How to create and set your iphone Wallpapers

Dec 25, 2007

How to create and set your iphone Wallpapers

Create a simple iPhone wallpaper in a few steps using some gradients and learn how to set your favorites wallpapers around the net. Easy to follow steps and instructions to customize your iphone.

1. Open a new file with following dimensions 320 x 480 pixels and make a new layer.

2. Make a gradient #0f6bac to #57a9cf.

3. then with the Elliptical Marquee Tool make a selection as you can see below and using the Gradient Tool fill it with White to Transparent.

4. Change the Blending Options to Soft Light.

5. Do the step 3 and 4 again.

6. And again.

7. And once again but now change its Opacity to 30%.

8. Now using the font Segoe add some text.

9. Then we’ll be adding some minimal details, open the Layer Style’s window and go to Drop Shadow.

10. After that go to Gradient Overlay and a Gradient of #f6f6f6 to #ffffff. And you should have something similar to this:

11. Finally we’re going to reflect it. First duplicate the layer and change the fill to 0% then right click over the layer and Rasterize it and go to Edit/Transform/Flip Vertical and move it down. Make a selection with the Rectangle Marquee Tool and right click over it and Feather and put 20px. Delete it about 4 times and that’s it your own iPhone Wallpaper.

How to set your Wallpaper

Here are the easy steps you can take to make use of our cool wallpapers on your iPhone. The first step is to save the desired wallpaper to your Mac or PC via your favorite browser.

1 .Right-click or control-click on the image you want to use.
Note: you can download best iPhone wallpapers here
2. Select save as and save the image to your hard drive.
Mac users can either save the image to a folder or add it to their iPhoto library.
PC users will want to save the wallpaper into their My Pictures folder.

You can then sync the iPhone with photos in iPhoto 4.0.3 or later on a Mac, or Photoshop Album 2.0 or later or Photoshop Elements 3.0 or later on a PC. Or you can sync with any folder on your computer that contains images. Connect the iPhone to your computer and do the following:
1. Launch iTunes then click the Photos tab and select sync photos from pop-up menu
2. From the pop-up menu, do one of the following:
if you using a Mac, choose iPhoto or your Pictures folder.
If you using a PC, choose Photoshop Album, Photoshop Elements, or your My Pictures folder.
3. Choose Folder, then choose any folder on your computer that has images.
4. Choose all photos or choose selected folders or selected albums and choose the folders or albums you want to sync.

Finally on your iPhone:
1. Goto the Photos section of your camera. Browse through the albums or camera roll until you find the picture you wish to use.
2. Select the picture so it is displayed full screen.
3. Tap the icon in the lower left corner of the screen. If you don’t see the icon, single tap the picture to display the menus.

4. Here you can select if you want to email the picture, save the picture as a wallpaper, or assign to a contact.

5. If you want to assign to a contact, press that button. The contact list will open and you can select the contact you wish to link to the picture.
6. Select Done to complete the process.