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The quality of your computer display monitor and the capabilities of the video hardware in your system will greatly affect the appearance of the images you see on your screen. While not everyone can afford top-quality display hardware, you may be able to improve the image quality by changing display settings in your system software. The following comments provide a step-by-step guide to checking and adjusting display settings:

Windows 95/98
  1. From the Start Menu, go to "Settings".
  2. Select "Control Panel".
  3. Next select "Display".
  4. This opens the "Display Properties" window. Select the "Settings" tab (upper right).
  5. Make a mental note of the "Desktop area" setting in the lower right of the window. This value is the number of pixels shown on your desktop. There is an upper maximum for this setting depending on the setting of the "Color Palette" pulldown menu (next step).
  6. Find the "Color Palette" pulldown menu (lower left) and check the value. If it is "256 color" (or "16 color", unlikely) try to change it to "High Color (16 bit)" if that is available. If it is grayed out, not available, then you are stuck with 256 color, and you are best advised to upgrade your system hardware if possible!
  7. If you can change to "High Color (16 bit)" you may find that your "Desktop area" setting value drops down one step. If this is not acceptable to you, you will have to revert to "256 color".
  8. Use the highest "Color Palette" setting possible that at the same time gives you the "Desktop area" setting you want.
MacIntosh
  1. From the Apple menu, go to Control Panels
  2. Select "Monitors and Sound"
  3. Under "Color Depth", if "256" is highlighted, select "Thousands". Set "Resolution" as desired.
    Note: some of the general comments for the Windows operating system also apply.

This site was originally created on a Windows 95 system and is now being developed on a MacIntosh G3 system using the Adobe Photoshop image editing application. MacIntosh and Windows displays differ in the way they display images. Windows users may find that some of the images appear too dark. You can correct for this by adjusting your display monitor's brightness control. However, monitor tubes fade over time, and older monitors may not be capable of displaying higher brightness levels. Don't forget to try adjusting your monitor contrast control as well to see if that improves the image. leaf


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