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    btetsola Guest

    Unable to view photos in full screen

    Hi

    I have several hundred photos all high resolution (at least 1632x1224). I
    am unable to view any of my photos in full screen in either WMP 11 or Media
    center. They display with big fat vertical borders down each side of the
    photo. My LCD screen resolution is set to 1366 x 768 and I am running
    Windows Vista Ultimate edition.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated

    Thanks

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    Hobo Guest

    Re: Unable to view photos in full screen

    Your photos are being displayed in their proper height to
    width ratio. If they displayed full-screen, they would be
    badly distorted. You can see this for yourself if you select
    one of them as your windows desktop background and set it to
    display 'full-screen'.

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    Tim Slattery Guest

    Re: Unable to view photos in full screen

    1632x1224 is a 4:3 aspect ratio, but 1366x768 is 16:9 aspect ratio. In
    order to make your 4:3 pictures take up all of your 16:9 screen they
    would have to be distorted.

    There are programs that can do this, of course. Any image processor
    (including the freebie Irfanview [www.irfanview.com]) can do it. But
    it's equivalent to putting the picture on an elastic surface, grabbing
    both edges and pullllllllling.

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    btetsola Guest

    Re: Unable to view photos in full screen

    aha...that does make sense now that you mention it, can you tell me more
    about image processors? Maybe thats my best option.

    You guys are the best cheers

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    Tim Slattery Guest

    Re: Unable to view photos in full screen

    Programs like Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop can let you do all kinds of
    things to your pictures, and they cost some money (Photoshop costs
    LOTS of money). Irfanview is basically a (very good!) image viewer,
    and it lets you make many adjustments also, but is not nearly as
    complete an editor as a PSP or Photoshop. Irfanview is free, and lots
    of us use it.

    As I said before, if you use one of these to get your 4:3 image to
    fill your 16:9 screen you will be distorting your image.

    Have you ever watched a movie or TV show in letterbox format on a 4:3
    TV set? There are black bars across the top and bottom of the screen.
    This is *exactly* what you're seeing: the aspect ratio of the image
    does not match the aspect ratio of the device. In order to show the
    entire image without distorting it, they use only part of the display
    screen. The other alternatives are to show only part of the image, or
    to distort (stretch or squeeze) the image.

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    Squashed Photos Guest

    RE: Unable to view photos in full screen

    I also have many photos transferred from my XP to my new vista with a 22 inch
    LCD. in any way I view them (Thumbnails or larger) they are always squashed
    vertically, altho they print out correctly. A good tech said it has to be
    that way bec
    ause of the wide screen, but I hope he's wrong.

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