Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Barney. That explains it. Rick. On 14/04/2006, at 7:53 AM, Barney Quinn wrote: > > > Rick, > > The size is now perfect on my monitor. You probably have a very high > resolution monitor. That makes the same file look smaller. Say you > have > an image which is 600x400 dots (pixels) , just to pick a number. That > image will totally fill a screen when the resolution is set to > 600x400. > If you have a monitor whose resolution is set to 1200 x 1200 then the > image will fill a little less than a quarter of the screen. the 600 > pixels (dots) gets you half way along the 1200 pixel edge and the 400 > pixels gets you a third of the way along the other 1200 pixel edge. > > There is no "per inch here". That can get confusing. A monitor whose > resolution is 1200 pixels be 1200 pixels has one thousand two hundred > dots along each edge no matter how large or small it is. Ten feet > or ten > inches. It doesn't matter. It is still only made up of 1200 x 1200 > dots. > Higher resolution, meaning more dots along each edge, make the same > image > look smaller, other things being equal, because the same number of > dots > doesn't get you as far. > > The numbers I used aren't real world numbers. Things like 1080 by 1224 > are more like what you would se, but that would have made the math > harder! :-) > > Barney > > Barney > > > > > Rick Dykstra wrote: > >> Here they are, rescaled to 900x600(ish). Should fit most screens. >> Looks pretty small now, on mine. >> >> http://members.dodo.com.au/rdcb37/crimson_rosella_2.jpg >> http://members.dodo.com.au/rdcb37/grey_currawong_2.jpg >> >> regards, Rick. >> >> On 14/04/2006, at 12:24 AM, SonC@aol.com wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> In a message dated 4/13/2006 9:22:42 A.M. Central Daylight Time, >>> bquinn@sgi.com writes: >>> >>> Rick, >>> >>> I really like the colors and the use of depth of filed on the >>> first one. >>> One suggestion, though. This image came through very large on my >>> computer. Perhaps scaling it down a little would allow people to >>> see the >>> entire image with out having to use scroll bars. Just a suggestion. >>> >>> Banrey >>> >>> >>> >>> Yeah, I had to take the url to another browser that scales shots >>> to view it. >>> I think for most people, 600 pixels high is about the limit. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sonny >>> http://www.sonc.com >>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>> Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane >>> ?galit?, libert?, crawfish >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Barney Quinn, Jr. > (301) 688-1982 (O) > (240) 535-3036 (C) > (877) 220-0981 (P) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information