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By: Joey Hernandez

Joey Hernandez — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 04:38:26 +0000

Hey John –
Have you created the 480×854 pixel image? I would assume that would prevent it from scrolling.

By: john

john — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:09:35 +0000

Is there anyway to set your wallpaper as a single 480×854 picture that stays stagnant from window to window?

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:23:27 +0000

This is also known as parallax scrolling – a technique that was used all the time in 8-bit and 16-bit games =)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax_scrolling

By: Kigh

Kigh — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:01:48 +0000

Brilliant post! Short, simple, & illustrated with helpful & informative pics. Well done!

By: Picture/Wallpaper question

Picture/Wallpaper question — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:49:05 +0000

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By: Grant

Grant — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:09:31 +0000

Joey, thanks so much for the response. I figured it out the other day, although my Droid X seems to be acting inconsistent. I found that on my 3rd attempt, it presented me with a resizing window with the buttons “Save” and “Discard” on it. It hadn’t done that previously, but was automatically cropping my image. In the resizing window, I expanded the crop box to include the whole image, and wa-lah, it’s perfect. Why the default is set to crop even a perfectly sized image is odd. Anyway, thanks so much for the help! I’ll might send you my crazy wallpaper anyway as a thank you.

By: Joey Hernandez

Joey Hernandez — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:17:11 +0000

interesting… i could test it out on my phone if you want — you can send it to joey@mattersofgrey.com

By: Grant

Grant — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:53:53 +0000

My image size details in PS:

W 960
H 854
——–
W 13.333 in
H 11.861 in
Res 72

resample image (bicubic) is checked.

By: Joey Hernandez

Joey Hernandez — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:36:35 +0000

Thanks Grant!
If you use the exact dimensions for the image: 960×854 at the standard 72dpi, you should be good.

What dpi are you using that causes the image to cut off on the top and bottom?

By: Joey Hernandez

Joey Hernandez — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:34:16 +0000

All the wallpapers I’ve made for my phone have been at 72dpi and they look just fine.

By: Grant

Grant — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:26:25 +0000

What a great post – thank you! Couldn’t figure out the width res. I do have one question… my designs are still getting blown up (cut off at the top and bottom). To double the previous question, should the res of the image be something other than the standard 72 dpi? That’s the only thing I can think of that would cause this issue. Any ideas are welcome. Thanks again!

By: CrazyNative

CrazyNative — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:58:26 +0000

Just got a Droid X and wanted to start learning how to make my own wallpapers as well as set up websites with smartphones in mind.

I’m wondering at what resolution should the wallpapers be made at? 72 dpi as in the case of web graphics or a higher res???

By: Joey Hernandez

Joey Hernandez — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 22:07:00 +0000

@andrew what I’ve done is download images equal to or wider than 960 pixels and equal to or taller than 854 pixels. then when you are setting the wallpaper, you use two fingers to expand the “crop box”

let me know if that makes any sense — i might need to create a new tutorial on that…