# Background images for different aspect ratios with stage scaling

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/background-images-for-different-aspect-ratios-with-stage-scaling/232826>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 18, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/background-images-for-different-aspect-ratios-with-stage-scaling/232826 "2007-07-18T05:09:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![sdpkelkar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@sdpkelkar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sdpkelkar)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/background-images-for-different-aspect-ratios-with-stage-scaling/232826/1 "2007-07-18T05:09:37Z")

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Hi all!  
I’m designing a flash website which uses a fluid layout (using listeners to reposition the stage elements when the browser is resized). For this I’ve used a background image which has a resolution of 1600 x 1200. The bg image looks okay on monitors which have an aspect ratio of 4:3 but looks terrible (squashed and distorted) on wide screen monitors.  
I was wondering, is there any workaround to this?  
Thanks!