Something Iāve noticed when it comes to the journal is that when I crop a photo when I upload it there, only about 70% of the photo shows when you come back to the overview. This has been consistent over 3 journals (all three are pattern tests, so I canāt show screenshots. Is there a way to fix this?
Iām doing this on a computer, not a phone, if that helps. I would really love to know how to fix this so I can give these patterns the photos they deserve.
Thank you
Iām editing this post to tag @Ribblr to make sure they see it (since Iām not the only one with this problem)
iāve noticed this too. to counter this, i hold the piece maybe a foot or two away from the camera and take a picture. (iām on iphone btw) when cropping the pic, thereās a 3x3 grid that appears over the image and i will use the middle grid/box thing as a reference for where to position the centre ((sorry iām not that great at explaining))
I had noticed this as well but assumed if you clicked on the picture youād then see all of it. I just tried but you canāt click on them. Iām so sad. Iāve posted numerous substandard photos!
Hmm, I havenāt really seen a grid like that on desktopāI only see a square ^^ā I might need to move over to doing it by phone (if Ribblr supports mineāI have an iPhone 6 and some apps arenāt working anymore Maybe itās time to update now that Iām actually using my phone for something)
Itās good to know this option exists though, so thanks!
Thatās kind of odd considering most people seem to take portrait pictures, but I believe you. What I find weird is that the picture doesnāt auto-scale to fit the frame when they donāt have any guidelines to show the borders for the ratio of the picture; that could have been helpful @gizmo705ok Yeah, at first I assumed the same thingābut no
@binka Haha, yeah I had a pretty new HTC phone 4 years ago, but then it got lost in a taxi in Thailand. Bought a new phone there, a Redmi Note 7 or 9 (canāt remember), but that display malfunctioned a year later and fixing it would be the price of buying a new oneāthen my sister said that she was going to throw her old phone out, so I took it instead Since I use my phone like once a day, I havenāt really had a need to update it Especially since I have also an iPad from 2021. But now that Iām starting to take more photos, it might be worth it
omg your poor phones does the ipad take good photos? iām not sure what their cameras are like. i think a phone, even just for the camera is a good investment. the quality of the camera can make a huge difference
It takes good photos, but can be hard to maneuver since itās so big ^^ā And sometimes it feels like it doesnāt capture colors as well as the phone does. I believe a phone with a good camera will be a good investment too, but it will have to wait Over the last 2 years Iāve spent about $3000 on two different laptops ($2000 more if you count the ones I had to send back because they didnāt function properly, but I got refunded for those) since I need them for my work, so that has taken priorityāso a phone will likely have to wait a bit Letās just say I havenāt had the best of luck with technology the last couple of years
well if it works for you, thatās all that matters. it doesnāt sound like itās one of your priorities atm so it can wait i hope your luck with technology gets better
Thanks for giving an answer; but it doesnāt really solve the problem
If thereās no way for the cropped picture to show up as it looks when weāve cropped it in the photo upload page, could it be possible to give the browser version some grids so we can see how we should crop it? Something like the solution thatās available in the app? Especially since many people take āportraitā pictures with their phones rather than landscape, making it even harder to predict.
Iāll try to think about taking pictures further away to account for the space needed at the side of the project in the future, but some guidelines/a grid would really be helpful!
Can you provide an example please? The photo you upload should focus around the center of the image whether itās landscape or portrait. You may also use our image editor to crop the image, of course
An easy solution might be to put in a warning that this might happen if the picture uploaded isnāt taken landscape-style, but considering how many pictures I see uploaded here āportraitā-style, I hoped I just was doing something wrong on the technical side ^^ā
If 4:3/landscape is required, is it possible for the crop tool to be locked to that aspect ratio? Iāve taken so many pictures portrait because I didnāt realize. Or at least an option to lock the aspect ratio for journals.
i think it might be time for an upgrade if you can 
Since I use my phone like once a day, I havenāt really had a need to update it 
does the ipad take good photos? iām not sure what their cameras are like. i think a phone, even just for the camera is a good investment. the quality of the camera can make a huge difference 
Letās just say I havenāt had the best of luck with technology the last couple of years
i hope your luck with technology gets better 
