Questions tagged [scaling]
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Are there any tools to scale/magnify a given window or application?
I recently purchased a Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro, which sports a high-dpi 13" screen with a resolution of 3200x1800, running under Win8.1.
The issue I sometimes face is that some applications will not scale ...
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How do I stop windows from upscaling my UI?
I have three 1080p ASUS monitors hooked up to my machine. I also have my Samsung HDTV (1080p) hooked up to my PC as well. The middle monitor is set to duplicate to the TV for playing games. The ...
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Display Scaling in Windows Remote Desktop Connection
I constantly RDP into different servers on our network. Sometimes I want to go full screen, but sometimes I want to specify the resolution. I do both of these through Microsoft's Remote Desktop ...
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How do I change the scaling options in AMD Catalyst Control Center?
I've just switched out my old GTX 470 for a new ASUS Radeon R9 280X and now when I choose the resolution 1920 x 1080 it doesn't fit my 1920 x 1080 monitor. It just doesn't fill up the whole screen and ...
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Desktop applications appear blurred after upgrading to Windows 8.1
I've upgraded my Microsoft Surface Pro to Windows 8.1 two days ago. Now on my home monitor (native max and effective res is 1920x1200) all the desktop windows, except for browser rendered screens, ...
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Change DPI in Windows 8(.1) below 100%
I want to make all of the UI smaller than possible, because I am running 3 27" Monitors with 1080p resolution and am hoping to get a little more screen real estate out of it. So I have played around a ...
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Two different computers with one Microsoft account
I recently bought a 13 inch 1920x1080 laptop. If I set the default scaling to 100% in Control Panel -> Appearance and Personalisation -> Display, it's too small to be usable. I set it to 125 % and it ...
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How to use different scaling for every monitor?
One of the new features in Windows 8.1 is the new "Desktop display scaling", which allows user to configure scaling per monitor. I've been trying to get this working in preview but with no success. If ...
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Force games stretch into full screen in lower resolution?
I am playing Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition on Windows 7. I can't run with my max resolution (1680x1050) because my video card doesn't have enough power to support 60 fps (ATI Radeon HD2600 Pro) so I ...
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Unlock scaled print size
When printing with Photoshop a set of options are available under "Scaled Print Size".
It allows you to change the Scale percentage. However I see a chain icon that symbolizes that the aspect ratio ...
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How to embed an image plot with scaled dimensions in a pdf without smoothing effects?
I need to produce an image plot of data as a pdf. There are a small number of pixels in the data (roughly 100 x 100), so each pixel is discernible (not a smooth image). I have tried exporting a pdf ...
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WIndows 8 Start/Metro scaling for big TVs [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Windows 8 Pixel density large screen
Is there any way to increase the Metro UI / Start elements size ?
I mean in the same way you can change the dpi scaling for the desktop ...
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Pixel doubling with NVidia card
I have a 2880x1800 display and I'd like to be able to run applications on Windows 7 at 1440x900.
Unfortunately if I create this resolution on NVidia Control Panel the image becomes blurry, because ...
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Windows 7 Inconsistent DPI/Scaling [duplicate]
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Windows 7 Incorrect Scaling
I've got a Windows 7 box displaying some rather odd behavior related to DPI scaling. This was a laptop provided to me pre-configured to use 125% ...
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What image scaling/interpolation algorithm does OS X use? [closed]
All of Apple's software uses a distinctive image scaling algorithm built into the OS. Both OS X and iOS use it. It might seem like a silly question, but does anybody know what it's called and/or how ...
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Force full-screen scaling on a Radeon-powered laptop
I've got a Packard Bell laptop with a Radeon 5650 card. The desktop resolution is 1600x900. Windows 7 SP1 x64.
I like older games. They often have resolutions like 800x600 or 640x480. When I run that,...
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Create PDF with print page scale of none
I need to generate a pdf document that has the Print Options of Page Scaling set to "None" or "Actual Size"
This setting in the document would mean that the default when you open the document in ...
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Font scaling issue in win 7
I have a problem with font scaling in Win 7. I tried to search but found no apparent solution to this.
