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Backstage Look and Feel

The Image structure shows a file upload widget in the backstage:

Once an image has been uploaded, the widget expands to show a thumbnail of the image and provide options to delete, adjust quality, crop (if the image has sizes defined) and replace:

Sizing / Encoding

Vae can resize uploaded images in two different ways: on demand, or on upload. To resize images on demand, simply use the proper size attributes in your VaeML tags. However, you might want to have images resized on upload if you need them in an exact size. Vae will prompt your user to crop the image so that it can be cleanly resized to the exact pixel size that you need. You can also have Vae prompt the user to crop an uploaded image, even if you don't want to fix a specific size.

In the Edit view for the Image structure, click on the Create New link under the Sizes for this image section to add a new custom size.

This will bring up an Add Size box with the following fields:

1. Name - Name you give to the size. You will use this name to reference this size in your VaeML/integration code.

2. Resize Mode - Select Fixed Ratio Crop to specify an exact pixel size and have Vae prompt the user to crop the image to that exact ratio. Select Fluid Crop to allow any size but still prompt the user to crop the image.

3. Image Width - Image width in pixels.

4. Image Height - Image height in pixels.

Click the Add Image Size button to complete the addition of the size.

To delete an image size, simply click the red Delete button next to the image size in the Sizes for this Image list. The image size will be immediately removed from your account.