Takuro Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 I made these high-quality wallpapers for people who are dual booting OS X and Windows. They look nice in either operating system and you might enjoy them if you're a "neat freak" like I am. It combines visual aspects of both without creating a bad aftertaste. In this way, you can stick to one uniform wallpaper for both desktops. All wallpapers are 1680 x 1050 unless otherwise noted. ***700+ kb warning*** (click thumbnails to enlarge) OS X Tiger OS X Tiger (1024 x 768) OS X Tiger (Blue Apple) Windows XP Media Center Edition Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Home Edition (1024 x 768) Windows XP Professional Edition Windows Vista Ubuntu Linux Wallpaper without Operating System Logo UPDATE 1: Included wallpapers for Vista, Home Edition, and Professional Edition. Also included a "virgen" wallpaper with no logos at all. Touched up the over-all image to remove the left-over rainbow effect and sharpened the hill's border with blue. Made 1024x768 Home Edition and OS X wallpapers for Mx34u. Anybody else who wants a resized wallpaper, just ask. UPDATE 2: Added a new request, Ubuntu Linux Dapper Drake UPDATE 3: Added the request for a blue apple OS X logo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jodo Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Very nice idea and good implementation! I like them. But I would like them most if the OS branding was removed...could you perhaps upload a "virgin" version as well? thx.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippin Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 nice but just to let you know Boot Camp doesn't boot Windows XP Media Center Edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotUser Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 bla bla .... an pc's were never supposed to run osx T_T but however they do D: u can dualboot without bootcamp dude the wallpapers have a nice touch but there seems to be some kind of an rainbow overlay within the 'meadowpart' could u try to fix this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mx34u Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Can you up a XP Home Edition + OSX in 1024x768? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 I'll see what I can do about removing the rainbow that was left over from the Media Center wallpaper. Maybe it'll be as simple as selecting it and using Photoshop's hue/sat adjustment's "colorize" option. By demand, it won't have any OS logo / text either. It'll be "virgin." And I'll also post 1024x768 and 1280x1024 variations. For Mx34, I'll make a custom Home Edition one for if the ones I make aren't what he or she was looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 Ok all requests have been handled. I also included wallpapers for Professional Edition and Vista. If anybody has any other requests, don't hesitate. Check the original first post for the updated wallpapers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sipheren Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 I would love a Linux one as well....Ubuntu Dapper Drake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 So you want a OS X / Windows wallpaper for Linux? Uh ok... consider it done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sipheren Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 yeah that way I can have the same wallpaper for all 3 OS's......I like how they have the text at the bottom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 So you want a OS X / Windows wallpaper for Linux? Uh ok... consider it done. Yeah, but he wants the Ubunu logo, with the operating system "Ubuntu, Version: Drapper Drake" written on it Can I have a 1600x1200 of the OS X version, please? Also, I didn't realise drapper drake has been released! I think I'll have to go get that in a min! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 I would love a Linux one as well....Ubuntu Dapper Drake Are you a developer for Drapper Drake or something, becuase it's not released yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igul222 Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 any chance you could do one for os x with the blue apple logo found below? thanks! http://www.gaucho.ca/images/apple-logo.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 This is the correct Ubuntu logo, right? Or did I mess something up. Ubuntu Linux I'll handle your requests soon, igul and sabr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Great job, Takuro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 This is the correct Ubuntu logo, right? Or did I mess something up. Ubuntu Linux I'll handle your requests soon, igul and sabr lol, it looks good and everything, but it's meant to be Drapper not Dapper (not your fault though, Sipheren spelt it wrong) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqualeviathan Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 lol, it looks good and everything, but it's meant to be Drapper not Dapper (not your fault though, Sipheren spelt it wrong) No, it really IS Dapper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sipheren Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 yeah it is Dapper and you can dload the development realese from ubuntu...its very good....loving xgl and lots of other cool additions....I have been using it more than OSX due to OSX not having nvidia drivers but once it does I probally will be using it all the time. thx for the wallpaper to...its awsome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 Here you go, igul222` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Takuro, would you mind to upload a .zip file of these to the forum, or just upload the pics themselves? In case any websites link to this thread, I'd like to have a local copy since imageshack just drops pics after a certain amount of bandwidth. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 I didn't want to chip away at the site's bandwidth or anything. I don't know how many requests I might get. For each different visual style, multiple copies might exist depending on which resolutions they are requested in. I might just zip it as one big wallpaper pack or else allow people to download only whichever wallpapers they want, including 1024x768 and 1280x1024 variations of each wallpaper. Whatever you suggest Mash. Just say the word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 lol, ok sorry guys! My bad, it is Dapper (Now where did I get Drapper from...?) Takuro: Any news on the 1600x1200 wall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted May 1, 2006 Author Share Posted May 1, 2006 When people request a different resolution of a wallpaper that I've already made, I usually simply resize to the correct height (such as 768) and the crop to fit whatever width it needs (like 1024) to get something like 1024x768. If I had just did a straight resize from 1680x1050 to 1024x768, the logo would get scrunched horizonally. That's because I'm transforming a 16:9 wallpaper into 4:3 (common sense.) In 1600x1200, I run into a problem: 1200 is a greater height than 1050 (the master image that I use.) So I'll make it for you, but first I need to ask if it's ok if there is 150 pixels of vertical and horizontal stretching in the final image. It might look fuzzy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 When people request a different resolution of a wallpaper that I've already made, I usually simply resize to the correct height (such as 768) and the crop to fit whatever width it needs (like 1024) to get something like 1024x768. If I had just did a straight resize from 1680x1050 to 1024x768, the logo would get scrunched horizonally. That's because I'm transforming a 16:9 wallpaper into 4:3 (common sense.) In 1600x1200, I run into a problem: 1200 is a greater height than 1050 (the master image that I use.) So I'll make it for you, but first I need to ask if it's ok if there is 150 pixels of vertical and horizontal stretching in the final image. It might look fuzzy. Yeah please, that'll be okay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 Yeah, Takuro - go ahead and slap them up. We've got enough bandwidth for all of CNN. Well, ok. Maybe not that much. We've got a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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