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Please! 🙂

There's nothing on this MacBook Pro that I can use to make the image but I want to test the LCD for light bleeding.

Thank you!
 
Seashore, make a 1440x900 project, paint bucket it black, save as a... anything, really.

It doesn't have to be a PNG, it could be a JPEG if you wish.

Then set it as your background, of which you're obviously aware.
 

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You could have also found a black image somewhere on the internet regardless of size and tiled it in the wallpaper settings... 🙂
 
You can do it without downloading anything:
  1. Open iTunes
  2. Create a new playlist (File > New Playlist)
  3. View that empty playlist in Cover Flow (View > As Cover Flow)
  4. the Cover Flow area will be black
  5. Use screen capture to grab some of the black and save as a file (⌘-Shift-4)
  6. Open the file with Preview and adjust size to 1440x900 (Tools > Adjust Size (uncheck "Scale proportionately")
  7. Save
  8. Done!
 

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i opened windows paint and made a black image.... then i remembered i bought pixelmator and never use it i could have done that as well, and specified the resolution not that makes a difference with a pure black image
 
Just take a picture with black in it and zoom into that part by pressing control and scrolling in with the trackpad.
 
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