What's the aspect ratio that substack thumbnails *doesn't* crop at? I am working with an illustrator to do a unique image per post for my essays on bridging the arts and sciences. AFAIK it'll be the first substack with this sort of unified aesthetic (one writer, one illustrator) so I'm quite excited about the experiment. But the issue is…
What's the aspect ratio that substack thumbnails *doesn't* crop at? I am working with an illustrator to do a unique image per post for my essays on bridging the arts and sciences. AFAIK it'll be the first substack with this sort of unified aesthetic (one writer, one illustrator) so I'm quite excited about the experiment. But the issue is in cropping. Substack seems to center the image and go to a chosen aspect ratio for thumbnails - what exactly is that?
My partner and I have been co-creating our newsletter Mouse & Minnow with the main arrangement being that I do the writing and he does the illustration, although we have left it open for us to swap roles for individual issues (he's a much better writer than I am an artist, so if we do that it could get visually dicey!). I'd be interested in more info on image sizing and cropping as well. (It'd also be nice to be able to adjust where the banner cropping is on the top post.)
Sounds great! I am also working with an illustrator to launch something similar next week. I would be interested in any and all info on image size and resolution
That's great - maybe we're at the beginning of a trend. I just *hate* finding images for my posts, as I care a lot about aesthetics but always end up with some fee-to-use stock image, none of which really match.
I have the same issue! So many of the images I find are for non-commercial use only. When I go paid I will have to remove them all, so I got an illustrator!
What's the aspect ratio that substack thumbnails *doesn't* crop at? I am working with an illustrator to do a unique image per post for my essays on bridging the arts and sciences. AFAIK it'll be the first substack with this sort of unified aesthetic (one writer, one illustrator) so I'm quite excited about the experiment. But the issue is in cropping. Substack seems to center the image and go to a chosen aspect ratio for thumbnails - what exactly is that?
My partner and I have been co-creating our newsletter Mouse & Minnow with the main arrangement being that I do the writing and he does the illustration, although we have left it open for us to swap roles for individual issues (he's a much better writer than I am an artist, so if we do that it could get visually dicey!). I'd be interested in more info on image sizing and cropping as well. (It'd also be nice to be able to adjust where the banner cropping is on the top post.)
Love finding out about this! That's exactly what we're aiming for, I think it looks great!
I love the illustration of the snek! So cute!
Aw, thank you! He'll be thrilled to hear that. :)
Sounds great! I am also working with an illustrator to launch something similar next week. I would be interested in any and all info on image size and resolution
That's great - maybe we're at the beginning of a trend. I just *hate* finding images for my posts, as I care a lot about aesthetics but always end up with some fee-to-use stock image, none of which really match.
I have the same issue! So many of the images I find are for non-commercial use only. When I go paid I will have to remove them all, so I got an illustrator!
You can see how I do my images. They are custom drawn. https://youtopianjourney.substack.com/
Love - any idea on aspect ratios?