Frequently asked questions

 Q:  Which picture size should I save?
 Q:  What is the size of my screen?
 Q:  How to save the picture on the hard-disk of my computer?
 Q:  How to put a picture on the background of my desktop?
 Q:  How to reduce the size of an image?
 Q:  Where is the resize function in your graphical software?
 Q:  Is my browser showing the wallpapers at 1/1 scale ?



 Q:  Which picture size should I save? 
 A:  1. If a picture of the same size as your screen is available, you should save this one of course.
2. If not, then choose the next larger one and resize it (reduce).
3. You can choose the next smaller one and enlarge it, but the quality will be inferior.


 Q:  What is the size of my screen? 
 A:  To check the size of your screen in pixels, click on the button below. The button works only if Javascript is enabled in your browser.



 Q:  How to save the picture on the hard-disk of my computer? 
 A:  1. Click on a link below one of the thumbnails (small images) that you will find on every gallery page.
2. When the large picture is displayed, click with the right mouse button on the picture and choose 'save image...' or 'save image as...'


 Q:  How to put a picture on the background of my desktop? 
 A:  To set-up a picture as your desktop background:
Once you did save your elected picture on your hard-disk,
- Open the windows explorer or a similar tool (not the internet explorer)
- In the left panel, almost at the bottom, click on Control Panel
- In the right panel, double click on Display
- A dialog box opens. Near the top, click on the label Background
- In the lower half, on the right, where it is written Wallpaper,  click on the button named Browse...
- A file dialog opens. Go to the directory where your picture is stored and select it. Click Open.
- Back in the display dialog box, click Apply. That's it!


 Q:  How to reduce the size of an image? 
 A:  To resize a picture you need a photo editor or an image editor.  When you resize a picture (some call it resample), you can choose the new width and the new height of the resized picture (in pixels).

To avoid distortion, most graphical software tools allow you to check a box named "preserve aspect ratio" or something similar.  When you check this box, you choose only the new width and the corresponding height will be calculated automaticaly.  (or vice-versa)

At the digital photo software guide you will find a page dealing with photo resizing and jpeg resizing as well as an overview of different photo editors.


 Q:  Where is the resize function in your graphical software? 
 A:  With most graphical software tools the resize function is under the menu Image,  sub-menu Resize.



 Q:  Is my browser showing the wallpapers at 1/1 scale ? 
 A:  Unfortunately, many browsers are rescaling images behind your back and do not show the images at 1/1 scale as they should. They may do this for various reasons. We have a test image and more details at the page image scaling .