Tron Cubes 2019
- Make Your Own
- Retro Resolutions
- Handhelds, Tablets & Phones
- Laptops, Desktop & PCs
Back in 2004, I played about with 3DS Max and
created a simple stack of cubes with a neat neon-reflective look. This
simple scene took 2 hours to render at the then-standard resolution of 1024×768 on a pretty beefy 2.8
GHz Pentium 4 and 512 MB RAM. Technology has moved on quite
a bit!
I've updated my original work to support the plethora of high-resolutions available these days, and am releasing the
source files for free use. There’s a bunch of links below to JPEGs, and lossless PNG images in all sorts of sizes.
If you’ve any requests for a specific size please contact
kroc@camendesign.com or download and render the scene yourself using 3DS
Max 2019 (or above?).
If you just want a wallpaper, opt for the JPG versions;
on some systems large PNG files may cause system slow down!
Make Your Own
For commercial use, printing, editing, remixing and any instance where you need to work with the highest quality
source material possible, here is a 48-bit (16 bits per colour channel) PNG file at 8′192 × 8′192 resolution:
You can also play with the original 3D scene in 3DS Max 2019, and above:
Note: If 3DS Max cannot find the texture files, you may have to re-assign them in the Material Editor. I
cannot provide any technical support relating to 3DS Max. If you download this file, you are 100%
on your own! You will probably be asked to use either your system’s gamma level, or the one in the file; it’s
probably best to go with the one in the file, I don’t know why it does this but it probably has something to do
with the file being transferred from 3DS Max 5.
NB: The images below are not resizes!
Every image here was rendered specifically for the target resolution.
Retro Resolutions
Resolutions suitable for CRTs, Retro Computers and the like.
| Resolution |
Ratio |
Description |
Download |
| 320×200 | 4:3 | MS-DOS. Rendered with 8:5 aspect, to be stretched to 4:3 |
BMP (63.5 KB) |
PNG (63.1 KB) |
| 320×240 | 4:3 | “QVGA”, MS-DOS |
BMP (76.0 KB) |
PNG (84.7 KB) |
| 640×480 | 4:3 | “VGA” |
JPG (226 KB) |
PNG (279 KB) |
| 800×600 | 4:3 | “SVGA” |
JPG (326 KB) |
PNG (411 KB) |
| 1024×768 | 4:3 | “XGA” |
JPG (487 KB) |
PNG (637 KB) |
| 1280×960 | 4:3 | “SXGA-” |
JPG (705 KB) |
PNG (958 KB) |
| 1280×1024 | 5:4 | “SXGA”, true 5:4, i.e. TFT |
JPG (779 KB) |
PNG (1.02 MB) |
| 1440×1050 | 4:3 | “SXGA+” |
JPG (837 KB) |
PNG (1.12 MB) |
| 1600×1200 | 4:3 | “UXGA” |
JPG (1.00 MB) |
PNG (1.41 MB) |
Handhelds, Tablets & Phones
| Resolution |
Ratio |
Description |
Download |
| 480×272 | 16:9 | Sony PSP, Zune HD,
Neo Geo X |
JPG (109 KB) |
PNG (127 KB) |
| 640×360 | 16:9 | Nokia Symbian devices? |
JPG (172 KB) |
PNG (207 KB) |
| 960×544 | 16:9 | Sony PS Vita |
JPG (332 KB) |
PNG (419 KB) |
| 960×640 | 3:2 | iPhone 4S |
JPG (392 KB) |
PNG (499 KB) |
| 1136×640 | 16:9 | iPhone 5, 5S, 5C, SE |
JPG (432 KB) |
PNG (560 KB) |
| 1334×750 | 16:9 | e.g. iPhone 6, 6S, 7, 8 |
JPG (562 KB) |
PNG (742 KB) |
| 2048×1536 | 4:3 | “QXGA”, iPad 3rd Gen |
JPG (1.53 MB) |
PNG (2.22 MB) |
| 2732×2048 | 4:3 | iPad Pro |
JPG (2.52 MB) |
PNG (3.78 MB) |
Laptops, Desktop & PCs
For the majority of screens today.
| Resolution |
Ratio |
Description |
Download |
| 1024×600 | 16:9 | “WSVGA”, e.g. Netbooks |
JPG (377 KB) |
PNG (1.76 MB) |
| 1152×768 | 3:2 | PowerBook G4 Ti (I know you people are still out there) |
JPG (528 KB) |
PNG (691 KB) |
| 1280×720 | 16:9 | “WXGA”, e.g. HDTV (720p) |
JPG (524 KB) |
PNG (690 KB) |
| 1280×854 | 3:2 | PowerBook G4 |
JPG (630 KB) |
PNG (835 KB) |
| 1360×768 | 16:9 | “WXGA” |
JPG (581 KB) |
PNG (772 KB) |
| 1366×768 | 16:9 | “WXGA”,
most common laptop resolution |
JPG (583 KB) |
PNG (776 KB) |
| 1440×960 | 3:2 | PowerBook G4 |
JPG (767 KB) |
PNG (1.01 MB) |
| 1600×900 | 16:9 | “HD+” (900p) |
JPG (761 KB) |
PNG (1.01 MB) |
| 1920×1080 | 16:9 | Full HD (1080p) |
JPG (1.00 MB) |
PNG (1.41 MB) |
| 1920×1280 | 3:2 | Microsoft Surface 3 |
JPG (1.21 MB) |
PNG (1.72 MB) |
| 2048×1152 | 16:9 | “QWXGA” |
JPG (1.11 MB) |
PNG (1.59 MB) |
| 2160×1440 | 3:2 | Microsoft Surface Pro 3 |
JPG (1.48 MB) |
PNG (2.15 MB) |
| 2256×1504 | 3:2 | Microsoft Surface laptop |
JPG (1.56 MB) |
PNG (2.29 MB) |
| 2560×1440 | 16:9 | “QHD” (1440p), e.g. Apple iMac |
JPG (1.62 MB) |
PNG (2.41 MB) |
| 2560×1700 | 3:2 | Google Chromebook Pixel
(all three of you) |
JPG (1.98 MB) |
PNG (2.94 MB) |
| 2736×1824 | 3:2 | Microsoft Surface Pro 4 |
JPG (2.22 MB) |
PNG (3.35 MB) |
| 3000×2000 | 3:2 | Microsoft Surface Book |
JPG (2.62 MB) |
PNG (3.97 MB) |
| 3200×1800 | 16:9 | e.g. HP ENVY, Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro |
JPG (2.39 MB) |
PNG (3.65 MB) |
| 3240×2160 | 3:2 | Microsoft Surface Book 2 |
JPG (3.00 MB) |
PNG (4.57 MB) |
| 3480×2160 | 16:9 | UHD1, “4K” |
JPG (3.30 MB) |
PNG (5.13 MB) |
| 4500×3000 | 3:2 | Microsoft Surface Studio |
JPG (5.36 MB) |
PNG (8.45 MB) |
| 5120×2880 | 16:9 | “5K”, e.g. Apple iMac Pro |
JPG (5.50 MB) |
PNG (8.78 MB) |
| 7680×4320 | 16:9 | UHD2, “8K” |
JPG (11.4 MB) |
PNG (18.8 MB) |
Can’t find the size you’re looking for? Mail kroc@camendesign.com
with your request, or consider making your own!