Free Widescreen Desktop Wallpapers by PlasmaDesign

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The images found on this page are all suitable for use on widescreen format monitors such as the Apple Cinema display range and MacBook laptops. Each downloadable zip file contains versions of the selected image at 2560x1600. Each has been specially re-rendered to ensure the image looks detailed, sharp and vivid on a widescreen format monitor.

For a limited time we will be making the widescreen desktop wallpapers on this page available for free download. Grab them while you can!

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	Rubik Software used: Hexagon 1.0, Carrera 4, Photoshop CS2 This is one of the darkest image I have released in quite a while. Five different versions are included in zip file, all with subtle differences in colour scheme. As usual, feedback is most welcome.
	Poker Equipment used: Photoshop CS3 'Poker' is a great macro shot taken by Chris Emery, lead graphic designer here at PlasmaDesign. It is free to download and use as desktop wallpaper in resolutions up to 2560x1600 pixels.
	Transamerica Equipment used: Nikon D70s, Aperture 1.5, Photoshop CS3 Extended I snapped this photo of the Transamerica tower on my last day in San Francisco. It was taken on the corner of Montgomery Street and Clay Street at about 2pm. I was blessed for the duration of my week long trip with fantastic weather (especially for January!).
	Jacks Software used: Lightwave 7 I took inspiration for this image while shopping for my kids Christmas presents in the local Toys R Us. There was a small table on display with a set of plastic jacks on it. I remembered having some when I was a child and thought it would make a good theme for a desktop wallpaper as I felt it may take 30 something's on a trip down memory lane.
	Turbulence Equipment used: Nikon D70s, Aperture 1.5, Photoshop CS3 Extended The original version of this photo was a shot I took of the water fountain outside the Grand Hyatt in downtown San Francisco at night. The final version has been subjected to a considerable number of adjustments using Photoshop CS3.
	Lamellae Equipment used: Olympus E-500, Aperture 1.5, Photoshop CS3 Extended Photographed earlier this year, this is a macro shot of the underside of a toadstool. Colour adjustments were done in Aperture and blemishes removed using Photoshop CS3.
	Division Software used: Bryce 5.1, Photoshop CS2 This image is my attempt at illustrating the process by which a cell divides to form two daughter cells. Upon completion of the process, each daughter cell contains the same genetic material as the original cell and roughly half of its cytoplasm.
	Splash (Detail) Software used: Photoshop CS This wallpaper is a reinterpretation of 'Splash' (which can also be found on this page). I love the original version of 'Splash' but over time I have come to feel that it is a bit 'flat'; not dynamic enough. This image is my attempt at trying to add a little excitement and motion to the original concept.
	Vertigo Equipment used: Nikon D70s, Aperture 1.5, Photoshop CS3 Extended Taken on my annual trip to San Francisco for Macworld Expo, this shot was the end result of a 16 mile walk from the Transamerica Tower to the Golden Gate bridge (and then back again). It was an unseasonably warrm and sunny January day and was shot at about 11am from the bay side of the bridge.
	On The Golden Pond Software used: Vue d'Esprit 4 Being only 28, I only vaguely recollect the Henry Fonda film from which I borrowed the title. All I really remember is the beautiful shots of them fishing on a huge lake in the middle of nowhere. That is what I have tried to capture in this image.
	Velvet Equipment used: Olympus E-500, Aperture 1.5, Photoshop CS3 Extended This image was taken using an Olympus E-500 with a Macro Lens. I saw this rose on my travels and thought that it reflected British summer time perfectly.
	Fusion Software used: Bryce 5, Photoshop CS This is a little different for me in as much as there is no glass or water. In fact there are no solid jobs whatsoever. 'Fusion' is actually a spin-off of another project I am currently working on which is a diagram of the solar system. I have been searching for suitably impressive effects to accurately depict the sun and this image is the result of the experimentation.
	Magma Software used: Bryce 5 This wallpaper is one of a pair of images based upon a hot/cold theme. (Both versions are included in the zip file). They were created using Bryce 5 with no post-processing in Photoshop (a rarity for me!). I took inspiration from my one of my more recent images called ' Furnace ' and a diagram of the solar system I stumbled across on 'How Stuff Works dot com).
	Weather Front Software used: Vue d'Esprit 4.2, Photoshop CS I recently purchased my first Wacom tablet. For those not familiar with computer tablets, it is an input device that attempts to mimic the pencil and paper of the conventional art genre. The operator moves a pen over a trackpad (similar to those found on today's laptops but much larger) and the strokes are reproduced on the screen. This new method of working has taken some getting used to. The blending between the computer generated forground and the 2D photographic backdrop (generously made available for use by Thomas Khran) is achieved using Photoshop CS using the new Wacom Intuos 3 tablet.
	Trajectory Software used: Carrera 5, Photoshop CS2 The solar system has fascinated me ever since childhood. I used to spend hours looking through books of diagrams and photos of the planets. I have been meaning to create a wallpaper using the solar system as its theme for a while. This is the result.
	Harvest Equipment used: Nikon D70s, Aperture 1.5, Photoshop CS3 Extended This photograph was taken last summer while walking in fields in Mottisfont, Hampshire UK. A fair amount of post-processing was carried out using both Aperture and Photoshop as the original RAW file was a little blurred.