Photos & Design
Do You Offer Any Design Templates Or Do I Just Upload A Straight Photo?
Quick Answer
The standard photo magnet product is built around your straight, uploaded photo, cropped cleanly to the square format, rather than a decorated template with added text, borders, or graphic elements. If you're interested in a specific design treatment beyond a straight photo, reach out to discuss what's possible.
The Full Picture
The core Snapped Memory Magnets product is intentionally simple, your photo, pressed cleanly onto a durable magnet, without competing graphic elements, borders, or text overlays diluting the image itself. This approach keeps the focus entirely on the photo, which is usually exactly what customers want for a personal keepsake or gift, the memory itself is the design, rather than a decorated frame around it.
That said, some customers, particularly for wedding save-the-dates or event favors, want additional elements like a couple's names, a wedding date, or a short caption alongside the photo. This kind of addition is a departure from the standard straight-photo product and is worth discussing directly, since it changes both the visual layout and the file preparation process compared to a simple photo upload.
For customers who want text or additional design elements added to their photo, one common approach is preparing that design yourself (using any photo editing tool you're comfortable with) and uploading the finished, combined image, photo plus text, exactly as you want it to appear on the final magnet, rather than expecting a separate template system to add those elements during our production process.
Pro Tips
- For the cleanest result, prepare your photo exactly as you want it to appear, cropped and composed, before uploading, since that's what gets pressed onto the magnet.
- If you want text (names, a date, a short caption) included, consider adding it directly to your image file using any photo editing tool before uploading.
- Reach out directly if you're unsure how to prepare a photo with added text elements, we can offer guidance on what tends to work well at the small magnet size.
- Keep any added text reasonably large and simple, small or intricate text can become difficult to read at the compact 2.5 by 2.5 inch size.
- For most personal gifts, a clean, straight photo without added text tends to be the most striking and versatile option.
A Real-World Scenario
A couple wanting their wedding date included on their save-the-date magnets used a simple photo editing app to add their names and date in large, clean text at the bottom of their chosen engagement photo, then uploaded that finished composite image, resulting in exactly the layout they wanted without needing a separate template system.
When to Reach Out
Bottom Line
The standard product is built around your straight, uploaded photo without added design elements, but text or other additions can be incorporated by preparing your own combined image file before upload, with guidance available if you're unsure how to approach it.