I just made a new background image for my phone, however when I try to apply it, the top of the image is being chopped off, and thus I can not see the top of the background I made when I am looking at my homescreen.
It looks as if you have tried to make an image that is "twice as high" as the phones resolution, and this means I only see roughly the lower half of the background image i just made.
Question is, how do i fix it so it looks right?
Download an app called Wallpaper Wizardrii from the Play Store, and set your wallpaper from there
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fekken said:
Download an app called Wallpaper Wizardrii from the Play Store, and set your wallpaper from there
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Well I just downloaded it. And it won't let me select the image I want to use however. It only shows 10 or so images overall and I have close to 1000 or more overall on the phone.
I would however prefer a tip/solution that evolved around using the native apps however.
Edit the picture and add a black border to the sides. The picture should be 960x800 or something in this ratio. But then you have to disable wallpaperscrolling in your launcher.
Jonas h said:
Edit the picture and add a black border to the sides. The picture should be 960x800 or something in this ratio. But then you have to disable wallpaperscrolling in your launcher.
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Why not just add borders to the top and bottom of the image instead?. It would make sense considering the image is supposed to be scrolling vertically
Dont know which launcher you are using then
The wallpaper is scrolling horizontally (for most people ) and is therefore twice your Phones width (in pixels) and the original height
960x800
Jonas h said:
Dont know which launcher you are using then
The wallpaper is scrolling horizontally (for most people ) and is therefore twice your Phones width (in pixels) and the original height
960x800
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Sorry I always tend to confuse those two . And I am using Go Launcher Ex. So 960*800 or at least that aspect ratio.
Yes! 960 width and 800 height
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Where is the default folder to add wallpapers too. When I choose it from the gallery or any place else I'm forced to choose a region of the photo that I want, rather than the whole thing.
Thanks in advance
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I have another question regarding wallpaper size. What is the best size for wallpaper?
Werbs said:
Where is the default folder to add wallpapers too. When I choose it from the gallery or any place else I'm forced to choose a region of the photo that I want, rather than the whole thing.
Thanks in advance
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if you press the border of the window that selects the area of the picture you want to use as your background, you can slide your finger to enlarge the area you want to use. But I think to use the whole picture it as to be 1200x1024 or have the same aspect ratio as 1200x1024
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I have another question regarding wallpaper size. What is the best size for wallpaper?
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I *think* it's 1200x1024. see above quote
holtenc said:
if you press the border of the window that selects the area of the picture you want to use as your background, you can slide your finger to enlarge the area you want to use. But I think to use the whole picture it as to be 1200x1024 or have the same aspect ratio as 1200x1024
I *think* it's 1200x1024. see above quote
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I thought 1080x960 (screen height = 960, screen length = 540 X 2 = 1080). Could be wrong, but 75% sure anyway. What makes you think 1200x1024? Are you thinking of max output to external screen?
Anybody knows the answer for this? I downloaded some 1024 x 600 (landscape) wallpapers and they are too big for the screen. Any help will be appreciated.
that's right ... 1024x600
You're forgetting the 48 pixel honeycomb bar
1024x552
ok guys....but how come all of the 1024 x 600 pictures I downloaded are bigger than the screen? when I set them as wallpapers they all appear oversized by like half an inch or more???
wow 1024 x 552! where is one to find scrimmages in that resolution? I swear that honeycomb bar sucks!
well...all I know is that I have tried SEVERAL wallpaper changer apps that have many aspect ratio settings......and also I have set the wallpaper using the tablets native menu and STILL never shows the 1024 x 600 (or 1200 x 552) pictures in landscape correctly. they always show outside the "borders" of the screen by almost an inch. images appear distorted or not cropped correctly.
I have the same sort of problem, no wallpaper changer apps seem to correctly set wallpaper, the edges are always cut off.
We need a good wallpaper app. It shouldn't be hard, either fit the image width or height and let the user choose the color of the bars on the top or sides. Allow tiling small images too. Stretch to fit would be a good option as well.
dan1101 said:
I have the same sort of problem, no wallpaper changer apps seem to correctly set wallpaper, the edges are always cut off.
We need a good wallpaper app. It shouldn't be hard, either fit the image width or height and let the user choose the color of the bars on the top or sides. Allow tiling small images too. Stretch to fit would be a good option as well.
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AT LEAST this confirms I am not crazy. Thank you. The good thing is that I found out the ACTUAL screen size in pixels which is 576x312. That is NOT counting the black task bar. Any doubters just open any image editor and make an image of that size and compare it to the actual screen size w/o task bar.
