How to set 180MB file as wallpaper

@if ®afiq · 3 Feb 2008 at 10:16

I've downloaded a pic from Nasa which is in .tif format and is 180MB in size. I've been trying set it as the wallpaper but XP is not having it. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

skanky · 3 Feb 2008 at 10:18

convert to jpg?

TheVoice · 3 Feb 2008 at 10:19

Might want to open it in an photo editing app (Paint.Net is good) and save it as a JPG. If you do it right, you won't lose any/much image quality, but it should reduce the filesize to something Windows is more happy with.

ShakenNstirred · 3 Feb 2008 at 11:10

its way way to big
windows has to load that in every startup etc, so its best to keep thinks small

@if ®afiq · 3 Feb 2008 at 11:49

Thanks - I'll try the paint.net thing - do you have any tips to keep the image quality as high as possible but with a good reduction in size?

clv101 · 3 Feb 2008 at 11:58

Resize it to the same resolution as your screen then save it as a .jpg at high quality. It'll then just a couple of MB, if that.

Hxc · 3 Feb 2008 at 12:01

a 180meg file as a wallpaper will make the PC lag like hell!

@if ®afiq · 3 Feb 2008 at 12:12

Paint.net says I havn't got enough memory to open the file, so I used the fax and imaging viewer to save as jpg. This has reduced the size to 86MB, but it still doesn't open so I am unable to resize it - it's currenty 11472x6429.

gurusan · 3 Feb 2008 at 12:14

Which pic from nasa? Got a link?

@if ®afiq · 3 Feb 2008 at 12:19

It was the top 100 from this link - The 2GB file.....actually I've just found the smaller file here

Which of the smaller sized files would give the best quality?

gurusan · 3 Feb 2008 at 12:21

They have wallpaper links down below.....which resolution do you run?

@if ®afiq · 3 Feb 2008 at 12:24

gurusan said:
They have wallpaper links down below.....which resolution do you run?

1920x1080....I didn't think to go back to the website to see if they had any smaller files!

gurusan · 3 Feb 2008 at 12:30

I just downloaded the original 180mb file and resized it to 1920x1080.....just looking for a place to host it

gurusan · 3 Feb 2008 at 12:33

here ya go

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9637/opo0328aca0.jpg

That picture is awe inspiring, however it's also absolutely huge! Please thumbnail/resize it or leave it as a link

~ Zefan.

Rebelius · 3 Feb 2008 at 12:52

is that the one where they're all galaxies, not stars? Looks amazing when you can zoom right in

what's the one in the middle?

@if ®afiq · 3 Feb 2008 at 12:59

Wow - gurusan - thank you....that is much appreciated and a very kind thing to do

gurusan · 3 Feb 2008 at 13:02

@if ®afiq said:
Wow - gurusan - thank you....that is much appreciated and a very kind thing to do

your welcome...I've got it as my background now too

Richdog · 3 Feb 2008 at 13:19

@if ®afiq said:
I've downloaded a pic from Nasa which is in .tif format and is 180MB in size. I've been trying set it as the wallpaper but XP is not having it. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

Save another copy of the pic, re-size it to desktop levels, and save as .PNG... easy.

EDIT - Ahh it's already done. Nice pic.

Greenlizard0 · 3 Feb 2008 at 16:38

Wow - cracking photo (is it? Or a picture?)

@if ®afiq · 4 Feb 2008 at 13:22

They are photo's taken by Hubble (I think).