February 7, 2010
How come digital photos don’t look as good when it’s set as a computer background?
I'm just getting into digital photography. I noticed that when I try to set some great photos as by computer backdrop, it seems that the quality takes a hit? The photos don't look bad, but just not as crystal clear as they do with the windows slideshow (sometimes they appear over-sharpened). Why is that and is there any way to fix this? Thanks so much!!!
PS: I have a Rebel XT (8mp).
Also, I use JPeg, best quality, largest size.
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maybe its because they aren’t so big. . so u have to select the option of seing the photo as a collage or smaller, not full screen. . .
They may be tranferred from the jpeg to a bitmap for your computer background. Any substantial enlarging will also show as loss of detail from the slideshow format.
probably the size of the picture you are taking is too small for the size of the screen. tell us what size picture you have the camera set on and what quality setting you are using.
JPEG is a compression format. It squeezes out some detail so the file size is smaller. If you want a more true rendition of your picture, you should use the BMP or bitmap format.
change your display to a higher color grade, but the pics and everything get smaller an it’s just desk top, as long as print is good who cares?
I would suggest that a small photo being stretched would lose quality, but if you are using a large photo. . . Screen resolution generally isn’t nearly as high as print resolution, so that could be the issue.
as you use the rebel, in best quality, it is obvious that you need to re-touch it again with some software’s help, to add some color tone, and some lightning effect, also the hue saturation options
check you monitor settings,
check to see if your camera is set on the biggest mege pixel(pic size),,,my camera has a 3 mp pic size and i set it at that size.
some cameras give you a few different mega pixel sizes to choose from,,read your camera manual,,it should tell you.
this is a very common situtaion. . . . large files when compressed lose detail. . . . . u can probably use even the microsoft photoeditor to fix this. . . . . . use the resize option found in the Image menu. . . . . set it to u’r monitor pixels. . . . . . most common is 1024×768. . . . and that’s it. . . . . . . u will get the same clarity as u see in the slideshow. . . . . . don’t forget to save an original copy of the file since the same file is saved on. . .