Make thumbnail resolution and layout more clear
4Bakers
some instances of thumbnails are cropped and some aren't, some are even zoomed in (ie: Beta Portal)
also, it looks like all recent thumbnails have started being downsampled to 800x600, which contradicts the stated 1200x900 ideal resolution.
I think some clearer guides and templates should be in order.
I think safe zones should be overlaid on the in-editor thumbnail capture
I think the SDK control panel tooltips should be updated to reflect the 800x600 resolution change
I think the way thumbnails should be displayed should be more consistent. It's currently really hard to put words on a thumbnail and it not be cut off somewhere (ie: Beta Portal)
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Image 1: VRChat SDK showing "Image Size 1200x900"
Image 2: my browser showing the image is actually 800x600
Image 3: a typical world portal with the default appearance
Image 4: the same world portal with the Beta design. note how the thumbnail is cut off even more than usual, and is stretched horizontally a whole lot.
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vavassor
This template on the wiki is the kind of safe zone overlay that'd be helpful. https://wiki.vrchat.com/wiki/Guides:World_thumbnails#World_Thumbnail_template
4Bakers
update: the beta portal has been improved! it still somehow shows less than the round portal, which IMHO is strange, but it's not as bad as it was.
everything else here is still an issue
lackofbindings
Also of note is that thumbnails uploaded via the website are forcibly cropped square, which stretches or zooms them in weird ways all across the UI.
The most annoying one by far though is the fact that the main menu thumbnails are cropped to center despite the text that’s actually causing the crop being at the bottom. This wastes the entire top of the image and could be so easily fixed by just aligning the image to top instead of center.
Along with the new massive platform icons that take up so much space, the safe zone is ever-shrinking.
FrogChain
Can confirm the VRChat SDK itself uploads thumbnails as 800x600 PNGs, both for worlds and avatars:
# PNG Image
Format: Portable network graphics
Size: 800 x 600 px
This 800x600 image is cropped unpredictably and displayed with different aspect ratios on the website, in portals, and for avatar/world details, making it hard to design a "safe zone" where text or key details won't be cut off.