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    Posted: 11 Nov 2008 at 2:40pm
This is the same problem as in the thread "Select photo on new" located at http://www.lightsonlogan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=276

I lived with having the JPEG image of my house appear flattened on the visualizer "Draw" page for Halloween, but it's becoming annoying.  The JPEG of my house appears normal during playback, but it is much shorter than it should be when viewed on the "Draw" page.  This happens when importing a sequence, opening a sequence, or building a sequence from scratch.

I've tried numerous resolution JPEG's with both the v1.02 and the new v1.025 of Auorora.  (JPEG's have been 640x480, 1024x768, as well as rediculously large and small copies of any JPEG, including the default image of LightsOnLogan's house.)  I have also completely uninstalled Aurora, cleared out the registry, and then done clean installs.  No go.  No matter what playback settings are changed, the height of the image on the "Draw" page is still dramatically shorter than the JPEG that I'm using, though it appears correctly during "Visualizer" playback.

Dell Dimension 8300, P4, 2.6GHz, 1.25GB RAM
XP Home Edition, SP3, with all updates current.
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 64MB with AGP8X



Edited by tonyjmartin - 11 Nov 2008 at 2:43pm
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  Quote ChrisL1976 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Nov 2008 at 2:56pm
Is this by chance on a widescreen monitor?  
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  Quote tonyjmartin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Nov 2008 at 4:15pm
Originally posted by ChrisL1976

Is this by chance on a widescreen monitor?  

Nope.  Just a standard Dell 17" LCD set to 1280x1024.  I did have the second monitor output set to TV for an S-Video output to a TV, and I disabled that.  But it didn't have any effect on the problem. Unhappy

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  Quote ChrisL1976 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Nov 2008 at 4:34pm
ok, I get the same stretch affect on my wide screen laptop
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  Quote tonyjmartin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Nov 2008 at 4:51pm
Okay...here's a new twist.

I changed my screen resolution from 1280x1024 to 1280x960, and the JPEG on the "Drawing" page appears nearly normal, but now everything on my monitor is slightly taller.  I verified this by making squares in photo/CADD programs and measuring with a ruler (i.e.: a "square" is now 7-1/8"W x 7-3/4"H).  Confused

Is the non-geek in me missing some really obvious setting?

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  Quote LightsOnLogan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Nov 2008 at 6:09pm

What you describe after changing screen resolutions is normal when attempting to use a widescreen resolution (1280x960) on a non-widescreen (4:3) monitor. 

The screen resolution shouldn't matter to Aurora anyway as it resizes according to the available space in drawing editor and doesn't even look at the screen resolution.  The only catch could be with "Twips per Pixel" being off (a Windows thing... don't ask).  Are you by any chance running an unusual font size or some other non-standard display setting?


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  Quote kennyz06 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Nov 2008 at 8:15pm
I'll chime in here.  When I view the house in the editor on my laptop (1920x1200), it looks fine.  When I take the file to my work desktop and view it in the editor, it is squished.  The work computer runs 1280x1024.  So 16x9 is ok, but 4x3 messes it up.  I created my file on my laptop first, then moved it to the desktop.  When I say editor, I am referring to the draw channel function.  Let me know if you need me to test anything else.  I'd be glad to help.
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  Quote tonyjmartin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Nov 2008 at 9:47pm
Originally posted by LightsOnLogan

The screen resolution shouldn't matter to Aurora anyway as it resizes according to the available space in drawing editor and doesn't even look at the screen resolution.  The only catch could be with "Twips per Pixel" being off (a Windows thing... don't ask).

I should have noted that the squashed "Drawing" picture returns when I set my screen resolution back to the original 1280x1024.

Originally posted by LightsOnLogan

Are you by any chance running an unusual font size or some other non-standard display setting?

Nope.  I just checked the desktop properties and today's newly installed NVIDIA Control Panel.  Everything is set to XP and/or NVIDIA defaults.  Also reset the monitor to factory settings.  There is a new setting that I just noticed in the NVIDIA upgrade...allows programs to use different screen settings.  I think that I may try assigning 1152x864 to Aurora, as that resolution seems to allow a close to normal view of the "Drawing" picture, though it does still throw off the correct aspect ratio for other programs.

Stay tuned....

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  Quote LightsOnLogan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Nov 2008 at 11:30am

I'll run this through some more beta testing after we get some of the more serious stuff sorted out. 

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  Quote tonyjmartin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Nov 2008 at 1:43pm
Originally posted by LightsOnLogan

I'll run this through some more beta testing after we get some of the more serious stuff sorted out.

Thanks.  In the interim I have created a second display profile in the NVIDIA Control Panel that switches from 1280x1024 (the 17" Dell monitor's optimum setting) to 1152x864 when aurora_sequencer.exe is executed.  The resolution then switches back to 1280x1024 when I exit Aurora.  The JPEG on the "Drawing" page appears normal with any resolution except 1280x1024.

The downside is that if I use the entire desktop at 1280x1024 for icon placement, the icons get rearranged when the display switches to 1152x864.

Yeah, I know.

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