The Full Screen command temporarily suppresses the display of all menus, status bar, toolbar, windows, and other applications. The selected image is scaled to the maximum size which will fit within the screen boundaries. Any areas not covered by the image will be black. The mouse cursor will also disappear after a couple of seconds.
This command is useful for photographing an image from the screen. Good photographs can be obtained by using a macro lens at f/4.5 with ISO 100 film and a 1 second exposure with the room lights off. This will suppress the raster scanning of the video monitor. A tripod and cable release or timer are recommended to reduce vibration and motion. Be sure to cover up any indicator lights on the monitor.
Since photographic film tends to increase contrast, the video monitor’s contrast and brightness controls need to be adjusted to compensate. Reduce the image contrast so that the brightest parts of the image are less intense than normal, and adjust the brightness level to make the background appear fairly bright. The resulting image will not look very good on the monitor, but it will be represented correctly on the film.
To exit Full Screen mode and restore the normal display, click the mouse or press the ESC key.