Workbench pictures

[wurzel]

Hi all,

I'm looking for a bit of education and help

I have a lot of pictures which I want shown as my Workbench. However, I cannot get the whole picture to display, only a small part of it.

Do I habve to alter the size of each picture to a certain size or is there a setting I've missed to show the whole picture?

They are jpg's, if that makes a difference.

Thanks!

[hamtronix]

Scale the pics to the resolution of your WB.

[murple]

Welcome to the high tech world of 1992

[jmbattle]

Perhaps a little off-topic, however installing Scalos, will provide addition options for the way the background is displayed, including placement and resizing.

Cheers,
James
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[marcfrick2112]

wurzel: Do you have Image F/X? If so, it's easy to make any picture for a Workbench background. I know V. 1.5 was given as a magazine coverdisk. Otherwise, if the pictures size is the issue, check Aminet for a tool to do it. Just check your Screenmode prefs to see the size of your screen, and scale to that size....

[wurzel]

marcfrick2112 wrote:
wurzel: Do you have Image F/X? If so, it's easy to make any picture for a Workbench background. I know V. 1.5 was given as a magazine coverdisk. Otherwise, if the pictures size is the issue, check Aminet for a tool to do it. Just check your Screenmode prefs to see the size of your screen, and scale to that size....

Hi,

Yes, I have ImageFX 4.5

I know how to alter the size, I just wasn't sure I had to. Now I know, thanks to you guys

[vic20owner]

Any tips on how to get a nice and fast workbench backdrop with the AGA chipset?  Is my only option to find a picture which looks good in 16 colors and scale it to fit the desktop exactly?  Do some file formats render faster than others (IFF vs JPG)?

[odin]

Yep iff is faster than heavily compressed pics. When I had my A1200 it would take ages to decode a jpg for use on a 800x600 16-bit desktop.