June Desktop Thread

[SilvorX]

i've seen this on a couple diff forums that i usually visit. well what u do is post a screenshot of your desktop (to show it off ;) ), i know this may be a bad idea, but desktop posting threads on websites i usually visit are one of the most popular threads out there since ppl change their desktop looks constantly...
well enjoy n have fun :D
-Silvor


(n i wont bother posting a screenie cuz u know why ;) lol)

[mac15]

try this
http://www.macrumors.com/forums/showthread.php3?threadid=3761&perpage=25&pagenumber=1

[MacAztec]

Heres mine!
Really, it suits Hemingray :)

[SilvorX]

pretty cool desktop macaztec ;)

[mac15]

I just wanna say here we go again

[AmbitiousLemon]

macaztec - you should edit the gray space below the hal eyeball and put some xserves in there.

[britboy]

Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon
macaztec - you should edit the gray space below the hal eyeball and put some xserves in there.


That's actually a really good idea. Post the results when you're done with that macaztec, i'd like to see how it looks.

btw: there's already a thread for pics of your desktop, as pointed out by mac15...

[Macmaniac]

I will post one soon, one prob though, I went to post my pic it was .tiff and it would not post, I tried changing it to .jpg but it still woul"d not post. Is it to large?

[britboy]

Most likely, yes. The maximum file size for attachments is 102400 bytes (roughly 100k?).

Just shrink it in ps or something.

[SilvorX]

u can always sign up for a webpage acct at www.tripod.co.uk (they allow hot linking) for images, (n i think probably homepage.mac.com allows hotlinking)

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by SilvorX
u can always sign up for a webpage acct at www.tripod.co.uk (they allow hot linking) for images, (n i think probably homepage.mac.com allows hotlinking)

Go to the iTools section at Apple.com and signup for an iDisk. They'll give you 20 megs of free space for what ever you'd like to put there, files, webpages, images, movies etc.

[britboy]

Originally posted by SilvorX
u can always sign up for a webpage acct at www.tripod.co.uk (they allow hot linking) for images, (n i think probably homepage.mac.com allows hotlinking)


I've done it from my apple webpage in the past, without problems. Plus, it saves arns' bandwidth!

Do it now!!!

[eyelikeart]

the life of a production artist...

I have a tendency to keep it clean as much as possible...but things have been hectic around here lately...;)

[Backtothemac]

Here is mine right now. I normally have the dock on the left, and a pic of a chick on the desktop, but mellow and professional today...he,he.

[britboy]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
the life of a production artist...

I have a tendency to keep it clean as much as possible...but things have been hectic around here lately...;)


That's a nice variation on the standard background in OS X. What's the black line running down the right for though?

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by britboy



That's a nice variation on the standard background in OS X. What's the black line running down the right for though?

I suppose it's just a dividing line that was put there by whomever created the desktop...it works well since in OS 9 everything defaults to the right side...

but as u can see...it's really not relevant to me....I have stuff everywhere....he he he ;)

[Mr. Anderson]

I don't change my desktop all that often, but I have one that I used for a while before I was on the boards here that I'll share, since I'm doing so work for the project on my other machine. Its a free lance job for a screen saver animation. This was one of the optional backgrounds I came up with.

[SilvorX]

Originally posted by britboy



I've done it from my apple webpage in the past, without problems. Plus, it saves arns' bandwidth!

Do it now!!!
listen to what britboy says :P lol
n if u do create an acct at tripod.co.uk/mac.com (or if u have one), just upload the image (preferably in jpeg format) and on the forums type in (for example) [ img ]http://members.lycos.co.uk/memberusername/imagename.jpg[ /img ] (remove space right b4 img and after so the image will show up) so it will save arn some bandwidth n space ;)

click here 2 go to tripod (http://www.tripod.co.uk)

click here to go to mac.com (http://www.mac.com)

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by britboy
I've done it from my apple webpage in the past, without problems. Plus, it saves arns' bandwidth!

Do it now!!!
Yes captain sir! :p Uploaded to iDisk!
http://homepage.mac.com/edesignuk/images/desktop_280502.jpg :D

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by verbose101

Yes captain sir! :p Uploaded to iDisk!
http://homepage.mac.com/edesignuk/images/desktop_280502.jpg :D

The image seemed cropped. I like the Think Timeless image, saw that over at SpyMac. Nicely done and an even better idea.

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by dukestreet


The image seemed cropped. I like the Think Timeless image, saw that over at SpyMac. Nicely done and an even better idea.
I actually got that from the spymac gallerys like it, I haven't touched it.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by verbose101

I actually got that from the spymac gallerys like it, I haven't touched it.

But the words are cut off on the Think Timeless part, and even more of the image is missing. That's what I meant. What do you see when you click the link?

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by dukestreet


But the words are cut off on the Think Timeless part, and even more of the image is missing. That's what I meant. What do you see when you click the link?
I see the two full desktops (dual screen) total image size 2560 x 1024.

[Mr. Anderson]

What browser are you using? I might be able to view the whole image because of the width, not sure. It is weird.

Ah, I copied it to my desktop and viewed it and it looks fine. IE on OS9 can't view the whole thing.

[AlphaTech]

This is what I typically have on my desktop... I found the background a while ago, but don't remember the site off the top of my head.

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by dukestreet
What browser are you using? I might be able to view the whole image because of the width, not sure. It is weird.

I am using OmniWeb under OS X.1.4

[sparkleytone]

those of you who are hotlinking to other sites. you dont have to leave it as a link. just give a couple returns and use the (change the = to ] )
see?

