Strange shadow randomly added to a wallpaper

Hi, I love the wallpaper feature in iOS 16 and have created probably nearly 100 wallpapers. Recently, after I finished creating a new wallpaper I noticed that once I selected that to be my wallpaper, there was some strange shadow on it. It wasn’t like a shadow under words, it was just randomly throughout the wallpaper (see attached screenshot). It looked as if my phone screen was messed up but it wasn’t. I went back into edit mode and the shadows went away. I can’t seem to figure out why it looks fine in edit mode but not when it’s actually being used. Please look at the screenshots. Has anyone else encountered something like this? (By the way I’ve tried removing all the widgets and that didn’t help so they’re not causing it. I’ve also tried zooming in and that doesn’t help. The text you see on the wallpaper is apart of the actual wallpaper, I downloaded it online. I also tried screenshotting my wallpaper and using the screenshot instead of the original wallpaper which had the same shadow. However, strangely, when I would screenshot my Lock Screen settings where the wallpaper looks fine (see below) and set that screenshot as a wallpaper, there was no shadow)


iPhone 14 Pro

Posted on Jun 26, 2023 06:30 PM

Reply
3 replies

Jul 26, 2023 01:40 PM in response to Turkey210

I’ve try all kinds of experiments to see how I can get the issue to go away. For example, I’ve taken a screenshot of the photo then tried using the screenshot as the wallpaper and the issue persists. And I’ve used probably 100 different wallpapers and it only happens on random ones (maybe 5-10). I just checked and I am ready for an update so I’ll try that but generally I always stay updated so I would be surprised if that fixes it.

This thread has been closed by the system or the community team. You may vote for any posts you find helpful, or search the Community for additional answers.

Strange shadow randomly added to a wallpaper

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.