Sure. Its a bitmap file usually. If you want it to look best on your computer, then make it fit pixel perfect (example: If you are running at 1280x1024 then it will look best if the image is created in the same resolution). If not it will have to be stretched fullscreen and will distort the picture quality somewhat and you will lose some detail. If you leave it centered, it wont distort, but will have a large border around the excess areas but the picture itself will be normal resolution. Tiling looks plain ugly for single pictures. Dont even both with it for just a single large background image.
Tiling works great for making repeated patterned artwork though, but you need to make it so it ;wraps; seamlessly so you dont see the edges of your artwork on each tile. If you created a pattern that doesnt line up correctly with the adjacent tile edges then it will look ugly and ruin the illusion of a patterned background. The technique for this is to create an image that is 3x3 your original art and then paste it into all 9 squares to see how it will look as a desktop. If you can get your tile to look seamless here, then it will look nice.
If you need examples, look at the ones that come with Windows, view them, and see how theyre done. It will start to make sense.
Good programs to have are Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and of course Microsoft Paint.
On second thought, I just realized you asked this question like 50 times already so its likely you already know by now or havent caught a clue from the previous replies... Some of those answers were pretty good, so I guess this wont be of any use to you. Oh well, sorry I couldnt help in advance after writing all that crap. ;)
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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