Windows Wallpaper with 3 Monitors

[TomG628]

I have the TripleHead2Go Digital with 3 19" monitors. I tried adding a windows wallpaper image but at first, it stretched across the three monitors all distorted as would be expected with Full Screen option selected on the wallpaper page. With the Center option, I just have a small rectangle in the center of my center monitor. I don't care for the Tile choice.

Is it possible to have one full screen image filling just one entire monitor as it used to when I had just one monitor? Or better yet, is it possible to have 3 different wallpapers with one in each of the 3 monitors? If so, how do I set it up?? Thanks. Regards, Tom

[Butch_N]

Hi

I either search for panoramic images on the web for a full span desktop picture. Or, I use Photoshop to make a background the size I want and then put 3 pictures on it. Then when I load that image, it covers my desktop with each picture on each screen. Trial and error will guide you through where to set the picutures on the background.
To get a single image on the center screen and fill up the screen, you need it to be the same resolution as one of your monitors.
My res is 4320x900. a 1440x900 image will fill my center panel.

Hope this helps :)

[TomG628]

Thanks for the help, Butch. Would I be able to adjust the size with Windows Paint, or do I need a program like Photoshop? Regards, Tom

[Butch_N]

Yeah, Paint might work. It would be worth a try.
IrFanView is a good image editor that is free. It my come in handy.

[Dem Pyros]

Here, try this:
http://www.binaryfortress.com/displayfusion/

It's shareware, and the free version allows you to use different wallpaper on each of your screens. I use it so that my middle monitor has a wallpaper and the side two are black (minimizing distractions while only using the center screen). The program also includes a taskbar of sorts, although you can easily disable it. It also remains nearly invisible on your computer, as you can disable the notification icon and its appearance on startup.

[Shrubbo]

You could also check out this place that I recently found....

http://www.desktopnexus.com/

Lots of wallpapers but the win thing with this place is that it detects your desktop resolution and can then optimize the picture for your desktop. I am running 5040x1050 and all my backgrounds got sized automatically by that site, very handy.

[TomG628]

Thanks for the info guys. :wink:
Regards, Tom

[Paddy the Wak]

You can find some TripleHead wallpapers in the Wallpapers & Photography section of the forum ... :)

[Tommy Trauma]

You could also check out this place that I recently found....

http://www.desktopnexus.com/

Lots of wallpapers but the win thing with this place is that it detects your desktop resolution and can then optimize the picture for your desktop. I am running 5040x1050 and all my backgrounds got sized automatically by that site, very handy.

Very cool site. Thanks

[TomG628]

Hi Tommy,
I just tried out your site and downloaded a beautiful picture of a A380 Airbus. The only problem is it wants to save it to my center monitor only. How do I add separate wallpapers to my outer two monitors?? Thanks again. Tom

[Aexrael]

http://www.digitalblasphemy.com/

[allanstrings]

I have found that the best way to manage your backgrounds is to grab the image or images you want to use, and make them into one massive file that spans the full width/height you need, then select it as the BG and use the 'tile' mode. it will spread it at normal aspect across as much screen as you have.

for instance- i use the TH2Go in 5040 x 1050, and have another 1680 x 1050 monitor to the right of them, and a little lower due to my desk setup. So i made a background file (in photoshop, but any free tool will work just as well, even web based ones like Pixlr) that is 6800 x 1300. It flows across all 4 monitors at the correct aspect, and lines up properly accounting for the dip in height on the right one...