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sdowney717
September 20th, 2009, 10:02 PM
I like this picture for a background.
what do you think?
Tipped OuT
September 20th, 2009, 10:14 PM
Maybe at a larger resolution....
Marlonsm
September 20th, 2009, 10:17 PM
Depending on the kind of theme you use that picture can be very nice indeed.
Until some weeks ago I was using a green theme with a picture like that one was background.
But I would only use that picture if it had at least the same resolution as my monitor, I don't like stretched pictures as background.
Joeb454
September 20th, 2009, 10:20 PM
Maybe at a larger resolution....

+1 I'd quite like that at 1680x1050 :)
Marlonsm
September 20th, 2009, 10:27 PM
+1 I'd quite like that at 1680x1050 :)

There are plenty of those images out there:
Just look at Google images... (http://images.google.com.br/images?imgcolor=green&imgsz=l&imgtbs=lzt&hl=pt-BR&client=firefox-a&rls=com.ubuntu%3Aen-US%3Aunofficial&um=1&sa=1&q=wet+leaf+OR+grass&btnG=Pesquisar+imagens&aq=f&oq=&start=0&imgtype=photo&imgc=specific)

Although you won't find many at that resolution.
kevin11951
September 20th, 2009, 10:36 PM
With a little more contrast...
Marlonsm
September 21st, 2009, 06:35 PM
With a little more contrast...

Or sharper with more vivid colors.
kevin11951
September 21st, 2009, 11:47 PM
Or sharper with more vivid colors.

how did you do that?
Tipped OuT
September 22nd, 2009, 01:11 AM
how did you do that?

Contrast and sharpening tool?
Marlonsm
September 23rd, 2009, 06:09 PM
how did you do that?

Photoshop running in Wine, GIMP can also do it, but I'm more used to PS.

In PS it's Ctrl+M, in GIMP, it's Colors > Curves.

There you can mess up with that curve, then select another color for the curve and change it too.
Leaving the left part lower and the right part higher will increase the contrast, leaving the whole curve higher will make it brighter.
I've increased the contrast and the brightness of the green, reduced the red contrast and made the blue brighter.