Crop Image
Drag to select the part you want. Free-form, a fixed ratio, or a circle for a profile picture — with a live preview of exactly what you'll get.
- Select an image, then pick a shape — free-form, a fixed ratio, or circle.
- Drag inside the selection to move it, or drag a corner to resize. The output size in pixels updates as you go.
- Click Crop & Download. Circle crops are saved as PNG so the corners stay transparent.
Circle crops and transparency
A circular profile picture only works if the corners are actually transparent — otherwise you get a white square with a circle drawn in it, which looks wrong on any coloured background.
That requires PNG, because JPEG cannot store transparency at all. This tool switches to PNG automatically when you choose circle, so the result drops cleanly onto any background. Most sites that ask for a round avatar will accept a square image and mask it themselves — but if you need the circle baked in, this produces it properly.
Cropping before resizing, not after
Order matters more than people expect. If you need a square avatar from a portrait photo, cropping first and then resizing keeps the proportions correct. Resizing a rectangle into a square instead stretches the image and distorts faces noticeably.
That is also why the exam photo resizer crops before it scales — and why this tool includes the 200 × 230 exam ratio as a preset, so you can control exactly which part of the frame is kept before sending it there.
The ratios, and where each is used
| Shape | Typical use |
|---|---|
| Square 1:1 | Profile pictures, Instagram posts, thumbnails, product photos |
| Circle | Avatars where you need the round shape baked into the file |
| 4:3 | Classic photo prints, presentation slides, older displays |
| 3:4 portrait | Vertical photos, document photos, portrait prints |
| 16:9 | Video thumbnails, banners, widescreen slides |
| 9:16 | Stories, Reels, Shorts, phone wallpapers |
| 200 × 230 | Indian exam application photographs |
Quality
Cropping takes the pixels you selected at their original resolution — there is no scaling involved, so nothing is softened. PNG files stay PNG and lossless; JPEGs are re-encoded at 92% quality, which is visually indistinguishable. If you need the result at a specific size afterwards, resize it as a second step.