Cool5467

Q: Why does choosing a photo for wallpaper zoom in so much?

It's really annoying. I choose a photo and it zooms in so much that you can barley see the photo. How do I change this?

Posted on Jun 6, 2014 8:23 AM

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Q: Why does choosing a photo for wallpaper zoom in so much?

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  • by King_Penguin,

    King_Penguin King_Penguin Jun 6, 2014 9:37 AM in response to Cool5467
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    Jun 6, 2014 9:37 AM in response to Cool5467

    With iOS 7, if you have the parallax/motion effect turned 'on' then, from http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5595 :

     

    To reduce the effect, you can turn on Reduce Motion in Settings > General > Accessibility. When you turn on Reduce Motion, Home screen transitions will fade instead of zoom.

    When the parallax effect is on, you may notice the following:

    • Wallpaper, icons, and alerts shift slightly as you move your phone.
    • When you set a wallpaper in Settings > Wallpapers & Brightness, the photo or image will be slightly zoomed and can't be scaled to fit the screen.

     

    If you zoom in, you will need to rescale your wallpaper to fit to the screen. You can't rescale certain photo formats, including landscape or square images.

     

    If you can create a higher resolution version of the image then you should be able to arrange the image as you want it