Customizing photo size in slideshow screen saver

[Bluebonnet]

Is there a way to customize the Vista slide show screen saver, to make it act
more like the old one in XP? Specifically, I would like the option to turn
off having them all at full-screen size, as many of them become quite blurry
when blown up so big. In XP, you had a choice, and I really liked it that
way. Any help will be much appreciated!

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

No, that is not configurable.

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"Bluebonnet" <Bluebonnet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CB917F9B-1060-4494-BD37-D0AE2EF31AE4@microsoft.com...
> Is there a way to customize the Vista slide show screen saver, to make it
> act
> more like the old one in XP? Specifically, I would like the option to
> turn
> off having them all at full-screen size, as many of them become quite
> blurry
> when blown up so big. In XP, you had a choice, and I really liked it that
> way. Any help will be much appreciated!

 

[BillyR]

I realize this is an old thread, but I found it during a search on this
topic. If it is impossible to configure Vista to display slide show
pictures at their original sizes that is a defect in the program. For
instance, pictures that are 700 x 500 look terrible on my 1600 x 1200
screen, and basically renders that feature of Vista unusable. That is
not the case with the Preview feature, which displays pictures at their
original resolution.

Perhaps Microsoft ought to address this deficiency.


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BillyR
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[Susannah.D]

I've been having the same problem. Is there really no way to display the
pictures in their original resolution? my slideshow looks awful.

"BillyR" wrote:

>
> I realize this is an old thread, but I found it during a search on this
> topic. If it is impossible to configure Vista to display slide show
> pictures at their original sizes that is a defect in the program. For
> instance, pictures that are 700 x 500 look terrible on my 1600 x 1200
> screen, and basically renders that feature of Vista unusable. That is
> not the case with the Preview feature, which displays pictures at their
> original resolution.
>
> Perhaps Microsoft ought to address this deficiency.
>
>
> --
> BillyR
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>
>

 

[Susannah.D]

Is there a way to alter the properties of the images themselves in order to
keep the computer from ever stretching them, whether on the background or in
a slideshow/screensaver?

"Susannah.D" wrote:

> I've been having the same problem. Is there really no way to display the
> pictures in their original resolution? my slideshow looks awful.
>
> "BillyR" wrote:
>
> >
> > I realize this is an old thread, but I found it during a search on this
> > topic. If it is impossible to configure Vista to display slide show
> > pictures at their original sizes that is a defect in the program. For
> > instance, pictures that are 700 x 500 look terrible on my 1600 x 1200
> > screen, and basically renders that feature of Vista unusable. That is
> > not the case with the Preview feature, which displays pictures at their
> > original resolution.
> >
> > Perhaps Microsoft ought to address this deficiency.
> >
> >
> > --
> > BillyR
> > Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
> >
> >

 

[BillyR]

Susannah.D1000547 Wrote:
> Is there a way to alter the properties of the images themselves in order
> to
> keep the computer from ever stretching them, whether on the background
> or in
> a slideshow/screensaver?There doesn't appear to be a way. It makes one wonder what the geniuses
at Microsoft were thinking when they designed it this way. Or was it an
oversight and they don't want to admit it?

The only way I know of to use that feature without severely impacting
the quality of your images is to resize them to your screen size if you
have the pixels available i.e., resize a 2000 x 1500 to 1600 x 1200, or
whatever your screen size is. For smaller images like 700 x 500 the
other alternative is to use a program like Photoshop or Genuine Fractals
to upsample your images to your screen size. This kind of hassle
wouldn't be necessary if Microsoft had properly designed this feature.

It is unfortunate that Microsoft designed it so shoddily, and more
unfortunate that they haven't corrected it in one of those massive
updates they periodically issue.


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BillyR
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