Theme: Dawn / Problem: Blurry Banner Image / Frustration level: high

Hello everyone,

What I did:

  • watched/read 50+ (not joking) tutorials and articles
  • tried exporting in png8, png24 and jpg
  • tried countless amounts of different dimensions
  • tried multiple aspect ratios
  • tried multiple resolutions
  • have 30 years experience with Photoshop professionally designing for print and web

…and not a single successful result. The image, which has two words on it (always blurry), always looks the same. I even screen captured the image from the customize page and from the preview in my browser to make sure I had the right aspect ratio. No success again… I’m out of solution and the deadline is coming fast.

Is there something I’m missing? I don’t understand why it has to be like that. It’s a simple import.
Is there somewhere I missed that gives the exact dimension for the banner image?

Thank you so much for any help!

Store preview : https://jri0u2lcmy9gju51-66662826258.shopifypreview.com/

I fully understand your frustration, ran into the same issues. What solved it for me personally was updating my code in image-banner.liquid to the code below in addition to making sure my image width was at least 3000px.

{{ 'section-image-banner.css' | asset_url | stylesheet_tag }}

{%- if section.settings.adapt_height_first_image and section.settings.image != blank -%}
  {%- style -%}
  @media screen and (max-width: 749px) {
    #Banner-{{ section.id }}::before,
    #Banner-{{ section.id }} .banner__media::before,
    #Banner-{{ section.id }}:not(.banner--mobile-bottom) .banner__content::before {
      padding-bottom: {{ 1 | divided_by: section.settings.image.aspect_ratio | times: 100 }}%;
      content: '';
      display: block;
    }
  }

  @media screen and (min-width: 750px) {
    #Banner-{{ section.id }}::before,
    #Banner-{{ section.id }} .banner__media::before {
      padding-bottom: {{ 1 | divided_by: section.settings.image.aspect_ratio | times: 100 }}%;
      content: '';
      display: block;
    }
  }
  {%- endstyle -%}
{%- endif -%}

{%- style -%}
  #Banner-{{ section.id }}::after {
    opacity: {{ section.settings.image_overlay_opacity | divided_by: 100.0 }};
  }
{%- endstyle -%}

  {%- if section.settings.image != blank -%}
    

      {%-liquid
        assign image_height = section.settings.image.width | divided_by: section.settings.image.aspect_ratio
        if section.settings.image_2 != blank
          assign image_class = "banner__media-image-half"
        endif
        if section.settings.image_2 != blank and section.settings.stack_images_on_mobile
          assign sizes = "(min-width: 750px) 50vw, 100vw"
        elsif section.settings.image_2 != blank
          assign sizes = "50vw"
        else
          assign sizes = "100vw"
        endif
      -%}
  
    

  {%- elsif section.settings.image_2 == blank -%}
    
      {{ 'lifestyle-2' | placeholder_svg_tag: 'placeholder-svg' }}
    

  {%- endif -%}
  {%- if section.settings.image_2 != blank -%}
    
      {%-liquid
        assign image_height_2 = section.settings.image_2.width | divided_by: section.settings.image_2.aspect_ratio
        if section.settings.image != blank
          assign image_class_2 = "banner__media-image-half"
        endif
        if section.settings.image != blank and section.settings.stack_images_on_mobile
          assign sizes = "(min-width: 750px) 50vw, 100vw"
        elsif section.settings.image != blank
          assign sizes = "50vw"
        else
          assign sizes = "100vw"
        endif
      -%}
      {{ section.settings.image_2 | image_url: width: 'master' | image_tag:
        loading: 'lazy',
        width: section.settings.image_2.width,
        height: image_height_2,
        class: image_class_2,
        alt: section.settings.image_2.alt | escape
      }}
    

  {%- endif -%}
  
    

      {%- for block in section.blocks -%}
        {%- case block.type -%}
          {%- when 'heading' -%}
            ## 
              {{ block.settings.heading | escape }}
            
          {%- when 'text' -%}
            
              {{ block.settings.text | escape }}
            

          {%- when 'buttons' -%}
            
              {%- if block.settings.button_label_1 != blank -%}
                

        {%- endcase -%}
      {%- endfor -%}
    

  

