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Your one-sheet headshot has two controls. Neither one can break the page.

The one-sheet editor has no crop handles, rotate, or filters. You drag to set the focal point and slide to zoom. Here is what that means for the photo you pick, and what the upload accepts.

October 17, 20265 min read

You upload a headshot to your one-sheet and look for the crop handles. There are none. No rotate, no filters, no corner you can pull. It reads like a missing feature.

It is a choice, and knowing the reason makes picking the photo easier.

The frame never moves

The editor gives you two controls. Drag the preview to set which part of the photo stays in view. Pull the slider to zoom between 1x and 3x. That is all.

The frame itself comes from your template. Some layouts crop the headshot to a circle, and the preview in the editor takes the same shape, so what you see while dragging is what an organizer sees.

The point is that the page is shown to strangers. A speaker can stretch nothing and push nothing out of place. You decide what is in the frame. The frame stays where the template put it.

Pick the photo for the frame

Zoom only goes in. At 1x the photo fills the frame, and there is no setting that pulls back to add space around you.

So the margin has to be in the photo before you upload it. A headshot cropped tight to your face is the worst case. Put it in a circle and the forehead and chin are the first things to go, with no way to get them back.

A wider photo works better. If the frame is a different shape from your photo, the frame shows a slice and your drag chooses the slice. Put the focal point on your eyes, not on the middle of the picture. The middle of a half-length shot is often your shirt.

A new photo resets the crop

When you hit Replace, the new image starts centered at 1x. The code does this on purpose: any crop you had set belonged to the old picture and would land somewhere arbitrary on the new one.

Redo the drag every time. If you set alt text on the old photo, it carries over to the new one, so check that it still describes who is in the picture.

What the upload accepts

JPG, PNG, or WebP, under 8 MB. The file name has to match the type you are sending, which stops a file called logo.php from getting in behind an image header. Anything else gets a plain message asking for a JPG, PNG, or WebP.

SVG is left off the list on purpose. Your photo is served straight into your public page, and an SVG is a document that can carry script. Formats like HEIC are not on the list either, so convert a phone original before you upload.

Do not shrink the photo first to be safe. Eight megabytes is generous for a headshot, and a larger original gives the zoom slider more to work with.

The photo is public

The page has to load for someone who is not signed in, so the image is stored where anyone with the link can read it. The link is built from your account folder and a random ID, not from your original file name.

Use a photo you are happy for anyone to see. Remove takes it off your sheet.

Set it in five steps

Choose a photo with space around the face and a plain background.
Upload it and drag until your eyes sit in the frame.
Zoom only as far as you need.
Check the preview on desktop, then on a real phone. Your speaker one sheet is a booking form explains why those two crop differently.
After any replacement, start again at step 2.

Where to go next

The frame comes from your template, so a photo that works in one layout may need a new drag in another. How templates change the order of your sections covers the switch. And if you would rather the photo not lead at all, switching sections off is the other lever.

Questions

What image types can I upload to my one sheet?

JPG, PNG, and WebP, each under 8 MB. The file name also has to match the type, so a file named .png that is declared as a JPEG is turned away. SVG is not accepted.

Can I zoom out to show more space around my face?

No. The zoom slider runs from 1x to 3x, and 1x is the smallest the photo gets inside its frame. If you want more room around your face, start from a photo that has it.

Do I lose my crop when I replace the photo?

Yes. A new upload starts centered at 1x, because the old crop belonged to the old picture. Drag and zoom again after every replacement.

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