Puppy Wallpapers

Themes, icons, wallpapers, etc.
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#1082 Post by 01micko »

pacer106 (and futwerk)..

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I like that logo but it's a bit big in kb

maxerro, I like the bluewave series in your tarball.
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#1083 Post by Lobster »

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#1084 Post by Barkin »

01micko wrote:... wallpapers

There are rules!
  • *8K size limit :!:
    *jpeg format
    *must look decent at high res
ttuuxxx managed to reduce my grey minimalist effort to 8.23K jpg ... http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=577889#577889

[but I don't know how they managed it]

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#1085 Post by dejan555 »

Convert it to greyscale in gimp, and resave as jpg you can test quality parameters and see how low you can drop slider without being pixelated around edges, also cut height to 900px, it's unusual format for wallpaper
puppy.b0x.me stuff mirrored [url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_Mb589v0iCXNnhSZWRwd3R2UWs]HERE[/url] or [url=http://archive.org/details/Puppy_Linux_puppy.b0x.me_mirror]HERE[/url]

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#1086 Post by dejan555 »

Click for 1024x768

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puppy.b0x.me stuff mirrored [url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_Mb589v0iCXNnhSZWRwd3R2UWs]HERE[/url] or [url=http://archive.org/details/Puppy_Linux_puppy.b0x.me_mirror]HERE[/url]

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#1087 Post by pacer106 »

it seems i can get some two-tone gradients to fit within the size limit & look decent but including the logo or even some text into them really brings the quality down.

there is some halo action going on around the logo or just plain text when added. looking at a way to get around that if possible. im wondering if its the way the fonts are made that is causing the halo effect im seeing.

tested on saluki here is a screener.
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Screenshot2 by J. P. Stunna, on Flickr

edit: attached is a plain grey/blue wallpaper that looks decent without a logo & fits the 8k size limit.
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#1088 Post by futwerk »

some saluki backgrounds.
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#1089 Post by pacer106 »

ok here is something with a logo that fits in size. let me know if it looks ok to you micko. im workin on trying to get rid of the lines in it but seems to be a losing battle with the 8 kb target.

screen shot below of it used in saluki alpha & attached is the wallpaper.
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#1090 Post by 01micko »

Ok, lets say I have 60k to spend on wallpapers, I can include one I have @8k and 2 of maxerro's @~1k each, for a sum of 10k leaving 50k to spend on 5, so one can be say 30k and the other 4 must fit into the 20k. Make sense :?: :)

I think Dejan created the logo I'll have a look for the original. EDIT it's here
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#1091 Post by pacer106 »

take a look at this one micko. regular size is attached.

i can probably get several color combos & this size logo all around 10 kb's will try more ideas tomorrow.

if they are 4:3 monitor ratio it will trim off a little more in size as well.

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#1092 Post by maxerro »

and something for pixel-art lovers...
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#1093 Post by russoodle »

01micko wrote:Ok, lets say I have 60k to spend on wallpapers, I can include one I have @8k and 2 of maxerro's @~1k each, for a sum of 10k leaving 50k to spend on 5, so one can be say 30k and the other 4 must fit into the 20k. Make sense :?: :)

I think Dejan created the logo I'll have a look for the original. EDIT it's here
It's been suggested that perhaps you've been powdering your nose with too much concrete dust with this chain-yanking challenge of yours, Micko.....those requirements aren't really set in cement, are they? :wink:

Seriously, what's wrong with a decent, attractive default wallpaper, even at the expense of a few kb's? Not a deal-breaker surely, especially when you consider that it is to be the "face" of the current Slacko to those who may not already be familiar with Puppy, never mind the rest of us kennel-dwellers..

As an example of what i mean, may i refer to this thread?
[i][color=Green][size=92]The mud-elephant, wading thru the sea, leaves no tracks..[/size][/color][/i]

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#1094 Post by smokey01 »

Mick how about a 1 pixel wallpaper in PNG format?

85 bytes only. The same thing in JPG is about 632 bytes.

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#1095 Post by CatDude »

How about this one :roll:
[img]http://www.smokey01.com/CatDude/.temp/sigs/acer-futile.gif[/img]

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#1096 Post by pacer106 »

here are a few for consideration 1 in each ratio wide & standard.
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#1097 Post by 01micko »

Hi pacer106

Looks nice :)

In slacko (and wary/racy) there is automatic cropping of 4:3 images to suit other screen aspect ratios. Most wideys are 16:9 so a proportion is cropped from top and bottom of the images to cater for wide screens automatically. it happens in ~/.xinitrc on first and subsequent boots and in the wallpaper setter.

Therefore, default images in puppies with this feature should be 4:3, and any detail in the wall should be shifted up (or down as appropriate) such that this detail is not cropped out when a widescreen is detected.

I should have mentioned this earlier :oops: .

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- :lol: @ CatDude and russoodle!

FYI, I am now retired from the construction industry and am starting study (fulltime) next week, so Slacko dev has to be pretty much wound up before then as I wont have time for in depth development.


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Note, walls that don't make the cut will be packaged into a extra wallpapers pack, as many as I can get together.
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#1098 Post by pacer106 »

here are 3 more slacko wallpapers within 10 kb for consideration.
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#1099 Post by pacer106 »

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#1100 Post by pacer106 »

i have started playing around with blender 3d. here are a few tests i have managed to get saved & thought i would share. they are very simple & not too busy.

i am still figuring things out. i thought these were saved in my usual 1366x768 & 1024x768 sizes but it seems i messed up in that area lol.

files are also attached for those who do not like photo sharing sites.

update: added normal sized widescreen & standard 4:3.

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