size for Mac OS?

GamePizza

I'm deploying my iphone app onto MAC OS. What should the backgrounds be resized to?

GamePizza

I created a background 1280 x 800 .png and tried to import it into Game Salad and get the reply : image is too large to safely use in game salad

GameSalad gives me the option to resize the image. The new image is 1024 x 640.

But this new size image is not large enough to cover the mac viewing area.

I have to stretch the image back to 1280 x 800 after the down sizing and import.

PoseMotion

1280x720

The 11" MacBook Air's resolution is only 1366x768. It's best to keep to 720p.

GamePizza

Thanks for the response! But I tried 1280 x 720 and I get the same message:

image is too large to safely use in game salad

I get the option to resize the image and game salad sizes it to : 1024 x 576

still too small to fill the background

GamePizza

is there another size or am I doing something wrong?

latygo60

I think the max size for an image is 1024x1024, so you'll have to cut your background in two, and position it in GS.

theCodeMonsters

the BG should be 1280x800

BlackbirdStudios

Isn't there a skip option during the warning message? Or does that cancel the import...

tenrdrmer

No GameSalad can only handle dimensions as large as 1024 So that why its resizing. I have heard of people going in and manually changing the image in the project file to a larger file but i'm not sure what all goes into that.

GamePizza

1024 . . . that makes it harder on iPad and Mac developers