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    Windows Live Photo Gallery - Poor Slideshow Quality

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by darrickmartin, Mar 22, 2009.

  1. darrickmartin

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    I want to view my pictures in fullscreen on windows live photo gallery, and it seems that the only way to do that is with the slideshow mode.
    however the image quality in slideshow mode is extremely poor... it appears that all the pictures are compressed or something...
    does anybody know how i can fix this?

    the images are all either in my monitors native resolution or higher

    i know i could just download some other programs but i dont feel like installing extra programs just to view my photos...
     
    darrickmartin, Mar 22, 2009
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  2. qhn

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    Granted that you do not want another program just to view the photos, but it is good to have that extra prog as a tool to verify that the issue is not within the pics themselves.

    Got your drivers up to date?

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Mar 22, 2009
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  3. Silas Awaketh

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    I agree.

    It's like, "My kid's photo didn't come out good.". It's not the camera's fault that the kid is ugly!
     
    Silas Awaketh, Mar 22, 2009
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    try picasa see if that does the same...if it does then its the pictures
     
    fluffboy, Mar 22, 2009
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  5. darrickmartin

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    the pictures i tested with are from interfacelift
    they work fine when used as desktop wallpaper...
    look good when opened in photoshop too
     
    darrickmartin, Mar 22, 2009
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    what resolution are the photos being uploaded? Perhaps they are being downsized when uploaded to the site?
     
    goofball, Mar 22, 2009
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  7. darrickmartin

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    this is all local

    windows live photo gallery is the replacement for windows photo gallery(vista) which was the replacement for windows pictures and fax viewer(XP)
     
    darrickmartin, Mar 22, 2009
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    i think it may switch resolution and then look blurry. i've seen the gallery doing that from time to time. another problem can be colour profiles who mess up your system. have seen that once on my pc and thought my screen sucks :)
     
    davepermen, Mar 22, 2009
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  9. darrickmartin

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    heres an example

    screenshot of slideshow
    [​IMG]
    original file
    01199_whitehouses_1920x768.jpg

    both are native resolution (1366x768)
     

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    darrickmartin, Mar 22, 2009
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  10. goofball

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    Back up your registry key before you do this.

    Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Photo Gallery\SlideShow

    Right click and create a new DWORD value called "WinSATScore". Give it a decimal value of 500 for full screen.
     
    goofball, Mar 22, 2009
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  11. darrickmartin

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    didnt work :(
     
    darrickmartin, Mar 22, 2009
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    If you do get fed up and chuck it, the Picasa 3 photo viewer is pretty good (it's a separate thing from the main program).
     
    de.1337, Mar 23, 2009
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  13. EnterKnight

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    I know of this... for some reason, even Vista Picture Viewer, in Full Screen Mode, will decide to use compressed versions of the pictures even if they are at a native resolution of the screen.
     
    EnterKnight, Mar 23, 2009
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    Windows (live) photo gallery sucks in slideshow photo quality. I thought my camera was bad at first. Then after viewing in Picasa, the photo was really good.
     
    coolguy, Mar 23, 2009
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    Silas, the Outreach teams are indeed real. We've already had a few of their people come on here and help out and explain things.
     
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  16. darrickmartin

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    Hi Ron,
    unfortunately the problem still persists...
     
    darrickmartin, Mar 23, 2009
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    i mainly just want this function for quick viewing, thats why i dont want to install additional programs like picasa

    sometimes when im browsing my computer, if i see a picture, i might want to just quickly view it in fullscreen, and then close it

    i dont want to have to wait for an entire application to load just to view one picture

    is there any way to get windows picture and fax viewer on vista? cause that would be perfect for my needs
     
    darrickmartin, Mar 25, 2009
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  18. Silas Awaketh

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    I think you load an entire application in Windows Live Photo Gallery now anyways, unless you meant a 3rd party application.
     
    Silas Awaketh, Mar 25, 2009
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  19. darrickmartin

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    yeah but photo gallery loads fast for me

    last time i used picasa, i remember it took quite a few seconds to start
     
    darrickmartin, Mar 27, 2009
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    Picasa3 has a photo viewer that loads very quick, it's much like Windows Photo Gallery. It doesn't load the whole picasa program, just the picture you clicked on.
     
    goofball, Mar 27, 2009
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  21. darrickmartin

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    thank you!
    picasa works perfectly
     
    darrickmartin, Mar 28, 2009
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  22. darrickmartin

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    just a heads up for anyone who encountered this problem
    the windows 7 default photo viewer fixes this
     
    darrickmartin, Jul 7, 2009
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    I finally found the fix to this problem (With Windows 7) with the help of a lady from Microsoft. It took a month to finally figure things out. Here is the thread that I started on Microsoft Answers:

    http://social.answers.microsoft.com...b1-5a63-4e1a-a5c0-0fe22f3c42d6/?prof=required

    Note that they put a copy of her answer as the second message in the list, but it makes more sense if you skip that initially and read through the thread to the end (reading all the messages in chronological order).
     
    Lightning Racer, Dec 3, 2009
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