IOS 7 wallpaper resizing will not shrink photo to fit screen...

Absolutely agree about the contact images being cropped into circles - even when its a face, it does a godawful job of it! There was absolutely NOTHING wrong with how that side of things worked previously so why screw it up? As if that isn't bad enough, it even does that when you upload a picture to something like instagram to set your profile image!

Apple as a company now, are where Microsoft were back in the 80s/90s ... they've now overtaken Miscrosoft and have themselves become the evil empire who nether listen, nor care about customer feedback!

"You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain" (Harvey Dent)

What I wound up doing was actually pinching the photo and taking a screenshot at the same time, that way when it blew up my photo is was either the correct size or smaller, which I could just enlarge to fit the screen anyway. I didn't see too much resolution loss and I could essentially crop all the ugly background out when I enlarged it. It worked for me, it should work for you guys too.

Go to the AppStore and buy wallax for 69p problem solved

Yep. This is extremely annoying...

All you need to do is add an extra 200 pixels on each side of the wallpaper. Using your image processing app, increase the image size to one of the following, depending on the device you’re targeting:

iPad 2 and iPad mini: 1,424 x 1,424
iPad 3 and iPad 4: 2,448 x 2,448
iPhone 4S: 1,360 x 1,040
iPhone 5: 1,536 x 1,040

Note that the iPhone 4 will not support parallax wallpapers, so no need to bother with making them for it.

Read more at http://www.cultofmac.com/245738/get-ready-for-ios-7-make-your-own-parallax-wallp apers-ios-7-tips/#zkyyCfIDDB8ilWsH.99

Just leave the upper third of the image free (or fill it with something not important like clouds or sky) for the area of interest is centered on the screen.

I got a free ap called Instafix and it took my photo and then resized it. At first I didn't know what it did the ap was so danged easy to use. But then when I went into my photos a SMALLER photo was there (as well as the original) and then I used the smaller photo for my wallpaper and it was PERFECT. LOVE it!

I figured it out. Turn your iPad to landscape (or portrait). See what happened with your wallpaper there? The wallpaper must be able to fit both orientations of the iPad, hence the limited horizontal or vertical sizes when setting it up in one orientation.

Hey guys I found a much simpler method to this issue!!!!

go to the picture you want as your background and zoom out of the picture

it should look something like this the smaller the more scale control you have of it

and while your holding the picture like that take a screenshot

THen use the screenshotted picture as your background you should be able to have the whole picture as your wallpaper

HOpe this helps!!!!!!!!!!!

Rose is right! Get instafix, it's free, it works like a charm. It looks like it was designed by someone specifically to solve this problem, because it only does one thing. Phew, glad that's over with.

What I want to know is how Apple can't just get this right. I can't imagine it's that difficult of an issue for the geniuses they have on staff. We shouldn't have to download these third party apps to perform a function as simple as setting a wallpaper. I have 2 devices. An iPad 4 w/retina and an iPhone 4S. Been nothing but disappointed with them and all of the issues I've been experiencing since this monstrosity of an update. Sorry to rant but I'm not sure why we continue to buy their products when they deny that these issues even exist. I read an article a few days ago online all about how Apple doesn't acknowledge these issues and there were a ton of comments agreeing that these issues are too far and in between to be dealt with. I'm trying to stick it out but we need this stuff fixed APPLE! Pay attention to your customers and stop trying to push brand new products.

What I do is I pinch the picture and then screen shot it at the same time. It'll make it smaller but the downside is that when it minimizes you'll get other pictures in the background. You'll see what I mean when you try it. But other times it could look like a cool effect :)

Yep, Single-Rose has found the answer. Instafix in the App Store corrected my wallpapers for my iPad. Very simple to use. Creates a copy, saves it and leaves the original alone.

OK! I've a work around that works every single time for me. It is actually quite simple – just go into your photos and keep taking a snapshot (home and power buttons simultaneously) of the photo you want to use, rotating sequentially vertically, horizontally, vertically, horizontally, etc., each time you take the snapshot. You will ultimately get a size that is sufficient for your wallpaper purposes. Just remember to always take a snapshot of the last one you copied – not the original.

i know how to fix this!

Screenshot the picture you want to set as your background, then set the screenshot as your background. It will be zoomed in a little, but it's better than just turning the parallax effect on.