Thursday, May 6, 2010

Free Wallpapers,Computer wallpaper


Computer wallpaper
Wallpaper (also desktop picture and desktop background) is an image used as a background on a computer screen, usually for the desktop of a graphical user interface. "Wallpaper" is the term used in Microsoft Windows before Windows 7 (where it is called the Desktop "Background"), while Mac OS X calls it a "desktop picture" (previously, the term desktop pattern was used to refer to a small pattern that was repeated to fill the screen).
Formats
Images used as computer wallpaper are usually raster graphics with the same size as the display resolution (for example 1024×768 pixels, or 1280×1024 pixels) in order to fill the whole background.
Technical aspects
The main problem when enlarging an image to match the desktop resolution is the quality loss that appears during the resize process and the distorted image that appear when aspect ratio of the wallpaper is different than the aspect ratio of the desktop.
Image types
PNG and JPEG format are common. Some desktop systems, such as Mac OS (version 8.6 or later), KDE (version 3.4 or later), and GNOME, support vector wallpapers (PICT in Mac and SVG in KDE and GNOME). This has the advantage that a single file may be used for screens of any size, or stretched across several screens, without loss of quality.
Styles
Wallpapers can be any type of picture e.g automobiles, models and celebrities, scenery, abstract art, movies, pets, family, symmetry, and personal photos.

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