[ubuntu-art] new wallpaper

[Michiel Sikma]

On Jun 30, 2006, at 5:52 PM, Michiel Sikma wrote:

>
> Op 30-jun-2006, om 17:47 heeft Troy James Sobotka het volgende  
> geschreven:
>
>> Huge can of worms.  We talked about this in Paris, and
>> this is why I brought it up.
>>
>> I can tell you that 5:4 is pretty common as is 16:9.
>
> Yeah, you're right. Sorry. 5:4 (1280x1024) is commonly used as  
> well. I completely forgot that 5:4 is that resolution for a second.  
> 16:9, however, is only generally used for TV screens. There's just  
> one resolution that uses it, Wide XGA (1366×768), which is an  
> extremely uncommon resolution. 16:10 is the typical widescreen  
> resolution for computer monitors.
>
> Still, I think that up- or downscaling a wallpaper (made for 4:3)  
> without stretching or squishing it or changing the proportions in  
> any way will be fine in most cases. If we make sure that there's  
> nothing interesting at the borders of the image, we might as well  
> cut them off occasionally in order to support some resolutions nicely.
>
> Michiel
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I've also been working on a wallpaper. It's coming along nicely, but  
the colors are too saturated to suit the theme for now.

Here's a downscaled (50%) version of the work-in-progress: http:// 
thingmajig.org/tmp/wall4(1juli06).jpg

Michiel Sikma
michiel at thingmajig.org