Can I scale the desktop pictures on a 15.4" Macbook Pro?

Is there a way to scale the desktop picture so it fits the screen?  A lot of my wallpapers are suddenly  too big for the display with the end result that either they don't fit or they're stretched out and pixelated (because the original image just isn't that big) and it's hard to see the actual picture.  I have an old Powerbook which has scaling options - stretch to fit screen, tile, center, etc - but my new Macbook doesn't, unless there's some trick I haven't figured out yet.  (I don't have the Retina display, if it makes a difference.)

Have you tried a different resolution yet?
Open System Preferences > Displays > Display > Scaled
The pre installed desktop images are formatted to fit the default MacBook Pro resolution.
For the 13"   > Supported resolutions: 1280 by 800 (native)
For the 15"  > Supported resolutions: 1440 by 900 (native)

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