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The 'Official' (hopefully) Jedi Academy Desktop Background Contest
Jul 27 2004 11:17am

CuZzA
 - Student
CuZzA
Hey all, i know it says Official but its not really...well, not yet, i was wondering if i could have a JAC's permission to make it official? *crosses fingers*

Right, anyway, the aim of the contest is to create a desktop background based around the Star Wars theme. You can use any designing program like Photoshop, Paintshop Pro and yes, even Microsoft Paint.

You will need to create the background with both these dimensions

800x600
1024x768
1280x1204

To do this:

Photoshop - Goto Image>Image Size. Untick Constrain Proportions and type in 800, 1024 or 1280 in the top Width Box and 600, 768 or 1204 in the top Height box. Make sure they are both set to 'pixels'

Paint Shop Pro - Don't know, suggestion needed

MS Paint - Goto Image Attributes and 'punch' the figrues in (All of you say thank you to Silky for this 1 :P)

this is so that people with smaller and larger monitors can have the same background without it being over stretched or shrunk.

You will be saving it as a JPEG and hopefully Billy can give me a section on the JA photo album for you all to upload your pics :)

Somewhere on the background you will need to add the Jedi Academy URL

www.TheJediAcademy.net

and some sort of Star Wars/JA slogan eg:

'May the force be with you'
or
'The Place for Jedi Training'

We want to try and have as many entries as possible and maybe there could be a section on the site for the winning background :P (I'm only kiddin' DJ). There will be 1 winner and 2 runners up so get crackin'! I, myself, will not be taking part in the contest. If the contest starts dying, then i'll make a submission

Upload all your backgrounds here.

The contest ends - September 1st 2004


Note from Fizz:

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Well I'd advise the contestants to design the picture with a WAY higher resolution, like 2-3-4 times 1280x1024.


This means that you should design it in the highest screen resolution possible so that it can easily fit onto any screen size that any given individual may be using.

Another note from Fizz

Quote:
lossless png.
but be sure to set the "recompress" option in the MSN group to disabled, otherwise it will look like poop :D


Note from myself - Only 2 entries per person
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This post was edited by CuZzA on Aug 07 2004 08:05am.

Poll
Which background was the best?

vote results
Eclipse D'Kana Eclipse D'Kana [3 votes] [38%]
Ataris Ataris [3 votes] [38%]
Scythus Scythus [0 votes] [0%]
Silk Silk [2 votes] [25%]
Kyle Katarn Kyle Katarn [0 votes] [0%]

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Sep 01 2004 10:20am

CuZzA
 - Student
 CuZzA

k guys, contest is over...not very good turnout i must say...but oh well
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Aug 22 2004 12:26am

Toby
 - Student
 Toby

Looking forward to the Vote :)

Aug 21 2004 09:47am

Setementor
 - Jedi Master
 Setementor

Yeah, I'm just lazy. :D:P;)

Aug 21 2004 09:46am

Jacen Aratan
 - Student

I'm gonna make an entry, but not right now... I like to do it at the last moment..

Aug 17 2004 04:13am

SilkMonkey
 - Distributor of Cold Ones
 SilkMonkey

Everyone vote for me :P
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|-HK-47 -SilkMonkey: You are receiving a warning for being_too_sexy. If you do not stop, action will be taken against you.|| (11:13:43) � Virtue dances for Silk ||Smiling owner of Smilykrazy's 6000th comment =) ||Odan Wei's Proud Big Brother|| Janus is my official TaruTaru Cuddly Animal Type Person. ||(@Virtue) Or you could just be a man and set fire to your genitals.....you won't fall asleep for days after that.......trust me.||Thomas Skywalker er for sexy for sitt eget beste!!!!| Not changing sig until the JA loosens up. (Started: Aug 31, 2005)

Aug 16 2004 10:06pm

CuZzA
 - Student
 CuZzA

any more entries?
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- Even if Carlsberg made "w*nkers", Christiano Ronaldo would still be the biggest "w*nker" in the world

