Solved How Do I Make 1024x768 the Actual Display Size?

[Milanodan]

Running W7, 64. Have a wide-screen LCD monitor, and I want 1024x768, period. That will chop some screen area off each side, fine. But even with the 1024x768 setting, the display is stretched horizontally and shrunken vertically, so photos look awful.

How to fix?

 

[Barman58]

Windows picks up the resolution available from the actual monitor - so unless you can change settings on the monitor itself you will only have the widescreen options available.

 

[Milanodan]

Thanks, Nigel

I posted the problem in the Asus forum, because I cannot get bthe monitor to change any settings.

 

[Barman58]

I know the problem I am in the process of trying to get a 19" HDTV to give the resolution promised. it has the opposite problem to your's - it keeps reporting it's a 4:3 Aspect 1024x768 not the 1360x768 on the VGA output I need for the Laptop. DVI is fine though

 

[Windows i7 920]

Windows picks up the resolution available from the actual monitor - so unless you can change settings on the monitor itself you will only have the widescreen options available.

In CCC I actually have a setting changed that causes my screen to do this.

 

[Milanodan]

Windows picks up the resolution available from the actual monitor - so unless you can change settings on the monitor itself you will only have the widescreen options available.

In CCC I actually have a setting changed that causes my screen to do this.

Ummm, what's CCC?

 

[Heyyou]

Running W7, 64. Have a wide-screen LCD monitor, and I want 1024x768, period. That will chop some screen area off each side, fine. But even with the 1024x768 setting, the display is stretched horizontally and shrunken vertically, so photos look awful.

How to fix?

Having the same problem. Round circles like google earth sphere is an elipse. I tried in vein to adjust the monitor and the computer display every way possible I think. When I was using my XP computer and the same 23" monitor, I was able to solve the problem by clicking stretch on the computer display but this WIN 7 computer won't do it.

 

[Milanodan]

I fixed it. I changed the "screen resolution" setting from 1024x768 to 1280x768, and now the photos look normal.

 

[Zepher]

you should run your LCD monitor at its native resolution to get the best image. Running it at lower resolution can jntroduce jagged text and a fuzzy image.

 

[Milanodan]

The problem with that is the photos are tiny, because the "native" is huge. I have thousands of photos that I've run thru Photoshop, most in 800x600 and some in 1024x768.

Doesn't seem that long ago when I paid $90 for a 128MB Smartmedia card---.

 

[Heyyou]

I fixed it. I changed the "screen resolution" setting from 1024x768 to 1280x768, and now the photos look normal.

Does the picture fill the screen on the sides, or do you have a slight blank area on each side?

 

[Milanodan]

I fixed it. I changed the "screen resolution" setting from 1024x768 to 1280x768, and now the photos look normal.

Does the picture fill the screen on the sides, or do you have a slight blank area on each side?

There's a lot of blank space on each side, but at least now the photos aren't distorted. When I PS'd them, I used 4:3, and this new monitor is 16:9 or whatever.

 

[Barman58]

The distortion is caused by the fact that your PC is still sending a 4:3 Screen which is being displayed on a 16:9 device and the device is converting the image - In effect the pixels are displayed as rectangles rather than Squares.

If the PC is sending a 16:9 image and the Monitor is expecting this it should not matter what format or screen resolution the images were edited at. Eg. A 500 x 500 pixel image displayed at 4:3 will still be a 500 x 500 pixel when displayed on a 16:9 monitor that is correctly set-up

LCD [digital] monitors should always be set-up at their native resolution as any other resolution will add some distortion, which is the last thing you need when editing.

If the size of the text etc on native resolution is a problem, windows allows you to scale this to suit

 

[Barman58]

The distortion is caused by the fact that your PC is still sending a 4:3 Screen which is being displayed on a 16:9 device and the device is converting the image - In effect the pixels are displayed as rectangles rather than Squares.

If the PC is sending a 16:9 image and the Monitor is expecting this it should not matter what format or screen resolution the images were edited at. Eg. A 500 x 500 pixel image displayed at 4:3 will still be a 500 x 500 pixel when displayed on a 16:9 monitor that is correctly set-up

LCD [digital] monitors should always be set-up at their native resolution as any other resolution will add some distortion, which is the last thing you need when editing.

If the size of the text etc on native resolution is a problem, windows allows you to scale this to suit

 

[Milanodan]

Not sure what all that means, but with W2000 on my old computer, if I set the screen resolution/whatever it's called to 800x600, my 800x600 photos filled the screen--beautiful.

For the ones I made 1024x768, same thing when I set the monitor/W2000 to that resolution. Everything was 4:3.

BTW, an Asus tech replied to my question there, and said the settings must be made in W7, not the monitor.

Next thing I need to do is figure out how to set the color correctly. I use PS on the old comp. which has a CRT monitor, and when the colors are right on there, they're too green on the LCD.

Problem is, I don't know which monitor/setting is right. Maybe I should post a sample photo--is that allowed here?

 

[MrNeeds]

Not sure what all that means, but with W2000 on my old computer, if I set the screen resolution/whatever it's called to 800x600, my 800x600 photos filled the screen--beautiful.

For the ones I made 1024x768, same thing when I set the monitor/W2000 to that resolution. Everything was 4:3.

BTW, an Asus tech replied to my question there, and said the settings must be made in W7, not the monitor.

Next thing I need to do is figure out how to set the color correctly. I use PS on the old comp. which has a CRT monitor, and when the colors are right on there, they're too green on the LCD.

Problem is, I don't know which monitor/setting is right. Maybe I should post a sample photo--is that allowed here?

sure, photos help us help you seeing as the screenshot wouldn't really help us, can you take a picture of both screens with a camera?

also, the green maybe because the color settings on the monitor have been changed to combat the fuzziness, you could fiddle with the presets to see if that helps.

 

[Milanodan]

I found the W7 color tests, and my LCD seems right on.

Thanks for all the help!

 

[Barman58]

Colour correction for image editing is a very complex subject and for true accuracy requires the use of a corlorometer and specialist software

An approximation can be achieved, at least for print output by the use of a printed test chart, this is printed out and the PC output adjusted to match. this can be done using the windows set-up wizard or individually per application where possible (Photoshop).

Example test charts attached ....

 

[Milanodan]

The colors on the test pages seem very good on the LCD, possibly a bit on the red side-very slight. The whites are pure white.