About the problem: It manifest itself in older games (from Win 95 era). For example I get this
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What are the definitive rules for Windows 8 Screen Scaling
I have a laptop + external screen multi-mon setup running windows 8.
The laptop has a 15.4 Inch 1920*1080 Screen (Smaller Physical / Higher Pixel Density)
The Monitor has a 22 Inch 1680*1050 Screen (...
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Scaling problems with Radeon HD6850 and Acer S222HQL (HDMI)
I have scaling problems with Radeon HD6850 (HDMI) and Acer S222HQL (HDMI).
Before I switch to HDMI I had used DVI with a "crystal clear" image. Today I switch to HDMI and get a washy look. First the ...
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How do I go about detecting 'fake' hi-res images (TIFF when really JPEG, deliberately upscaled images)?
In my line of work I often work with images for print marketing from multiple sources and occasionally when I have asked for hi-res images (instead of initially the low-res ones that they start by ...
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Graphics card doesn't run full screen without drivers
Recently I've purchased new ASUS ENGTX560 DC/2DI/1GD5 and installed it on my ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z motherboard. My motherboard has onboard graphics card with HDMI output as well and before it was ...
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How to scale page size down in Adobe Acrobat X Pro?
I scanned a document on a scanner at a friend's house and the pdf ended up being 35 inches by 45 inches in size. I think this the cause of the trouble had for the person I sent it to, they get the ...
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Is there software to detect omission of thin lines in image when it is reduced in size (e.g. chinese characters)?
Is there software to detect omission of thin lines in a bitmapped image (jpg etc.) when it is reduced in size (e.g. chinese characters)?
For example if the physical dimensions of an image are reduced,...
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Monitors with different pixel sizes
I have several monitors with different pixel sizes (that is, size of individual pixels; not resolution). This means that when I put them next to each other and move the mouse between them, it's not ...
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xrandr equivalent for Windows 7?
My old 7" Eee netbook runs Linux. I'm able to run the following command to scale what the display shows from the native/tiny 800x480 to something a little larger:
xrandr --output LVDS1 --scale 1.28x1....
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Utility to scale window content to fullscreen
The point is to play older games like Starcraft on Windows 7, but the general problem is:
Is there a utility which scales the content of any window to fullscreen?
I guess modern graphics card can ...
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Windows 7 cannot turn off DPI/PPI scaling for an application
I have Windows 7 with DPI scaling set to 120 DPI. It makes some problems with older applications like clipped text, blurred graphics or too big text.
I'd like to disable DPI scaling for these ...
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Is it possible to see other layers while scaling an image in Gimp?
I have 2 layers in Gimp:
an image of human and environment
bounding polyline
I'm trying to scale the image to put human in the bounding polyline, but when I use a scale tool I see only the image I'...
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Right click to scale images
I take a lot of screenshot during testing of apps, and i usually use them in emails or in documentation. But i almost always use them scaled down in width and height.
So i thourght it would be great ...
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How to scale a bitmap in Photoshop without anti-aliasing?
I have this pixely layer which I need to scale 200% in both directions. Since the pixels should be exactly double the size, I expect no anti-aliasing. (fuzziness). However, the newly sized image is ...
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Vertically scaling part of an image using Photoshop/Fireworks
This is an image of a blackboard:
I would like to reduce its height while its width, and all its four wooden borders (top, bottom, left, right) should stay unchanged.
Could anyone kindly suggest how ...
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Windows 7 Incorrect Scaling
I ran into a problem the second after installing Windows 7 a few months ago, but it only affected a few applications at the time, so I ignored it. Now an increasing number of applications behave the ...
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What's the state of the art in image upscaling?
I like to collect cool pics and use them as wallpapers or for other things. Often, artists publish only low-res versions, probably for fear of theft.
Example:
Now, if I want to use that as a ...
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Force resize a window
I have an high resolution monitor, so i am forced to increase the DPI settings, because i don't like to lose my vision to read smallish text.
Windows 7 does a great job on scaling, and it works great
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