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hray9
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p.1 #1 · Wide screen question

I purchased a Samsung F2380 and set it up today. The majority of what I will use it for is the internet. I am a serious amateur photographer, so a good amount of use will be post processing in Photoshop and LightRoom.
I was disappointed as to how the photos looked. People appeared short and dumpy.
Guess I can change to screen size, but thinking about sending it back and buying a Dell 20 inch which is more square.
What do you use to process your photos.
Thanks in advance for your help

Nov 26, 2009 at 12:07 AM

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p.1 #2 · Wide screen question

The aspect ratio of the screen should have no effect on how pictures look.

Nov 26, 2009 at 12:14 AM

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p.1 #3 · Wide screen question

Sorry, don't understand

Nov 26, 2009 at 12:15 AM

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p.1 #4 · Wide screen question

The aspect ratio (width vs. height) of the screen has zero impact on how images render. A traditional monitor is 4:3, a widescreen is 16:10. Images will look identical on both.

If people are short and dumpy, you've screwed up a setting somewhere (or unknowingly bought a returned monitor someone else screwed up).

Try resetting the monitor from the OSD; it sounds like somehow a setting to stretch the image has been turned on. Also make sure you're running at full resolution from Control Panel (Windows) or System Preferences (Mac).

Nov 26, 2009 at 12:41 AM

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p.1 #5 · Wide screen question

If this is your monitor, make sure the resolution is set at 1920x1080. If people look short and squashed to you, you may have it set at 1920x1200 which would smush the images to fit the screen.

Nov 26, 2009 at 01:56 AM

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p.1 #6 · Wide screen question

The monitor has a native resolution of 1920x1080. Therefore, your video card must be capable of outputting that resolution. Right click on the desktop, select properties and then settings, then set the resolution to 1920x1080.

Nov 26, 2009 at 01:56 AM

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p.1 #7 · Wide screen question

Thanks all for your help.

Nov 26, 2009 at 12:57 PM


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