Does Placeholder Image upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Placeholder Image runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Width/height, label, colors; font size, grid, size caption. PNG.

Should I use OG Image Maker instead of Placeholder Image?

Use Placeholder Image when you need Make a solid PNG with size and label. Use OG Image Maker when you need Create a 1200×630 share image. They share a category (Design) but not the same job.

Placeholder Image

Make a solid PNG with size and label.

Canvas fill with optional label, 16–4000 px. Unlike OG Image this is not a 1200×630 social card. Unlike Identicon this is a flat rectangle, not a hash pattern.

What Placeholder Image does

Canvas fill with optional label, 16–4000 px. Unlike OG Image this is not a 1200×630 social card. Unlike Identicon this is a flat rectangle, not a hash pattern.

The interactive controls for Placeholder Image load after this article so crawlers still read the instructions. Path /placeholder-image is the canonical address. Work happens on this device; Tool-You does not take a copy of the file or pasted text for Placeholder Image.

How to use Placeholder Image

Use Placeholder Image for this design job (placeholder image). OG Image Maker is adjacent (Create a 1200×630 share image.) but not the same.
Add the file type Placeholder Image accepts. Hint from the path: placeholder image. Make a solid PNG with size and label.
Set only the options that match Placeholder Image. Neighbor CSS Border Radius does something else (Preview and copy a four-corner border-radius.). Tool note: Canvas fill with optional label, 16–4000 px. Unlike OG Image this is not a 1200×630 social card. Unlike Identicon this is a flat rectangle, not a hash pattern.
Run Placeholder Image in this tab. Browser memory still applies: Width/height, label, colors; font size, grid, size caption. PNG.
Download or copy the result from Placeholder Image. If it is the wrong job, open OG Image Maker instead.

When not to use Placeholder Image

Skip Placeholder Image when a neighbor tool matches better — start with OG Image Maker or CSS Border Radius — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Canvas fill with optional label, 16–4000 px. Unlike OG Image this is not a 1200×630 social card. Unlike Identicon this is a flat rectangle, not a hash pattern.

Questions about Placeholder Image

What does Placeholder Image do that other Design pages on this site do not?: Canvas fill with optional label, 16–4000 px. Unlike OG Image this is not a 1200×630 social card. Unlike Identicon this is a flat rectangle, not a hash pattern. Short version: Make a solid PNG with size and label.
Does Placeholder Image upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Placeholder Image runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Width/height, label, colors; font size, grid, size caption. PNG.
Should I use OG Image Maker instead of Placeholder Image?: Use Placeholder Image when you need Make a solid PNG with size and label. Use OG Image Maker when you need Create a 1200×630 share image. They share a category (Design) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Placeholder Image?: Width/height, label, colors; font size, grid, size caption. PNG. Also: Canvas fill with optional label, 16–4000 px. Unlike OG Image this is not a 1200×630 social card. Unlike Identicon this is a flat rectangle, not a hash pattern.