Solved Sceen Savers (Full Screen)

[Tegiro]

I have a new monitor that is 21 inches and my screen savers do not fill the screen totally.
In Windows XP one had the ability to click "How big should photos be".....from smaller to larger scale was available to use. Also, one could select "Stretch all pictures". However I don't see these features in Windows 7.
Consequently as my screen savers pop up on the screen after 5 minutes they do not fill the screen totally, leaving large black borders on both sides.
I have looked everywhere to try to have my photos cover my whole monitor screen but to no avail.

Is there something I can do to correct this?
I have Windows 7 Home Edition.

Thank you

 

[mitchell65]

What size in pixels are the photos you are trying to use? Go to "settings" Have you go Classic selected? This will cause the borders you have. Change Classic to another theme, try Pan and Zoom

 

[Tegiro]

What size in pixels are the photos you are trying to use? Go to "settings" Have you go Classic selected? This will cause the borders you have. Change Classic to another theme, try Pan and Zoom

I use a folder of about 600 photos. Each photo is in the 1000 kb range.
I don't see any settings for "Classic". Where would this setting be found? It is not in my "personalization" setup for screen savers.

 

[Imperfect1]

I think this is what Mitchell65 was referring to: Right-click on your Desktop, select Personalize, then Screen Savers. Once you've selected your Screen Saver, select Settings, and then when the Settings screen opens, down toward the bottom is a setting titled 'Theme.' Select: Pan and Zoom, (NOT Classic), and then press: Apply. This will enlarge all of your screen saver images and also pan them --- You can go back and adjust the speed of the panning and the order of the selection of your images, if you're using more than one at a time as screen savers.

 

[mitchell65]

Thanks Sue, that is, of course, exactly what I meant. Sorry Tegiro, I should have explained it better!

 

[DeaconFrost]

People still use screen savers? As a suggestion, having the monitor go into powersave is better on your utility bill and for the monitor.

Anyway, what size(resolution) are the photos? Not data size...the pixel size as asked before.

 

[Imperfect1]

I think a lot of people (like me) still use screen savers not because we need them, but because we enjoy having images we like on our screen when we're not using our computers.

 

[DeaconFrost]

Interesting. When I'm not using my computer (home, work, or laptop), I'm not at my computer or at my desk to see such images.

 

[Orbital Shark]

As mentioned above, the images you're using need to be the same or bigger resolution than that of your current system setting (e.g. If displaying 1280x720 then use images that are 1280x720 or bigger).

 

[mitchell65]

People still use screen savers? As a suggestion, having the monitor go into powersave is better on your utility bill and for the monitor.

Anyway, what size(resolution) are the photos? Not data size...the pixel size as asked before.

The resolution really doesn't matter a lot as there is not much point in setting it to more that 72DPI if all you need the photos for are to show on your monitor. You can hardly see any difference between 72 and 300 DPI until you get into large format printing on artwork.
Resolution and pixel size are two entirely different things! What I asked for was the pixel size of the images!

 

[DeaconFrost]

I was going by screen resolution, in terms of the pixel dimensions. 1650x1080, etc. If the pictures are smaller, maybe they can't be stretched.

 

[mitchell65]

OK see what you mean but you can see where I got confused! (I am getting old, you know)

 

[DeaconFrost]

I blame Microsoft for calling screen size as resolution, when it already meant something else in the graphics world.

 

[mitchell65]

I blame Microsoft for calling screen size as resolution, when it already meant something else in the graphics world.

Yes perfect, it's all MS's fault for starting all this in the first place

 

[Tegiro]

I think this is what Mitchell65 was referring to: Right-click on your Desktop, select Personalize, then Screen Savers. Once you've selected your Screen Saver, select Settings, and then when the Settings screen opens, down toward the bottom is a setting titled 'Theme.' Select: Pan and Zoom, (NOT Classic), and then press: Apply. This will enlarge all of your screen saver images and also pan them --- You can go back and adjust the speed of the panning and the order of the selection of your images, if you're using more than one at a time as screen savers.

Hi Imperfect (and others following my thread)
I don't see "Theme" anywhere in the screens that popup for this.
Here is a screen shot (I hope) of what I have:

 

[mitchell65]

Think I have solved it. In your screen shot I see you have chosen "Photos" in your screen saver settings. You need to change this to "Windows Live Photo Gallery" Then the missing "Theme" will be available!

 

[Tegiro]

Think I have solved it. In your screen shot I see you have chosen "Photos" in your screen saver settings. You need to change this to "Windows Live Photo Gallery" Then the missing "Theme" will be available!

In the Screen Saver pull down menu the only selections available for me are the following:
(None)
3D Text
Blank
Bubbles
Mystify
Photos
Ribbons

There is no "Windows Live Photo Gallery". That is why I selected "Photos"

Thanks for the suggestion. I, also thought that was it.

But sadly not.

 

[mitchell65]

Have you got Windows Live Essentials installed?

 

[Imperfect1]

Tegiro, I wonder whether this option is missing because you are running Windows 7 Home Edition, and not a higher version.

 

[mitchell65]

Hi Sue
I run Windows 7 Home edition and Windows Live photo Viewer is in my list. I think the OP needs to download and install Widows Live Essentials. He will then have Live Photo Gallery! it's part of the Essentials package.

EDIT
Had second thoughts. I thought you could run Windows Live Essentials on all versions of 7. Perhaps not. Am still checking. Anyone with the definitive answer please jump in!