how do i change the aspect ratio from my digital camera to match my widescreen monitor?

Question

when i take pictures with my digital camera they are in the 4:3 ratio, however, my monitor has a natural resolution of 1680x1050, so when i try to use pictures i have taken as wallpapers they either stretch horizontally, or if i centre or tile them they zoom far too close and cut off most of the picture. is there any way to maintain the picture aspect ratio and have them as big as possible to use as wallpapers with my monitor, without having to cut off or zoom into the pictures, and just fill in the gaps in the side of the monitor? thanks

Answer 1

Hi.

I think there´s no camera with that aspect ratio, the more common are 4:3 , 15:10 (printed photography) and maybe a extended 23:10 or something like that. The aspect ratio of your screen is 16:10, so my recomendation is to take a picture with your 4:3 aspect ratio, then cut it the part you want whith the same aspec ratio of 16:10 (example. 3200*2000 pixels), later resize the wide to 1680 and the height to 1050 with a picture edition program like photoshop, paint shop , etc. saved it and nothing more,

no distortion

Answer 2

The problem is this: you are running a monitor that is meant to be run at 1440 by 900 res at 1024 by 768. This makes the distortion. Try going in and changing the res. If there isn't an option for that, try getting a new card. If the card cant support that high, then it can't support that high. I hope this helps, but the prob is definitely that.

Answer 3

It should have a panoramic setting under the set up tools.pp