[wasagabum]

Just bought a great new widescreen LCD monitor from LG. I spent a few weeks searching the internet for any tips on how to make my JPG images look normal instead of stretched.....didn't find anything.I played around with the software I had but none would make the picture narrower untilI loaded one into Microsoft's Paint program, clicked on IMAGE, STRETCH, then changed the horizontal setting from 100% to 90% and voila, the picture looked normal.I just wanted to be able to use My Pictures folder as a screen saver, so I made a new folder called Widescreen Pics and copied about 100 pictures into it, then loaded each one into Paint, made them 90% narrower and resaved it. Now these duplicate JPG's look normal but will not be used to make any prints.

[jbking]

What screen resolution did you have on your widescreen? Also was it a VGA or DVI connection between the tower and the monitor? Just a couple of background questions if you don't mind.Regards,JB

[wasagabum]

To JBMy LCD monitor setting is 1152 x 864 and currently using a VGA cable. I was lookingat the digital cables in my area and they are priced around $40, so not sure if I needto get one yet as the monitor is very clear and colours brilliant.

[jbking]

Does your tower have a DVI connector so that you could use a digital cable? That resolution is a widescreen one or at least my widescreen monitor could support that though I like the 1440 x 900 configuration that I've used since day one.

[wasagabum]

Both have a DVI connector on them, I'm just notusing the cable yet.......what about your JPG's ? Are they not stretched or did you somehow fix them ?

[jbking]

I don't think I've had the issue or if I did then I didn't notice it.Regards,JB

[wasagabum]

To JBI finally found the answer to my stretching JPG problem,,,,I changed theresolution to 1280 x 768 and that cured it. I came across some repliesabout widesreen problems and someone mentioned this was the propersetting. They didn't mention JPG's though. Tks for the commentsBrian