The NOOK Book: An Unofficial Guide: Everything you need to know about the NOOK Tablet, NOOK Color, and the NOOK Simple Touch, Third Edition

Appendix C. Using Picasa to Create Wallpapers and Screensavers

Creating Wallpaper and Screensaver Images

Before you use a picture as wallpaper or a screensaver on your NOOK Tablet or NOOK, you need to resize it to fit the dimensions of the reading screen. For the NOOK Tablet, the wallpaper image needs to be at least 600×1024. However, if you want the scrolling wallpaper (where the image shifts slightly as you flip through the home pages), the size needs to be 768×1024.

For the NOOK, screensaver images need to be 800 pixels high and 600 pixels wide.

Tip

I use Google’s Picasa (www.picasa.com) to resize images for my NOOK Tablet and NOOK. It’s a free program and is available for Windows, Macs, and Linux computers.

Tip

Of course, on the NOOK Tablet, ...