Re: What causes Vertical Stripes in GS/OS 6.0.1 desktop?

[mk_Dubrow@no-spam.hotmail.com (Rob)]

Thanks Mike.  I tried both grayscale and deskpic.  They both helped
reduce the dither pattern.  It was still slightly visible but I can
live with it.

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:13:38 +0000, Michael Kent
<michael@syndicomm.remove.this.com> wrote:

>Rob <mk_Dubrow@no-spam.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The blue background and all folder icons have these ugly
>> vertical strips or banding.   The stripes do not appear in any text or
>> white/black portions of the display, just the background and folder
>> icons.    Anyone know what is so special about the GS/OS desktop that
>> might explain this?   Is it at a different resolution then most other
>> GS apps and games?
>
>As others have already mentioned, this is due to the dither pattern of
>the standard GS desktop interfering with the converter you're chosen.
>
>> Can this be changed?
>
>I'm not aware of any converter that doesn't have either this or similar
>problems, but there are work arounds.  
>
>There are inits and/or DA's that can change the periwinkle blue desktop
>to a different solid color.  You could choose the color to minimize the
>effect.
>
>There is also the DeskPic.Init initialization file that implements a
>form of wallpaper on the GS desktop.  There are limitations -- the
>picture must be in the GS system palette.  I alternate between a
>Japanese anime character and a giant surfing apple (not because I use
>a scan converter but because I hate periwinkle blue).
>
>A more drastic measure would be to install Sheppy's grayscale init,
>which will convert the system palette to grayscale (giving you a gray-
>scale desktop).
>
>These should be on the standard ftp sites (the grayscale init can be
>found on sheppyware.net), but if you can't find them, let me know.  I'll
>send them to you.
>
>Mike