{% schema %}
{
  "name": "t:sections.image-banner.name",
  "tag": "section",
  "class": "section",
  "settings": [
    {
      "type": "image_picker",
      "id": "image",
      "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.image.label"
    },
    {
      "type": "image_picker",
      "id": "image_2",
      "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.image_2.label"
    },
    {
      "type": "range",
      "id": "image_overlay_opacity",
      "min": 0,
      "max": 100,
      "step": 10,
      "unit": "%",
      "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.image_overlay_opacity.label",
      "default": 0
    },
    {
      "type": "select",
      "id": "image_height",
      "options": [
        {
          "value": "small",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.image_height.options__1.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "medium",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.image_height.options__2.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "large",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.image_height.options__3.label"
        }
      ],
      "default": "medium",
      "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.image_height.label",
      "info": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.image_height.info"
    },
    {
      "type": "checkbox",
      "id": "adapt_height_first_image",
      "default": false,
      "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.adapt_height_first_image.label",
      "info": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.adapt_height_first_image.info"
    },
    {
      "type": "select",
      "id": "desktop_content_position",
      "options": [
        {
          "value": "top-left",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.desktop_content_position.options__1.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "top-center",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.desktop_content_position.options__2.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "top-right",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.desktop_content_position.options__3.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "middle-left",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.desktop_content_position.options__4.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "middle-center",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.desktop_content_position.options__5.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "middle-right",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.desktop_content_position.options__6.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "bottom-left",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.desktop_content_position.options__7.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "bottom-center",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.desktop_content_position.options__8.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "bottom-right",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.desktop_content_position.options__9.label"
        }
      ],
      "default": "middle-center",
      "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.desktop_content_position.label"
    },
    {
      "type": "checkbox",
      "id": "show_text_box",
      "default": true,
      "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.show_text_box.label"
    },
    {
      "type": "select",
      "id": "desktop_content_alignment",
      "options": [
        {
          "value": "left",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.desktop_content_alignment.options__1.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "center",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.desktop_content_alignment.options__2.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "right",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.desktop_content_alignment.options__3.label"
        }
      ],
      "default": "center",
      "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.desktop_content_alignment.label"
    },
    {
      "type": "select",
      "id": "color_scheme",
      "options": [
        {
          "value": "accent-1",
          "label": "t:sections.all.colors.accent_1.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "accent-2",
          "label": "t:sections.all.colors.accent_2.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "background-1",
          "label": "t:sections.all.colors.background_1.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "background-2",
          "label": "t:sections.all.colors.background_2.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "inverse",
          "label": "t:sections.all.colors.inverse.label"
        }
      ],
      "default": "background-1",
      "label": "t:sections.all.colors.label",
      "info": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.color_scheme.info"
    },
    {
      "type": "header",
      "content": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.header.content"
    },
    {
      "type": "select",
      "id": "mobile_content_alignment",
      "options": [
        {
          "value": "left",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.mobile_content_alignment.options__1.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "center",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.mobile_content_alignment.options__2.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "right",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.mobile_content_alignment.options__3.label"
        }
      ],
      "default": "center",
      "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.mobile_content_alignment.label"
    },
    {
      "type": "checkbox",
      "id": "stack_images_on_mobile",
      "default": true,
      "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.stack_images_on_mobile.label"
    },
    {
      "type": "checkbox",
      "id": "show_text_below",
      "default": true,
      "label": "t:sections.image-banner.settings.show_text_below.label"
    }
  ],
  "blocks": [
    {
      "type": "heading",
      "name": "t:sections.image-banner.blocks.heading.name",
      "limit": 1,
      "settings": [
        {
          "type": "text",
          "id": "heading",
          "default": "Image banner",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.blocks.heading.settings.heading.label"
        },
        {
          "type": "select",
          "id": "heading_size",
          "options": [
            {
              "value": "h2",
              "label": "t:sections.all.heading_size.options__1.label"
            },
            {
              "value": "h1",
              "label": "t:sections.all.heading_size.options__2.label"
            },
            {
              "value": "h0",
              "label": "t:sections.all.heading_size.options__3.label"
            }
          ],
          "default": "h1",
          "label": "t:sections.all.heading_size.label"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "text",
      "name": "t:sections.image-banner.blocks.text.name",
      "limit": 1,
      "settings": [
        {
          "type": "text",
          "id": "text",
          "default": "Give customers details about the banner image(s) or content on the template.",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.blocks.text.settings.text.label"
        },
        {
          "type": "select",
          "id": "text_style",
          "options": [
            {
              "value": "body",
              "label": "t:sections.image-banner.blocks.text.settings.text_style.options__1.label"
            },
            {
              "value": "subtitle",
              "label": "t:sections.image-banner.blocks.text.settings.text_style.options__2.label"
            },
            {
              "value": "caption-with-letter-spacing",
              "label": "t:sections.image-banner.blocks.text.settings.text_style.options__3.label"
            }
          ],
          "default": "body",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.blocks.text.settings.text_style.label"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "buttons",
      "name": "t:sections.image-banner.blocks.buttons.name",
      "limit": 1,
      "settings": [
        {
          "type": "text",
          "id": "button_label_1",
          "default": "Button label",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.blocks.buttons.settings.button_label_1.label",
          "info": "t:sections.image-banner.blocks.buttons.settings.button_label_1.info"
        },
        {
          "type": "url",
          "id": "button_link_1",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.blocks.buttons.settings.button_link_1.label"
        },
        {
          "type": "checkbox",
          "id": "button_style_secondary_1",
          "default": false,
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.blocks.buttons.settings.button_style_secondary_1.label"
        },
        {
          "type": "text",
          "id": "button_label_2",
          "default": "Button label",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.blocks.buttons.settings.button_label_2.label",
          "info": "t:sections.image-banner.blocks.buttons.settings.button_label_2.info"
        },
        {
          "type": "url",
          "id": "button_link_2",
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.blocks.buttons.settings.button_link_2.label"
        },
        {
          "type": "checkbox",
          "id": "button_style_secondary_2",
          "default": false,
          "label": "t:sections.image-banner.blocks.buttons.settings.button_style_secondary_2.label"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "presets": [
    {
      "name": "t:sections.image-banner.presets.name",
      "blocks": [
        {
          "type": "heading"
        },
        {
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "type": "buttons"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
{% endschema %}

Hope this helps.