widescreen monitor distortion

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arnold_rudley
Oct 16, 2005
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Am using a widescreen monitor[20"]with CS. The screen distortion prevents accurate WYSWYG printing. Colors are fine but heads are elongated when printed.
Any thoughts about a solution… I have tried everything I could think of. thanks
arnold
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brent bertram
Oct 16, 2005
In Windows display settings, you need to match your monitor’s aspect ratio at an appropriate resolution. A typical CRT has a 4:3 ratio, but widescreens are not. My wide laptop is running at 1280×768 resolution , a 5:3 aspect ratio.

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Michael_D_Sullivan
Oct 16, 2005
If your monitor is an LCD, you should have it set to its native resolution, which will give you square pixels that will correspond to what Photoshop and your printer are employing. If you are displaying at a nonnative resolution (e.g., 1024×768 on a monitor that is 1280×768), the image will be stretched with the equivalent of rectangular pixels.
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Bob Levine
Oct 16, 2005
What everyone else said, but a note that not all video cards support widescreen aspect ratios. If yours doesn’t you’ll need to buy one that does.

Bob
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William Kazak
Oct 17, 2005
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If your monitor is an LCD, you should have it set to its native resolution, which will give you square pixels that will correspond to what Photoshop and your printer are employing. If you are displaying at a nonnative resolution (e.g., 1024×768 on a monitor that is 1280×768), the image will be stretched with the equivalent of rectangular pixels.

Very interesting discussion.
I alwys thought you could set a monitor resolution anywhere. I never considered aspect ratio or distortions from doing that. I have a Sony 19 inch CRT which is 1600 x 1200.
When I use that setting my aspect ratio is correct but the text is so small and hard to read.
Obviously, 800 x600 works but I want to use more space than that. What do you recommend as an "in between to keep my aspect ratio "correct"?

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