Editing and cropping photos

TV screens are 16:9, so every photo you upload is automatically framed to 16:9 — the frame is exactly what the TV shows. You can adjust that framing at any time, and each photo has its own timing and schedule. This all lives in the Photo settings for a photo.

Open a photo's settings

Open a gallery, and on the Media tab hover a photo (on a touch screen, just tap it) and select Edit. The Photo settings panel opens with three sections: Crop, Time on screen, and Schedule.

Re-crop to fit the screen

The Crop section shows how the photo is currently framed. Select Adjust crop to change it.

• Drag the photo to reposition it inside the frame.
• Zoom with the slider to fill the frame or pull more of the shot in.
• The bright 16:9 frame is exactly what appears on the TV — anything in the darker area is off-screen.
• Reset returns to the original framing.

Select Apply crop when it looks right, then Save. The new framing reaches your screens on their next refresh.

Non-destructive by default: re-cropping works from the photo's stored original, so you can reframe the same photo as many times as you like without any loss — as long as Keep original photos is on. See Storage and original photos.

If you can't re-crop a photo

If Keep original photos is off, applying a crop is final — Billboard removes the original to save space, so the crop can't be undone. You'll be asked to confirm before that happens. To reframe such a photo later, upload it again. To keep every photo re-croppable, turn on Keep original photos under Settings → Gallery.

If a crop ends up smaller than Full HD (1920×1080), you'll see a warning — it may look soft on a large screen.

How long a photo shows

Under Time on screen, set the number of seconds this photo stays up. Leave it on auto to use the gallery's default, set on the Settings tab — see Customise the display.

Schedule a photo

Use Schedule to give a photo a Show from and/or Until date and time, so it appears and disappears on its own — handy for a dated event poster. Outside its window, the photo simply isn't shown, and a Scheduled badge marks it in the grid.

Editing a video

Videos aren't cropped — they're shown as uploaded — but the same panel lets you set a video's time on screen and schedule.

Need a hand? Email support@getbillboard.app.