Re: Monitor Aspect Ratio

Thanks, Grinder, for the fast and helpful response. I've just reset the
laptop's screen to 1280 x 800. That does the trick. Now images on the screen
are in the correct proportions.

GordpnP

"Grinder" <grinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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GordonP wrote:
I recently purchased Photoshop Elements 6 to replace version 4 that I had
been using. I installed PE6 on my Dell Inspiron 1420 laptop because that
computer has a much more powerful processor and lots more memory than my
older desktop computer.

PE6 works great. One problem is that the laptop has a monitor with an
aspect ratio of approximately 3:5 whereas a standard monitor has an
aspect ratio of 3:4. PE6 automaticallly scales images to fit the width of
the screen, resulting in some distortion--a circle becomes an oval.

Is there a way to correct this problem? Perhaps I could fiddle with the
NVIDIA driver? Or is there a way to correct the problem in PE6?

You should be selecting a monitor resolution, for both machines, that has
the same aspect ratio as your monitor. For LCD monitors, I would
recommend using the _native resolution_ of the display.

I see that the Dell Inspiron 1420 laptop has a native resolution of
1280x800, a 16:10 ratio. Try your system with that resolution. If it's
too fine for you, pick something smaller, but with the same ratio, like
1024x640, if it has it.

As for your desktop computer: If you're using an LCD panel, the same
advice applies. You'll have to find the native resolution from your
monitor manual, or online. If you're using a CRT monitor, it is most
likely has an aspect ratio of 4:3, so choose a tolerable resolution
accordingly.

No adjustment to Photoshop Elements 6 qualifies as a reasonable solution
to your problem.

One solution, of course, is to use an external monitor with a standard
aspect ratio--I'll probably do that so that I can work with larger images
while I'm at home. I'd still like to have undistorted images on my laptop
while I'm traveling.

That does bring up an interesting scenario. If you were to get an
external monitor for your laptop, and it's a different aspect ratio,
you'll likely have to fiddle with your screen resolution moving from
screen to screen.

Maybe getting one of those 16:10 LCD televisions is not a bad idea. It's
fairly big, would have the same resolution as your laptop, and can
double-duty when you're on the road?


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