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Byron Farrell
5,700 PointsScaling images in websites
Hi,
I have started design/developing a portfolio website and I have run into an issue. I am trying to add a cover photo the the top of my page that is 100% wide and 300px tall. The problem I am having with this is that it is really hard to find images that fit that size. I see lost of website with long cover photos has their header. Am I doing something wrong or will I have to manually resize all images down, which usually causes warping.
I know the answer to this seems simple "crop and image or resize one to fit" but I just feel like I am missing something.
Thanks for your time!
1 Answer
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 PointsHey Byron,
I don't do much design, but I used to work with images quite a bit. There is no "magic" way of doing it with just HTML or CSS. You often will need an image editor to crop it to a relational size to match what you are looking for. "Finding" just the perfect image at the perfect size is often not the case. If cropping is all you need to do, you don't need a high end editor... just one that can crop to a size you specify.
On another note: If you are searching the internet for images to use on your site... be very aware of copyrights and licences. Almost all images online are not free to use and require proper licensing. So, just be careful... infringement can be very problematic and expensive.
Keep Coding!
