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Bob Pensik
Aug 2, 2003
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Hi everyone,

Ok so i just bought photoshop and am playing around with it and having a blast, but when i save an image i made i want to set it wallpaper but i can’t seem to be able to do that, i make my images in RGB format, is there a way to save them as some other format that i could use to set to wallpaper or something????

I know this is prolly a simple answer, but i don’t know much if anything about the program!!

Also i was wondering if anyone knows a goodd site or something with good tutorials for making things like cool wallpaper, or just good tutorials on how to use a lot of the things within photoshop

Oh and one more thing, i might be purchasing a Mac soon, and didn’t realize that when i bought this program, is photoshop compatable on both systems with the same CD or do i have to buy a new version compatable for mac???
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Gary G
Aug 2, 2003
Bob

Save the image you wish to make a wallpaper by File–>Save As a JPG format.

As for Windows-Mac compatibility, the CDs from Adobe are targeted at specific platforms. So you will need to purchase a Mac version of Photoshop. Adobe may have some license xfer program that will help.

Gary G

"Bob Pensik" wrote in message
Hi everyone,

Ok so i just bought photoshop and am playing around with it and having a
blast, but when i save an image i made i want to set it wallpaper but i can’t seem to be able to do that, i make my images in RGB format, is there a way to save them as some other format that i could use to set to wallpaper or something????
I know this is prolly a simple answer, but i don’t know much if anything
about the program!!
Also i was wondering if anyone knows a goodd site or something with good
tutorials for making things like cool wallpaper, or just good tutorials on how to use a lot of the things within photoshop
Oh and one more thing, i might be purchasing a Mac soon, and didn’t
realize that when i bought this program, is photoshop compatable on both systems with the same CD or do i have to buy a new version compatable for mac???
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Colin Walls
Aug 2, 2003
Quick on the draw Tony … 🙂
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dave milbut
Aug 2, 2003
Adobe may have some license xfer program that will help.

they do. you need to call customer service. same version transfer (newest release only) i think are cost of shipping only. if a newer version is out, you’ll need to pay the regualar upgrade price plus shipping.
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primitivedogs
Aug 2, 2003
you can also (save as BMP) and copy them to the directory in the operating system where the other backgrounds are stored. In win2K it is in C:\WINNT. If you do that you won’t lose the file from the directory and you won’t have to point to it, it’ll always be there. I suggest saving at 72ppi or 96ppi.
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Colin Walls
Aug 2, 2003
The PPI setting is irrelevant for images viewed on the screen.

All that counts is the number of pixels.
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YrbkMgr
Aug 2, 2003
I was going to say something but decided to let it pass. Glad you did.
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primitivedogs
Aug 3, 2003
youre right of course; I was just thinkin you don’t want to start draggin 600 MB files into the nt folder; resizing to screen res would be better though.
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YrbkMgr
Aug 3, 2003
got yer point michael. sometimes we have a tendancy to pick gnat poop out of pepper. <grin>.
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dave milbut
Aug 3, 2003
resolution also has nothing to do w/file size. an 800×600 image at 3000ppi is the same file size as one 800×600 72ppi
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YrbkMgr
Aug 3, 2003
Shhh… let this dog die. <grin>
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primitivedogs
Aug 3, 2003
No, thats ok; correct me. Sometimes I write before I think. Isn’t an 8×10 at 300ppi higher resolution than an 8×10 at 72ppi?
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dave milbut
Aug 3, 2003
Isn’t an 8×10 at 300ppi higher resolution than an 8×10 at 72ppi?

yes it is. but you’re talking inches and i’m talking pixels. 8×10" may or may not be the same as 800×600 pixels, depending on resolution. rather, to be more precice w/my #’s:

a 640×480 pixel image at 72 ppi is (according to ps) 8.889"x6.667". if you change the resolution (only! resameple off in image> image size) the image is 2.13" x 1.6". the file sizes remain the same, but the PRINTED image is smaller (not viewed on screen, it’s still 640×480, only the PRINTED size changes)…

if you leave resample checked when you change the resolution from 72 to 300ppi, your 640×480 pixel image becomes 2667px x 2000 px. In THAT case the file size changes as well because you’ve changed the actual pixel dimention.

basically what Tony said. 🙂

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