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"Mountains" wallpaper image sizeDoes anyone know of a website that offers the Vista "Mountains"
wallpaper photo at a higher resolution than 1600x1200? That is the only resolution I can find it on the web. My monitor uses 1680x1050, and the photo quality is reduced when it's stretched like that. History Fan added these comments in the current discussion du
jour ... > Does anyone know of a website that offers the Vista if you try to display an image of any pixel size with an aspect > "Mountains" > wallpaper photo at a higher resolution than 1600x1200? That > is the only resolution I can find it on the web. My monitor > uses 1680x1050, and the photo quality is reduced when it's > stretched like that. > ratio different then your Windows display, you either must show black bars on the left-right or top-bottom depending on its size OR be willing to accept distortion. now, a 3rd way is to resample your image up high enough so that it can be cropped to the aspect ratio of your display and decide for yourself if the quality has degraded too much for your preferences. that's the only 3 ways I can think of to resolve your "dilemma". -- HP, aka Jerry Where can we download this _Mountains_ wallpaper?
Please provide a link. DSH Show quote "HEMI-Powered" <n***@none.en> wrote in message news:Xns99EC86D508735ReplyScoreID@140.99.99.130... > History Fan added these comments in the current discussion du > jour ... > >> Does anyone know of a website that offers the Vista >> "Mountains" >> wallpaper photo at a higher resolution than 1600x1200? That >> is the only resolution I can find it on the web. My monitor >> uses 1680x1050, and the photo quality is reduced when it's >> stretched like that. >> > if you try to display an image of any pixel size with an aspect > ratio different then your Windows display, you either must show > black bars on the left-right or top-bottom depending on its size OR > be willing to accept distortion. now, a 3rd way is to resample your > image up high enough so that it can be cropped to the aspect ratio > of your display and decide for yourself if the quality has degraded > too much for your preferences. that's the only 3 ways I can think > of to resolve your "dilemma". > > -- > HP, aka Jerry "D. Spencer Hines" <pant***@excelsior.com> wrote in message
http://www.seedbeta.com/
news:OWAI0GhKIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Where can we download this _Mountains_ wallpaper? > > Please provide a link. > Thank you kindly.
DSH Show quote "History Fan" <UnknownplacesonEa***@unknown11.com> wrote in message news:uql9TXqKIHA.3356@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > "D. Spencer Hines" <pant***@excelsior.com> wrote in message > news:OWAI0GhKIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Where can we download this _Mountains_ wallpaper? >> >> Please provide a link. >> > http://www.seedbeta.com/ "History Fan" <UnknownplacesonEa***@unknown11.com> wrote in message I used IrfanView to reduce the image to 1680x1050 pixels, and it looks news:uql9TXqKIHA.3356@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > "D. Spencer Hines" <pant***@excelsior.com> wrote in message > news:OWAI0GhKIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Where can we download this _Mountains_ wallpaper? >> >> Please provide a link. >> > > > http://www.seedbeta.com/ > fine. I even used the 'Sharpen' option to improve the picture still more. |
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