OPF Image Treatment
Cinematic Crop
A deliberately tight crop creates drama by emphasizing scale, motion, or a single focal detail.
Best Fit
Launch moments, emotional transitions, keynote openers, and story-led chapter breaks.
Photography Guidance
Use source images with enough resolution to crop aggressively. The crop must still leave the subject readable at slide size.
Avoid
Avoid cinematic crops when the audience needs full context or when the source image is low resolution.
Treatment Practices
Crop for intent, not just to fill space.
Keep the focal point aligned to a deliberate grid position.
Avoid placing body text over the tightest detail.
OPF Config
image-treatments:cinematic-crop{
"slide": {
"layout": "image-focus",
"elements": [
{
"id": "cinematic-photo",
"type": "image",
"src": "https://example.com/photo.jpg",
"alt": "Cinematic cropped photograph",
"fit": "cover",
"position": {
"x": 0,
"y": 0
},
"size": {
"width": 100,
"height": 58,
"unit": "%"
}
}
]
}
}Preview this config live at pptx.dev/playground.
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General Image Rules
Crop with intent
Choose fit, position, and size based on the subject and message, not just available space.
Protect readability
Text over images needs enough contrast, an intentional overlay, or a separate text surface.
Respect image truth
Avoid filters or crops that distort evidence, screenshots, charts, or compliance imagery.
Keep a system
Use a small set of image treatments consistently so photo-heavy decks still feel coherent.