Set one background to stretch across multi-monitor display?

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I have two monitors and my coworker has three. We were wondering if there was a way to set a single background image to stretch across all the monitors.

Right now it's the same image but repeated, so it looks like the same image three times in a row. I would like it to be so that the three images/screens combine to show one image if that makes sense.

If I can't set one image to stretch across the screens like that, is there a way to set a different background for each screen?

Edit: I just wanted to clarify: I am not talking about one image stretching from his monitors to mine, just stretching across our own monitors.

score 40 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 20 '22 at 08:25

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Set your wallpaper to Tile. If the background is sufficiently large enough, it will stretch across the monitors. If it isn't, it will start repeating at the ends. You can use an image editing program to adjust the resolution or add whitespace to get it to work perfectly.

You can also use this trick to get different wallpapers on each monitor.

edited Aug 20 '22 at 08:25

Glorfindel

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answered Mar 10 '11 at 19:36

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score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 10 '11 at 19:57

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Display Fusion should do the trick.

http://www.displayfusion.com/

There are two versions, a free and a pro version. What you are looking to do only needs the free version.

answered Mar 10 '11 at 19:57

paradd0x

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 04 '20 at 15:29

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ZBar, from Zhorn Software allows you to set one image that will stretch across multiple screens, or set unique images for each of your screens.

It's free/donationware, doesn't have to install, doesn't have to run in the background, and is only 400KB.

https://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/archive/index.html

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matt wilkie

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answered Mar 07 '18 at 22:20

eisb

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 08 '13 at 11:51

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Bit late I know, but for future people with this need; Pr09het's Website - MultiBackground is easy to use and freeware!

edited Jan 08 '13 at 11:51

wonea

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answered Jan 08 '13 at 10:45

Chalky99

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 25 '13 at 17:59

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I use 2 programs called "Multiwall" - http://windowbox.me/multiwall/ and "Dual monitor task

bar" for extended task bars across all three monitors - http://sourceforge.net/projects/dualmonitortb/?source=recommended.

answered Sep 25 '13 at 17:59

mike

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 15 '14 at 08:42

http://fr.wallpapersus.com/outer-space-horizon-galaxies-planets-photomanipulations-terrain/ I don't know if you can upload your image there, but you can select an image and choose which situation suites you. E.g., you have dual monitors (2x 1440 x 900) then you should choose that. Set your background to Tiles.

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 10 '11 at 20:06

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UltraMon also does this quite well. At $40 it's a bit pricey though. enter image description here

answered Mar 10 '11 at 20:06

oKtosiTe

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Set one background to stretch across multi-monitor display?

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