Step by step with the Passport Photo Maker
- Add a front-facing photo taken against a plain, evenly lit wall.
- Choose the photo size your document needs.
- Drag the frame so the face fits the oval, with the top of the head near the upper line and the chin near the lower line.
- Optionally replace the background, and adjust the tolerance until the wall changes but your hair and clothes do not.
- Choose the paper and the number of copies, then download the single photo, the sheet as JPG or the sheet as PDF, and print at 100 %.
A real example
Making photos for a form that asks for 35 × 45 mm on a white background:
- Choose 35 × 45 mm and line the face up with the oval.
- Choose Replace with white and raise the tolerance until the wall is white but the hair is not.
- Choose A4: up to 30 copies fit, 5 across and 6 down with 2 mm gaps.
- Download the PDF and print it at Actual size.
What happens to your image
The frame is locked to the shape of the size you choose, and the part of the photo inside it is rendered at 300 DPI: a 35 × 45 mm photo becomes 413 × 531 pixels, a 2 × 2 inch photo 600 × 600. At that resolution the photo prints at exactly the chosen size, as long as it is printed at 100 % rather than scaled to fit the paper.
Background replacement takes the typical colour of the photo's border, then spreads outwards from the edges through every connected pixel close enough to that colour, as a paint-bucket fill would. Those pixels are recoloured and the boundary is feathered over a couple of pixels so it does not look cut out. Because the fill only spreads through connected pixels, a shirt the same colour as the wall is left alone unless it touches the wall. The tolerance sets how different a pixel may be and still count as wall.
The sheet is laid out in millimetres on the real paper size, centred across the page and starting at the top margin so the unused strip can be cut off and reused. In the PDF, the photo is stored once and placed as many times as needed, which keeps the file small, and the cutting lines are drawn as vector lines.
When the Passport Photo Maker helps
- Printing passport photos at home or at a print shop instead of visiting a studio.
- Making a stamp-size photo for an exam form or an admit card.
- Preparing a digital photo for an online visa application.
- Producing a sheet of ID photos for school or office forms.
If the result is not what you expected
- The printed photos are the wrong size
- The printer scaled the page. Print at 100 %, Actual size or No scaling, never Fit to page. The files are made at 300 DPI, so each photo measures exactly the chosen size in millimetres on paper.
- Parts of my hair or clothes changed colour
- Background replacement recolours pixels that resemble the wall and connect to the edges of the photo. Lower the tolerance, or use a photo in which your hair and clothes contrast with the wall.
- The background was hardly changed
- An uneven, shadowed or patterned background does not look alike across the photo. Raise the tolerance a little, or retake the photo against a plain, evenly lit wall; this is a colour fill, not an AI cut-out.
Questions about the Passport Photo Maker
Will this photo be accepted for my passport or visa?
That depends on the rules of the country and the document, which cover size, head height, background colour, expression, glasses and how recent the photo is. This tool produces the size and shape you choose; verify the current official requirements before you submit, and when in doubt use an approved photographer.
How big is a 35 × 45 mm photo in pixels?
At 300 DPI, the resolution print shops use, it is 413 × 531 pixels, and a 2 × 2 inch photo is 600 × 600 pixels. The tool renders at 300 DPI automatically.
How many photos fit on one sheet?
Thirty 35 × 45 mm photos fit on A4 with a 5 mm margin and a 2 mm gap, and six fit on 4 × 6 inch photo paper. You can also choose fewer copies.
Is my photo uploaded?
No. The photo is cropped, recoloured and laid out in your browser, and it never leaves your device.