What Qualities Define Ideal Device Wallpapers?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the qualities that define ideal device wallpapers, focusing on a photo contest where participants are encouraged to submit their own photographs suitable for use as wallpapers on computers, tablets, and mobile phones. The conversation includes rules for submission and considerations for what makes a photo appropriate for this purpose.

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Main Points Raised

  • Participants are invited to submit digital photos that they believe would make suitable wallpapers, with specific size and editing guidelines provided.
  • There are rules regarding the originality of the photos, stating that submitted images must be taken by the participants themselves and not altered beyond certain limits.
  • One participant mentions using a photo by another member as a wallpaper, indicating personal preferences for certain styles or subjects in wallpapers.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

The discussion primarily focuses on the contest rules and submission process, with no significant disagreement noted among participants regarding the guidelines. However, personal preferences for wallpaper styles may vary, as indicated by individual comments.

Contextual Notes

The discussion is limited to the context of a photo contest and does not explore broader aesthetic or technical qualities of wallpapers outside the contest framework.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in photography, digital art, or those looking to participate in community contests related to device customization may find this discussion relevant.

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I'm sure everyone knows about the wallpaper that people use on their computers, tablets, and mobile phones. Each one of us use different wallpapers for our devices, either ones that came with the devices, or the something we found or we created on our own.

Your photo this week must be a photo that one would consider to be suitable as a wallpaper to put as a background on your devices.

Zz.

Contest Rules:

1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be accepted within the contest period. In case there's a gray area, or you're not sure if the picture is suitable, check with me first.

2. Please resize your digital photo to no more than 800 x 600 or 600 x 800 pixels. You may also crop your picture if you wish. You are also allowed to adjust the brightness and contrast of your picture but these should not dramatically alter the look of the picture. But other than those, any form of picture editing or modification is not allowed. This is a photo contest, not a picture editing/special effect contest. You may add a watermark or your name/nickname to the photo for identification purposes.

3. Upload your photos to any of the photo servers such as imageshack or photobucket. Then post it the relevant contest thread and link your picture using the img command. PM me if you do not know how.

4. Only ONE picture per member per contest. Once a picture is posted, it cannot be changed other than a total withdrawl by that member from that week's photo contest. Exceptions will be made for modification to comply with the rules, such as resizing.

5. At the end of the contest period, I will open a poll and every PF member can vote for the picture they like best.

6. Note that in case we have a large number of entries, I will do the polling in more than one thread. If that's the case, you can vote in each of the polling threads. The photos will be assigned in the polling threads in the order they were submitted.

7. The photo of the subject must be something that you took directly, not via in intermediary medium, and not taken by someone else. Unless otherwise noted, a photo of another photo, painting, print, etc. does not qualify.

8. You can use a picture only once. Once it is used in a contest, it cannot be reused in another contest.

9. Please post only pictures meant for submission in this thread. Photos not meant for submission must not be posted in the contest thread. Posting of more than one photos by a member may result in an automatic disqualification from the week's contest.

Zz.
 
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Final day to submit your photo for this contest.

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I have to confess that I used this moonlight photo by @Andy Resnick (from the "Illuminated contest") as a wallpaper on my computer for a while, without paying any royalty :smile:. I really like that photo...
 
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