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Nick_Tassone
Nick_Tassone
February 1, 2021

Separate aspect ratio of cover thumbnail in main project view

  • February 1, 2021
  • 26 replies
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I have a library of cover thumbnails that I use in projects. It looks great when the files are all grouped and shown in the single project view but from the main screen, thumbnails are cut off on the sides and shown in a cropped aspect ratio. I’ve followed the guides from the Figma Docs about safe zone and sizing but it’s kind of disappointing that there is a view that doesn’t play by those rules.

Has anyone found a solution to show the full cover thumbnail in a project container?

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    Margot_Gabel
    Margot_Gabel
    Active Member
    June 7, 2023

    Or the next Figma update could display thumbnails with one consistent ratio everywhere, no exceptions!

    Using Figma since 2018.
      paulpalade
      paulpalade
      June 7, 2023

      Hope this gets more visibility and maybe we’re getting lucky with the upcoming Config!

      Margot_Gabel
      Margot_Gabel
      Active Member
      October 13, 2023

      Coming back to see that the issue is still there, with the new Project view, all our Thumbnails are now somehow cropped 🤣… The no padding fix is not working anymore.

      Using Figma since 2018.
      Achille
      Achille
      November 19, 2023

      Hello

      This inconsistency also surprised me. I created a file with cover thumbnails guides and templates for multiple size (1920x1080, 1600x960 and 1280x720).

      I use 1600x900 for stand-alone cover. The other two when I use the first slide of my presentations as the cover.

      I was going to share it with you. But it seems that Figma fixed the problem since. Can you confirm ?

      guide

      matteogonzalez
      matteogonzalez
      March 10, 2024

      No problem still not fixed, if you use 1920x1080, even with a safe zone of 1800px it will be crop
      1600x960 is the ratio i got less problems with…

      Achille
      Achille
      March 12, 2024

      Hi Matteo,
      okay ! Not sure it can help you but i uploaded on community what rules I use:

      Figma

      Have a nice day

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