How to use it
- Open an image. A crop box appears over it.
- Drag the box to move it, drag a corner to resize, or drag anywhere outside it to draw a new one. Pick a ratio to lock the shape.
- Choose the output format and select Crop and download.
Choosing a ratio
| Ratio | Common use |
|---|---|
| 1:1 | Profile photos, marketplace listings, album art |
| 4:5 | Portrait posts in social feeds |
| 4:3 | Standard compact camera and tablet photos |
| 3:2 | Most DSLR and mirrorless photos, standard 6 × 4 prints |
| 16:9 | Video thumbnails, presentation slides, desktop wallpaper |
| 9:16 | Stories, reels and phone wallpapers |
Cropping to a ratio first and resizing second is the reliable way to hit a platform's required size without stretching. A 1080 × 1350 portrait post is simply a 4:5 crop resized to 1080 pixels wide with the resizer. For the arithmetic behind ratios, such as finding the height that matches a given width, the aspect ratio calculator on StatGarden is handy, and our article on why crops get cut off covers the platform side.
Exact numbers
The Left, Top, Width and Height boxes are in pixels of the original image, not of the preview on your screen. Type a value and the box moves to match. This is useful when you need several images cropped identically, or a crop of a known size for a template.
Quality
Cropping itself removes pixels but does not touch the ones that remain. PNG output is lossless. JPG and WebP output are re-encoded at the quality shown.
Questions people ask
Does cropping reduce image quality?
The remaining pixels are unchanged. Saving as JPG or WebP re-compresses them slightly; choose PNG for a lossless crop.
Can I crop to an exact pixel size?
Yes. Type the width and height in the boxes, then move the crop into position.
Can I crop into a circle?
Use the circle crop tool, which gives a round image with a transparent background.