How do I easily resize a wallpaper for my screen?

I like to use wallpapers from Interfacelift but not all the wallpapers are my screen's resolution and I was wondering what the best/easiest method would be to resize them to fit.

I tried installing the nautilus resize extension but it never showed up. I've heard a bit about Phatch, but that it was no longer being developed.

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Instead of resizing, you can make your wallpaper fill the screen from the Right Click change Desktop background options.

You can try the tile, zoom , center ,scale, fill, span options to desired one.

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1. Use the Nautilus Image Converter extension

Note: You must logout/login after installing any Nautilus extensions for them to work!

• Install nautilus-image-converter from the Software Center:

• Logout and login. Then open the folder where you saved the image, and right-click on it. Then click on Resize Image...:

• You can set a custom size as shown. "In Place" will resize the existing file, while "Append" will save a new version:

2. If available, the easiest option is to download the right size in the first place.

InterfaceLift, the site you prefer, has LOTS of options for download sizes, which almost surely includes your screen size. If you select the right size when downloading, that's the easiest method:

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You could also use Firefox to set wallpaper, it has options for resizing wallpaper.

In modern Ubuntu, it appears the only way to get scaling control of your background is through gnome-tweaks. It is available through "software".tweaks and background settings side by side

Use Gimp and resize the image.

Alternatively you could also install Gwenview.

Both work great.

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