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Bombadil
Half-elven
Jun 29 2014, 2:25am
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A...curiously ODD Kinda Question?
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Over these FINE Years...
"How many DeskTop Backgroundzzz
Have you
Had,
THAT
HAVE been... Middle-Earth Inspired"?
Bomby has lost
Count? & Tis'... NOT a
Contest...But
SHARE???
xoxo
TommyTuneFull & G-Girl
in the OldForest...
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Avandel
Half-elven
Jun 29 2014, 2:39am
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W. all the images I mess with, for some reason I don't switch out my backgrounds that much.
Well, let's face it, my computer is crammed w. duplicate images and all kinds of stuff, so I'm not one of those ORGANIZED users.
Hmm - the AUJ banner, an image from a game (the one w. Gandalf, Thorin, and Legolas) and then the DOS banner.
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Mooseboy018
Grey Havens
Jun 29 2014, 2:45am
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I currently have 48 Hobbit screenshots that my desktop cycles between every couple hours.
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Maciliel
Valinor
Jun 29 2014, 3:07am
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i never really had desktop images
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i never really had desktop images, until last year, when i made my desktop a screenshot of the hobbit (dwalin sitting at bilbo's kitchen table, just as bilbo hears another knock at the door).
cheers --
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aka. fili orc-enshield
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the scene, as i understand it, is exceptionally well-written. fili (in sort of a callback to the scene with the eagles), calls out "thorRIIIIIIN!!!" just as he sees the pale orc veer in for the kill. he picks up the severed arm of an orc which is lying on the ground, swings it up in desperation, effectively blocking the pale orc's blow. and thus, forever after, fili is known as "fili orc-enshield."
this earns him deep respect from his hard-to-please uncle. as well as a hug. kili wipes his boots on the pale orc's glory box. -- maciliel telpemairo
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Escapist
Gondor
Jun 29 2014, 3:22am
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I change backgrounds a few times a year.
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Besides that, I use multiple computers with differing backgrounds (depending on if I am logged in as myself or someone else even).
I got in a habit of reorganizing / redecorating the desktops at the end of each semester ... still kind of in that habit ...
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Cirashala
Valinor
Jun 29 2014, 5:23am
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Had the AUJ banner back when it was two films
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but had a lot of trouble not elongating the characters ridiculously much, and for some OCD reason that I cannot name, I HATE seeing backgrounds with borders (aka not full screen) and unfortunately most pictures I've found as of yet aren't exact to the dimensions so they get distorted.
I always have my internet, or my fan fiction in word, or my excel cash flow plan spreadsheet, etc open, so while my background is ME inspired (a lovely picture of a lovely yet foreboding snowcapped dark mountain in front of a sunset- it reminded me of the Misty Mountains and I thought it was very pretty and yet mysterious and ominous at the same time  ) I can't say that I've had actual ME movie pics on my desktop background much.
I did have a beautifully rendered picture of an artist's rendition of Fili and Kili's deaths on there at one point though. Here's the deviant art link (it really was very well done):
http://www.deviantart.com/...ive-Armies-345449925
I had it as my footer on here for a while as well, but realized it might yield spoilers to non-book readers, so switched it to the current one
I would LOVE to have more pictures like this that rotate on my background- can any computer savvy people help me figure out how to do this? I have a windows 7 PC.
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Magpie
Immortal
Jun 29 2014, 5:41am
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I did up a bunch when I was in school for graphic design. And I downloaded some from the official LOTR site. All of those were sized for my old CRT monitor and I haven't redone them to fit my new wide one.
I did download a few Hobbit ones before the movies came out. And converted some screenshots into wallpapers. But many of them have gotten 'old' and I've discontinued using a number of them.
I use the desktop wallpaper slideshow feature for Windows 7. So my wallpapers change every hour. At the moment, I'm very partial to nature and cultural images. I've gotten a few from National Geographic. I have a few from movies/shows, as well: Book of Kells, Brave, Avatar, and Doctor Who.
LOTR soundtrack website ~ magpie avatar gallery
TORn History Mathom-house ~ Torn Image Posting Guide
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Kim
Valinor
Jun 29 2014, 5:54am
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To set up a rotating background
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I'm on Windows 8.1, but I don't think the steps have changed since Win7:
1. Right click from the desktop and select Personalize
2. Click on Desktop Background
3. Check the Picture Location drop down to see if you can just select the folder with the relevant photos in it; if not, click on Browse and navigate to the folder
4. Under Change Picture every: select how often you want the photos to rotate.
5. Click Save Changes, then close out of the window
"Jagatud rõõm on topelt rõõm - a shared joy is a double joy". ~Estonian saying
“As such, you will address His Majesty as His Majesty, the Lord of Silver Fountains, the King of Carven Stone, the King Beneath the Mountain, the Lion of Erebor, the High King of the Dwarves, the True Treasure of Erebor, the Face that Launched 10,000 Sighs, or Thorin the Majestic..."
http://newboards.theonering.net/...forum_view_collapsed
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Glorfindela
Valinor
Jun 29 2014, 11:02am
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I had Shadowfax on my Mac desktop.
On my next Mac I had some natural history shots.
Now I stick with the standard Mac background that is provided with the computer – it is of a galaxy, probably the Milky Way, and I really like it.
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BlackFox
Half-elven
Jun 29 2014, 11:34am
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This, before DOS came out. I usually prefer nature shots as backgrounds, often very middle-earthy, though. My current background, for example: http://i2.minus.com/inP1gf2IcqKK4.jpg.
“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” - Henry David Thoreau
(This post was edited by BlackFox on Jun 29 2014, 11:35am)
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Bombadil
Half-elven
Jun 29 2014, 11:46am
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Kim, & (Magpie)...You(two) are the Best!
