Crop an image

Ratios and frames that are ready to use

Under Shape & ratio you can lock the crop box to 1:1, 4:5, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, their portrait versions, or the photo’s original shape. Custom (free) lets you drag each edge independently. The Social presets row sets the ratio for a specific platform:

A preset fixes the shape, not the pixel size. Platforms scale larger images down themselves, but if you want the exact recommended size, export the crop and open it in the resizer; the link under the result shows the target dimensions.

Circle crops for profile pictures

The Circle option locks the box to a square and cuts everything outside the circle away. The corners become transparent, so the export is always PNG. Most platforms crop profile photos to a circle themselves, so a square crop is usually enough for upload; the circle version is for slides, email signatures and websites where you place the image yourself.

Straightening a tilted photo

The Rotate slider turns the image from −180° to 180° while the crop box stays level, so you can straighten a horizon and crop off the empty corners in one go. The −90° and +90° buttons fix a photo that is on its side, and Flip H mirrors a selfie.

For a photo of a document taken at an angle, switch Crop style to Free corners and drag each corner onto the corners of the page. For a flattened, scan-like result with the perspective corrected, use the document scanner instead.

Does cropping reduce quality?

Cropping keeps the original pixels of the area you choose, so nothing is blurred or resized. What you lose is resolution: cropping a small part out of a photo leaves fewer pixels, and enlarging that part afterwards will look soft. The export is PNG by default, which saves the crop without further loss. Switch to JPEG or WebP for a smaller file.

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