Artwork Requirements

In this guide

• Required image sizes
• Image design requirements

Required image sizes

Filmhub accepts artwork across multiple aspect ratios to meet the varied display requirements of our channel partners. Some sizes are required before your title can be submitted; others are optional but strongly recommended because they unlock additional distribution opportunities.

Movies

Shows

What does “recommended” mean?

While your title can be submitted without these artworks, many channels require these aspect ratios to ensure your artwork meets their platform requirements. Missing artworks may be flagged during QC, and you will be notified to add them. Season and Episode images must be textless.

Accepted file formats: JPEG or PNG only. PSD files are not accepted.

Image design requirements

Streaming channels expect clean, professionally designed key art. Your artwork should prominently feature the title name against imagery that represents your content.

✅ DO’S

What your artwork must include

1. Artwork with title names — Title name must be displayed clearly
2. Consistent imagery across sizes — use the same key art and fonts across all aspect ratios. Each size should be a purpose-built crop or redesign of your key art, not a simple crop of the portrait image pasted into a landscape slot.
3. Within safe zone — Key visual elements must be within the safe zone. a 5% safe area margin is required on all 4 sides of every artwork. This ensures that your title name and key visual elements are not cut off when channels display your artwork across different devices and screen sizes.
   1. What must be within the safe zone?
      • Title name, and any other over laid text that’s supposed to be legible.
      • Talent faces, specifically eye brows and chins
      → include examples Exceptions:
      • Decorative or background text that is part of the photographic or illustrated background
      • For stylized creative compositions or large group shots, some leniency applies. For individual title text, insignificant portions of a letter can slightly cross the safe zone as long as the character is still clearly legible.
      → include examples here
   2. How to check if your artwork is within the safe zone
      When you hover over an uploaded image on your title’s Artwork tab, a safe zone overlay will appear so you can verify if the asset meets the requirements.
4. For textless artwork - the 16:9 Textless image slot, Season images, and Episode images cannot include text, including the title name. Any text in these slots is grounds for a QC fail.
   → include examples

🚫 DON’TS

There are many reasons artworks don't pass QC on the first submission. Here are some examples of what NOT to do when adding artwork to your title:

🚫 Don't use the following:

• Images that are plain stills without a title name
• Scanned or photographed artwork from physical media (DVD covers, VHS sleeves, folded theatrical posters)
• Pitch materials or one-sheets rather than streaming key art
• Artwork where title name is not present
• Title name is too small to read at thumbnail size
  
  

Our system will indicate if your artwork may fail for one of the following instances:

1. Name Not Provided or Illegible

2. Contains Additional Text Element

3. Textless Artwork Has Text

4. Faces Cropped / Outside Safe Zone*

The warnings will not prevent you from submitting your artwork, which will be subject to additional review by our QC team. 

*Faces Cropped / Outside Safe Zone can be allowed for creative intent, and will be reviewed by our QC Tech upon review.

Please see the following examples of how our system may flag your work:

Name Not Provided or Illegible

Contains Additional Text Element

Textless Artwork Has Text

Faces Cropped / Outside Safe Zone