Why Does Your AI Image Get Cropped Badly? Choose the Ratio First

Your image looks good in the creator, but the website banner cuts off the subject. The square social crop removes the headline space. Would generating a larger file have prevented this?

Not necessarily. Resolution controls pixel dimensions; aspect ratio describes shape. A larger square is still a square. Start with the destination and the crop before choosing output size.

Sketch the space the image has to fill

For a website hero with text on the right, you need more than a wide image: you need the subject on the left and a quiet area behind the text. For a centered avatar, the face must remain readable in a much smaller crop.

Destination	Composition to plan	A ratio to consider if supported
Centered product tile	Complete item with breathing room	Square, such as 1:1
Tall editorial panel	Vertical subject or stacked visual elements	Portrait, such as 3:4 or 4:5
Wide page banner	Subject on one side, open space on the other	Landscape, such as 16:9
Tall story-style composition	Important details away from the edges	Tall portrait, such as 9:16

These are composition examples, not current upload specifications for any social platform. Use the actual dimensions of your destination when preparing the final file.

Choose the model before the ratio in DrawNew

Open AI Image Generator for a new scene, or AI Image Editor for a reference-based composition. Select the model in the creator first: available ratios and sizes depend on that model.

Nano Banana 2 has options worth reviewing for wide and tall layouts. Do not assume every model supports every combination. Read the available controls, then check the credit estimate for the chosen size.

Put the layout into the prompt

For a fictional product concept, a wide banner brief could be:

A photographic scene of a matte ceramic vase on a pale stone surface. Place the complete vase in the left third with space above it. Keep the right half a simple softly lit wall for a headline. Eye-level view, soft side light, no lettering or extra objects.

For a real vase, upload its photograph in editing mode and add the same placement instruction to a preservation brief. Inspect whether changing the composition also changed the item.

The product banner example develops this workflow. “Wide shot” alone does not reserve usable copy space.

One image for three placements?

Try drawing the intended crops over a draft in your layout tool. If the subject survives a square, portrait, and wide crop, one source may be enough. If the wide version needs the product on the far left and the portrait needs it centered, plan separate compositions instead of stretching the image.

Use the same source and visual treatment for those variations, but write a different placement sentence for each. Keep the original reference rather than repeatedly cropping and regenerating the latest output.

Review the exported file in context

Place it into the actual page or design. Check the mobile crop, headline length, and subject size. Inspect the output's dimensions rather than assuming a size label guarantees your exact delivery specification.

If the shape works but the image lacks detail, revisit resolution. If the subject is cut off, revisit composition. Those are different fixes. For social layouts with several messages, the social prompt guide shows how to plan each visual around one communication job.