Slight issue with the color of my desktop background.

[Grimmax]

Whenever I set an image as my desktop background, the colors change slightly. The image I'm using is on the left, and my desktop is on the right. It could just be me, but If you look closely, you might see some odd lines on my desktop background around the bottom:

Both my screen resolution and the image are 1440 by 900. Can anyone explain this to me?

 

[HAVOC]

Have you tried removing the clock in the upper left of the screen and see if that has an effect?

 

[Grimmax]

Have you tried removing the clock in the upper left of the screen and see if that has an effect?

I have tried that, I put it on for the picture just so you'd know which one was a screenshot of my desktop.

 

[Britton30]

They look identical to me viewed full size.

 

[MourningStar]

They look identical to me viewed full size.

me too, identical on my screen.

 

[Grimmax]

They look identical to me viewed full size.

me too, identical on my screen.

Well, I would say it's the monitor itself, but I DO notice a difference between the wallpaper and the image. All well, I guess it's not that big of a deal.

 

[Sub Styler]

No. I see the one on the right is slightly darker and has faint white vertical line eminating from the bottom of the picture which is comparable to backlight LED distortion. It is unusual to see this as both images are screenshots. What software is the left screenshot taken from and does it use it's own colour palette to display images?

 

[Grimmax]

No. I see the one on the right is slightly darker and has faint white vertical line eminating from the bottom of the picture which is comparable to backlight LED distortion. It is unusual to see this as both images are screenshots. What software is the left screenshot taken from and does it use it's own colour palette to display images?

It's a screenshot of a vidya game just using print screen.

 

[Sub Styler]

So the left is the raw image as it was screen shot from the game, and the right is a screen shot of the desktop with the left image set as the wallpaper? Although the dimensions are the same and it shouldn't make any difference, have you tried setting the wallpaper between "centre" "streched" "Fill" and "Fit" to see if there is any change.

 

[Grimmax]

So the left is the raw image as it was screen shot from the game, and the right is a screen shot of the desktop with the left image set as the wallpaper? Although the dimensions are the same and it shouldn't make any difference, have you tried setting the wallpaper between "centre" "streched" "Fill" and "Fit" to see if there is any change.

Nope, no dice.

 

[Britton30]

Try this: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/5823-display-color-calibration.html or your monitor's built in balance contols, it can change over time.

 

[Sub Styler]

With them both being screen shots, the difference would not be from the monitor it'self but from the final render in the graphics card, it may be that the game is using DirectDraw/Direct3D or OpenGL to render the image while windows is using GDI.

 

[boohbah]

i see vertical stripes with a larger one with square dots on it its very faint,

is it the same with all images or just that one?

 

[Sub Styler]

good question Boo!