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Resize a wallpaper photo

romlou Posted messages 8 Status Member -  
RaceGame Posted messages 4526 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -
Hello
I have a screen that is wider than it is tall. I want to set a photo as the background, filling the entire width, and I would like to reduce it on the left and right sides. How can I do that? Thank you in advance.

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    Armojax Posted messages 1863 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 529
     
    Hello romlou,

    Image editing software generally offers various options to set an image as a wallpaper (the term desktop background is also used).

    XnView and Faststone Image Viewer, for example, do this very well, along with many others...

    The terms used may vary from one software to another. The main options are:

    - center or full screen: the center of the image coincides with the center of the screen, and the image is displayed at 100%, without distortion. If it's smaller than the screen, it does not fully occupy it; otherwise, it overflows.

    - stretch or fit to screen: the 4 corners of the image coincide with those of the screen. The image occupies the entire screen and is distorted if the proportions are not identical.

    - adjust or best fit to screen: the image is displayed in full without distortion. If the proportions of the image and the screen are not the same, the image only touches two opposite edges of the screen, with empty bands on the other edges.

    - mosaic: the upper left corner of the image coincides with the upper left edge of the screen, displayed at 100%. If the image is smaller, it is repeated as many times as necessary, in rows and columns, to fill the screen.

    With my 16:9 screen, I usually set a 4:3 (=12:9) image as my wallpaper. There remains a 2/9 band on each side where I place my icons.

    Armojax.
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    1. RaceGame Posted messages 4526 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   555
       
      Yeah, well, to crop an image, Paint is enough!!
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    2. Armojax Posted messages 1863 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 529
       
      Ok RaceGame, but we're not cutting anything here...

      No worries.
      Have a good evening.
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    3. RaceGame Posted messages 4526 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   555
       
      I would like to reduce it on the left and on the right
      Too bad, that's what I understood.. It would be so simple to indicate simple things for people who are not very skilled oO

      Otherwise, Windows manages that well on its own, or at least for the most part!?

      Fill
      Fit
      Stretch
      Tile
      Center

      Thank you, I wish you a good evening as well :)
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