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What Is Parallax Smart Crop Squarespace?

Last updated on October 1, 2022 @ 9:50 am

Parallax is an effect where different layers of content move at different speeds. The term is most often used in reference to websites, where parallax scrolling can create an immersive, engaging experience for visitors.

Squarespace’s Parallax Smart Crop feature automatically crops images in a way that’s optimized for parallax scrolling. This ensures that your images look their best when displayed on a Squarespace site with parallax scrolling enabled.

PRO TIP: If you are considering using the Parallax Smart Crop feature on Squarespace, be aware that there are some potential risks. This feature allows you to automatically crop images based on certain criteria, but it can also result in some unwanted cropping. For example, if you have an image with a lot of empty space around the subject, the Smart Crop feature may crop too much of the image and leave your subject looking cut off.

When you upload an image to Squarespace, our algorithms analyze the image and identify the optimal cropping dimensions. We then crop the image accordingly, and save both the original and cropped versions.

When you enable parallax scrolling on your site, we automatically load the cropped version of your images. If you disable parallax scrolling, we load the original versions of your images.

The Parallax Smart Crop feature is available for all Squarespace sites with parallax scrolling enabled. This includes sites on our Personal, Business, and Commerce plans.

Drew Clemente

Drew Clemente

Devops & Sysadmin engineer. I basically build infrastructure online.