A three-step guide to getting the ideal wallpaper for your device
On iOS, you’ll need texture to fully take advantage of the parallax effect. Choosing a gentle gradient with no lines or shapes of any kind will render the effect pointless, as will using a single block of colour. Icons work nicely, as you’ll see them moving under the icons, but the most important thing is to make sure there is something on-screen.
Picking the right photo is important on any device, whether it’s iPhone or Mac. Any image that is too busy is going to make app names and folder titles difficult to read, and on Mac especially they’ll get very distracting. Choose something with even lighting, without too many mixes of extreme blacks and whites to ensure everything can be read.
For perfect results, you should pick either a design with shapes or lines visible under a gradient, or a photo with plenty of depth to it so that the parallax movement is perfectly clear. This image works nicely, as the items in the foreground noticeably move as the device is tipped, and there are enough dark tones to make white text readable.
