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Distorting the Picture


If your eye moves when the picture isn't finished, it distorts the picture.

The Stretch

Suppose the raspberry makes the screen image seem to move down, when the picture is only partly finished. Then the bottom of the picture will be pulled down lower than it should be.

That makes part of the picture look stretched out.

In a stretched part of the picture, the monitor's light gets spread out over a larger area than normal. That makes the stretched part look darker than it should.

The Squish

Suppose the screen seems to jump up, when the picture is nearly finished. The very bottom of the picture gets pushed upward.

That makes part of the picture look squished up.

In the squished part of the picture, the monitor's light is emitted from a smaller area than normal. So, the squished part seems brighter than normal. (Just like it does in Wanna See a Scan Line?)

Alternating stretches and squishes make the wavy distortion you see.

But why do the waves move?



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