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Images used to create Rotor Banner items must be a specific width and height (350px by 232px). You will need image editing software to crop or scale your banner pictures accordingly, not to mention applying text overlays on them.

Note: The following steps may include shortcuts that presume you are using either Photoshop or Fireworks on a PC.

1. Launch your image editing software and create a new file with the following dimensions
   • width: 350 pixels
   • height: 232 pixels
   • resolution: 72 dpi
2. Drag, load or paste in your raw image into this new blank file
3. Ideally, the raw image should be larger than the blank file, not smaller
   • If you scale a smaller image to fit within the required dimensions, the picture will become blurred or pixellated
4. Activate the scale function of your software, click on a corner of the raw image and - while holding down the CTRL key - resize the image
   • The corner of the raw image may lie outside the edges of the blank file
   • Holding down the CTRL key ensures that the image is not strecthed or distorted while you scale
   • No blank space must be left visible
     • If some part of the image lies beyond the edge, that's okay, so long as the focal point of the image is still within the frame
   • You can move the image around until it is positioned correctly in the frame
5. When you're done, save your file.
6. Now, you need to optimise the image so the file size isn't too large for the web
   • Use the Save for Web or Export feature
   • In the optimisation settings, choose JPEG and specify a quality of medium or better
   • Export the file and use the resulting image for your Rotor Banner