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« on: November 01, 2009, 10:54:09 AM » |
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Greetings. I'm not very good at using photoshop and the like. I have a DX and want to use the Screensaver Hack. There are some AWESOME pics on this board formatted for the Kindle at 800x600? Is there any chance anyone has created some photos for the DX at 824x1200? If so please post them? Please please please.....
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« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2009, 11:07:44 AM » |
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I'm sure there are some DX photos already posted...will look around. EDIT: They are pretty scattered. Here are some: http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,5659.msg276310.html#msg276310I think this thread is a good idea! Folks, if you have any DX screensavers, go ahead and post them here, or a link to where they are on KB! Betsy |
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« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2009, 11:11:12 AM » |
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I've searched and searched and found one or two but I thought it might be nice to have a thread devoted to posting DX screensaver photos only.
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« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2009, 04:26:31 PM » |
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I would love to find them for DX too. I'm still looking at authors on mine.
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« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2009, 10:41:16 PM » |
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For the longest time I was hesitant to do the screensaver hack. I got so tired of lookin at those horrid pictures of dead authors I finally risked it. It was super easy and worked like a charm. At the least it allows you to remove some of those pre loaded pics you especially hate. Poe creeps me out. My solution was to download the pics people have made for the kindle 2 at 600x800, open them up with windows paint, then resize to 150 percent. At that point I clicked on attributes I think it was and changed the first setting to 824. The second is automatically at 1200. The photos are trimmed a little to the right but work great. If I can figure out how to post them on this thread I will do so. The hack works great though!
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« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2009, 03:30:55 AM » |
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Greetings. I'm not very good at using photoshop and the like. I have a DX and want to use the Screensaver Hack. There are some AWESOME pics on this board formatted for the Kindle at 800x600? Is there any chance anyone has created some photos for the DX at 824x1200? If so please post them? Please please please.....
Since I don't have a DX I haven't had any reason to create images at that size. However, I love playing with Photoshop and would be happy to crop and post images in the correct size if any of you find an image you would like on your DX. Results will always be better if you start with an image bigger than 824x1200. Google Images is a great resource and search engine. You can search for whatever interests you, then on the left side of the results page click LARGE to narrow your results to mostly images that will work. Post the link here and I'll edit and repost sized for your DX. |
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« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2009, 03:40:45 AM » |
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Here's one I found in 10 seconds by clicking on The LIFE photo archive and then clicking on "Times Square" under places. It was the first image. The copyright on the page says "For personal non-commercial use only" which I think makes it okay for our purposes, since I'm not selling it. Here's the cropped version for the DX. I have displayed the images here at 1/2 size so they fit on the screen better, but it is the full size image. You can just right-click and save the image. If you want to see it full-size before you save it, just click on the image.  |
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« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2009, 03:42:59 AM » |
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By the way, I just realized that those LIFE images are a great source, not just for the excellent photography, but also because they are almost all in Portrait format (tall) instead of Landscape.
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« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2009, 04:00:44 AM » |
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« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2009, 04:06:14 AM » |
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good tips Jason, thanks
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« Reply #10 on: November 05, 2009, 04:07:50 AM » |
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A book sale in Spain, 1949.  |
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« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2009, 04:09:20 AM » |
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good tips Jason, thanks
No problem Scott... I'm on a roll now. Home from work sick, bored and can't sleep... so I'm making some DX screensavers tonight. They're kind of like my apple-butter!  |
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« Reply #12 on: November 05, 2009, 04:12:35 AM » |
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I'm sick of apples :| but I'll enjoy the screensavers! hope you're feeling better
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« Reply #13 on: November 05, 2009, 04:18:17 AM » |
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Water soaked books, March 1951 (it doesn't say how they were damaged). Even though there's not a lot to look at, I like the symbolism this image brings as a DX screensaver. You could store the contents of EVERY book in this image on your DX!!! =)  |
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« Reply #14 on: November 05, 2009, 04:23:11 AM » |
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Pooh Bear after the "Winnie the Pooh" books, June 1960.  |
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« Reply #15 on: November 05, 2009, 04:34:58 AM » |
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« Reply #16 on: November 05, 2009, 04:55:48 AM » |
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« Reply #17 on: November 05, 2009, 05:05:50 AM » |
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Author, Hoffman Reynolds Hays, reading book among shelves in American History Room in New York Public Library, April 1944.  |
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« Reply #18 on: November 05, 2009, 05:09:00 AM » |
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Jason, thanks for doing all of these! You're right, the Life archives is a fantastic source for screensavers for all Kindles! And I agree, using them here is within the license granted on the site. (As a visual artist, I really appreciate your respect for copyright! ) These are gorgeous! Betsy |
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"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." -Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird
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« Reply #19 on: November 05, 2009, 05:16:02 AM » |
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« Reply #20 on: November 05, 2009, 05:23:43 AM » |
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Cool photo. Look at the awnings! Wonder when the last time they used those was? I remember my folks putting the awnings up on our house when it started being summer...of course, with air conditioning, we stopped doing that.
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"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt
"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." -Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird
"Oh come on! Stake through the heart. A little sunlight. It's like falling off a log" -Buffy, the Vampire Slayer |
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« Reply #21 on: November 05, 2009, 05:24:05 AM » |
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This one's a little different, but I thought it was cool! Inauguration, Washington D.C., undated.  |
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« Reply #22 on: November 05, 2009, 05:25:59 AM » |
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Cool photo. Look at the awnings! Wonder when the last time they used those was? I remember my folks putting the awnings up on our house when it started being summer...of course, with air conditioning, we stopped doing that.
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Yeah, I thought those looked pretty cool too, but in need of some attention! =) I like the LIFE logo on the bottom corner of each picture, but unfortunately it forces me to crop starting in that corner, otherwise I'd have 1/2 a logo. So if some of the images look a little oddly framed, it's probably due to that. |
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« Reply #23 on: November 05, 2009, 05:32:59 AM » |
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Here's another cool one! Union Station, Washington D.C., 1950.  |
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« Reply #24 on: November 05, 2009, 05:43:55 AM » |
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Actress Grace Kelly holding her Best Actress Oscar (for "The Country Girl"), following the 27th annual Academy Awards presentation at the RKO Pantages theater, March 30, 1955.  |
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