Aug 12 2004 05:54am

Lithaerien
 - Student
 Lithaerien

/me nods. :o
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Aug 11 2004 08:11pm

CuZzA
 - Student
 CuZzA

thats pretty cool :D

though the light blue bit at the left and bottom right doesn't go with the picture lol:P
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Aug 11 2004 07:46pm

Lithaerien
 - Student
 Lithaerien

Ok. My Background is posted. All sizes that you have listed. Please give me comments and stuff about it. It's the first time I have made a background. Ever! But it was simple ;)
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Aug 10 2004 09:08pm

Lithaerien
 - Student
 Lithaerien

Errr. I'm gonna upload my pic soon. I just need to have the permissions :P
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Aug 10 2004 08:53pm

SilkMonkey
 - Distributor of Cold Ones
 SilkMonkey

Thanks 'clipse. :)
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|-HK-47 -SilkMonkey: You are receiving a warning for being_too_sexy. If you do not stop, action will be taken against you.|| (11:13:43) � Virtue dances for Silk ||Smiling owner of Smilykrazy's 6000th comment =) ||Odan Wei's Proud Big Brother|| Janus is my official TaruTaru Cuddly Animal Type Person. ||(@Virtue) Or you could just be a man and set fire to your genitals.....you won't fall asleep for days after that.......trust me.||Thomas Skywalker er for sexy for sitt eget beste!!!!| Not changing sig until the JA loosens up. (Started: Aug 31, 2005)

Aug 09 2004 10:24am

Eclipse DKana
 - Student
 Eclipse DKana

I think silk's should win :D

Aug 07 2004 08:14am

SilkMonkey
 - Distributor of Cold Ones
 SilkMonkey

My background is only sexy cuz of logos made by Ataris and Odan. :)
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|-HK-47 -SilkMonkey: You are receiving a warning for being_too_sexy. If you do not stop, action will be taken against you.|| (11:13:43) � Virtue dances for Silk ||Smiling owner of Smilykrazy's 6000th comment =) ||Odan Wei's Proud Big Brother|| Janus is my official TaruTaru Cuddly Animal Type Person. ||(@Virtue) Or you could just be a man and set fire to your genitals.....you won't fall asleep for days after that.......trust me.||Thomas Skywalker er for sexy for sitt eget beste!!!!| Not changing sig until the JA loosens up. (Started: Aug 31, 2005)

Aug 05 2004 06:55pm

CuZzA
 - Student
 CuZzA

OMG AT SILK!!!! HAHAHAHA!!! THAT R0000LS!!!! *hugs silk* OMG!!!
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Aug 05 2004 05:27pm

Lithaerien
 - Student
 Lithaerien

This sounds interesting. :D
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Aug 05 2004 10:06am

CuZzA
 - Student
 CuZzA

yeah ok :)
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Aug 04 2004 11:13pm

Everybody
 - Student
 Everybody

I'm just gonna add a 1280x1024
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Signature, schmignature.

Aug 04 2004 01:58pm

CuZzA
 - Student
 CuZzA

*bump*
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Jul 31 2004 04:17pm

Bail Hope of Belouve
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 Bail Hope of Belouve

yeah, I agree with Jacen
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Jul 31 2004 04:16pm

Jacen Aratan
 - Student

Because MSN groups have a limited amount of space per user.

Jul 31 2004 04:03pm

CuZzA
 - Student
 CuZzA

why bother doing all that when the pics can just be there
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Jul 31 2004 03:59pm

Bail Hope of Belouve
 - Student
 Bail Hope of Belouve

on your background

right-click on your desktop, you know, that Properties screen...:)
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Jul 31 2004 03:45pm

CuZzA
 - Student
 CuZzA

yeah, the stretch option on what?
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Jul 31 2004 03:44pm

Scythus Aratan
 - Student
 Scythus Aratan

Work?
To fit a larger on on a smaller screen you simply use the stretch option and it refits itself to fit the size..
2 extra clicks...

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Jul 31 2004 03:32pm

CuZzA
 - Student
 CuZzA

no, because why let people who just want a background do all the work just to use it. Might aswell be up there
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