{"id":5135,"date":"2013-09-22T15:37:57","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T14:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myglasseye.net\/news\/?p=5135"},"modified":"2013-11-16T13:01:30","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T13:01:30","slug":"stop-custom-wallpapers-zooming-ios-7-parallax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/myglasseye.net\/news\/stop-custom-wallpapers-zooming-ios-7-parallax\/","title":{"rendered":"How to stop custom wallpapers &#8216;zooming in&#8217; in iOS 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> If you&#8217;re having problems adjusting to iOS 7 check out my updated post &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/myglasseye.net\/news\/fix-ios-7-text-wallpaper-weather-battery\/\" title=\"How to \u2018fix\u2019 iOS 7\">&#8216;How to &#8216;fix&#8217; iOS 7&#8242;<\/a>, which includes the following wallpaper zooming tip and many others including clearer text, swipe-to-delete and battery issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ORIGINAL POST:<\/strong> So iOS 7 is out, and boy oh boy is it ruining some people&#8217;s lives. Bit melodramatic perhaps, but you should see the whining about it on Twitter&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Personally I really like it &#8211; sure, there&#8217;s a couple of icons that don&#8217;t make sense (Game Center) or look clunky (Newsstand) and occasionally small system text lacks legibility (which is fixable with a setting tweak) but overall I think the clean layer-based system is just lovely and a great basis for the future.<\/p>\n<div class=\"GARD gard_async_mode\" id=\"google-ads-wZ2z\" ><script async=\"async\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><div id=\"GARDasync_wZ2z\"><\/div><script >(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div><script>\radUnit = document.getElementById(\"google-ads-wZ2z\");\radWidth = adUnit.offsetWidth;\rif ( adWidth >= 999999 ) {\r\/* GETTING THE FIRST IF OUT OF THE WAY *\/ \r} else if ( adWidth >= 728 ) {\rdocument.getElementById(\"GARDasync_wZ2z\").innerHTML = \"<ins class=\\\"adsbygoogle\\\" style=\\\"width:728px;height:90px;display:block;\\\" data-ad-client=\\\"ca-pub-9115538499420956\\\" data-ad-slot=\\\"8913456027\\\"><\/ins>\";\r} else if ( adWidth >= 468 ) {\rdocument.getElementById(\"GARDasync_wZ2z\").innerHTML = \"<ins class=\\\"adsbygoogle\\\" style=\\\"width:468px;height:60px;display:block;\\\" data-ad-client=\\\"ca-pub-9115538499420956\\\" data-ad-slot=\\\"6041361626\\\"><\/ins>\";\r} else if ( adWidth >= 320 ) {\rdocument.getElementById(\"GARDasync_wZ2z\").innerHTML = \"<ins class=\\\"adsbygoogle\\\" style=\\\"width:320px;height:50px;display:block;\\\" data-ad-client=\\\"ca-pub-9115538499420956\\\" data-ad-slot=\\\"7518094823\\\"><\/ins>\";\r}<\/script>\n<p>However, it&#8217;s also fair to say a lot of things have changed just enough to leave casual users a little lost or confused and one of the biggest gripes seems to be that custom photos are being zoomed in when selected as wallpapers.<\/p>\n<p>I thought I&#8217;d do my Community Help bit for the day and post some solutions to wallpaper-zooming right here. There are two issues to deal with: parallax scrolling, and none-native aspect ratio images (not the same shape as your screen). It&#8217;s very easy to fix: read on!<\/p>\n<h2>Solution One &#8211; parallax scrolling<\/h2>\n<p>The first solution deals with the slight zoom caused by the parallax effect. This is when you tilt your phone and the wallpaper and icons shift to give the impression they&#8217;re on different layers. The wallpaper needs to be zoomed a bit to create a margin offscreen so that when it moves you don&#8217;t see off the edge. <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to disable it:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open Settings from your Home screen<\/li>\n<li>Tap General<\/li>\n<li>Tap Accessibility<\/li>\n<li>Scroll down and tap &#8216;Reduce Motion: Off&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Activate the &#8216;Reduce Motion&#8217; feature by tapping the switch so it turns green.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Parallax scrolling is now disabled and wallpapers should not be zoomed for it. However, you may still have wallpaper zoom issues, in which case:<\/p>\n<h2>Solution Two &#8211; zoom to fit<\/h2>\n<p>If the shape of your photo does not match the shape of your screen then it will be zoomed to fit so that there is no black space around the sides. For example, if you&#8217;re using a square Instagram shot or a 4&#215;3 photo on the long screen of the 5, 5S or 5C you&#8217;ll be seeing a lot of zoom.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s an easy workaround: just use a screenshot!<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the photo you want to use in the Photos app<\/li>\n<li>Tap the screen to make sure you&#8217;re seeing just the photo and none of the on-screen controls<\/li>\n<li>Take a screenshot by holding the Sleep and Home buttons at the same time &#8211; the screen will flash and the resulting screenshot will be saved to your Camera Roll.<\/li>\n<li>Select the new screenshot as a wallpaper.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Hope this helps! Remember folks: it&#8217;s just a phone&#8230; \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new parallax scrolling in iOS 7 has the side effect of slightly &#8216;zooming in&#8217; on custom wallpapers, and boy do some people have a problem with that! 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