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It would take a Geek from Seatlle?
AND a BeautifulBirder from "Minnd-DA-Sotaa"
To explain sumtin' Bomby wanted? but did
NOT know how to do it.
Rotating "Live Wallpapers" WayKwell
Thang you berry Buch.
"bomby, @ your SERVICE"
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Bombadil
Half-elven
Jun 29 2014, 11:59am
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Moosie...does this tip mean we could rotate out our "Avatar pix" here?
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Like Maggie does...without re-writing some CODE?
PipeDream has a Animated gif of a pipe being smoked?
Bomby would Love animate my One Ring inscription
Avatar?
BUT, toHave it Transform
might be TOO Distracting though?
WOWIE everyone's PIX could be "LIVE"
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Magpie
Immortal
Jun 29 2014, 3:20pm
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rotating an avatar is just changing it every so many days
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I go into my profile every 5-10 days and physically change it.
Animated gifs are images that appear to move. I had the ability with my old Photoshop to do this but I haven't figured out how with my new Photoshop. (the old one flipped to a product that is no longer included)
The problem I have with animated gifs is controlling the 'weight' of the image. It can't be over about 45 kb and my animated gifs tend to be larger.
But I'm not skilled at all in the craft and others who are may be able to figure out how to do it.
I think I can comfortably safe in saying that creating animated gifs are beyond the capability of most of our casual posters here although I wouldn't be surprised to find a handful of our members know how to do it.
So one would either need to find an animated gif on the web that suits one's taste and meets the guidelines for size here on these forums... or one would need to solicit help in creating a custom animated gif from someone who is talented and has the right software.
LOTR soundtrack website ~ magpie avatar gallery
TORn History Mathom-house ~ Torn Image Posting Guide
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Magpie
Immortal
Jun 29 2014, 3:23pm
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With the old software I used for Windows XP, I had to physically remove any image from the folder that I no longer wished to see.
But with the Windows 7 system (and I presume 8), one can open up the interface as you describe and navigate so you can see the folder full of images, and then check or uncheck images you want to take out of rotation.
One could have a bunch of seasonal images in there, for example, and active/deactivate them as appropriate. Or I just got tired of this giant Erte image I had and I just deactivated it.
You can also set a folder of images to rotate as your screen saver using the same interface as Kim describes.
LOTR soundtrack website ~ magpie avatar gallery
TORn History Mathom-house ~ Torn Image Posting Guide
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acheron
Gondor
Jun 29 2014, 7:36pm
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Back in the 90s, my desktop was often a John Howe painting. The Balrog, or Gandalf at Bag End, or Sam and Shelob, etc.
I don't remember having Middle-earth backgrounds since I went to college in 2000 though, so never any movie-related ones.
For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much -- the wheel, New York, wars, and so on -- while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man, for precisely the same reasons. -- Douglas Adams
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Remus
Lorien
Jun 29 2014, 10:58pm
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Where to find good LOTR/Hobbit wallpapers??
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I google the lord of the rings wallpapers 1920x1200 and find only bad ones... 
I wanna see a scene where we see Sauron walking the steps INSIDE of Bara-Dur and taking his seat upon his dark throne and summoning the eye, looking into the camera and then BAM! THE END.
-My thoughts on the best ending scene/post credit scene on TABA.
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Magpie
Immortal
Jun 29 2014, 11:15pm
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there are two ways to google by size
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One is to put the size in the search parameters.
So maybe you google : Hobbit wallpaper 1920x1200
the other way it so use "Search tools"
So, do a google image search for : Hobbit wallpaper
(to be clear, you are specifically searching in "Images" so all your results will be images)
When you get the results, look for a link toward the top that says, "Search tools"
Click that and a tool bar lowers down. One link on that tool bar is "Size"
Click that and choose "exactly" then enter the dimensions you want. In your case, 1920 x 1200
Then all your results will be exactly that size. If you haven't tried that, I think you'll like the results better.
Here is what I get when I follow those steps.
Once you've looked at these results, you can go to the field at the top that shows the words : hobbit wallpaper.
change it up to : lord of the rings wallpaper
or to : Tolkien wallpaper
try multiple words in quotes or without quotes : "lord of the rings" or... lord of the rings
try putting in a character name.
try taking out the word 'wallpaper'
See if that helps.
LOTR soundtrack website ~ magpie avatar gallery
TORn History Mathom-house ~ Torn Image Posting Guide
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Farficom
Rivendell
Jun 30 2014, 1:07am
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My desktop pc has always had the same old blue background with a few faint little clouds, but over the years my PS3's background has changed quite a bit. I have 100's of Hobbity/ Middle-earth related pictures to choose from, and that shall never change.
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Remus
Lorien
Jun 30 2014, 8:48am
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I knew about those things but somehow i couldn't find a nice wallpaper. Now i took a with Gandalf standing outside Bilbos house.
That will do for the meantime.
I wanna see a scene where we see Sauron walking the steps INSIDE of Bara-Dur and taking his seat upon his dark throne and summoning the eye, looking into the camera and then BAM! THE END.
-My thoughts on the best ending scene/post credit scene on TABA.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
Immortal
Jun 30 2014, 9:41pm
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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"A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories
leleni at hotmail dot com
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nandorin elf
Bree
Jul 3 2014, 2:41am
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There have been dozens. My most recent was a lovely sketch of Maglor, Maedhros, Elrond and Elros that I found on deviantart. I also had one of Bilbo and the Company first entering Rivendell for the first time. I kept that one for about six months.
When I was younger, I used to change my desktop every few weeks and they were always LOTR related.
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