I made it again after changing them all to 800X600 pixels and its 4 something MB.

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The pictures come from my camera at 144 resolution, but seems like Ive seen that the average monitor only shows 72.

So, having them higher would be a waste and just make the files larger Someone else once told me to use 800x600 pixel size.

But, one way might be a smaller file and faster opening, etc I thought maybe I could get some facts for sure about it.

You want to focus on proper PPI(pixels per inch)which represents screen resolution.

Quote from the link I am about to provide you: PPI is a function of your monitor.

A pixel or picture element is a specific x,y coordinate (dot) on your screen.

In practical terms, the same picture on a low resolution monitor looks larger than it does on a higher resolution monitor because the pixels are spread out over a larger area.

So in part it largely has to do with the quality of your monitor and your display settings.

If you reduce the file size of the image to save space or in an attempt to have it open faster then you may notice a significant drop in image quality or pixalation when you try to view it full screen.

Also, I know that in W98 in display properties you can adjust background images between center, tile and stretch.

The stretch setting will fill your screen with your background image.

You will find the article I quoted from here I quoted from page 3 but you will find some very helpful and useful info to give you a better understanding of what you are experiancing if you read the entire article.

You can view your own screens resolution by going to Start Control Panel Display Settings Typically, different users will use different resolutions, depending on the quality of their video card and screen.

The most widely used resolutions today are 800 X 600, 1024 X 768 and 1280 X 1024, but other settings are possible.

You could make one wallpaper at a low resolution (800 X 600), and have the user stretch this to full screen, but this would result in a loss of quality in the higher resolutions.

Have a look at this Porsche website, they offer their wallpaper in 4 resolutions.

Im trying to find an average size, maybe 20 pictures and not too huge a size.

I downloaded a small program to resize a whole file at once and making screensavers from this, and checking the size and quality.

The screensaver maker program I have has an option to stretch to fit the screen or not.

With my screen size (15) there doesnt seem to be any difference.

I made a screensaver with the pictures 8 wide and 144 resolution and it was over 6 MB in size.

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