# Image block

Source: https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/reference/blocks/image/
Updated: 2026-11-12

An image with a ratio, shape and optional link. Settings for the Image block in the Picante Shopify theme.


An image with a ratio, shape and optional link.

**Where to find it:** open any section sidebar that accepts theme blocks, choose **Add block**, then pick **Image**.

The same block in the three themes:

![The Image block in the Picante style.](https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/shots/block-image--picante.webp)

![The Image block in the Overdrive style.](https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/shots/block-image--overdrive.webp)

![The Image block in the Pastille style.](https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/shots/block-image--pastille.webp)

When you add this section, it starts from the **Image** preset.

## Settings

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Image | Image |  |  |  |
| Aspect ratio | Select | Adapt to image | Adapt to image, Portrait (4:5), Square (1:1), Landscape (4:3), Wide (16:9) |  |
| Link | Link |  |  |  |
| Drift images on scroll | Checkbox | Off |  |  |
| Zoom on hover | Checkbox | Off |  |  |
| Rotation | Slider | 0 ° | -12 to 12 °, step 1 | Tilt images in opposite directions to build a fanned stack. |

### Size

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alignment | Text alignment | left | Left, center, right |  |
| Width | Select | Fill | Fit content, Fill, Custom |  |
| Custom width | Slider | 50 % | 10 to 100 %, step 5 | Shown when **Width** is Custom. |
| Max width | Select | None | None, Narrow, Normal, Wide |  |

### Colors and border

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Corner radius | Slider | 0 px | 0 to 80 px, step 2 |  |
| Border | Select | None | None, Solid, Dashed |  |
| Border thickness | Slider | 2 px | 1 to 8 px, step 1 | Shown when **Border** is not None. |

### Padding

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Customize padding | Checkbox | Off |  | Padding settings stay visible while any side has padding. Set a side to 0px to remove its padding. |
| Top padding | Slider | 0 px | 0 to 100 px, step 2 | Shown when **Customize padding** is on or **Top padding** is on or **Bottom padding** is on or **Left padding** is on or **Right padding** is on. |
| Bottom padding | Slider | 0 px | 0 to 100 px, step 2 | Shown when **Customize padding** is on or **Top padding** is on or **Bottom padding** is on or **Left padding** is on or **Right padding** is on. |
| Left padding | Slider | 0 px | 0 to 100 px, step 2 | Shown when **Customize padding** is on or **Top padding** is on or **Bottom padding** is on or **Left padding** is on or **Right padding** is on. |
| Right padding | Slider | 0 px | 0 to 100 px, step 2 | Shown when **Customize padding** is on or **Top padding** is on or **Bottom padding** is on or **Left padding** is on or **Right padding** is on. |

### Motion

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Animation on scroll | Select | Theme default | Theme default, None, Fade, Slide up, Scale in, Wipe, Blur in |  |