Posted on August 2, 2007

• I’ve added 1920 x 1080 versions of all the 2005 images to the gallery this morning. I’ve also added a zip file of all the 1920 x 1080 images to the downloads page. I should also mention that the 1920 x 1080 images will scale down perfectly to fit 1366�768,1280 x 720 and other 16:9 widescreen resolutions.

  How do you tell if you are running 16:9? First get your screen resolution, then divide the width by the height. If the quotient is ~1.78 then you are running 16:9 and should use the 1920 x 1080 images (tell your OS to “Stretch” the image if your screen width is smaller than 1920). If the quotient is 1.6, then you should use the 1920 x 1200 images (or 2560 x 1600 if you have a 30 inch widescreen monitor).

  Along the same vein I want to clear something up regarding the image sizes in the gallery. It’s true that the 640 x 480, 800 x 600, and 1024 x 768 options are gone. It may interest you to know, however, that I never actually offered files with those resolutions. I used HTML height and width elements to display the 1152 x 864 images at the lower resolutions. Now that I am not using a separate HTML page to display the files, I can no longer offer the lower resolution viewing options.

  If you are using 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768, please allow the 1152 x 864 image to load and set it as your wallpaper. If you are using Firefox, select the “Stretch” option. If you are using IE you will need to set your Display Properties to Stretch the image to fit. I’m sure there are similar settings on other OSs as well. The images will have the same quality you have been used too (since you were actually downloading the 1152 x 864 file all along).

  I hope this all makes sense.

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Posted on August 1, 2007

• I added “Of All Places” to the gallery this morning. It’s another learning project for me using Zbrush to create caves and add detail to my tree models. I know this one won’t be as highly rated as “Circumpolar” (none of my other images are either) but I am prepared for that. If I was going to wait until I was sure that I could top “Circumpolar” I probably wouldn’t post another image for a few months.

  Anyway, I hope you enjoy it. I may tweak a thing or two with this one in the days ahead so be sure to check back.

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Posted on July 28, 2007

• I’ve made a few changes to the gallery pages this morning. I was in the process of uploading my first batch of 1920 x 1080 images (I’ve only completed the 2007 images so far) when I decided that it would be a lot simpler if I removed the “viewing page” step and instead link directly to the image files.

  Now you can right-click on the size link of your choice, select “Save As” and download the graphic without having to load it into your browser first. The main reason for the change is so I can more easily add different resolutions to the gallery in the future without having to rework a lot of code. There might still be a few bugs around so let me know if you see anything strange.

  I’ll be adding more 1920 x 1080 images (suitable for use on HDTVs, and as background for our Xbox360 and PS3 consoles) in the weeks ahead.

• I’ve added pages so you can see the Top Ten rated “Day Sceneries“, “Night Sceneries“, “Abstracts“, ,”Planetscapes“, and “Interiors“. In case you’re curious, the “Night Scenes” the most highly rated (on average).

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Posted on July 27, 2007

• I’ve created an “Animations” page with Quicktime previews of the “Singularity” and “Fluorescence” animations I posted this week. Hopefully having the smaller previews available will help those who were unable to view the hi-res files (and keep folks from downloading a 40 MB without knowing its contents).

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Posted on July 26, 2007

• I’ve added another animated wallpaper this afternoon. This one is based on my “Fluorescence[6]” image. Specifically it is inspired by all the folks who written me over the past five or so years asking if the little Flash animation on the Members Login page could be used as a wallpaper.

  As with the Singularity image, this one is available as a MPG file. I would rather not upload a because I want the video to play across a number of different platforms, not just Windows.

  You can download the video here. It is a 45 MB file. These are big files!

  Speaking of which I will most likely have to order more bandwidth from Rackspace if I am going to continue to host these files. I’ve purchased 500 GB per month but all the downloads of my Singularity video yesterday alone added up to around 30 GB. I can’t imagine what the bandwidth bill would be if I hosted, say, 10 of these animations.

  Anyway, I hope you like the new video!

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