Remake guide
One photo, stretched beautifully across every header
Slide across to see the remake against the original.
Banner slots are the awkward real estate of the internet: ultra-wide ratios no photo naturally fits, avatar circles covering the left third, buttons squatting on the right. Cropping a normal photo into that shape amputates it. The remake goes the other way — it grows the photo to fit the slot.
Photomaker extends your image outward, building more scene on either side: the sky continues, the wall keeps its texture, the horizon carries on. Your actual photo becomes the center of a wider world that was never captured. Then composition does the platform math — subject placed clear of the avatar overlay zone, visual weight balanced against where each platform drops its UI furniture.
One strong photo becomes the whole identity kit: profile header, channel art, page cover, email masthead — each a different crop of the same extended scene, so every surface matches. When the seasons or the campaign change, re-extend a new photo and the whole kit updates in an evening.
What usually gets in the way
- Banner ratios are wider than any photo you actually take.
- Cropping to banner shape cuts off exactly what made the photo good.
- Avatar circles and UI buttons cover different zones on every platform.
- Matching banner art across platforms means redesigning per ratio.
The remake, step by step
Extend the photo to banner width
It builds new scene on both sides — continuing sky, walls, and texture — so the wide ratio fits without cropping the subject.
Generative ExpandPosition the subject for the platform's overlays
Shifting the composition keeps faces and focal points out of avatar circles and button zones.
AI Photo ReframePunch color and light for header impact
Banners are seen at a glance across a whole screen width — the lift keeps them from washing out.
AI Photo EnhancerGood to know
How does extending differ from stretching?
Stretching distorts existing pixels; extending generates genuinely new scene that continues your photo's content and light. The result looks like a wider camera, not a funhouse mirror.
Which part of the banner should stay 'safe'?
Platforms crop headers differently across desktop and mobile, so keep the subject and any text in the center band and treat the outer edges as expendable scenery.
Can I put text into the banner?
Yes — describe the wording and placement in an edit pass, kept inside the center-safe zone. Names and taglines work; paragraph pitches don't survive banner viewing distances.
What photos extend most convincingly?
Scenes with continuable context — skies, water, walls, fields, bokeh backgrounds. Tight portraits extend too, since the generated space is background rather than more person.
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