customizing the background

[armus]

I'm having trouble getting a photo to work in both vertical and landscape modes without wrapping in landscape. Has anyone found a free program to set up a theme for this or figured out the dimensions needed to avoid the wrap. It seems to somewhat work on a photo 9" x 4.5" but I'm still experimenting. Also not sure what the resolution should be. 96dpi seems close but a traditional screen uses 72 and that seems blockish.

In a seperate question, I don't care to pay for pdb (or whatever its called) because I like TouchFlo for an app launcher. On the other side, I would like a better close program buttom/task switcher. Can someone point me in the right direction?