cambriaman Loc: Central CA Coast

I just built an e-Christmas card in Photoshop CC. I used the PLACE operation instead of IMPORTing the images. When you PLACE an image, it has side and corner handles that disappear after you size the image for your project and ENTER. When you ENTER, you can no longer change the aspect ratio.It is VERY easy to accidentally change the aspect ratio of an image being PLACEd in which case you get taller, skinnier people or stumpier, fatter people if you aren't careful to watch what you are doing. It does make a convenient method for fitting images together in a collage if tiny adjustments are needed. If you watch what you are doing you can fit the placed images together very well and no one will know they have been manipulated.

merrytexan Loc: georgia

thanks so much to everyone who offered a suggestion as to how i can
fix the problem! i will let you know what happened.

odujim Loc: New Jersey

As someone else mentioned, there was a problem with the display resolution (particularly nVidia drivers) due to a November Update - at least this was my experience. I had to roll back the driver and then everything was back to normal. Google “roll back windows 10 NVIDIA driver” or have your son do that for you.

therwol Loc: USA

Under some circumstances, it's possible to choose a monitor resolution that doesn't match the aspect ratio of the monitor, and that will cause distortion. Your computer may be doing this in error. You generally want your resolution set to the native resolution of the monitor for sharpest images.

dandekarv Loc: Lake Forest, Ca, US

I honestly think this may not be computer related issue like driver or resolution. This may be the monitor itself. There are some keys on the bottom or on the back of the monitor. Try to twik them to see that will solve the problem.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

The monitor resolution (which also defines the aspect ratio) is controlled by the video card, its driver and the windows display settings. The monitor then syncs (if that resolution is supported) with the video information provided by the video card. You can (sometimes) change the horizontal and vertical position of the display on the monitor, but not the resolution (and associated aspect ratio). For example, suppose you take a photo or application that was created for a 3:2 aspect ratio and display full screen on a wide screen monitor with a resolution like 1920x1080 (16:9 aspect ratio), then the image will appear to be stretched horizontally. That’s not to say you can’t display a 3:2 aspect ratio image properly on a 16:9 widescreen monitor as long as it isn’t full screen in the horizontal direction. It’s the driver that controls this mapping. Make sense?