This is probably a stupid topic, but--when I photograph a person with my camera positioned side ways, and then look at it on my monitor, 22X ?, it looks great. Person is real tall and skinny. Then when I upright it, using photoshop, they become short and chunky. My customers DON'T like this look. Does anyone else have this problem. What can I do to correct this issue? Actually, it seems as tho this rectangular monitor stretches all my photographs. Thanks Sorry if I posted this on the wrong forum, I don't post much just look.
A shot in the dark here but it might be the pixel/aspect ratio that is getting screwed up. This happens to me when I load scanned .TIF images into photoshop. Go into View --> Pixel Aspect Ratio and try a few different settings.. I can't remember exactly how to fix it but that might help you.
Jackie - Does this only happen in Photoshop or does it happen in other programs too?
If it's not just Photoshop, the other possibility is that your video settings on your computer are outputting a 4:3 aspect ratio view (standard CRT format) onto a 16:9 or 16:10 widescreen monitor (standard for widescreen monitors) and your operating system is then "stretching" the image to fit the screen.
In that case, everything you look at will have an improper aspect ratio - stretched horizontally. In order to fix it you need to fix your computer to drive the monitor at its native resolution (which you should ALWAYS do).
Some people don't seem to notice this kind of stretching too much until they see a comparison. For instance, they can watch 4:3 movies stretched onto a high def TV - something that I can't stand.
David is probably right but I'll ask one more question: do you resize the image or just rotate it? If you are resizing it, say through a macro, be sure that you have "constrain proportions" checked.
There are slight differences between versions, but on Windows 7 you should be able to right click the desktop, select "Personalize" then "Display" in the lower left, then "Screen Resolution". The highest resolution is usually the recommend one, because it usually matches your monitors' native resolution.
I can give exact steps for Vista/XP later if need be, and someone else is going to have to help if it's a Mac.
David, I changed to the highest resolution and it seems to work, but now I think I will be needing triple magnifying glasses. Oh Well. I hate these type screens anyway.
Jackie - There should be other ways to make text and other things appear larger... you could try the "DPI" text setting in Vista (and maybe in Windows 7?) or you could get into the custom settings and change the font for all of the various windows options to something larger. You could even check into the "Ease of Access" (Vista) or "Accessibility Options" (XP) that will let you magnify certain things.
One thing you'll notice with the proper resolution set - images will definitely appear smaller, but they should look a lot better too. Actually, they will look as intended, since you'll have a pixel for pixel match (i.e. one monitor pixel will display be 1 image pixel). With any other setting, there's some interpolation going on where multiple screen pixels display one image pixel. It usually causes "fuzziness".
In most browsers you can zoom in and out much like in Photoshop. I find that handy at times when things look too small online, but for picture viewing, it's always zoomed to default.
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11 repliesIf it's not just Photoshop, the other possibility is that your video settings on your computer are outputting a 4:3 aspect ratio view (standard CRT format) onto a 16:9 or 16:10 widescreen monitor (standard for widescreen monitors) and your operating system is then "stretching" the image to fit the screen.
In that case, everything you look at will have an improper aspect ratio - stretched horizontally. In order to fix it you need to fix your computer to drive the monitor at its native resolution (which you should ALWAYS do).
Some people don't seem to notice this kind of stretching too much until they see a comparison. For instance, they can watch 4:3 movies stretched onto a high def TV - something that I can't stand.
There are slight differences between versions, but on Windows 7 you should be able to right click the desktop, select "Personalize" then "Display" in the lower left, then "Screen Resolution". The highest resolution is usually the recommend one, because it usually matches your monitors' native resolution.
I can give exact steps for Vista/XP later if need be, and someone else is going to have to help if it's a Mac.
One thing you'll notice with the proper resolution set - images will definitely appear smaller, but they should look a lot better too. Actually, they will look as intended, since you'll have a pixel for pixel match (i.e. one monitor pixel will display be 1 image pixel). With any other setting, there's some interpolation going on where multiple screen pixels display one image pixel. It usually causes "fuzziness".
In most browsers you can zoom in and out much like in Photoshop. I find that handy at times when things look too small online, but for picture viewing, it's always zoomed to default.