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I made a free tool for blog cover images

Eddy Vinck on December 15, 2024

I created a free tool to make images for your articles and websites. It’s called OG Image Maker. I built it with React.js, and it works by creatin...
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Jonas Scholz

This is so cool! I wanted to build this for a long time. One feature request: I usually create 1 cover that I use for dev.to, but because dev.to has weird aspect ratio (100:42), the cover images usually get cropped in a weird way by other platforms, for example Google Discover. It would be awesome if you could see how it would be displayed by different platforms (Google Discover, Twitter, etc)

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Eddy Vinck

I noticed it as well when making this post. A bit unfortunate 😂

Different formats is something I'll have to consider. I'm going to wait a while and collect some more feedback before I add it!

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Jonas Scholz

Awesome! If you need any feedback/beta testers let me know. I really need that lol

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Nelio Mondlane

nice

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Eddy Vinck

Thank you!

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Shafayet Hossain

This is awesome! I love how simple and accessible it is like no accounts or watermarks. A customizable tool like this is a game-changer for quick, professional visuals. Definitely trying it out!🖤🖤🖤

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Eddy Vinck

Thank you! I'm glad you like it!

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Sif eddine

Good job!

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Eddy Vinck

Thanks Sif!

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Souvik Kar Mahapatra

That's a great too!

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Eddy Vinck

Glad you like it!

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Adam

Nice! Added it to the next issue of weeklyfoo.com.

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Eddy Vinck

Sweet! Thanks 😊

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Stackup

Nice!

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Eddy Vinck

Thank you 🙏