[filmscanners] Re: Postprocessing - Resizing for screen display

["Carlisle Landel" <clandel@adelphia.net>]

Wow, cool!  I can march into the weekend with my head held high!

8*)

Thanks, Laurie!

Have a good weekend, one and all.

Carlisle


On Feb 17, 2006, at 11:49 AM, Laurie Solomon wrote:

> 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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