A 24-inch
widescreen monitor, like the one in the following illustration, probably has a native resolution of
about 1900?—1200 and will only look sharp and clear with that setting.
Widescreen monitors, which have 16:9 or 16:10 aspect ratios, are quite popular these
days. Be sure to use the right display resolution for yours. Because the screen is wider
than a normal monitor, you can??™t use the same resolution that you relied on with your
old screen, which had a 4:3 aspect ratio, or all your photos will look stretched and
???fat.??? For best results, check the user guide for the monitor??™s native resolution.
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One other thing to check: the color quality. If it??™s set too low, then images will look dramatically
different on screen than they do when printed. Be sure to choose either 24-bit or 32-bit from the
Color menu and click the OK button for the changes to take effect.
Print a Test Photo
The most important tweak you can make is to match the monitor??™s settings to a real print from
your inkjet printer. So load a picture you like??”choose a daylight photo that includes a person
with natural skin tones??”into your image editor and print it at highest quality on to a sheet of
good, glossy photo paper.
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