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Subject: Why are the wallpapers in widescreen?

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The wallpaper section on here is now showing up on my desktop as a widescreen picture. I'm not sure if it is official "widescreen," but it's definatly squished. However, all the other wallpapers (from Halo 2) are normal.

What's going on? Because I'd like to have some sweet Halo 3 backgrounds and about 2 of them are normal.

My screen resolution is 1024x768, if that helps.

  • 06.20.2007 10:11 AM PDT

I don't know exactly why, but from what I've noticed, the Halo 3 Pictures are extreme large (dimension wise) and have a very high quality. What I would do, is resize/reformat the picture in one of those fancy picture editer programs or whatever they're called now-a-days.

  • 06.20.2007 10:20 AM PDT

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Posted by: RedPhoenix 57
I don't know exactly why, but from what I've noticed, the Halo 3 Pictures are extreme large (dimension wise) and have a very high quality. What I would do, is resize/reformat the picture in one of those fancy picture editer programs or whatever they're called now-a-days.


Something like MS Paint?
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  • 06.20.2007 10:22 AM PDT

Posted by: nuclear Halo
Something like MS Paint?
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I guess that would work. I have no idea, I'm not proficient in the art of using MS Paint. But what I used to do when I had my old monitor and that resolution, I'd just shrink it down to a width of 1024 and just have black bars on the top and bottom.

  • 06.20.2007 10:30 AM PDT

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I'd recommend using Paint.NET because it is enhanced version of MS Paint. The only thing is that you have to make sure your computer has the .NET Framework 2.0. I like it because it is free and it works just as good as Photoshop.

  • 06.20.2007 11:00 AM PDT
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Posted by: Zee JollyRoger
I'd recommend using Paint.NET because it is enhanced version of MS Paint. The only thing is that you have to make sure your computer has the .NET Framework 2.0. I like it because it is free and it works just as good as Photoshop.
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  • 06.20.2007 7:37 PM PDT
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I'd suggest going to Halo3.com to get the wallpapers at a normal size.

  • 06.21.2007 10:17 AM PDT

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Real men don't use monitors with 4:3 aspect ratios.

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  • 06.22.2007 1:41 PM PDT
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Posted by: Shishka
Real men don't use monitors with 4:3 aspect ratios.

Science says so.

I must agree with the man. Although, at least you are lucky. I have a widescreen monitor that has a resolution that is barely ever used. All my wallpapers I have had to ask the maker for a special wallpaper. A 1440x900 to be exact. Trust me though, the pictures look better on a widescreen, which is why they are in widescreen.

  • 06.22.2007 2:11 PM PDT

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Posted by: Shishka
Real men don't use monitors with 4:3 aspect ratios.

Science says so.


Shishka's a pompous jerk.

Science says so.
So does my monitor.. D:

  • 06.22.2007 2:27 PM PDT