Hello guys, I'm currently running CM12.1 stock on my Xperia Z2 (D6503). My issue is whenever I try to pick an image off Google search or basically anything other than the stock wallpapers, the wallpaper seems to be really zoomed in and not showing the entire picture. The picture isn't distorted, if anything it's in great quality. I have tried changing the pic's resolution and image resizers but it all doesn't work. Any solution is appreciated.
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Hi all,
Not sure if this happened just after the update to the 24 firmware, as I only just noticed it... but have you noticed that images do not zoom properly in mediascape...?? - it's like a crappy 'digital' zoom on a low resolution image (probably one reason why photos taken by the camera always look so crap - because Mediascape does not display them in their full beauty)
Let me give you an example:
The wallpapers here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6994126&postcount=1 look great as a wallpapers... nice HD image, stretched all the way to the edges of my screen... However, if I view the same image in Mediascape it shows up with an actual size of about 1x1 inch, and if I zoom in, instead of getting a nice HD image, I get exactly what you'd expect if I zoomed in on a thumbnail - a horribly compressed looking jpeg.
Is this a new issue? was Mediascape always awful like this? is there a fix...?
Bump.... anyone?
Yes I noticed the same thing on the 20 software as well. Pictures look great when set as background, but viewed in Mediascape they look all blurry, very annoying!
rvictorg said:
Yes I noticed the same thing on the 20 software as well. Pictures look great when set as background, but viewed in Mediascape they look all blurry, very annoying!
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Is there any good image viewing SW out there... usually, if I take a photo, I'll zoom in close, just to make sure it's not too blurry, and nice and crisp - currently I can't do that.
nothing worse than taking a good photo, and finding it just looks awful when blown up.
Astro has a 'better' image viewer, and while you can't zoom in, at least it's not showing a horribly compressed image.
k1sr said:
Is there any good image viewing SW out there... usually, if I take a photo, I'll zoom in close, just to make sure it's not too blurry, and nice and crisp - currently I can't do that.
nothing worse than taking a good photo, and finding it just looks awful when blown up.
Astro has a 'better' image viewer, and while you can't zoom in, at least it's not showing a horribly compressed image.
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SE probably did this so you can fling between pictures very quickly (this was first introduced on 020). However in order to make it so 'quick' they had to compress the pictures a lot.. Bunch of amateurs really..
I suggest you download JustPictures from the market. It is as fast as Mediascape, you can do the 'one-finger-zoom' and the images remain sharp.
Thanks for that - Just Pictures works a treat.
Cheers
Is there a way to get good looking wallpaper on the G-Tablet? The stock ones look terrible and zoomed in, and when I tried to make my own I noticed it was having me crop it in a 4:3 aspect ratio. Does Android just not support high-res widescreen wallpaper right now?
Do you have a TnT rom installed? I've experienced that as well, also it doesnt seem like 16bit colors are supported on TnT.
Try the zPad rom it handles it much better.
Alternatively you can try to use some of the live wallpapers, they dont seem to be effected by any weirdness.
I have not been able to get the ratio right to make my own wallpaper work on zpad either. I will see what the live ones look like.
-=Sent from my ViewSonic G Tablet using Tapatalk=-
Spaztik said:
Is there a way to get good looking wallpaper on the G-Tablet? The stock ones look terrible and zoomed in, and when I tried to make my own I noticed it was having me crop it in a 4:3 aspect ratio. Does Android just not support high-res widescreen wallpaper right now?
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I use Multipicture Live wallpaper (free)
Link: http://www.appbrain.com/app/org.tamanegi.wallpaper.multipicture
Hope this help
does not show up for me in market. I used the live snow wallpaper and changed background to whatever I wanted on it.
rickyt63 said:
I use Multipicture Live wallpaper (free)
Link: http://www.appbrain.com/app/org.tamanegi.wallpaper.multipicture
Hope this help
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I use that too and it works great. Different wallpaper for each screen, and they fit the right way.
I Just try to google Very High Quality Bg's and if they are zoomed in they still look good, probelm is that its usually Random design Bg's so they dont look bad zoomed in but that means you cant really get a picture of somthing you really like.
Market issues???
(posted in wrong forum - please ignore)
Anyone lost the thumbnail previews in the gallery for videos?
Ever since I rooted and left the original rom, I notice that the video thumbnails are static and no longer animated. I reverted back to stock; no go.
Anyone else experience this?
Thanks
Regular picture wallpapers create a lot of lag no matter what the resolution of the photo is and how I crop the image to set the wallpaper, even factory wallpapers. Switch over to Live wallpapers and its streamline baby smooth. No lag at all. I don't want to use a live wallpaper, I have many nice regular static picture wallpapers that I'd like to use. What is the cause of this; it's strange to me. Thanks in advance.
Hmm never heard of this issue. Maybe a live wallpaper keeps the home screen more active and awake thus reducing loading time?
Anybody else care to chime in on this?
Sent from my DROID RAZR MAXX HD
Just switched from Note 4 to S6. So problem is i have some great high-res wallpapers and when i set it as wallpaper it's not showing in high quality, I didn't had that problem on Note.
When i look at the same image in gallery it's stunning, but when it's set up as a wallpaper its not that sharp as it should be. Same probelm in TW and in Nova Launcher.
This is how it looks in gallery. Sharp and no problems.
http://s24.postimg.org/sflk579v9/Screenshot_2016_01_29_03_47_39.png
This is how it looks as wallpaper, blurred and not sharp. Notice red eye sharpness. Not that visible on PC but problem is there.
http://s7.postimg.org/8244e5v2z/Screenshot_2016_01_29_03_47_31.png
Any solutions
I noticed this problem too. I download 4k wallpapers to retain as much detail as possible.
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I noticed this problem too. I download 4k wallpapers to retain as much detail as possible.
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But if i have 1440x2560 image and in gallery its showing in full res, why is resolution lowered when setted up as a wallpaper, looks like 720p.
Dejan92 said:
But if i have 1440x2560 image and in gallery its showing in full res, why is resolution lowered when setted up as a wallpaper, looks like 720p.
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Try going to settings > Display and Wallpaper > Screen Mode.
Found a solution. By using app SB Wallpaper Changer i can set up any image as wallpaper and it's finally showing in its full QHD glory. Can't believe no one else noticed that or reported problem.
ok i have a very good solution for this problem
Steps
} Uninstall "styles and wallpapers " app using root
} Now download "wallpapers" app by Google llc
For this method to work your android must be above 7.0
If you don't want to uninstall styles and wallpapers or you don't have root access just download any wallpaper applier application and change wallpapers from that app .