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Creating Wallpaper
- Thread starter LassieGal
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JRMDesigner
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960px wide by 854px high, but what resolution?
Okay. But at what resolution?
Should that be 960px X 854px at standard web resolution of 72ppi, or at some other resolution, like 96ppi, or 300ppi ? Clearly, if the image file is optimized, that'd be best practice to avoid filling up the user's SD card.
[ppi: Pixels Per Inch]
I'm seeing a lot of different sizes for "wallpapers" for the different devices, so it's clear there's no real standard for these. It'd be great if there was a site somewhere with a table listing all the different devices and the different wallpaper sizes suitable for them each, like the IAB lists different standard dimensions for different web ads.
Also: Please forgive these newbie questions, but what's the required or optimum file format? JPEG? PNG? other? Or is there a special file format that'll store multiple different standard wallpapers that'll automagically be accessed by different mobile devices, kind of like Windows .ico files??
Okay. But at what resolution?
Should that be 960px X 854px at standard web resolution of 72ppi, or at some other resolution, like 96ppi, or 300ppi ? Clearly, if the image file is optimized, that'd be best practice to avoid filling up the user's SD card.
[ppi: Pixels Per Inch]
I'm seeing a lot of different sizes for "wallpapers" for the different devices, so it's clear there's no real standard for these. It'd be great if there was a site somewhere with a table listing all the different devices and the different wallpaper sizes suitable for them each, like the IAB lists different standard dimensions for different web ads.
Also: Please forgive these newbie questions, but what's the required or optimum file format? JPEG? PNG? other? Or is there a special file format that'll store multiple different standard wallpapers that'll automagically be accessed by different mobile devices, kind of like Windows .ico files??
If you want you can go on Ownskin: Free Nokia, SonyEricsson, Mobile Theme, Android Live Wallpaper, Mobile Flash. because you can create nice themes over there and you can choose the size of the image,.... 
JRMDesigner
New Member
Erm, well, that's a very nice site, but I think I'd rather create my own wallpapers entirely independently from an online system like that. A reference to the specs all in one place for the various phone models would be very useful.
try this. it has a section on wallpapers...
Spruce up your Android phone with wallpapers, ringtones | Android Central
JRMDesigner
New Member
Perfect! Just what I was looking for! THANKS!