[filmscanners] RE: Postprocessing - Resizing for screen display

["Laurie Solomon" <laurie@advancenet.net>]

Actually, he is wanting to make desktop wall paper for his wife; but he
and his wife want the wallpaper image to be as crisp, sharp, and clear
as a high resolution and quality monitor displayed image as contrasted
to the lower resolution and quality typical wallpaper images.  So you
initial understanding was correct and the points you made about
resolution and aspect ratio are good points.  In part, this is what I
was suggesting when I raised my questions about what was meant by
"resizing" and how it was being done as a preliminary issue to the
actual sharpening issues.

So you need not slink off into the corner with tail between your legs
but rather stand tall and proud. :-)

----Original Message----
From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of
Carlisle Landel
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 9:36 AM
To: laurie@advancenet.net
Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Postprocessing - Resizing for
screen display

> Duh-oh!  Wait.  I *do* misunderstand the problem.  You aren't
> making wallpaper, you want the best image.
>
> OK, forget everything I just said.
>
> Sorry about that.
>
> Slinking off into the corner now, tail between legs,
>
> Carlisle
>
>
> On Feb 17, 2006, at 10:11 AM, Carlisle Landel wrote:
>
>>
>>>> What techniques do list members use to resize/sharpen screen
>>>> display images and what USM etc values seem best?  I'm determined
>>>> to produce an image which my wife actually feels does the original
>>>> justice........
>>
>> Are you sure the "sharpness" issue isn't simply one of having the
>> proper resolution and aspect ratio?
>>
>> Usually, if your digital image is of sufficient resolution, then,
>> given the proper aspect ratio and/or how you ask the computer to
>> display the image, it will be nice and sharp.
>>
>> I'm a Mac driver, so I'm somewhat unclear on the details for making a
>> Windows desktop wallpaper image.   Nonetheless,  I've got a friend
>> with a windows box who wanted a photo converted to wallpaper.  As it
>> was displayed, it was a mess (it was a photo of a person), fuzzy and
>> distorted.  I re-scanned the photo at higher resolution and then
>> saved it as wallpaper.  That cleared up the fuzziness.  It was still
>> distorted because the display resolution wasn't set to a pixel count
>> appropriate for the screen size.  Thus the image was stretched in one
>> dimension in order to fit the screen.  I had to futz around with the
>> screen resolution until I got it to display correctly (Macs handle
>> this much better--well, ok they handle most things better<g>), but I
>> eventually figured it out.  Problem solved.
>>
>> Or maybe I'm misunderstanding your problem.
>>
>> Good luck,
>>
>> Carlisle
>>
>>
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