Shopify Dawn Theme Sections Images becoming too distorted / Compressed

Hi, I’m trying to customize my store using the Dawn theme and add some image-with-text banners (like a multi-row section). However, the images I upload there become unreadable or too distorted.

I’m aware that image compression happens, and I’m okay with that for product photos. But the images I upload specifically in the theme customization (image banners) get heavily distorted—no matter what image size or file format I use. I’ve tried multiple images, and the result is always the same. Even GIFs look unbearably bad.

This only happens in the Dawn theme. I checked with other themes, and the images display just fine there.

Can someone please tell me what the problem is? It’s becoming really frustrating.

above one is after uplaoding

below one is before uploading

Hi @ecom09904 ,

kindly provide your store URL please and if it is password protected, please share the password as well.
Thanks!

Hi @ecom09904 , kindly provide your store URL please and if it is password protected, please share the password as well. Thanks

Hi @ecom09904 !

Did you at any point resize the image through the built-in image editor? If so, the image will remain compressed even after restoring it to its original size.

The only way to bypass this would be to re-upload the same file and use the new image, using the “Add files” button.

After that, once you use the new image, the image should appear in its original quality:

As you can see in the above screenshot, the image is no longer blurry. If this still doesn’t work, could you please share the image file you’re using, and where exactly in the theme customiser you’ve uploaded the image? Additionally, it would help if you could share a link to the theme you’re working on and the password if applicable.

I hope this helps!

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Regards,

Matthew from Swym