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Image sizing

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A picture is worth a thousand words—unless it's blurry! Use the table below to verify the file type and size for any image you want to host in Planning Center.

Image file types can be JPG, JPEG, PNG, or GIF unless otherwise noted.

Product

Location

File Size

Notes

All products 

profile picture

may not exceed 50MB

displayed with a 1:1 ratio

will crop to a circle

Accounts 

church logo

must be larger than 150x150px but may not exceed 20MB

will resize to 1000x1000px

Calendar 

event image 

960x540px

displayed with a 16:9 ratio

feed events will use the image from the original event

resource 

112x112px

non-square images will be cropped

room setup 

may not exceed 5MB

displayed with a 4:3 ratio

Check-Ins 

station theme 

no limits

displayed with the original image ratio

image is resized and centered to fill the station device screen

label 

may not exceed 600x350px

only print in grayscale, which could slow down printing

Groups 

group image

715x402px

displayed with a 16:9 ratio

will resize to a circle on Church Center

People 

household photo 

may not exceed 10MB

displayed with a 1:1 ratio

will display as a circle in the directory

photos in emails

may not exceed 10MB per image

images wider than the email content area are automatically resized to fit

Publishing 

image block 

may not exceed 10MB

displayed as uploaded up to 960px

static .webp file type accepted

section header block 

2000x1125px

may not exceed 10MB

displayed at the full width of the browser window up to 2000px

static .webp file type accepted

sermon art 

900x506px

displayed with a 16:9 ratio

podcast art 

3000x3000px

can be no larger than 10MB

Registrations 

event image 

720x405px

displayed with a 16:9 ratio

custom confirmation emails 

may not exceed 10MB

Services 

media 

no limits 

thumbnail resized to 84px

series art

no limits 

web displays with a 16:9 ratio

mobile images resize based on the device

stage layout 

may not exceed 3MB