Personalized images

Tailor every email to each subscriber and create 1-to-1 customer experiences with personalized images. For example, celebrate a subscriber's birthday or a special milestone by including an image personalized to that subscriber!

Create a personalized image

In the Personalized images section of the Personalize tab, select New image in the upper right corner.

Select an image template from the options provided, or select the blank template to use your own background image.

Customize your personalized image

Change your background, insert your merge tag, add a custom font - make your personalized image just what you need!

Background image

You can upload a background image to your template. You also have the option to make that background image transparent so that the background color you've selected will display behind your transparent image.

If you are using a custom image rather than one of our pre-made templates, select the image and then Upload background image on the right to add a custom image.

Merge tags and dynamic text

Select the text to edit your message and add your merge tag placeholder. The merge tag itself will be added to the code later, so simply add a placeholder between the curly bracket pairs {{ }} to power your merge tag preview on the next screen. Use the right side pane to customize the font, size, color, and position of the text. You can add multiple merge tag placeholders using the Add dynamic text function.

Add a custom TTF font

If you would like to use a custom font, you can upload a font file (TTF font files are supported). In the Text style section select Upload font.

Once your font has been uploaded, you can select it from the Font family dropdown. Your uploaded font will be available in the Custom fonts section of the list and can be used in any other widget that has custom font capability.

Add more text layers

Use the Add text button at the top center of the personalized image builder to add additional lines of text. Each line can be independently styled and located. Layers can be selected in the left pane for editing or deleting.

When you are ready, select Next: Preview your image. Enter a value for your merge tag to test the image's appearance when those tags are populated with data. These are placeholder values and won’t affect your code!

If your image is set up and ready, select Next: Save and get HTML to generate your tag. You can copy the tag using the button below the text box, and your new image will appear in the Personalized images section of the Personalize tab in your account.

Make sure to add your merge tags to this HTML code in your ESP to ensure the subscriber's unique values appear!

Add your personalized image to an email

To add a personalized image to your email, simply copy the HTML tag for your image and replace MERGE_YOUR_VALUE with the relevant merge tags from your ESP. You can then add the completed tag directly to your email's code. You can quickly copy the tag by hovering over the image's thumbnail and selecting Copy HTML.

If you've set up your ESP merge tags in your account, you can quickly add those merge tags with the Insert->Merge tag functionality in Litmus Builder. You can then preview your personalization using the Personalization tab in Builder.

You can also add the image with Visual Editor in Litmus Builder using the image link from the HTML code rather than the entire tag. Copy the image link, add your merge tag, and use Visual Editor to replace a placeholder image with your personalized image.

Impression usage

A personalized image is a single image, so any time one is loaded this will count as one impression.