*** Official iPad (2012) Retina Wallpaper Thread - 2048x2048 ***

[Somnambulist]

As ever, those stock iPad wallpapers are a bore! Let's get collecting 2048x2048 images for the 3rd gen iPad. I have shamelessly copied these links from other places to get us started. Obviously due to the size, it is preferable if you just link to the image or use a thumbnail rather than tags, as even people with 2560x1600 monitors won't want a thread full of full-size images. :eek:

Grass: [url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13370985/Grassy.png[/url]
Blue Marble 2012: [url]http://i.imgur.com/AymWJ.jpg[/url]
Herp derp: [url]http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/6056/macvsandroid.jpg[/url]
Blade of grass/moisture: [url]http://dailyiphoneblog.com/wp-content/uploads/wallpapers/new-ipad-wallpapers/new-ipad-wallpaper-hd-2048x2048-030.jpg[/url]

Good collections:
[url]http://www.ipad3wallpapers.com/[/url]
[url]http://wp-b.com/size/2048x2048/[/url]
[URL="http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1326519"]MR Thread[/URL]
[url]http://www.ilikewallpaper.com/The-new-iPad[/url]

Lastly, and most importantly, InterfaceLift have a new 3rd gen iPad setting :):
[url]http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/downloads/date/apple/3rd_gen_ipad/[/url]



Let's see what we can find...

 

[Chris1712]

Why have you chosen 2048x2048 considering its a 2048x1536 screen ?

 

[Si.]

so they work in both orientations...

 

[Somnambulist]

^

Yep! Noob!

Can I just say, the interfacelift ones, when you get a crystal clear camera shot, look stunning on the iPad's screen.

 

[Kawolski]

There are hundreds here.

 

[Somnambulist]

2560x1600 though, not sure if that will 'scale to fit' and thus not work in both orientations... haven't tried either.

 

[Kawolski]

Et voila.

Not hundreds, but quite a few.

 

[Somnambulist]

Nope, needs to be a square: 2048x2048. That gives me... 2, lol.

 

[Doohickey]

Nope, needs to be a square: 2048x2048. That gives me... 2, lol.

Having not tried it yet, but will a non-square not just auto scale/crop?

 

[Somnambulist]

Updated the OP.

I'm a perfectionist and want everything to be square. The thing is, some images are framed in such a way if you're going to make it a square you might want to focus on one side rather than the centre (and therefore losing an equal amount of the left/right). Basically, blah blah blah, I'm just posting 2048 ones because I'm OCD.

 

[Doohickey]

I'm a perfectionist and want everything to be square.

 

[Somnambulist]

Christ, the fractal ones are immense. This is the future of displays. Imagine a 4k res iMac....

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Some of those are cracking, even on an iPad 2

 

[chrisxuk]

Using this at the moment:

http://www.razorianfly.com/wp-content/uploads/SHARD-OFFICIALRazorianFly.jpg

 

[Somnambulist]

More here:
http://www.ilikewallpaper.com/The-new-iPad

 

[MikeHunt79]

Try doing a google image search for '2048x2048', almost 100k images...

 

[Somnambulist]

A lot of 'new iPad' wallpapers are just 1024x1024 ones that have just been resized.

 

[sanvy]

A lot of 'new iPad' wallpapers are just 1024x1024 ones that have just been resized.

http://www.ilikewallpaper.com/The-new-iPad

All wallpapers are real 2048 x 2048.

 

[Johnz0r]

http://www.ilikewallpaper.com/The-new-iPad

All wallpapers are real 2048 x 2048.

Are you sure? If you visit the website on your iPad and select a photo it shows as being 1024x1024?

Still some nice wallpapers on there

 

[Raven8472]

Hello

There seem to be a lot of talk on the google regarding safari resizing large images and have noticed this.

I'm using Atomic Web browser on the IPad 3 and it does not seem to do this.