Text to Image Not Honoring Custom Frame Dimensions for Header Images

Question

I'm trying to create header images for a document I'm designing for work, and figured I'd use the Text to Image function, since it's worked well for me in the past and I wanted to save time by not hand drawing something as minor as a header. Prompts are getting me the right images and style is exactly what I'm looking for, but it absolutely refuses to honor the dimensions of the frame I've created, despite selecting "frame dimensions" in the drop down. I've done this probably 50 times before with frames of all shapes and sizes, and it's worked well.
 
Because it's a header image, it's 7.5" x 1.5", so long and narrow. The best it can do is 7.5" x 4.275" and can't be cropped to fit without losing so much the image is unreadable (mountains on one side, descending into plains).
 
I've tried it in Photoshop as well, with the same issues. Being able to use Text to Image for odd sizes like this would be incredibly helpful. If it only honors aspect ratio, why have a frame dimension option? Any solutions? Now this is more of a curiosity for me, since being able to use this for incidental images in brochures would be really nice, and those leftover spaces are always odd sizes.
 
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Abhishek Rao · Answer

Hi @CritterMel,

Thank you for reaching out and for providing detailed information about the issue this definitely sounds frustrating.

Based on what you’ve described, it seems that the "Text to Image" feature is struggling with your specific frame dimensions, which can happen with particularly long and narrow frames.

We would like to inform you that the "Text to Image" function generally works better with standard aspect ratios. You might have more success if you slightly adjust the dimensions of your frame to something closer to a typical ratio and then crop the image after it's generated.

Unfortunately, the "Text to Image" feature in InDesign does not currently allow for custom aspect ratios, which is likely why you're experiencing issues with your specific frame dimensions. I understand that this functionality is important to you, and I apologize for its unavailability at this time.

Would you mind creating a UserVoice for this feature request? You can add your comments here: [Adobe InDesign Feature Requests](https://adobe.ly/4e4JQPt). Doing this will help us prioritize this request, and you’ll be notified of any updates.

Feel free to reach out if you have more questions or need further assistance. We’d be happy to help!

Thank you,
Abhishek Rao

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