How it works
- 01
Add a photo
Drop, paste or choose one image. The page uploads nothing, and there is no queue.
- 02
Frame it
Pick a shape or drag your own. Scroll or pinch to zoom, and the arrow keys nudge.
- 03
Save it
Download it as JPG, PNG or WebP, at the size the frame covers.
Cropping is not resizing
A crop throws pixels away. A resize keeps them all and changes how many there are. They are often confused because both make a smaller file, and only one of them changes what is in the picture.
That is why the saved file here is the size of the frame you dragged, not a box you asked for. A tight frame on a small photo makes a small file. Blowing it back up to a round number would invent pixels that were never there, and it would look it.
If you want an exact output size as well, crop here and then resize, or use the resizer, which does both in one pass.
- Shapes
- Freeform, 1:1, 4:5, 9:16, 16:9, 3:2, 2:3 and 5:4. The frame holds the shape while you drag.
- Gestures
- Drag to move, scroll or pinch to zoom, arrow keys to nudge. The same set the resizer uses.
- Output
- The pixels the frame covers, at their own size. Nothing is scaled up to fill a box.
- Formats
- JPG, PNG or WebP. A PNG stays PNG and a WebP stays WebP. Anything else becomes JPG unless you pick another.
Which shape to pick
Square is for profile pictures and most product grids. 4:5 is the tall portrait shape for an Instagram post. 9:16 fills a phone screen, which is what a story is. 16:9 is video and most slides.
3:2 is what most cameras take and what a 6×4 print expects. 5:4 fits an 8×10 frame. If you are printing, pick the shape of the paper before you crop. Leave it and the printer crops it for you, without asking.