Juergen Kellner1
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Q: Zoom for more than 200%?

Hi Folks!

 

I still love my iPhoto but after getting myself a 4k screen there is something that bothers me.

 

Is there a way to Zoom in for more than 200% in iPhoto?

 

I have many low-res pics and when I doubleclick them iPhoto shows them really tiny. 200% zoom (the slider on the mx right position) isn't really enough to fill the screen.

 

Are there any hidden settings? Maybe some terminal command?

 

Thanks in advance

 

J. Kellner

Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Jul 5, 2016 12:15 AM

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jul 5, 2016 12:45 AM in response to Juergen Kellner1
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    Jul 5, 2016 12:45 AM in response to Juergen Kellner1

    No, I do not know of any way to zoom the photos beyond 200%.  And if we could, the photos would be very blurry.

     

    What I am doing with old photos someone mailed me, that ares stamp sized and lost on a large display is to create large versions and import them into my photo library.  Tools like Online image Enlarger (http://www.imageenlarger.com/) do a very decent job of enlarging small images while preserving the sharpness.

    Give it a try.

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    Juergen Kellner1 Juergen Kellner1 Jul 5, 2016 11:32 PM in response to léonie
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    Jul 5, 2016 11:32 PM in response to léonie

    Hi there!

     

    Thanks for the quick answer!

     

    But... I know those pics are really low-res and they look awful if getting zoomed in. I simply want them to be shown in fullscreen like iPhoto did in good ol lo-res times.

     

    Here for comparison:

    (I'm a scale modeller - mostly old planes and many of the pics I have found are really tiny ones...)

     

    Ye olde Corsair opened 100% in iPhoto retina:

    Bildschirmfoto 2016-07-06 um 08.14.31.jpg

     

    If I set iPhoto to open in lo-res it looks like in old times (but blurry and ugly...)

     

    Bildschirmfoto 2016-07-06 um 08.15.39.jpg

    Looks like Apple simply forgot to set the default zoom to 4x for lo-res pics so they are shown like before.

     

    I'm talking of hundreds of such tiny pictures.

    So it would be cool if someone had any trick up his sleeve to help me

     

    And no - Photos is no solution - its simply crap.

     

    Maybe another iPhoto like app that doesn't get "improved" or discontinued by Apple from time to time lol?

     

    Thanks in advance

    J. Kellner

     

    Oh btw. Is there a way to turn off the zoom over of the picture-stripe on the bottom?