With my screen size (15') there doesn't seem to be any difference. The screensaver maker program I have has an option to 'stretch to fit the screen' or not. I downloaded a small program to resize a whole file at once and making screensavers from this, and checking the size and quality. I'm trying to find an average size, maybe 20 pictures and not too huge a size. I don't know what the size of the file is. I've seen some (for sale on a cd) that have 'hundreds of pictures' (that change). I'm talking about screensavers, not wallpaper (background that doesn't change)

I quoted from page 3 but you will find some very helpful and useful info to give you a better understanding of what you are experiancing if you read the entire article. You will find the article I quoted from here The stretch setting will fill your screen with your background image. If you reduce the file size of the image to save space or in an attempt to have it open faster then you may notice a significant drop in image quality or 'pixalation' when you try to view it full screen.Īlso, I know that in W98 in display properties you can adjust background images between center, tile and stretch. I have a 15' LCD monitor and have my display set at 1024x768. So in part it largely has to do with the quality of your monitor and your display settings. In practical terms, the same picture on a low resolution monitor looks larger than it does on a higher resolution monitor because the pixels are spread out over a larger area.' A high-resolution setting displays more pixels per inch. A pixel or 'picture element' is a specific x,y coordinate (dot) on your screen. Quote from the link I am about to provide you: You want to focus on proper PPI(pixels per inch)which represents screen resolution. I think the 144 and 72 resolution you are referring to is DPI(dots per inch) which is print resolution and isn't relative to what you are trying to accomplish.

Average desktop background image size