Hi,
I am trying to set an image as my homescreen wallpaper. However, when I choose "Set as Wallpaper," it brings me to a cropping screen where I have to select a portion of the image as the wallpaper. As a result, the portion that I select is chosen as the wallpaper, resulting in a zoomed/blurry/pixelated wallpaper.
Is there anyway I can use the whole image as a wallpaper? I tried using images of all resolutions from 1280x800 to 1920x1080. Yet, I have to crop the image in all attempts.
Thanks
Download quickpic and try using it for the wallpaper.
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STXInnovation said:
Hi,
I am trying to set an image as my homescreen wallpaper. However, when I choose "Set as Wallpaper," it brings me to a cropping screen where I have to select a portion of the image as the wallpaper. As a result, the portion that I select is chosen as the wallpaper, resulting in a zoomed/blurry/pixelated wallpaper.
Is there anyway I can use the whole image as a wallpaper? I tried using images of all resolutions from 1280x800 to 1920x1080. Yet, I have to crop the image in all attempts.
Thanks
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You can also try using Multi picture live wallpaper or custom launcher like Nova, Apex etc
STXInnovation said:
Hi,
I am trying to set an image as my homescreen wallpaper. However, when I choose "Set as Wallpaper," it brings me to a cropping screen where I have to select a portion of the image as the wallpaper. As a result, the portion that I select is chosen as the wallpaper, resulting in a zoomed/blurry/pixelated wallpaper.
Is there anyway I can use the whole image as a wallpaper? I tried using images of all resolutions from 1280x800 to 1920x1080. Yet, I have to crop the image in all attempts.
Thanks
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Hi, STXInnovation...
Not all wallpapers (images) will crop exactly according to the screen metrics of the Nexus 7... it depends on the images dimensions; usually you have to put up with a compromise... (1280x1024 seems to be the optimal).
You can edit the image (scale it) with something like Photo Editor, but it's a lot of messing round, and there is usually some lossage (resolution) in the saved result.
As alluded to by both @redmonke255 and @ashik992, a combination of an alternative launcher (like Apex), and QuickPic will afford you more wallpaper cropping options then with the stock launcher or gallery.
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Personally, I've never been a big fan of scrolling wallpapers on the Nexus 7 anyway... used primarily in portrait mode, I prefer static wallpapers. On a 10" inch tablet, used in landscape mode, scrolling wallpapers looks terrific.
So, on my Nexus 7, here's I how set up my wallpaper...
In Apex Launcher settings, there is an option called 'Wallpaper Mode', for which you can set 'Single Screen (non-scrolling)'... then with QuickPic, select (and load) your chosen wallpaper, and then choose 'Set as... (QuickPic Wallpaper)' from the menu... a moveable/re-sizeable cropper box will appear of the same screen dimensions as the Nexus 7. Hit the tick button in the top right hand corner..., and your wallpaper will be set accordingly.
This is just one possible setup out of many... so it's worth tinkering until you find something you're happy with.
Finally, PicSpeed HD Wallpapers is also worth looking into; as well as offering a veritable cornucopia of excellent wallpapers for download, it also provides good cropping abilities, which can be accessed directly from QuickPic with any images you happen to have stored on your Nexus 7.
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Hope this helps, and gives you some pointers.
Rgrds,
Ged.
The Nexus can take several wallpaper sizes.
Stock, the wallpaper size should be 1600x1280. That is, 1600 width, 1280 height.
If you install simple image wallpaper (free), you can use 800x1280 or 1280x800 images as well (for portrait, and landscape, respectively).
If you're using nova launcher, by default, it will accept 1920x1280 and 800x1280 sized images without cropping.
If you want to scale an image, I recommend using supersampling in paint.NET.
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i made a wallpaper and made it 480x800 but when i try to set it as my wallpaper it make me select a small portion of the picture then it stretches that and make it the wallpaper. i can resize the selection but it maintains aspect ratio and still stretches it. is there way to just set the entire picture? or fit to screen?
The actual resolution, since sense pans the picture, is 960x800. I have no idea how to make it so the screen is fixed and you can just use 800x480. You can also drag the corners of the box to resize the part of the picture it uses
Download Wallpaper Set & Save on the market. Make a folder named Wallpapers on your SD card. Load it w/ wallpapers(.png files for better resolution) then launch the WS&S app and choose a pic. It'll do the rest for you. Hope this helps....
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Thanks to BigSk225 for this method. works well
Hi,
Can someone please tell me when getting wallpapers for my homescreen which screen resolution i should be using?
Reason why is i downloaded some from zedge.net and before hand choose my mobile so it only showed wallpapers that are compatible with my phone.
They are 240 x 320. When i choose to set as homescreen wallpaper it shows a box on top of image althou i adjust the box to it's max the whole image is not within the box so ends up only the image that is within the white box is showing.
I am confused as i have some nice wallpapers but i can't benefit from them as the full image is not shown.
Can someone please advise what resolution i should be downloading them in or should i be doing something on the phone before hand to the image?
Thanks
MR
Use dodol wallpaper maker or wallpaper set and save. I usually have wallpapers of 320x480, 480x640 or 640x960.
Hi,
Thanks Dodol Wallpaper Maker has saved the day
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I make my wallpapers 480x320 in .png and they always work perfectly, and I'm always able to select them fully when cropping.
