Desktop Background

Sionnach · 01-30-2007, 19:07

I have a widescreen monitor, and so the normal desktop backgrounds don't work too well for me. I've been looking for an Army-themed background for a while, and couldn't find anything I liked. So, I made one and thought I'd share it in case anyone else has a similar problem. The thumbnail gives you an idea of the look.

If I'm out of line putting this here, let me know, and I'll square myself away.

Snaquebite · 01-30-2007, 19:09

Nice Job..Did you Photoshop it?

Sionnach · 01-30-2007, 19:15

Not quite Photoshop--I used Gimp. I'm not much of a graphics guru, but I can muddle through it.

Edit:
The GI profile is an unnamed 1st ID soldier near LSA Anaconda--so says army.mil http://www4.army.mil/armyimages/army...php?photo=2139
The flag and the Army Seal are from a web search, and the text is homemade.

bandycpa · 01-30-2007, 19:32

Nice job, Sionnach. That's really good stuff.

Bandy

ABN_FO · 01-30-2007, 20:47

That's a cool background, are you going to try any others?

Sionnach · 01-30-2007, 23:44

I'm thinking about doing an Infantry, 1st ID, 82nd, and 101st wallpapers. I'll take requests, of course, and do my best.

Thanks for the compliments.

hoepoe · 01-31-2007, 11:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sionnach

Not quite Photoshop--I used Gimp. I'm not much of a graphics guru, but I can muddle through it.

Edit:
The GI profile is an unnamed 1st ID soldier near LSA Anaconda--so says army.mil http://www4.army.mil/armyimages/army...php?photo=2139
The flag and the Army Seal are from a web search, and the text is homemade.

Aha, another Linux geek, very good :-)

Hoepoe

Sionnach · 01-31-2007, 11:59

Nice work, Kyobanim! I think I'm going to use those for my "square" monitor at work!

Hoepoe: I'm using Gimp on Windoze

, but my servers are all Linux or BSD

. I ran a Gentoo desktop for a long time, but I like to play shooters, and WINE/Cedega weren't cutting it.