While we would never want to box in your creativity, the fact of the matter is that patrons are often accessing your creative work on devices with size limitations. In this article, we’re going to offer our recommendations for sizing images for Patreon.
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Note: You can upload images with any dimensions you’d like. We optimize your images for the web, and for different devices. What follows are simply our recommendations. Do what works best for your work!
Image size cheat sheet
It’s fine if your images are larger than the dimensions listed! Just keep in mind that we will optimize them for your patrons’ feeds.
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Profile Image
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256 x 256 px
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Cover Image
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1600 x 400 px
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Tier Image
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460 x 200 px
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Post Images (post feed)
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1500 x 900 px
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Inline Images (post feed)
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1500 x 900 px
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Exploring ratios
While we recommend sizing your post images (gallery and inline) to 1500px by 900px, there are some tried and tested ratios that are great for apps and the web. Because you can upload larger format images, we have included a larger version of each ratio – just know that on any screen it shows no wider than ~1080px in the feed.
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Ratio
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Recommended dimensions
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Taller than wide
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4:5
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Film Strip
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1.9:1
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Square
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1:1
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Resizing by inches rather than pixels
It’s best practice to size your images by pixels if you’re saving for the web, that said, if you prefer saving images by inches, there is an often-used formula for converting from pixels to inches. In order to do this, you’ll need to have the DPI (or resolution) of your image.
Once you know your image DPI, do the following formula:
- Divide the pixel dimensions by the resolution
Example:
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Pixels
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DPI
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Inches conversion
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Post Images (post feed)
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1500 x 900px
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72
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20.83 x 12.5 inches
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Other tips
Safe bets
It's a safe bet to save images between 1500 px and 2500 px wide. Search for "Save for the web," or "Optimize for web" on your image editing software and use that feature.
High-resolution images
We do optimize post images for the web and varying devices. If you are using our Image post option, the optimized version will populate in your post feed. When patrons click on the image, the image will expand to its original uploaded size.
If you want patrons to have to access a high-resolution file of your images, we recommend uploading your images as an attachment to your posts, especially if you are adding images inline to text posts. Please note that your attachment files must be 512 MB or less.