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    Poor image quality Vista slideshow?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by coolguy, Sep 19, 2008.

  1. coolguy

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    I had uploaded some 8 MP pictures from my camera. When I view the full screen slideshow with Vista photo gallery, the pictures are all pixelated and distorted. But the pictures look fine in the preview. It looks like a problem with vista slideshow settings. Because the full screen slideshow with Picasa 3.0 is just fine. I am using vista home premium.

    Has anyone ever experienced this problem?
     
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  2. kuncheesh

    kuncheesh Notebook Evangelist

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    i also have the same problem. donno what the solution is. i have neglected the problem ever since as it does show only on certain images
     
    kuncheesh, Sep 19, 2008
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    shoelace_510 8700M GT inside... ^-^;

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    For me I am using Vista Ultimate 32 bit and I use Vista Slideshow all the time and haven't had this problem... :confused:
     
    shoelace_510, Sep 19, 2008
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  4. fonduekid

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    Me too.... :confused: I have had no issues like this.
     
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  5. coolguy

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    What screen resolutions are you guys using? Mine is 1280x800. Vista slide show tries to maximize the image to fit the screen, I guess, kind of distorts the picture.
     
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    1920x1200 (as in Sig!!)
     
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  7. shoelace_510

    shoelace_510 8700M GT inside... ^-^;

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    Yeah I am using 1920X1200 as well, and it doesn't try to full screen on me unless I tell it to. ;) :D

    NOTE: Besides, at 1280X800 an 8 MP camera should look perfectly fine, seeing as the picture resolution should be almost as high as the computer's!! lol
     
    shoelace_510, Sep 19, 2008
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  8. coolguy

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    I didn't mean full screen. Vista tries to do something with the pictures. The same pictures look just fine with Picasa slideshow. And an 8 MP resolution is much higher than 1280x800. I think that it's the compression that makes pictures distorted.
     
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    shoelace_510 8700M GT inside... ^-^;

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    Hm... well I'm not sure about the compression you are talking about...

    And yeah sorry I misread the MP # that I calculated to be 10,024,000 when it is actually 1,024,000. >.< My bad!
     
    shoelace_510, Sep 19, 2008
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