Handling images in Folloze

Images are key to creating Folloze boards. Use the right image in the right place, and you can boost your board’s visual appeal in order to better grab your viewers’ attention.

New Feature - Crop your images 

You can now crop the images of the item's thumbnails and the images in the promotional area. 

In the item thumbnail- 

1. Click on the edit icon on the top right

2. Use the arrows to define which part of the image is shown. Note the cropping is restricted to the item ratio. 

In the Promotional area- 

1. Choose to upload images in the icons of the promotional area.

2. You can crop the images into circles, squares or rectangles. 

Anytime you need to work with an image, Folloze provides the same three options:

a. Use an image from our in-app image bank.

b. Find an image from the web through Folloze.

c. Upload your own image.

Tip: Each section of the board has optimal dimensions for any images used in that space. When using your own images, aim for the following dimensions:

Tall Banner image: 1600px by 688px

Medium Banner image: 1600px by 490px

Short Banner image: 1600px by 300px

Item tile image: 350px by 235px

Logo image: max height 50px

Icon image: if using PNG  a minimum 110px X 110px.
if using SVG, any size will fit

The Width of the banner will change according to screen size so the width can be wider than the recommended dimensions.  

Let’s say you’re choosing a new background image for your board. Here’s how you would select an image using the methods listed above.

Use an image from our in-app image bank:

1. Click change image to open the image selection dialog.

2. Click the left (<) and right (>) arrows below the image preview to scroll through the image bank. Choose the image you like best.

3. Click OK to finish making your changes to the image. Then click Save in the lower right corner of the design window to save them.

Find an image from the web through Folloze:

1. Click change image to open the image selection dialog.

2. Click Find more images.

3. Type your search term (like “healthcare” or “EdTech”) in the search field. Click Go. Folloze will retrieve search results from the web.

You can also source images from the web using results from other search engines. 

Say you found an image you like from Google Images. First, copy the image link. Then paste it into the search field. Click Go. Folloze will retrieve the image from the web.

4. Click the left (<) and right (>) arrows below the image preview to scroll through the search results.       Choose the result you like best.*

5. Click OK to finish making your changes to the image. Then click Save to save them.

* User is responsible for obtaining copyrights for any images used.

Upload your own image:

1. Click Change image to open the image selection dialog.

2. Click Find more images.

3. Click Upload an image.

4. Choose an image to upload from your files.

5. Click OK to finish making your changes to the image. Then click Save to save them.

Adjusting image fit

Whenever you find an image through the web or upload your own, Folloze will provide two different fits.

By default, Folloze fits images to height. This fit-to-height version always comes first in the selection of image choices/results.

Image fit to height. Note this version comes first in selection.

Folloze also automatically fits images to width. In the image selection results, the fit-to-width version always comes immediately after the fit-to-height version.

To toggle between the two versions, use the the left (<) and right (>) arrows below the image preview. Choose the version you like best. Save your changes to finish.

This feature is particularly useful when fitting thumbnail images for content items, as it allows you to determine just how much of the image your viewers will see. To learn more about editing content items, including thumbnails, click here.

Image fit to width. Note this version comes second in selection.