Crop Image

Use the width and height input boxes below the crop area. Type your target dimensions in pixels and the crop box will update to match. If the aspect ratio lock is on, changing one dimension will automatically update the other to maintain proportions. Unlock it to set width and height independently.

Selecting a preset locks the crop box to that width-to-height ratio. For example, selecting 1:1 (Square) means the crop box will always remain perfectly square as you resize it. The Instagram 4:5 preset is ideal for portrait posts, and 16:9 is standard for widescreen video thumbnails. Use “Free” to crop without any ratio restriction.

The cropped image is saved in the same format as your original file. If you uploaded a JPG, you’ll get a JPG. If you uploaded a PNG with transparency, the cropped PNG will preserve transparency. WebP files are also preserved as WebP.

Cropping itself doesn’t reduce quality — it simply removes the pixels outside the selected area. The pixels inside your crop box remain at full original quality. However, if your source image is a JPG, re-encoding it does involve a small quality step since JPG is lossy. We use a high quality setting to minimize this.

The faint grid lines dividing the crop box into thirds are a photography composition aid called the “rule of thirds.” Placing your subject at one of the four intersection points of these lines tends to produce more visually appealing compositions than centering the subject. It’s a guideline, not a rule — use it when it helps.