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O.P. Windows Live Messenger 9 Wave 3 => Scene
So I always use my WLM contacts list in Full screen.

1024 * 768

But when I try to change the SCENE of WLM the picture I choose gets really pixilated.

I thought it was ebcause of the resolution. So I measured the sice of the scene.

It was something like 1024 * 83.

So I made a custom size image with those measures.

But still my image gets complety messed up.

What size do I have to make it so it's a perfect fit in full display mode of WLM.

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[Image: b6agwp.jpg]

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10-04-2008 01:41 PM
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RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 Wave 3 => Scene
Your picture's resolution needs to be 640x320 and 96dpi :)
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10-04-2008 02:40 PM
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O.P. RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 Wave 3 => Scene
Tried it. Doesn't work.

Like I said using WLM in fullscreen and it'sjust the top => see picture
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RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 Wave 3 => Scene
Can you post the original image?
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O.P. RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 Wave 3 => Scene
Let's try this one for instance

[Image: dm8ty0.jpg]

I want that pic so it looks great in the top bar in full screen mode of WLM

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RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 Wave 3 => Scene
This is probably the best I can do:

[Image: wlmscenetest.PNG]


Yep, I know, it's not perfect, but it's not that bad either. It looks better if you make the window smaller though.
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O.P. RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 Wave 3 => Scene
I know it looks much better in a smaller window, but I just hate small windows XD.

If only I knew how msn adjust those pics in full screen.

Like you can see even the one you made is kinda pixelated and doens't really fit.

I just don't get the settings WLM messes around with XD

Still thanks for the effort :)
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RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 Wave 3 => Scene
Well, I'm bringing this thread back. As I've seen, WLM treats the scene pictures regarding to the window size. So, if your contacts have other resolutions, or they just don't run the conversations on maximized windows, they will see the image differently than you do. There is nothing we can really do about that. So I'm wondering if Patchou could make the pictures blurry, so they don't get so pixelated...
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RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 Wave 3 => Scene
It seems that WLM automatically shrinks any image to a resolution with 80 pixels height, most likely 400x80, which should be like the default size for 'windowed' mode.
Any image used as scene, regardless of it's original size is larger or smaller than the 'default windowed size' scene, is cropped by the center and then resized or simply enlarged if smaller.
As you can see, even the scenes that comes by default with WLM also look pixelated if the window's size is changed or maximized.
I recommend using images with little detail if you don't want them to look too pixelated. Take the default blue one for instance, one can't notice the pixelation if WLM is maximized or windowed due to it's lack of detail. Or you can try what MIKE did, so far it's the best that it can look.
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RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 Wave 3 => Scene
[Image: stripesnotpixls.png?w=700]
You can just use scenes with vertical/diagonal lines.... none of mine got pixelated...
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