![]() No advanced theming options to make branded forms.No automatic image resizing, so custom header images display properly.There are three glaring disadvantages in this situation: Google Forms’ customisation just doesn’t stand up against more serious form builders. Time could be spent on more important work or watching another episode of Severance. Multiply that by the number of forms you need across your business, and you could be wasting hours of your time. What should take less than a minute-if that-somehow takes upwards of five. The mere thought of having to use image editing tools just to add a basic header to a form or survey is enough to give us nightmares. There are two reasons people use Google Forms: (1) it’s free, and (2) it works. The only other design tweak you can make is to change the font-and even then, you’re stuck with a meagre selection of 4 preset options. The final result is much better than when we started, though it’s still clearly a Google Form. Luckily, you can adjust the look and feel by going back to the theme menu and adding your own theme and background colours that match your brand (or vibe) and add some much-needed visual appeal. It didn’t work in this instance because our image is black and white, so we were left with this unflattering theme in desperate need of some colour. #GOOGLE IMAGE RESIZE UPDATE#Usually, Google Forms will update the colour scheme based on the image you upload. As you can see in the image below, with the addition of a backdrop, our logo fits perfectly into the header banner. If you’re feeling fancy, you can add a background or make it transparent, but for this example, we’ll just stick with white. #GOOGLE IMAGE RESIZE FREE#You can use a free online tool like Canva or Figma to crop the image to the right size-just make a new canvas or frame 1600 (width) by 400 (height), and add your logo. It’s a bit of a pain to use another tool just to get the right image dimensions for a background image, but it’s relatively simple at least. This means, that for the image to display properly, the image needs to be 1600 pixels wide and 400 pixels tall. The recommended Google Forms header image size is 1600x400 at an aspect ratio of 4:1. #GOOGLE IMAGE RESIZE HOW TO#(via Google Forms) How to resize a custom Google Forms header There’s just no way we could settle for Paperforn. The cropping wasn’t a dealbreaker for our Mario form, but when it comes to a company logo, it’s important that everything looks right. It’s even worse if we add our company logo. Even if we take the lesser of two evils and crop it so we can see their faces, it just doesn't look right. In our example, we either lose the valuable context of Mario and Peach's go-karts or their faces. In doing so, you'll cut off a large portion of whatever it is you're trying to display. These preset Themes are already cropped to the required 4:1 aspect ratio, so they fit snugly into your form header.īut, if you want to add your own header-a particular photo or brand logo-you'll have to crop the image to Google's recommended (see: bizarre) 4:1 aspect ratio. If you're happy to settle for generic artwork and stock images, your job is done. Once you click through to this menu, you can choose from a library of included images, upload an image from your desktop, or import images straight from your Google Photos account. From here, you can change the theme and background colours or select Choose image to add your own form header. (via Google Forms)Ī sidebar will appear on the right side of the page. To add a header image to your Google Form, click the paint palette icon in the top-right corner of the Google Forms editor. How to add a header image to your Google Form We'll also recommend an alternative that's not such a headache. To help you do that, we've put together a step by step guide on how to add a customer header image to your Google Form, and get a matching colour scheme in the process. purple, and a little bit more unique to your brand. But the customization and theme options leave alot to be desired.Įven if your brand shares the same purple colour as Google's default, you might want to add a custom image that makes your form a little bit less. Google Forms is a fantastic way to build simple forms. ![]()
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