Images in Address Book 4.0.4

Hi,
I am updating my address book and I was wondering if there is way to increase the image size for my contacts. At the moment it just show a tiny image and I have to double click it to see a larger version.
Thanks for your help.

Hi petelocke,
The maximum image size for Address Book is 64X64 pixels or a multiple thereof, but if you have something larger (ie.128X128) it will still display 64 pixels square. A larger file size will sometimes compress to a smaller image, and I have found that 72 dpi at 64 square gives me the best resolution.
But like Allan said, no way to get that image any bigger. Actually, I would be interested in knowing how you are able to double click and get the image to display larger - is this in Address Book?
Good Luck,
John

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Hi Wesley,
Welcome to Apple Discussions
Are you saying that Address Book takes an perfectly good upright image and rotates it 90 degrees CCW?
I am a little confused by your statement.."It is clever how it knows but also very frustrating?"
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Hi Catherine,
I was aware of what you had asked for.
I was starting with my memories of what used to work in iChat.
Excuse the width of this pic But in the "Recents" section I chose the Union Flag and changed it to that instead of my regular Sig pic.
Uploaded with Skitch!
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