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Design / 2026

Designing Crops Before Upload

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Fieldwork Editors
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4 minutes
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One photograph, several jobs

A hero asks for breadth. A card wants a compact story. A thumbnail must remain recognizable at a glance. Uploading one strong source image is only the beginning.

  1. Choose the intended aspect ratios.
  2. Place the subject away from dead center.
  3. Set a meaningful focal point.
  4. Review every named variant at its real display size.

Fieldwork uses 16:9, 4:3, and 1:1 contexts so the difference is obvious. The same source should feel composed in each frame rather than merely cut down.