[filmscanners] Re: Postprocessing - Resizing for screen display

["Carlisle Landel" <clandel@adelphia.net>]

Duh-oh!  Wait.  I *do* misunderstand the problem.  You aren't making
wallpaper, you want the best image.

OK, forget everything I just said.

Sorry about that.

Slinking off into the corner now, tail between legs,

Carlisle


On Feb 17, 2006, at 10:11 AM, Carlisle Landel wrote:

>
>>> What techniques do list members use to resize/sharpen screen display
>>> images and what USM etc values seem best?  I'm determined to produce
>>> an image which my wife actually feels does the original
>>> justice........
>
> Are you sure the "sharpness" issue isn't simply one of having the
> proper resolution and aspect ratio?
>
> Usually, if your digital image is of sufficient resolution, then,
> given the proper aspect ratio and/or how you ask the computer to
> display the image, it will be nice and sharp.
>
> I'm a Mac driver, so I'm somewhat unclear on the details for making a
> Windows desktop wallpaper image.   Nonetheless,  I've got a friend
> with a windows box who wanted a photo converted to wallpaper.  As it
> was displayed, it was a mess (it was a photo of a person), fuzzy and
> distorted.  I re-scanned the photo at higher resolution and then
> saved it as wallpaper.  That cleared up the fuzziness.  It was still
> distorted because the display resolution wasn't set to a pixel count
> appropriate for the screen size.  Thus the image was stretched in one
> dimension in order to fit the screen.  I had to futz around with the
> screen resolution until I got it to display correctly (Macs handle
> this much better--well, ok they handle most things better<g>), but I
> eventually figured it out.  Problem solved.
>
> Or maybe I'm misunderstanding your problem.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Carlisle
>
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