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How to scale a wallpaper in ios7

Note - wallpapers created by myself.

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Many high res wallpapers look zoomed in in IOS7.  Especially wallpapers set at the 1136x640 @ 326 ppi look off as you can see in the image above.

Many high res wallpapers look zoomed in in IOS7. Especially wallpapers set at the 1136x640 @ 326 ppi look off as you can see in the image above.

To fix this go to your settings.

To fix this go to your settings.

Choose general.

Choose general.

Then "Accessibility"

Then "Accessibility"

Here is the important part.  You will see "reduce motion" which defaults to off.

Here is the important part. You will see "reduce motion" which defaults to off.

You will want to turn it on.

You will want to turn it on.

Now go back to wallpapers & brightness and pick your wallpapers.  They will scale properly.

Now go back to wallpapers & brightness and pick your wallpapers. They will scale properly.

As you can see here!  They fit!

As you can see here! They fit!

As does the lock screen graphic! I hope this helps you!

  • IOS 7
  • iPhone