The wallpaper image appears behind all your app icons so you have something interesting to look at rather than just a blank screen. To customize the appearance of your wallpaper, you can adjust the brightness or just choose a new image altogether.
The wallpaper on your iPad is meant to provide an interesting image to look at, but if it seems too light or too dark, you can always modify this brightness by following these steps:
From the Home screen, tap Settings. The Settings screen appears.
Tap Brightness & Wallpaper. The Brightness & Wallpaper settings screen appears, as shown in Figure 6-3.
Drag the Auto-Brightness slider left or right.
(Optional) Tap the Auto-Brightness on/off switch. When the Auto-Brightness switch reads ON, your iPad will adjust the brightness of the screen based on the surrounding lighting conditions.
Press the Home button. The Home screen appears.
If you want to choose a different wallpaper image for your iPad, you can either pick one of the wallpaper images included with your iPad or use a picture that you've already transferred from your computer to your iPad. (Chapter 18 explains how to transfer pictures from your computer to your iPad.)
To change the wallpaper image, follow these steps:
From the Home screen, tap Settings. The Settings screen appears.
Tap Brightness & Wallpaper. The Brightness & Wallpaper settings screen appears (see Figure 6-4).
Tap anywhere inside the curved rectangle under the Wallpaper group. The screen displays a Wallpaper button along with a list of photo albums currently stored in your Photos app.
Tap Wallpaper (to choose from an image included on your iPad), or tap a photo album that you've transferred from your computer to your iPad. Thumbnail images of your available pictures appear, as shown in Figure 6-5.
Tap the image you want to use as your wallpaper. Your iPad shows what your chosen image looks like and displays three buttons (Set Lock Screen, Set Home Screen, and Set Both) in the upper-right corner, as shown in Figure 6-6.
Tap Set Lock Screen, Set Lock Home Screen, or Set Both. (You can also tap Cancel if you change your mind.) Your chosen image now appears as the wallpaper on your Lock screen and/or your Home screen, depending on which option you chose in the previous step.
Press the Home button. The Home screen appears.
