Contact Photo Size???

So I have a new iPhone (8gb).
Using my Mac Pro to upload everything, contacts, iCal, etc.
So I made a new iPhone group in the address book.
Copied a photo from preview and pasted it in the contact photo box.
Syncs fine.
On the iPhone the little pic is there under each contact.
But when that person calls, it is full screen, or even larger where I can only see the person's eye or nose. And a few times the screen has come distorted where I am unable to read anything. I read that when I make a contact on the mac, the photo is supposed to display only in the corner when they call. But this is not happening for me?
Anyway to fix this?
Is there a max pic size for address book contacts?
Thanks For You Help

The easiest way I've found to add photos to contacts was within the iPhone itself.
First, you'll have to load the photos you want onto your iPhone (make an album in iPhoto of the photos, regular size/unaltered).
Then, on the iPhone, go into your photos. Find a photo you'd like to add to a contact, then click on the little photo frame w/a large swooping arrow in the lower right corner of the photo.
You'll be prompted to use the photo as wallpaper, email it, or, the one you want, "Assign To Contact"
Select that option - you'll be presented w/your contacts list - choose the person you'd like to add a photo to. Then, and this is the key part, you can resize and crop/move the photo (basically, this is a preview of what the contact photo will look like when you get a call from that contact).
Hope that helps.

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