Watch our Academy video 📹 on creating your first article for a step-by-step guide:
In this article:
Embed images in your article
Start adding images to your article
A text-heavy article can put off readers, so include images! Here's how:
Step 1. Open/create an article from your Articles list.
Step 2. Once in the editor, go to the Write tab (where you type your article).
Step 3. Whenever you are on a new line, you will see our media embedder bar appear. Click on the "Add image" option.
Step 4. Five options will now be displayed:
Upload image: choose an image file from your own computer to use.
Select from the media library: choose a previously used image.
Search free stock images: find an image from the Unsplash database.
Upload from URL: paste in a public link to an image.
Upload from cloud storage: connect your cloud storage first to enable this option.
To find a stock image, just enter a keyword into the search box and press Enter. A gallery of images will then be presented to you. Click on one of the images to automatically add it to your article.
Click on your chosen image to alter multiple aspects of it.
The size of the image in the article. Depending on the actual size, larger options may not be available.
Add a link to the image. When a reader clicks on it, they will be sent to the URL specified.
The alt tag of the image. Useful for adding a text description of what the image is showing. Allows search engines to crawl through your website easier and offers more accessibility for visually impaired readers.
Edit the image directly inside StoryChief (crop/apply filters/add shapes/rotate/flip). More info.
Add a caption for the image.
2. Do I have to optimize image sizes?
No. Even if you upload big images to StoryChief, the app will resize them to fit the different mediums without cropping or magnifying (this way you would lose quality). Also, the weight (mb>kb) will be reduced automatically.
If the picture is large enough, you can even choose another size (larger or fullscreen).
If you use StoryChief to collaborate on offline articles, make sure to upload images of 300 dpi.
When you're in an article, click on the 3 dots at the top-right side, and then on 'download'. You can export the story to:
Word (docx)
PDF
Assets (images) in a ZIP file