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AT LEAST this confirms I am not crazy. Thank you. The good thing is that I found out the ACTUAL screen size in pixels which is 576x312. That is NOT counting the black task bar. Any doubters just open any image editor and make an image of that size and compare it to the actual screen size w/o task bar.
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No, the screen is not 576x312. That few pixels would look like crap on a 7" tablet.
If you take a screenshot (hold power button then tap Home) it comes out to 1024x600 pixels. It's just for some reason apps don't seem to realize this. Even HTCs own Live Wallpaper "Slide show" doesn't do it right. Maybe the OS is reporting the wrong size? A config file wrong somewhere?
The correct size is 1536x1024. HTCs wallpapers crop and scrol correctly and that's their Res.
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Is there any way to set a wallpaper without having it zoom in. Every wallpaper sets with a zoom altering the original image, no matter how I set it.
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When you select the wallpaper and the bounding box appears, you can stretch it out so that it covers the whole image. If the image is the right size (1440x1280) it won't zoom, and even though it will say cropping, it won't crop. Check the link in my sig for some correctly sized wallpapers to peruse.
Do this like I write and u should be able to use the whole screen photo with no zooming.
Go into gallery and select ur photo. When the menu comes up select set as wallpaper and not wallpaper option. There are 3 different formats u can use. Select the wide screen one or panaroma type style.
The whole picture will be used instead of having to crop manually and it will still be scrollable.
Thanks if I helped u.
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Do this like I write and u should be able to use the whole screen photo with no zooming.
Go into gallery and select ur photo. When the menu comes up select set as wallpaper and not wallpaper option. There are 3 different formats u can use. Select the wide screen one or panaroma type style.
The whole picture will be used instead of having to crop manually and it will still be scrollable.
Thanks if I helped u.
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I thank you for responding and trying to help. Although it tweeks my images a slight tad, they are still grossly zoomed in.
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Cyrene said:
Is there any way to set a wallpaper without having it zoom in. Every wallpaper sets with a zoom altering the original image, no matter how I set it.
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I use apex launcher,I turned off the wallpaper scrolling,I downloaded 1280x720 wallpapers ,I rotated them to 720x1280,I set them as wallpapers and bam,a full crispy wallpaper that shows off our 720pslcd2
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I figured out the resolution for the wallpaper (it should be 3840x2560, not 3966x2560). So I got a 2560x1440 wallpaper and I was able to center it ona 3840x2560 canvas. When I zoom on the 2560x1440 image in the picture viewer, it looks sharp and great, but when I set it as a wallpaper, it's just not as sharp.
Anyone know what's going on here?
Wait... just kidding. Figured it out. My image has black borders. Now I'm getting confused >_>
I'll update this post if I find out anything.
here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2000054
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2017420
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1999992
treyy said:
here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2000054
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2017420
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1999992
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Yeah. I'm aware of those threads. I wasn't exactly talking about the resolution though. My problem was that I thought 2560x1440 wallpapers would fit perfectly when you use the non-scroll option from Wallpaper Wizardrii, but I found out that the wallpapers aren't exactly as 2560x1440. The height is actually slightly taller.
The wallpapers at 3966x2560 aren't exactly perfect as well. When you set the wallpaper, you still have to crop off a bit. The better resolution is 3840x2560. It needs a ratio of 1.5.
3840 is too small. The image will not fully fill the default crop tool in Android. You can't use Wallpaper Wizardrii to determine this. You need to use the default tool in Android. 3966 is the right size.
you guys accounting for the soft buttons taking up some of the 1600 height?
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3840 is too small. The image will not fully fill the default crop tool in Android. You can't use Wallpaper Wizardrii to determine this. You need to use the default tool in Android. 3966 is the right size.
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Strange, the image wasn't fully filled when I used 3966 using the default tool in Android. Is it maybe because I'm using only 3 homescreens?
404 ERROR said:
Strange, the image wasn't fully filled when I used 3966 using the default tool in Android. Is it maybe because I'm using only 3 homescreens?
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Ahh... Perhaps the number of screens do change the width. I am using 5 home screens. The height minus the notification bar and minus the bottom buttons is 1456. This 1456 "visible" area starts 577 pixels down from the top of the 2560 height.
Originally, 1:1 match wallpaper size is 3840*2560.
If you want to set a full page, resize your picture to 3840*2560.
But, If you want to set a specific part of picture to center 2560*1600.
you make 3837*2558. Because even if a picture have 1:1 match size, android resize it.(in my exprience)
so edge 1 pixel is blured.(invaded by outside 1 pixel)
I attach setting picture and test picture.
I can't link yet.
* I don't know why but sometimes set a wallpaper is failed.(I think it has too big size.)
so 3837*2558 fits in one page(2560*1600).
at that time, try try try again. sometimes I failed 5 times..
