: How to fit a vertical headshot into a horizontal frame I am frequently asked to make vertical headshots fit into a horizontal size, to display on my company's website. I'm often given low-quality

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I am frequently asked to make vertical headshots fit into a horizontal size, to display on my company's website. I'm often given low-quality images with sharp cuts to the person's shoulders or backgrounds that are difficult to extend.

I usually do one of two things...


Recreate or draw in shoulders of my own, using the clone stamp, then create some simple background to fill the space, as I did here. This is time consuming, though, and anyone with an eye for detail can spot the fake shoulder(s) a mile away





Duplicating the headshot behind the original, enlarging it to fill the frame, blurring it - like below




I want to start doing the second option more, because it's the easiest for me and I see it's a pretty common method (thanks to those vertical video takers), but it's not the most visually appealing.

Is there a better way of fitting portrait images into a landscape container?

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