Want to know how make awesome widescreen wallpapers from public domain material? The stay tuned...because in the next few minutes, we're going to show you exactly how to do this!
Firstly, although there are several sites that offer wallpaper downloads online, only a handful of them provide high quality wallpapers in a widescreen format. So, instead of spending hours browsing through the galleries of various websites, trying to find the perfect wallpaper for your pc monitor...try this super easy method of creating your own
widescreen wallpaper - using nothing but free public domain graphics:-
To begin, head over to a United States government site that's dedicated to one of the armed forces (eg: the Air force). Once there, point your mouse towards their image library and sort through the listings until you come across something that catches your fancy. All of the photos on this website belong to the public domain; hence, they are free for you to use for commercial as well as non-commercial purposes.
Alright, once you've decided on an image, download it (make sure you choose a high-resolution
version) and save it to a folder on your computer. Use a popular graphics software such as Gimp or Photoshop to open the pic you downloaded. Once the image has properly loaded, click on the 'crop tool.' Next, you want to set the crop settings to around 1680 x 1050 (the standard widescreen res). Just ensure your monitor can support this kind of resolution. Thereafter, use your mouse to drag the crop outline over the most attractive section of the photograph.
Once you're satisfied with the results, double click your mouse and the image will be cropped to 1680 x 1050. If you wish, you
may also implement advanced processing steps such as image sharpening and saturation, as well as plenty of other level enhancements. Many of these pictures are published on websites without going through any sort of processing, which gives you the opportunity to make some important adjustments.
When you're done with customizing your public domain image, simply select right click, choose 'Save As' and save your fantastic, customized wide screen wallpaper to your desktop! Now the easiest way to set your funky new wallpaper as a desktop background is to make use of the 'Explore'
function and locate the graphic. Thereafter, right click on the file and click on the 'Set As Desktop Background' feature.
You now have your very own widescreen wallpaper. Simply continue the same process to create a ton of eye-catching widescreen wallpapers for your monitor...using nothing but public domain material!
Before we wrap up this article, we'd like to briefly touch on how you can profit from creating wallpapers:-
For example, you could offer your services to professional businesses (both online and offline). For a reasonable fee, you could create a custom
wallpaper for them, containing the logo and url of their company. You could also charge an add-on fee in exchange for promoting it on the internet and increasing the number of downloads their wallpaper receives.
Another option would be to set up a simple website, upload all of your wallpapers and offer them to the public for free. Once your site becomes more established and attracts a steady stream of traffic daily, you can monetize it by offering exclusive advertising space to interested individuals/online companies that wish to promote their business.
And with that, we
conclude this article on how to create your own wallpapers from public domain sources!
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