Personal pic set as wallpaper looks stretchy

[ajayritik]

I have some pics taken from my Canon Powershot 550 which I copied to my desktop when I set this as wall paper on my Monitor I find that these photos look as if they have been stretched. Is there something I can do to correct this problem?

I have my monitor set to native resolution. I have Dell ST2220.

Any suggestions!

[thetechfreak]

Convert the pic to higher resolution.

Also did you zoom in max to take it? Many camera compromise in quality when they zoom in max.

[ajayritik]

I have used the pic which the resolution that will suit my monitor also I have not used Zoom option. Any other suggestions? Should I try to match the resolution of my pic and the resolution my LCD monitor supports?

[thetechfreak]

Originally Posted by ajayritik

Should I try to
match the resolution of my pic and the
resolution my LCD monitor supports?

Absolutely.

What is the resolution of pics? Smaller res cause that stretch feel.

[gameranand]

Your Pic must be of smaller resolution than your monitor thts the problem. Try to take the Pics at max resolution.

[ajayritik]

Originally Posted by thetechfreak

Absolutely.

What is the resolution of pics? Smaller res cause that stretch feel.

Originally Posted by gameranand

Your Pic must be of smaller resolution than your monitor thts the problem. Try to take the Pics at max resolution.

I checked on the resolution its same as the one my monitor supports not sure why still it shows stretchy.

[sygeek]

Change your monitor's resolution to the Photo's resolution, then try again.

[ajayritik]

Maybe I should twiddle with my digital camera to check if it supports the resolution that my monitor is currently on .

[Scientia Wiz]

Try to resize the image according to your monitors resolution !

Want any resizing tool search it on google or if you have any of the Digit DVD search into it !

[ajayritik]

Originally Posted by Scientia Wiz

Try to resize the image according to your monitors resolution !

Want any resizing tool search it on google or if you have any of the Digit DVD search into it !

Can you suggest any software? I have used the inbuilt feature of Microsoft Office Picture Manager to change the resolution of my Pic to set it to the monitor resolution but it didn't work.

[Scientia Wiz]

What was the problem in resizing ?
Let me know !
Another software you can use is Media Cope to resize images ?

[sygeek]

Use Paint.NET to resize the pic, although it would result in the same stretchiness.

[gameranand]

Maybe your pic is not of that good quality.

[Scientia Wiz]

If its not happening as you want it then do one thing take more than one photo and make a collage of it and then save it in high resolution and then set it as the wallpaper for this you will need a software which is Photoscape download it here !

[Vyom]

Dell ST2220 is a 21.5" monitor, which I suppose has a native resolution of 1920x1080.
Do one thing, find out the exact resolution on which your monitor is currently on, and post it here.

If XP: Right click on desktop => Select properties => Select Settings Tab.
If Win 7: Right click on desktop => Screen Resolution

[Vyom]

OP has taken pics from his own camera! It can be snaps of persons! Does reverse image search works for them too?

[sygeek]

Wasn't aware *deleted*

[Scientia Wiz]

Convert the image into the same resolution of your computer !

[ajayritik]

Originally Posted by vineet369

do one thing, find out the exact resolution on which your monitor is currently on, and post it here.

1920*1080

[Vyom]

Now, post the exact resolution of the Image you tool from your camera. By right clicking the image, and selecting properties, and then observing the Summary tab.

And try following:
After you set the pic as wallpaper. Then right click on desktop, and select Properties. Now, in the window where you can change your wallpaper, check if the position to set the wallpaper is set to "Stretch", "Tile", or "Center".
Out of the above the selection should be Center.

[Scientia Wiz]

I fyou want to know the resolution you are currently using is

xp

1] Right click desktop

2] Select properties

3] Select settings tab

4] Your screen resoluton will be displayed there itself !

Win 7

1] right click desktop

2] Select screen resolution !

3] Your screen resoluton will be displayed there itself !

Its very easy to convert those imges into that particular resolution !

Download a software PHOTOSCAPE free online

and just resize it !

[Zangetsu]

Originally Posted by ajayritik

1920*1080

how much is the resolution of the image?

[ajayritik]

Originally Posted by vineet369

And try following:
After you set the pic as wallpaper. Then right click on desktop, and select Properties. Now, in the window where you can change your wallpaper, check if the position to set the wallpaper is set to "Stretch", "Tile", or "Center".
Out of the above the selection should be Center.

When I select the option Center the head in the pic disappears.

[thetechfreak]

Originally Posted by ajayritik

When I select the option Center the
head in the pic disappears.

I think the resolution of pic is too high. Reduce to say 1024x768 and then try Centre option.

[Vyom]

Originally Posted by ajayritik

When I select the option Center the head in the pic disappears.

Still waiting for the following:

Originally Posted by vineet369

Now, post the exact resolution of the Image you tool from your camera. By right clicking the image, and selecting properties, and then observing the Summary tab.

@ajayritik : Tell us, the height and width of the pic, which you are tying to set as wallpaper.

[ajayritik]

I accidentally deleted the pic which I had setup as wallpaper and which was showing as stretched. Now I have set another pic which has resolution 1024*726 which looks ok.

[sakumar79]

Is it possible the photo was tall (height more than width)? If that was the case and you had a higher resolution than the screen, it would explain why the head would disappear and also why the pic got distorted while stretching. The solution would have been to crop to match scale of monitor before setting as wallpaper with stretch...

Arun

[baccilus]

All you have to do is change the aspect ratio of your camera to 16:9. This aspect ratio is provided in the camera so that pics that are taken can be viewed on HDTVs and monitors.
For the pics that you have already taken, choose zoom in mode or simply crop the pics to 16:9 aspect ratio. You will obviously loose some field of view though.

[Vyom]

^^ BINGO! Whatever baccilus said. Cant be a better explanation.

Considering the resolution of your monitor, which is, 1920*1080 (~1.7), I would like to add that, if you want a pic to set as wallpaper, which is not of 1.7 aspect ratio, just consider that the height of picture should not be greater than 1080 pixels (in which case portions of picture would cut off).
If it is greater, you can use Microsoft Office Picture Manager to Resize the picture by percentage, so that original aspect ratio of the picture is maintained.

[ajayritik]

Thanks all for your suggestions! will definitely implement them.