This means that more detail will be kept in. One trick is to resize the photo first, then crop. This is what the crop area of that size looks like (the crop area can be dragged with the mouse when you see the quadruple-headed arrow):Ĭlearly the kids’ heads are going to be cut out in this crop, which is an issue. The Keep Proportions box should not be checked here. You can override this by entering the values for the crop in the boxes – 960 x 250 px. If you open your image and go straight to the Crop tool, Fotor automatically generates a crop area to use. The Undo and Redo buttons only appear when you’ve made an edit. If you make a mistake in your editing, use the Undo tool to reverse it. If you can’t do that, look for another image. So if you are using a stock image, make sure you download one of the same or a larger size than you need. If I try to increase the size to 960px, I can’t make it that large. If you try to do this, you’ll get a warning message. I downloaded the 1280 px width photo to work with, since that was the closest to the 960 px width needed.Īnother reason for this is that Fotor will not allow you to resize a smaller image larger. There’s a choice of photo sizes to download.
Here is a photo of a family from a stock photo site – you can view the original here:
I selected some images to edit to show the tools and how to select the best images. The Save icon is in the same row as the Open button. I’ve highlighted the main controls I used in the image below. I recommend that you create an account as it entitles you to some extra benefits, but it’s not essential. Then click Edit in the top menu, then Open to begin photo editing. To use it, go to Fotor and click the Start Now button by the present image.
How to resize a picture using Fotor’s resize and crop toolsįotoris a photo editing website that also has iOS and Android apps. Remember that we can easily make a larger image smaller, but not the reverse. It’s also best that they be at least 960px in width. If the image shape is portrait or square, it will not crop well.įor this particular size, the best pictures to choose are going to be rectangular and landscape-style. If the image is smaller than these dimensions, it will be stretched out and look blocky. Choosing the optimal shape for your imageĪs we’ve seen, some pictures are not the right size and shape to make a good featured image of 960 x 250 px. Read my post on optimizing images to see why it’s important to make your images the correct size. So, to avoid these problems, we need to know how to resize a picture to the correct size. The cropping cuts off the faces, the picture is stretched and again we can see pixellation. This image of a businesswoman and baby is smaller and a different shape – it’s 268 x 400px.Īs a featured image, this is pretty disastrous. This is what the featured image looks like using this image:īecause the image was smaller to begin with, it is stretched and pixellating (look closely at the keyboard). This is an image of a computer virus which is less than half the width of the specified size, but closer to it in shape. The details of the swimmer and the swing seat are cropped out:ģ.
When this photo is used as a featured image, it’s automatically cropped in the middle. This photo is of a palm tree with a swing, and is more square to begin with. Square shaped photo cropped as a rectangle There is some cropping, but the photo is not substantially different. Here’s what it looks like inserted as the featured image in the theme: These are features of the theme, and something else to be taken into account.) 1. Also, the breadcrumbs sit at the bottom part. (Note that with all these images, the page title sits across the image.