How to get back to Full Screen View?

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How to get back to Full Screen View?

I have been opening images of one of my iPhoto albums in Full Screen View adding four or five more images from the thumbnails row to see them simultaneously. So they appeared in a smaller size to fit the screen. But now whenever I want to open one of the images of this album in Full Screen View they only show in the smaller size in the Full Screen View window. I cannot get them back to real Full Screen size. Is there a simpel button that I have overlooked or what else could be the problem? Thanks for any help.
Moriaan

iMacG5+Macbook 3,1, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Macbook runs Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Aug 27, 2010 8:40 AM

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Answer 1

Yer_Man

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Aug 27, 2010 8:48 AM in response to moriaan

Have you tried using the slider on the toolbar at the bottom of the screen?

Regards

TD

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moriaan Author

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Aug 27, 2010 12:03 PM in response to Yer_Man

Yes I have, the slider can go to the max, the image becomes bigger but does not go to the full Full Screen View. When I try an other image from this same album the same thing happens again, in a flash it opens big (full screen) but instantly goes to a smaller size. Even though I open only one image it takes on the size as though it had to share the full screen with five other images. However if I open an image from a different album everything works oke, I press the Full Screen View button and I get the full screen as it should be. Only this particular album where I opened several images in one Full Screen View before gives this problem.

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Sep 5, 2010 2:41 PM in response to moriaan

I have the same problem you reported re: photos not displaying properly in full screen mode. Did you ever find the solution? If so please tell me! Thanks.

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moriaan Author

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Sep 7, 2010 1:27 AM in response to jamiepainter0905

I have found no solution so far, only have been thinking it may have to do with the fact that this file contains stills from old videotapes. They have a low resolution of 640 x 480, whereas my screen can display 1920 x 1080. Still it is strange, because the slider can make them a lot bigger, so why not the Full Screen View?
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Moriaan

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Yer_Man

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Sep 7, 2010 1:55 AM in response to moriaan

Simply, your screen has 1920 x 1080 or 2,073,600 pixels. Your photos have 307,200 pixels.

There is no way that 307,200 pixels can fill 2,073,600 pixels.

And while the image will zoom, there comes a point where the image is simply too blurry to be useful.

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TD

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moriaan Author

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Sep 7, 2010 3:06 AM in response to Yer_Man

Of course the image becomes a bit blurry, but whether it's useful is actually beside the point. The screensaver picks pictures from iPhote files, included these low resolution stills. If the screensaver can do it, why not the Full Screen View?
Regards,
Moriaan

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