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Phone(s):
1: Blackberry Tour 9630
2: Blackberry Storm 9350
3: LG Voyager & enV
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The Official Storm Wallpaper Thread
In over-anticipation of the upcoming Storm release, I've spent a little time putting together some wallpapers. Much of what I'm posting is simple resizing and minor alterations to already existing designs. Others are pictures I've taken personally -- and while not spectacular I did want to share.
Storm Wallpaper Basics:
Screen size is 480 x 360.
The top "status area" on the phone is approximately 97 pixels. This area is semi-transparent with text overlays.
The first row of icons are up 96 pixels from the bottom of the screen. Semi-transparent.
The second row of icons are up 191 pixels from the bottom of the screen. Likewise semi-transparent
I know these numbers don't perfectly match, while I'm confident they are within 1-pixel of accuracy, I'll update them as needed after some hands-on testing.
Additional Information:
I placed guidebars in my template file at 97 (for the top), 288 (for 2-row icon layout) and 383 (for 1-row icon layout). This is in GIMP where the file starts at pixel 0.
If creating a graphic from scratch, you may want to keep important parts of the picture outsize of the top and bottom 96-pixel zones.
Some stylistic options include blurring the areas underneath the OS overlay, lowering the opacity, or giving it a different shade/color.
If you are trying hard to preserve a picture that is wider than taller, you can put "letterboxing" strips 96 pixels at the top and bottom. While black will work, having a complimentary color (see the Penguins logo below) works great.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ZoSo65
Here's a simple guide I use in photoshop. All you have to do is copy and paste the wall to it and you can see where the 1st two rows of icons will be, plus where the top starts.
Phone(s):
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Pictures of lightning, good idea! Unfortunately there's one I can't post.. it's a picture of the tower at my station getting hit, but I don't have the rights to post it.
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1: Samsung Alias 2--as of 5/19/2009
2: Moto W385--retired now
3: Nokia 6085--wife's
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For some reason, I'm partial to pics of lightning......
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Phone(s):
1: Blackberry Tour 9630
2: Blackberry Storm 9350
3: LG Voyager & enV
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Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 229
Here's round two! A couple of notes. The Pittsburgh pics in post #1 were taking by me on a boat, which is why they are a little blurry. The ones in this post are from better quality originals. Same with the Beaver Stadium picture. Oh, and I'm starting to get a little too happy with filters.
11-17-2008, 10:11
Linear Mode
