wallpaper sizes

[violamay]

I'm just getting into making wallpapers for myself and also to give away. I know what resolution my laptop screen has and consequently what resolution to make a wallpaper for my own use. But how do you approach making various resolutions for others? Do you have to remake the wallpaper in different sizes? That seems like a huge pain. But if you don't, then how do you resize it without distorting it? What are the sizes that you make your wallpapers for general use?

Thanks in advance.

Comments

[rivenwanderer]

Seconding the advice to make the biggest version first. Depending on the wallpaper content, I'd also recommend making use of layers whenever possible--that way you can crop and scale the background differently than the foreground.

[violamay]

Got it. Thanks. I think I'll go to my saved version that has all the layers and see if I can play with it to make other sizes.