[IMG]http://idisk.mac.com/alanbrent/Public/desktop.jpg

[GeeYouEye]

Can't post my desktop right now, cause I'm at school. I'll do it later. I finally changed it from that "Powered by OS X" as seen in the last desktop pic thread.

[Backtothemac]

Sparkley, are you using Duality? If so, what theme is that you are running. I have to say, I likey.....

[britboy]

btw sparkley, your battery's almost dead! :D

That's a damn nice skin. You don't have much in your dock though do you. (not that that's a bad thing mind you)

[AmbitiousLemon]

ah sparkley silverfox —my favorite.

[Biggles]

here's mine:

[MacAztec]

Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon
macaztec - you should edit the gray space below the hal eyeball and put some xserves in there.

Private Message me and tell me how. I am not very fluent in Photoshop....

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by Biggles
here's mine:

where's that picture from? it reminds me of one I took in Fiji.....

[britboy]

Originally posted by MacAztec


Private Message me and tell me how. I am not very fluent in Photoshop....


Like this...

[AmbitiousLemon]

looks good britboy, make me want to make one too, but i dont have time. but if you go here http://www.apple.com/pr/photos/xserve/xserve.html

and download apple's high res picture of the xserve rack and then find a high quality HAL eye to put on top with the Mac 9,000 name it would look pretty bitchin'. id love to see you do it :D

[Biggles]

Dukestreet:

got it off ResExcellence.com i believe

[MacAztec]

I saw it on MacDesktops.com

It was on their mainpage I believe...

Oh, BTW Biggles, I love your signature!

[britboy]

Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon
looks good britboy, make me want to make one too, but i dont have time. but if you go here http://www.apple.com/pr/photos/xserve/xserve.html

and download apple's high res picture of the xserve rack and then find a high quality HAL eye to put on top with the Mac 9,000 name it would look pretty bitchin'. id love to see you do it :D

any better? :p

[AmbitiousLemon]

i was thinking like this but yours looks good too:

http://www.ambitiouslemon.com/download/HAL9000xserve.jpg

[sparkleytone]

actually the theme is musix, based on silverfox i believe. I am using Themer as a theme program because Duality was being a pain in my ass about getting themes to work.

[MacAztec]

Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon
i was thinking like this but yours looks good too:

http://www.ambitiouslemon.com/download/HAL9000xserve.jpg

Thats awesome man!

[AmbitiousLemon]

really? cool. i havent tried themer yet, maybe ill give it a shot. i also expect the next release of duality should be good. being rewritten in cocoa so it can be a pref pane.

the guy who makes musix, silverfox, etc is great. why are all the great themers in japan?

[AmbitiousLemon]

Originally posted by MacAztec


Thats awesome man!

:) thanks. its all about photoshop. apple's high res images in the /pr/ section are a great help too.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon
i was thinking like this but yours looks good too:


Very cool, but now doesn't that make the macs evil.......

[mmmdreg]

heres mine

[mac15]

were did you get your desktop from dreg
it looks good

[mmmdreg]

Originally posted by mac15
were did you get your desktop from dreg
it looks good
teknoel.com..they have a few good desktops....just hover your mouse over the logo at their site, click design, then desktops..

[mmmdreg]

Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon
i was thinking like this but yours looks good too:

http://www.ambitiouslemon.com/download/HAL9000xserve.jpg

Is that the official font? I think it would look better if the "think different" was in a better font..

[AmbitiousLemon]

Originally posted by mmmdreg

teknoel.com..they have a few good desktops....just hover your mouse over the logo at their site, click design, then desktops..

reminds me of this (http://www.macrumors.com/forums/showthread.php3?s=&threadid=5642)

[AmbitiousLemon]

Originally posted by mmmdreg


Is that the official font? I think it would look better if the "think different" was in a better font..

:) hahaha. thats apple garamond. its the official font apple uses in everything.

some people use "garamond" since they cant get their hands on apple garamond, but apple uses apple garamond.

[AmbitiousLemon]

i tweaked the font a bit. i had it bold before. now its plain. i think thats what had you screwed up. apple never uses it bold i believe.

look better now ?

[mmmdreg]

The actual font has straight serifs on the bottom of its characters..your's are like legs or something...

[AmbitiousLemon]

Originally posted by mmmdreg
The actual font has straight serifs on the bottom of its characters..your's are like legs or something...

im sorry, but if you check apple.com yo will see its the same font.

btw, i got this font from apple. its the one they distribute to their employees to use. i have friends at apple who got it for me so im quite certain its the same. but you can also just go to apple.com and take a peek. same font.

i could make it a different font if you dont like the apple font. i could just send you the .psd file if you would like. i already noticed i didnt leave room up top for the menubar, so if anyone wants to use it they would have to make some changes anyway.

[Destin]

It appears to be the correct font, but the tracking is a bit too loose.. Apple uses a much tighter setting. I like the picture though...

[AmbitiousLemon]

Originally posted by Destin
It appears to be the correct font, but the tracking is a bit too loose.. Apple uses a much tighter setting. I like the picture though...

i uploaded the .psd file (halserve.sit) to my download folder. play with it and get it how you like. be sure to share what you come up with. like i said before you will need to do a lil changing just to get it to fit under the menubar.

HALserve.sit is the file name in the list (http://www.ambitiouslemon.com/download/)

[mmmdreg]

maybe it's just me but I swear the picture above yours looks more Applie-like..but anyway...I admit my wrongness...:p

[SilvorX]

Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon


:) hahaha. thats apple garamond. its the official font apple uses in everything.

some people use "garamond" since they cant get their hands on apple garamond, but apple uses apple garamond.
lol some ppl converted both garamount n apple garamond onto windows somehow lol