Why does WM do this to my background?

[Shadoglare]

Take a look at my screenshot here (http://www.geocities.com/ssforza/ugscreen.jpg):

This is a background I put together today... when loaded in Gimp or an image viewer the blue is solid.. but when WM displays it as a background it puts those "lines" in it...
Did I do a no-no of some sort that WM doesn't like? It doesn't seem to do this to any other images I've loaded as backgrounds.
Thanks! :D

[Dagda]

the link doesn't work :confused:

[Shadoglare]

Geocities is a piece of shiznit. In the new window it opens, go up the URL window and hit enter again, and the image will load, instead of GeoSchnitties saying it's not there. :rolleyes:

[bdg1983]

Page is not available. Oh well...

[Shadoglare]

Alright, try here (http://www.deviantart.com/view-full.php?id=56628) :rolleyes:

[bdg1983]

What lines? Seriously, I don't see any.

Must be the new system I built corrects any imperfections in screen images. ;)

[Shadoglare]

Originally posted by mdwatts the 3rd:
<STRONG>What lines? Seriously, I don't see any.

Must be the new system I built corrects any imperfections in screen images. ;)</STRONG>

Heh must be... cuz there are verticle lines going thru it on my screen right now, and I loaded that screen shot in windows and they still show up there...

[bdg1983]

Tried again and now I see them. Very nice. How did you do it? ;)

From 2.5' away I couldn't make them out, but up close I can see them. About 1/8" apart.

Now that I can see them, I have no idea why you got them.

How large is the image in Gimp? Is it stretched when used as a background?

[Shadoglare]

Well, I stole the image from Udamongolf's web page - www.udamongolf.com (http://www.udamongolf.com) - and then basically cut & filled onto a background that was full-screen size using Gimp.
The image is 1024x768, just like I believe my screen is.

[bdg1983]

???

Have you tried using a different color as the background to see if it still shows the same lines?

Sorry I don't know what to suggest.