04-11-2009, 02:02 PM
Why is it that when my desktop is set for 1920x1200 (Apple iMac 2.8GHz CD2), only pictures that are 3872x2592 will properly fill my desktop as a nice wallpaper background? It's driving me insane. I have two photos:
Photo #1 - (Looks Fine ... sharp and clear ... no white space on the wallpaper background)
Dimensions: 3872 x 2592
Device Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Device Model: NIKON D200
Color Space: RGB
Profile Name: sRGB IEC61966-2.1
Focal Length: 29
Alpha Channel: 0
Red Eye: 0
FNumber: 9
Exposure Time: 1/125
Photo #2 - (Looks Awful ... pixelated ... too tall ... blurry)
Dimensions: 2852 x 4304
Device Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Device Model: NIKON D300
Color Space: RGB
Profile Name: sRGB IEC61966-2.1
Focal Length: 78
Alpha Channel: 0
Red Eye: 0
FNumber: 11
Exposure Time: 1/500
Since these are both better than 1920x1200, why am I having a big difference in wallpaper quality? Picture #2 is worse if I choose Fit to Screen. Fill Screen looks better but is chopped off on the top and bottom beyond what is acceptable. Stretch to Fill Screen is not good either.
What is the preferred photo dimensions if your display is set at 1920x1200 millions of colors? What application can be used to convert the above photos to that dimension? I have GraphicConverter, iPhoto, Quicktime, ImageWell (free version at the moment), ThumbsUp, Preview, LightZone, Motion Pictures, and an old copy of PhotoShop that won't run on this iMac, but I might be able to get it to run on my daughter's older 500MHz Indigo G3 iMac.
Photo #1 - (Looks Fine ... sharp and clear ... no white space on the wallpaper background)
Dimensions: 3872 x 2592
Device Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Device Model: NIKON D200
Color Space: RGB
Profile Name: sRGB IEC61966-2.1
Focal Length: 29
Alpha Channel: 0
Red Eye: 0
FNumber: 9
Exposure Time: 1/125
Photo #2 - (Looks Awful ... pixelated ... too tall ... blurry)
Dimensions: 2852 x 4304
Device Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Device Model: NIKON D300
Color Space: RGB
Profile Name: sRGB IEC61966-2.1
Focal Length: 78
Alpha Channel: 0
Red Eye: 0
FNumber: 11
Exposure Time: 1/500
Since these are both better than 1920x1200, why am I having a big difference in wallpaper quality? Picture #2 is worse if I choose Fit to Screen. Fill Screen looks better but is chopped off on the top and bottom beyond what is acceptable. Stretch to Fill Screen is not good either.
What is the preferred photo dimensions if your display is set at 1920x1200 millions of colors? What application can be used to convert the above photos to that dimension? I have GraphicConverter, iPhoto, Quicktime, ImageWell (free version at the moment), ThumbsUp, Preview, LightZone, Motion Pictures, and an old copy of PhotoShop that won't run on this iMac, but I might be able to get it to run on my daughter's older 500MHz Indigo G3 iMac.