# Photos and videos

> Give each item a key photo plus a gallery of photos and short videos. Crop once, and CurrentView makes every size — phone, card, TV.

Canonical: https://currentview.app/resources/photos-and-videos

Every item has a **key photo** — the one on the board — and can have a **gallery** of photos and
short videos that opens when someone taps the item. Both are on the item's page in the admin.

## The key photo

Drop a JPEG, PNG or WebP (up to 10 MB) onto the card — or pick one with the button — then crop it square. The preview next to the cropper shows
exactly how it will sit on your board — round, or scalloped if that's your card style — so what
you see is what people get. We make the phone, card and TV sizes from your crop.

## The gallery

Drag files onto the gallery card, or **Choose files**, and each one opens two croppers side by side: **Phone · 4:5** for the
gallery on phones and website embeds, and **TV & desktop · 16:9** for TVs and wide screens. One
upload, two crops, and small previews of each. Add a description (alt text, read by screen readers)
and an optional caption, then **Add to gallery**. Drop several at once and they queue up. Change the
order with the arrows; the key photo is always first.

Videos: MP4 (H.264) up to 30 seconds and 25 MB. The frame you crop is the poster shown before it
plays; on TVs the video plays by itself, muted and looping, in the item's spot. If a phone video
won't upload, it is usually HEVC (H.265) — on iPhone set Settings → Camera → Formats → *Most
Compatible*, or export as H.264.

## Limits

Starter includes 3 photos per item; Growth and Multi-Location include 10 photos or videos per item.