In our case we use a solid background colour over which images and text can be overlaid. We also have some rules about font sizes based on screen res, and two versions of the university crest image (large/small, again used based on screen res). We then have a set of rules about where to position various things, based on where the login screen furniture ends up (e.g Win10 puts the clock in the lower left and the power buttons in the lower right - the top half of the screen is pretty much free forĪnything).

Matter whether the user has a 1366x768 laptop screen or a 4K monster, or whether they use it landscape or portrait. After some attempts at central automation, we've ended up generating the image at the device, as that way the image can be generated at the native resolution and aspect ratio, and it doesn't

do you have any users who turn their monitor portrait?)įor us, we started out generating images centrally, mostly by hand. Having been down this road, the answer is largely going to be trial and error as the complications involved are significant (e.g. dont place text here, this is where the power button will be on the lock screen. What we are after is document we can give to a graphic designer that has recdommened image dimensions and graphic positions.

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