently you/they aren't paying attention, or are really here to misinform noobs. While the latter sounds like a great book, it's probably the former.
P.S. I really hope you're not a developer, and just a brown-noser.
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How in the world would you resize a pic without cropping or sacrificing quality. We aren't magicians.
OrangeWetnap said:
Thanks for the lecture, dad, but clearly, I stated several times that I was looking for a way to resize a pic without cropping or sacrificing quality. So apparently you/they aren't paying attention, or are really here to misinform noobs. While the latter sounds like a great book, it's probably the former.
P.S. I really hope you're not a developer, and just a brown-noser.
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I'm just an appreciative member.
If you want to resize a photo without cropping or losing quality what you want is a real Wizard or a time machine. There are no apps that can zoom the picture out to get parts aren't there to give you different proportions without cropping or stretching the photo.
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EDIT: You ARE a ninja, you slipped in there while I was adding the addendum to my lecture.
EDIT 2: Because I am in a particular brown nosing mood here is a collection of high Res wallpapers one of the HOX devs posted.
http://www.scottsroms.com/showthread.php/1590-Wallpapers-100-HD-Wallpapers-My-private-collection
Those are high enough quality to be cropped down to a taller proportion and still look great on the 720p screen on the One X.
Quarlow - - yer now in my top 5 favorite people here in xda. Your points of view, how u approach problems, and genius use of mild sarcasm mixed with the truth of what you're trying to say brings a smile to my face. It's rare to meet someone like u.
Second, Ninja - - ur exactly right. Can't get an image to fit into different dimensions without sacrificing quality.
Third--to the op, my original response to u when giving u that app to try was nice, not sarcastic at all, and I was trying to help ya out. Didn't mean for the thread to get so out of control. Let's just end this now. Good luck.
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Phalanx7621 said:
Quarlow - - yer now in my top 5 favorite people here in xda. Your points of view, how u approach problems, and genius use of mild sarcasm mixed with the truth of what you're trying to say brings a smile to my face. It's rare to meet someone like u.
Second, Ninja - - ur exactly right. Can't get an image to fit into different dimensions without sacrificing quality.
Third--to the op, my original response to u when giving u that app to try was nice, not sarcastic at all, and I was trying to help ya out. Didn't mean for the thread to get so out of control. Let's just end this now. Good luck.
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Isn't he a wonderful individual? So helpful and professional. Still contributing. Even going out of his way to do work for me and post links and stuff.
If I ever see any of you guys at Comic-Con, ill buy u juicebox.
I just thought of something that might work. Iirc in Photoshop there is a content aware fill tool that might work. It'd on YouTube for you to check
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OrangeWetnap said:
Isn't he a wonderful individual? So helpful and professional. Still contributing. Even going out of his way to do work for me and post links and stuff.
If I ever see any of you guys at Comic-Con, ill buy u juicebox.
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See this is what he meant about respect. Now you're just being an ass.
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