16:9 is framing plus safety margins, not just a wider rectangle
`crop-16-9-landscape` is common for YouTube covers, campaign heroes, and slide headers. Teams often stop at "it fills the frame" and forget downstream recropping: mobile may trim top and bottom while desktop cards trim sides, which can cut heads, bury logos, or push headlines into unsafe edges. Landscape assets also carry overlaid CTA text, and compression can soften strokes if contrast and spacing are weak. A stable workflow anchors the subject first, then validates three outputs: full hero, card thumbnail, and low-bitrate preview. In collaborative teams, define minimum visible headroom, logo exclusion zones, and text-safe margins so design and growth do not export conflicting versions. For vertical-origin photos, keep some environment context instead of forcing an over-tight shoulder crop that feels distorted. The goal is visual hierarchy that survives platform transforms, not a mathematically perfect box.
16:9 crop workflow
- On `crop-16-9-landscape`, lock subject anchor and mark text/logo safe zones first.
- Preview desktop, mobile, and card thumbnails for cut heads, clipped text, or blur.
- Export with explicit version naming to avoid banner mix-ups.