Deactivate zoom/crop on lock screen background images

Hi there. I am a graphic designer and stuck with a stupid built in iOS problem.

I enjoy creating background images for my lock screen and started to use typography in the designs, like quotes. I made the images in the exact pixel size my iPhone 16ProMax needs for full screen. In the photo app i can swipe through the images and they all fit precisely onto my screen.

Now I want iOS to display those designs randomly on my lock screen. I create a new lock screen, choose „random“ and select the album in my camera roll. But as soon as those images are used as lock screens, they are randomly scaled and cropped without any visible logic behind it. Fun fact: When the images only show symmetrical shapes. they fit perfectly. As soon as type is on the JPG (or PNG) the scaling and repositioning starts.

Any thoughts of how to get rid of this bug? The should be a simple button to deactivate random scaling. Or at least a „fit to screen“, as it won’t change anything if the images are made for the precise pixel size.

Looking forward hearing your thoughts.

Daniel

Deactivate zoom/crop on lock screen background images
 
 
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