<p>This is obviously a contrived toy example, but...</p>
<p>How would a 20x20 image be displayed on a 30x30 screen? Some pixels must be interpolated, yes? Is there a standard procedure for this or is it software-dependent?</p>

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2024-07-09T03:09:37.213Z
It is software-dependent. These two related posts might help and be sure to check out the wiki page mentioned in the answer of the first post: [What happens when you display a high resolution image on a low resolution screen?](https://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/2035/what-happens-when-you-display-a-high-resolution-image-on-a-low-resolution-screen), [Aspect Ratio Fitting for TV Screen](https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/162130/aspect-ratio-fitting-for-tv-screen)
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The image will get interpolated and resampled, how this is done is software-dependent. This is a nice read: https://imagemagick.org/Usage/filter/
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How do computer screens display an image with a different resolution than the display?
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# How do computer screens display an image with a different resolution than the display?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-07-08)

This is obviously a contrived toy example, but...

How would a 20x20 image be displayed on a 30x30 screen? Some pixels must be interpolated, yes? Is there a standard procedure for this or is it software-dependent?

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> **username_1**: It is software-dependent. These two related posts might help and be sure to check out the wiki page mentioned in the answer of the first post: [What happens when you display a high resolution image on a low resolution screen?](https://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/2035/what-happens-when-you-display-a-high-resolution-image-on-a-low-resolution-screen), [Aspect Ratio Fitting for TV Screen](https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/162130/aspect-ratio-fitting-for-tv-screen)  
> **username_2**: The image will get interpolated and resampled, how this is done is software-dependent. This is a nice read: https://imagemagick.org/Usage/filter/  

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