This tip is useful when you use in rotate.
sorry, my english is poor, so I can't explain well.
The correct size is 3966x2560. This is the correct aspect ratio for the Nexus 10 Gallery Crop tool and it is the size of the wallpapers that Google included with the Nexus 10.
I've tried 3966x2560, but it leaves out the sides. 3840 fit perfectly in the box for me though.
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I've tried 3966x2560, but it leaves out the sides. 3840 fit perfectly in the box for me though.
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Perhaps your bezel is covering some of the pixels on the edges. Google wouldn't install wallpapers that are not the correct size.
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Perhaps your bezel is covering some of the pixels on the edges. Google wouldn't install wallpapers that are not the correct size.
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And have you tested a 3966x2560 wallpaper on your own?
Anyway, I'm still trying to find out what the resolution is because setting a wallpaper Wallpaper Wizardrii and the gallery cropping tool is telling me the wallpaper resolution is 3840x2560, but the one from Google are at 3966x2560.
I've attached some pictures of a 3840x2560 wallpaper being set and it fits in the rectangle perfectly. Didn't move either when I tried to move the rectangle around.
The ratio of width to height is 1.5. That means 3840x2560 fits, 2400x1600 fits,1080x720 fits, etc.
Someone mentions 2400x1600 fitting - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34378509&postcount=8
404 ERROR said:
And have you tested a 3966x2560 wallpaper on your own?
Anyway, I'm still trying to find out what the resolution is because setting a wallpaper Wallpaper Wizardrii and the gallery cropping tool is telling me the wallpaper resolution is 3840x2560, but the one from Google are at 3966x2560.
I've attached some pictures of a 3840x2560 wallpaper being set and it fits in the rectangle perfectly. Didn't move either when I tried to move the rectangle around.
The ratio of width to height is 1.5. That means 3840x2560 fits, 2400x1600 fits,1080x720 fits, etc.
Someone mentions 2400x1600 fitting - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34378509&postcount=8
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I'm not using Wallpaper Wizardrii. I am using the stock Google crop tool and yes, I use 3966x2560 wallpapers. The crop tool expands to this size wallpaper perfectly on my device. When I tried the 3840x2560, the crop tool did not scale properly and stopped expanding before properly filling.
Perhaps Wallpaper Wizardrii is affecting the crop tool on your device but on a clean Nexus 10 without wallpaper wizardrii, 3966x2560 is the correct size. It is also the size of the wallapers shipped with the device.
The difference between our crop tools is puzzling. The number 3840 does sound more reasonable because it is cleanly divisible by 5 (number of homescreens) but 3840 doesn't work in my crop tool while 3966 does...and 3966 is the size shipped. Fascinating. If anyone knows Jean-Baptiste Queru, perhaps he can clearify this.
I use paranoid rom. Do you use stock rom? I will try 3966 someday with stockrom.
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I use paranoid rom. Do you use stock rom? I will try 3966 someday with stockrom.
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I am all stock. 404 Error, are you using stock?
I built this and it matches up perfectly with the guide on the screen when selecting a wallpaper.
Hope it helps.
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I built this and it matches up perfectly with the guide on the screen when selecting a wallpaper.
Hope it helps.
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So the 3966x2560 dimensions fill your crop tool perfectly also. Thanks.
I just use nova launcher with wallpaper scrolling disabled... Then I can use any old highres wallpaper..
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I'm not using Wallpaper Wizardrii. I am using the stock Google crop tool and yes, I use 3966x2560 wallpapers. The crop tool expands to this size wallpaper perfectly on my device. When I tried the 3840x2560, the crop tool did not scale properly and stopped expanding before properly filling.
Perhaps Wallpaper Wizardrii is affecting the crop tool on your device but on a clean Nexus 10 without wallpaper wizardrii, 3966x2560 is the correct size. It is also the size of the wallapers shipped with the device.
The difference between our crop tools is puzzling. The number 3840 does sound more reasonable because it is cleanly divisible by 5 (number of homescreens) but 3840 doesn't work in my crop tool while 3966 does...and 3966 is the size shipped. Fascinating. If anyone knows Jean-Baptiste Queru, perhaps he can clearify this.
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I'll see how it goes after I uninstall wallpaper wizardrii. I wasn't using wallpaper wizardrii directly however. I used it to make the wallpaper at 3840x2560 which I then saved into my gallery. I used Google's own cropping tool and it fit just fine.
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I am all stock. 404 Error, are you using stock?
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I use paranoid rom. Do you use stock rom? I will try 3966 someday with stockrom.
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Yep, this was done on stock. I wasn't using any launchers as well when I tested this.