So, with my Fascinate, whenever I try to place a wallpaper, it brings up the cropping tool. But the cropping tool is a square. I turned off wallpaper scrolling, so cropping my screen size by eye using the square is difficult. Is there a tool that let's me crop to native 480x800 or whatever the Fascinate is without using the square?
obsidianchao said:
So, with my Fascinate, whenever I try to place a wallpaper, it brings up the cropping tool. But the cropping tool is a square. I turned off wallpaper scrolling, so cropping my screen size by eye using the square is difficult. Is there a tool that let's me crop to native 480x800 or whatever the Fascinate is without using the square?
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If you get the Wallpaper Set and Save app, it should fix your issue. Best wallpaper app I've found.
Well... I kinda want something that let's me crop in a rectangular format.
If you're finding the image online, long-press it and select "Set as wallpaper". No cropping necessary
If I want something offcenter, though... I need rectangular crop.
I always crop my wallpapers on my computer first. I highly recommend the GIMP (google it). The crop tool will allow you to crop any image to the exact dimensions you specify.
Daemonax said:
I always crop my wallpapers on my computer first. I highly recommend the GIMP (google it). The crop tool will allow you to crop any image to the exact dimensions you specify.
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+1. Gimp is great.
I use GIMP. What's the dimensions of the Fascinate?
obsidianchao said:
I use GIMP. What's the dimensions of the Fascinate?
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I crop to 480 x 800 I think...
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That's if you have the moving wallpaper thing enabled. My whole issue is because I don't. :/
No, the full wallpaper is 960x800. A single screen is 480x800. Although, using a picture of that size still opens the crop tool. You'll need to find an alternate way to set the wallpaper other than long-pressing the home screen.
Edit: I just modified an existing pic I had that was 480x800 and set it in the middle of a 960x800 layer. Choosing it through the normal method and cropping it to the entire pic, gave me a full screen wallpaper in portrait mode. When it flips to landscape, you see an extra 160 pixels on each side, but if you get creative, you can make that look good as well.
Is there an app that I can crop to 480x800 and use WSS to set it, no problem?
There are couple of photo editing apps that crop, PicSay and Photoshop Mobile come to mind. I tried setting a 480x800 pic with WSS, but it expanded it to cover landscape mode and it looked terrible.
I guess you could try a 800x800 wallpaper. That would cover both modes. With movable wallpaper turned off, it would show the middle 480 pixels width-wise and the full 800 length in portrait. In landscape, the full 800 width will show along with the top 480 pixels.
Ah. I don't use landscape, either.
Damn, wish this was easier. They should just make the crop tool a friggin' rectangle. -.-
how to set full screen wallpaper on Galaxy Tab 10.1 ?
i have 1280*800 wallpapers and try... I don't want to crop my wallpaper
i'm already try to search but no answer. Thx.
Go to the Market and download Wallpaper Wizardrii
It will allow you to set an image without having to crop it like the Gallery does.
It will also allow you to set the image as scrollable or static.
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i tried wizardii and selecto no scrool but its auto crop my wallpaper (1280*800) i wanna direct set full wallpaper.
try multi picture live wallpaper it handles some wallpapers quite well without having to manually resize/crop them.
i dont live wallpaper. only static wallpaper.
Make your picture 1920x1200 or something like this and not 1280x800 because Android would need bigger picture because of scrolling.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1246217
ozzy-tr said:
i dont live wallpaper. only static wallpaper.
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multi picture live wallpaper app handles static pictures also. i am using it to put separate 1280*800 picture for each screen
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I have looked at this for a little while and still can't seem to get it to work as I would like it to.
I found my wallpapers were cropped while rotating screens.
With the launcher and the wizardii wallpaper I set the landscape wallpaper while the device is in portrait mode and use set Stretch Landscape.
Using a static wallpaper and the scroll off.
It still appears to crop a little but you will have a full screen image in Landscape and portrait modes (like the 5 native wallpapers when you use the default wallpaper settings).
Simple Image Wallpaper Free is all you need. It's in the Google Play store and its awesome. Forget Wallpaper Wizardrii, it's garbage.
BretonGirl said:
Simple Image Wallpaper Free is all you need. It's in the Google Play store and its awesome. Forget Wallpaper Wizardrii, it's garbage.
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Brought this thread back from the dead just to thank you for this recommendation! Downgraded my Note Pro 12.2 to KitKat so I could root, and the cropping wallpaper problem reared its ugly head. Tried all kinds of screwy apps and supposed solutions before finding your recommendation. It's been perfect for a week now, including reboots. Thanks again!
I was wondering if anyone could help me out with a wallpaper issue I am having. I downloaded some 960x540 (or 540x960) wallpaper images and when I try to set them as the wallpaper using the stock ROM's cropping tool, the cropping tool displays the wallpaper image very large so that you are only able to crop a small portion of it to use as the background. I am wondering why it should not just be able to crop the entire image because it is the exact same size as the screen? Another strange thing I found was that sometimes I use Zedge to download wallpaper and they are not the correct size of the display and are usually larger (i.e. 800x480), but they show up smaller in the crop tool and I am able to crop a larger portion of them. Can anyone tell me how to resolve this? For now I am using an app called Wallpaper Changer which witll set the wallpaper to fit the screen exactly, but I kind of didn't want to have another app running for this. Thank you in advance!
I would l like some info on this too. Same issue here. Downloading correct resolution image but only able to display a chunk of it.
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This is actually the Android OS's fault. Because Android is made to work in both Portrait and on Landscape (even if your launcher locks orientation), selling the wallpaper will encompass both. I ran into this problem myself when I went to make my own wallpaper. The easiest solution is to find a square image, preferably 960x960 or larger. I've included the wallpaper I made and how it looks on my phone.