# Sizing a Poster from a larger image **URL:** \ **Category:** Archived\ **Tags:** roku-developer-program\ **Created:** [January 12, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/sizing-a-poster-from-a-larger-image/8839 "2019-01-12T14:11:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SrBIOS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@SrBIOS](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/SrBIOS)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/sizing-a-poster-from-a-larger-image/8839/1 "2019-01-12T14:11:48Z")
Hello, I’ve been working on a project for a while, and I’m trying to use animation to fade between Posters. That part works. I’m having problems properly sizing the Posters… I test on HD, and on SD. The HD works, but the scaling produces poor image quality. In SD, the image is not scaled at all to the right size. If I set the image to m.top.backgroundURI , scaling works perfectly. In SD… di = CreateObject(“roDeviceInfo”) DS = di.GetDisplaySize() m.DisplaySize\_h = DS[“h”] m.DisplaySize\_w = DS[“w”] m.P1.height = m.DisplaySize\_h m.P1.width = m.DisplaySize\_w m.P1.uri = m.url print m.P1.height ’ 480 print m.P1.width ’ 720 The image is smashed to the upper left… If I set and not use the sizing code I added, the image is centered… What am i doing wrong? I have a small zip of the app available.. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![renojim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@renojim](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/renojim)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/sizing-a-poster-from-a-larger-image/8839/2 "2019-01-12T19:10:16Z")
Have you tried adding **ui\_resolutions=hd** to your manifest? You should be able to just design for HD and let the firmware handle scaling for other resolutions. -JT ---
**Author:** ![SrBIOS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@SrBIOS](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/SrBIOS)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/sizing-a-poster-from-a-larger-image/8839/3 "2019-01-14T16:41:45Z")
Hello JT, Yes, I have also tried fhd… Here is my manafest file.. title=DS major\_version=1 minor\_version=0 build\_version=00000 mm\_icon\_focus\_hd=pkg:/images/mm\_icon\_focus\_hd.png mm\_icon\_focus\_sd=pkg:/images/mm\_icon\_focus\_sd.png splash\_screen\_sd=pkg:/images/splash\_screen\_sd.png splash\_screen\_hd=pkg:/images/splash\_screen\_hd.png splash\_screen\_fhd=pkg:/images/splash\_screen\_fhd.png splash\_color=#01A3E9 splash\_min\_time=1000 #ui\_resolutions=sd,hd ui\_resolutions=sd,hd,fhd #splash\_rsg\_optimization=1 If I don’t set a size to Poster (in the tag, or programmatically), the image is full resolution, off the screen. I’ve tried variouloadDisplayMode settings, too. I’m just scratching my head. [/color] ---
**Author:** ![destruk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@destruk](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/destruk)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/sizing-a-poster-from-a-larger-image/8839/4 "2019-01-14T17:20:55Z")
If you are specifying sd,hd,fhd then you’ll have to handle all the resolutions yourself. It’s much easier to simply specify hd and treat every screen as 1280x720 for setup and let roku resize it for you automagically. ---
**Author:** ![SrBIOS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@SrBIOS](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/SrBIOS)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/sizing-a-poster-from-a-larger-image/8839/5 "2019-01-14T17:58:29Z")
Hello destruk, I’ll give that a shot. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![destruk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@destruk](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/destruk)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/sizing-a-poster-from-a-larger-image/8839/6 "2019-01-14T21:29:41Z")
It’s the same thing renojim said, just a different way, so hopefully you understood. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![norcaljohnny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@norcaljohnny](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/norcaljohnny)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/sizing-a-poster-from-a-larger-image/8839/7 "2019-01-23T06:57:12Z")
You must always have a width and height included to use to loadDisplayMode properly. What you may want to do is something similar to this: ```auto loadDisplayMode="scaleToFit" width="1280" 'the actual width  height="480" 'the actual width loadWidth="690" 'the actual width you want to load  loadHeight="240" 'the actual height you want to load ```