I just realized when I make posters and choose a size I crop it to size when creating it. Then I realized if someone wants a dimension that needs more width, say, it won’t change properly but instead fit funny taking out other parts of the image to force the dimensions. So should I just leave the image larger than the dimensions I have chosen to display on sale page or keep some of the width or height over the edges for customizations? I’m doing that now but wonder if not cropping to size of product is troublesome in some way, say in setting up printing or something If not I’ll just leave the excess there.. I may be slow in checking answers for which I apologize. Thanks in advance for your responses. I’ll get the kudos and question answered indicators chosen asap.
If it’s a full frame image you can set the image property to “fill.” That way it will adjust for whatever size/aspect ratio the customer chooses.
- That only creates the same image if someone wants same aspect ratio. If my size is 10 by 5 say, and they want 10 by 6 filling the old cropped to 10x5 image to 5x6 requires chopping part of the original off. If I leave a little excess on all edges instead of cropping to the 10x5 size it will allow a fill to borrow from image area that hangs over to fit the new aspect ratio. It gives buyer more size choices without cutting part of original image off, it only works for say a photo that looks good when it’s continued on side not something that has exact ratio only. Oh boy am I making sense? It’s difficult to explain at this hour. Going to bed.
Agreed. It’s an imperfect solution. I was playing around with it, and there is now the option to limit the sizing to “this aspect ratio only” - at least on posters. Not sure about other sorts of wall art products, but you could try that. Ultimately, I don’t think there is a way to make all images work on all aspect ratios, so anything you do is going to be imperfect.
Hopefully since the new design tool is more integrated with the customer experience it will be more obvious to them that they can move and re-size things the way they want. I guess you just have to decide if you want to err on the side of giving the customer more freedom to mess it up any way they see fit, or if you want to make it more foolproof but less flexible.
Oops. I said my post was solution. It wasn’t me, everybody! It was Cat! Sorry.