Ask HN: Best Source for Desktop Backgrounds • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Best Source for Desktop Backgrounds

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Post by mak3141 » Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 7:53 PM UTC

I really like https://nik.bot.nu/

Re: Ask HN: Best Source for Desktop Backgrounds

#12

Post by hellokittah » Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 7:54 PM UTC

The best one I found was https://Unsplash.com

It has 1000s of high quality absolutely free images. You can even use them for commercial purposes for free legally.

Re: Ask HN: Best Source for Desktop Backgrounds

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Post by electricant » Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 8:00 PM UTC

hellokittah wrote: post #12

The best one I found was https://Unsplash.com It has 1000s of high quality absolutely free images. You can even use them for commercial purposes for free legally.

You've been faster than me. Great suggestion. There's tons of free and high quality backgrounds on there. There are also apps for your favorite smartphone OS avaliable.

https://unsplash.com/apps

Re: Ask HN: Best Source for Desktop Backgrounds

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Post by kylelibra » Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 8:03 PM UTC

https://wallhaven.cc has a solid selection and some basic filters.

Re: Ask HN: Best Source for Desktop Backgrounds

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Post by infoseek12 » Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 8:08 PM UTC

emsign wrote: post #4

I love to browse the website of the Library of Congress, it has a lot of expressive historical photographs and you can download the high-res scans of the original plates. Of course, I have to process the images in an editor a bit, but I love the process. Generally I like "crafting" my desktop backgrounds myself. I also like to have photos I've taken as my background.

Ya, the Library of Congress collection is great, it’s practically the only place I’ve been able to find images of art that is at least 3840 pixels wide that doesn’t need to be upscaled for 4K monitors. Does anyone know any other sources of high resolution images of classic art? All of the photos on museum sites like the Louvre and the Rijksmuseum are really low quality.

Re: Ask HN: Best Source for Desktop Backgrounds

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Post by billylo » Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 8:12 PM UTC

electricant wrote: post #13

hellokittah wrote: post #12

The best one I found was https://Unsplash.com It has 1000s of high quality absolutely free images. You can even use them for commercial purposes for free legally.

You've been faster than me. Great suggestion. There's tons of free and high quality backgrounds on there. There are also apps for your favorite smartphone OS avaliable. https://unsplash.com/apps