# Magic Input crops photos to square, missing important content

**URL:** <https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/magic-input-crops-photos-to-square-missing-important-content/2761>\
**Category:** Feedback & Ideas\
**Tags:** bug-reporting, magic-input\
**Created:** [6 September 2026 17:09 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/magic-input-crops-photos-to-square-missing-important-content/2761 "2026-09-06T17:09:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![AnikaH](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/user_avatar/forum.stashhubapp.com/anikah/32/66_2.png) [@AnikaH](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/u/AnikaH)\
**Post date:** [6 September 2026 17:09 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/magic-input-crops-photos-to-square-missing-important-content/2761/1 "2026-09-06T17:09:45Z")

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Hi Doug @TheWizard! First, I gotta say that the updates to Magic Input are fantastic! So much faster and it’s catching more and generally better information. That said, a recent pattern I inputted gave me some frustration.

When I initially built the pattern entry via Magic Input, it automatically cropped every image to square regardless of the original dimensions. This caused loss of important data with the chart images that are tall rectangles.

I went back to the website and copied a link directly to the taller image and added that separately and that time it pulled the full image. The screen capture below shows the two square Magic Input images as well as the new image pulled separately.

In short, I think it is better that the images pulled during Magic Input use the original ratios rather than cropping to square. The biggest frustration for me is the charts, but the garment photos also cropped off parts that I would rather have in their original form.

 ![Stash Hub Magic Input Images](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/uploads/default/original/2X/a/af83d2ad82d365af230be9873528952f7c1825a3.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![TheWizard](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/user_avatar/forum.stashhubapp.com/thewizard/32/3_2.png) [@TheWizard](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/u/TheWizard)\
**Post date:** [8 September 2026 10:20 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/magic-input-crops-photos-to-square-missing-important-content/2761/2 "2026-09-08T10:20:39Z")

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Hi @AnikaH . Thanks for reporting this. This is definitely not the intended behaviour so I shall investigate and get a fix out ASAP.

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**Author:** ![TheWizard](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/user_avatar/forum.stashhubapp.com/thewizard/32/3_2.png) [@TheWizard](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/u/TheWizard)\
**Post date:** [8 September 2026 12:16 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/magic-input-crops-photos-to-square-missing-important-content/2761/3 "2026-09-08T12:16:41Z")

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Hi. I’m not able to reproduce this. Can you link me the URL you used for this pattern?

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**Author:** ![AnikaH](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/user_avatar/forum.stashhubapp.com/anikah/32/66_2.png) [@AnikaH](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/u/AnikaH)\
**Post date:** [8 September 2026 16:52 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/magic-input-crops-photos-to-square-missing-important-content/2761/4 "2026-09-08T16:52:13Z")

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Thanks for looking into this. This is the pattern: [https://www.madeformermaids.com/product/sydney/](https://www.madeformermaids.com/product/sydney/)

I tried again this morning from my computer to make sure it wasn’t just something my phone was doing, and it cropped the images there as well.

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**Author:** ![TheWizard](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/user_avatar/forum.stashhubapp.com/thewizard/32/3_2.png) [@TheWizard](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/u/TheWizard)\
**Post date:** [9 September 2026 14:56 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/magic-input-crops-photos-to-square-missing-important-content/2761/5 "2026-09-09T14:56:42Z")

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Thanks for sharing. I’m able to reproduce (but only on this website). Will look into it further.