"PT" <xyz@xyz.com> kirjoitti
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>I have two monitors: one is a 4:3 on a desktop and the other a 16:9 laptop
>monitor.
>
> I want to use a .JPG file from a 4" x 6" digital camera photo as the
> desktop background on the laptop. But when I set it up by right clicking
> on the desktop, selecting properties, and browsing to the appropriate .jpg
> photo file, the resulting image is stretched out, distorting the photo in
> a manner similar to what appears on sports bar HDTV sets.
>
> I assume there's a way to retain the correct aspect ratio, leaving a pair
> of "black" bars at the left and right ends of the photo.
>
> How to do it?
>
> --
>
> PT
>

What's the resolution of the pic?? Is you have the photo stretched to fill
the screen? If so, set it to center (at the same screen as you set the
background. If you want the pic to "fill" the screen /with black bars) ,
you need a 3rd party software to resize it to 1024*768 pixels (will leave
thin black bars at top and bottom, as your laptops resolution most likely is
1280*800 H/V)


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Thomas Wendell
Helsinki, Finland
Translations to/from FI not always accurate