Wallpaper "Smart" fit isn't.

Larger than screen res wallpapers run off the edges of the screen

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I've got WindowBlinds 8.06 (029 x64 Windows 8 Edition). I have a number of wallpapers that are larger than my 1920x1080 screen resolution. Windows native wallpaper display deals with these just fine when set to 'Fit'. Windowsblinds doesn't seem to have a setting that can deal with these tho. 'Smart' results in the wallpapers being displayed at, as far as I can tell, their native resolution, so a 2000x2000 image, for example, loses nearly half the picture. That doesn't seem very smart to me.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Interesting. Are these .jpg, .png or .bmp files? 

I only ask because that might have something to do with it?

Then again, might it just be a "display at original resolution rather than screen resolution" setting?

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Some are jpg, some are png. I can't find settings for the wallpaper beyond the pretty basic "Smart, stretch, tile, center". I'm using the Win 8 by Stardock skin.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Any image will display at the resolution it was first made on. A 'fit' will only display what your native resolution will hold. However there is a program. XNview... http://www.xnview.com/en/ that can convert images to fit your resolution.

 

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Uvah, reply 3
A 'fit' will only display what your native resolution will hold. 
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That's absolutely not how the 'Fit' Option in the native windows wallpaper selection works.  It displays the whole image, either at the native resolution if said resolution is smaller than your display, or shrunken to *fit* your display if the image resolution is larger than your display resolution. Iirc, it has worked thusly since Win 95.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top


their native resolution, so a 2000x2000 image, for example, loses nearly half the picture.
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Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting PurpleHel, reply 2

Some are jpg, some are png. I can't find settings for the wallpaper beyond the pretty basic "Smart, stretch, tile, center". I'm using the Win 8 by Stardock skin.
End of PurpleHel's quote

 

Doesn't stretch in Windowblinds work as you want... shrinking the larger image to "Fit" your screen resolution?  That's what I recall it did.

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting BigDogBigFeet, reply 6
Doesn't stretch in Windowblinds work as you want... shrinking the larger image to "Fit" your screen resolution?  That's what I recall it did.
End of BigDogBigFeet's quote

It does, but it skews the proportions of the image as well.  Windows 'Fit' keeps the proportions of the image, and simply makes it fill as much of the screen as it can without any getting cut off.

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Uvah, reply 5
their native resolution, so a 2000x2000 image, for example, loses nearly half the picture.
End of Uvah's quote

Not sure what your point is. That was describing how the windowblinds 'smart' is displaying. The desired functionality is Windows' 'Fit', where the proportions of the image are kept, while shrinking or expanding it to fill the screen without getting cut off. (I was mistaken earlier when I said 'Fit' doesn't change smaller images, it does expand those.) Is this functionality how WindowBlinds 'Smart' is meant to work, and for some reason is malfunctioning on my system?