How to Choose the Best Photos for Your Fridge Magnets
The photo you choose matters more than anything else when it comes to a great magnet. A magnet is small, so a picture that looks fine on your phone can lose its magic once it is printed at two or three inches. Here is how to choose the best photos for your fridge magnets, with simple tips anyone can follow.
Go for faces, up close
Magnets are small, so close ups work best. A photo where faces fill most of the frame will always look better than a wide shot where people are tiny. If your favorite picture is a little zoomed out, that is fine, since you can crop in tighter when you upload it.
Choose bright, well lit photos
Good light makes a printed photo come alive. Bright, natural light shots with clear detail print beautifully. Dark or grainy photos tend to look worse once printed, so pick the brightest version you have.
Use the highest resolution you can
Send the largest version of the photo you have, not a small screenshot or a heavily compressed download. More detail means a crisper, cleaner press. If a photo looks blurry on your screen, it will look blurry on the magnet too.
Match the photo to the shape
A vertical portrait suits our rectangle fridge photo magnets. A single face or pet looks great cropped into a round personalized photo magnet. A balanced shot of a group or family is perfect for a square custom photo magnet. Choosing the right shape for each photo makes a real difference.
Watch the edges
Keep the important part of your photo away from the very edges. A little space around faces means nothing important gets trimmed when the magnet is pressed to size.
Photos that always look great as magnets
- Family portraits and group shots
- Close ups of kids, pets, and grandparents
- Wedding and engagement photos
- Travel shots with a strong subject
- Candid moments full of expression
Let us handle the rest
Once you pick your photos, the hard part is done. Upload them right on the product page, position and crop each one the way you like, and we press and finish each magnet. Browse our photo magnets and turn your best shots into custom fridge magnets you will see every day.