Image Cropper

Step by step with the Image Cropper

1. Add an image.
2. Choose a ratio: Free, 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 9:16, 4:5, or Custom with your own, such as 5:4.
3. Drag the frame to move it and its handles to resize it, or type X, Y, width and height. With a keyboard, the arrow keys move the frame and Shift with the arrow keys resizes it.
4. Rotate or flip the picture if needed; this resets the frame.
5. Select Crop, check the preview, and select Download.

A real example

A 4032 × 3024 landscape photo cropped for a profile picture:

1. Select 1:1. The frame becomes the largest square that fits: 3024 × 3024, centred at X 504.
2. Drag it left over the face and shrink it from a corner to about 1600 × 1600.
3. Select Crop. The preview shows a 1600 × 1600 square, ready to download.

What happens to your image

The picture on screen is a reduced copy, but the frame is always measured in the image's own pixels, so the X, Y, width and height fields show exactly what will be cut out of the full-size image. Typing in those fields moves the frame, and moving the frame updates them.

A locked ratio keeps the frame's shape whichever handle you drag: corner handles keep the opposite corner in place, and side handles grow the frame evenly about its centre. The frame never leaves the image; at the edge it stops rather than changing shape. Rotating and flipping are applied to the whole picture first, at full size, and the frame is then reset to the new orientation.

Cropping copies the pixels inside the frame exactly. Only the final save can lose detail, and only when you choose JPG or WebP; Same as original keeps JPG as JPG and saves other formats as PNG.

When the Image Cropper helps

• Making a square profile picture from a landscape photo.
• Cutting a screenshot down to the one window that matters.
• Cropping a photographed document to its edges.
• Preparing a 16:9 image for a presentation slide or a video thumbnail.

If the result is not what you expected

The frame will not get any bigger

With a ratio locked, the frame stops as soon as either side reaches the edge of the image, because going further would change its shape. Choose Free to use the full width and height, or pick a ratio closer to the image's own.

The frame jumped after rotating

Rotating or flipping changes which way the picture's width and height run, so the frame is reset to fit the new orientation. Rotate or flip first, then set the crop.

The cropped image is smaller than expected

Cropping keeps the original pixels inside the frame and does not enlarge them, so a 500-pixel-wide selection becomes a 500-pixel-wide image. Use the Image Resizer afterwards if you need it larger.

Questions about the Image Cropper