Changing the Lion OS X Finder background to a picture.

I downloaded a picture of the black Apple Linen texture online.
I wanted to change the background of the finder. The picture is 1920x1080 so I figured the size would be fine I have the 21.5" iMac. blah blah blah.
But when I change to the picture it doesn't fill the page, but fills the top left of the page. The area of the picture doesn't change when I change the size of my Finder.
I also downloaded a picture of size 128x128 The picture didn't stretch, it just took the size in the top left of my finder screen.

In Desktop & Screen Saver preferences, under Desktop, there should be a dropdown box with the option, "Fill Screen" and if that is not enough, there is "Stretch to Fill Screen"
See if either of those help.

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