Sizing background photo in finder

I am trying customize my finder windows. I know how to add a photo to a finder window (select icon view, show view options, picture) but the picture does not size to the window. Is there an easy way to size a picture to fit the finder window?

Thanks for the reply Peter and I apologize for my delay in responding.
What I am looking to do is specific to the "icon view" as decribed in this OSX tip of the week.
http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/photobackground.html
If I am using a high quality picture, only part of the picture will show. Here is an example. The first picture is a screenshot of what is happening. The second, is an example of a picture that I would like to be sized to the window. Currently, when I add a picture to the background, only part of the picture (in this case the head) is being shown.
http://picasaweb.google.com/moabmatt/AppleHelpPictures?authkey=AMhIN5R7-sY3RIax2 RCRbuBhPyY
Thanks,
Matt
iBook G4 -combo drive, 512MB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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