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Help Custom wallpaper sizing?

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ProJamm

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I'm having a problem with pictures on my Optimus V phone. I can import pictures but no matter what size or pixel I set them to when i create a wallpaper, the picture is WAY too big and distorted. I could use some step by step help learning how to size pictures to fit the whole screen.

Thanks!
 
When you get to the wallpaper screen, you will see a square box around the photo. You need to drag them and resize them to the maximum size.

Also the resolution of the image must be double width x height.

So in the case of OV, which has a resolution of 320 x 480

The image should be 640 x 480.
 
No matter what size pixel-wise I use, the picture I've imported never fits the crop. Ive tried resizing a pict to 640- x 480, 320 x 480 etc, and it imports my pict in the same size, and only allows me to crop abt 40% of it. When I look at it as a set wallpaper its ENORMOUS.

I've used preview, then Gimp (photoshop type program for mac) and done numerous resizes that all come out the same...
 
I’m not quite sure what you mean when you write that you “import a picture”.

Here are step-by-step instructions. (Perhaps the only thing you have missed is step 11, highlighted below.)

  1. Create images that are confirmed to be 640 pixels wide and 480 pixels tall. (Since you mentioned Gimp, I’m assuming that you have no trouble with this step. ;))
  2. Transfer those pictures to a folder on your phone’s SD card. (Again, I’m assuming that you know how to do this. If not, please ask.)
  3. Long-press on an empty space on any one of your phone’s screens.
  4. When a dialog opens, tap Wallpapers
  5. On the next dialog, tap Gallery
  6. Swipeleft and right until you have located the folder containing your new wallpaper
  7. Tap the stack of images in that folder
  8. Swipe left and right until you have located the image you want to set as a wallpaper. (Remember, it needs to be in landscape orientation, optimally at 640
 
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