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Subject: [Leica] One colourful - One not
From: rdcb37 at dodo.com.au (Rick Dykstra)
Date: Thu Apr 13 15:50:30 2006
References: <1f3.1e19fc01.316fb928@aol.com> <5B86B35C-3EC4-44C3-AAA6-9B2E680E954E@dodo.com.au> <443EC84E.CEB366EB@sgi.com>

Thanks Barney.  That explains it.

Rick.

On 14/04/2006, at 7:53 AM, Barney Quinn wrote:

>
>
> Rick,
>
> The size is now perfect on my monitor. You probably have a very high
> resolution monitor. That makes the same file look smaller. Say you  
> have
> an image which is 600x400 dots (pixels) , just to pick a number. That
> image will totally fill a screen when the resolution is set to  
> 600x400.
> If you have a monitor whose resolution is set to 1200 x 1200 then the
> image will fill a little less than a quarter of the screen. the 600
> pixels (dots) gets you half way along the 1200 pixel edge and the 400
> pixels gets you a third of the way along the other 1200 pixel edge.
>
> There is no "per inch here". That can get confusing. A monitor whose
> resolution is 1200 pixels be 1200 pixels has one thousand two hundred
> dots along each edge no matter how large or small it is. Ten feet  
> or ten
> inches. It doesn't matter. It is still only made up of 1200 x 1200  
> dots.
> Higher resolution, meaning more dots along each edge, make the same  
> image
> look smaller, other things being equal, because the same number of  
> dots
> doesn't get you as far.
>
> The numbers I used aren't real world numbers. Things like 1080 by 1224
> are more like what you would se, but that would have made the math
> harder! :-)
>
> Barney
>
> Barney
>
>
>
>
> Rick Dykstra wrote:
>
>> Here they are, rescaled to 900x600(ish).  Should fit most screens.
>> Looks pretty small now, on mine.
>>
>> http://members.dodo.com.au/rdcb37/crimson_rosella_2.jpg
>> http://members.dodo.com.au/rdcb37/grey_currawong_2.jpg
>>
>> regards, Rick.
>>
>> On 14/04/2006, at 12:24 AM, SonC@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 4/13/2006 9:22:42 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
>>> bquinn@sgi.com writes:
>>>
>>> Rick,
>>>
>>> I really like the colors and the use of depth of filed on  the
>>> first one.
>>> One suggestion, though. This image came through very large  on my
>>> computer. Perhaps scaling it down a little would allow people to
>>> see  the
>>> entire image with out having to use scroll bars. Just a  suggestion.
>>>
>>> Banrey
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah, I had to take the url to another browser that scales shots
>>> to  view it.
>>>  I think for most people, 600 pixels high is about the  limit.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Sonny
>>> http://www.sonc.com
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