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Images in Blockshop

Edit theme → Theme settings → Images.

Blockshop Images in Theme settings

Crops for product, collection, and article images.

Corner radius is storewide. Besides photos, it rounds embedded videos, text blocks with a background color, the newsletter popup, and sections with Outer background off.

Crops and radius

  • Corner radius: rounds product and content images, embedded videos, text blocks with a background color, the newsletter popup, and inset sections (Outer background off). Does not apply to images in full-width sections.
  • Product image size: Natural, Square (1:1), Landscape (4:3), Portrait (4:5), or Portrait (2:3). This crop is for the product grid.
  • Collection image size: same options, for collection lists and thumbnail views.
  • Article image size: blog cards.

Natural keeps each file’s own ratio. Square and portrait force a consistent grid, which looks calmer when product photos were shot inconsistently.

For pixel dimensions when you export photos, see What image sizes should I use?.

Shoot for the crop

If you set product images to Square, photograph on a consistent canvas. Mixed lifestyle crops in a square grid will chop subjects. Natural is kinder to mixed photo sets; a fixed ratio is kinder to a studio pack.

Ask Sidekick

Open Sidekick from the theme editor toolbar (top right, next to the device preview icon), or press ⌘. (Ctrl+. on Windows). Unsure whether Natural, Square, or Portrait crops will suit your product photography, or how consistent your existing photos actually are, describe your catalog.

"My product photos are a mix of studio shots and lifestyle images, what Product image size should I use for the grid?"

It can help you reason through the trade-off before you commit the whole store to one crop, and point you to Shopify's image size guidance if you're about to reshoot.

Opening Sidekick from the theme editor toolbar

Troubleshooting

  • Images look cropped: that is Product image size, not a bug. Switch to Natural, or shoot for the ratio you chose. Replacing the file in Products does not bypass the theme crop.
  • Corner radius ignored on a hero: full-width section images are excluded on purpose.