Guide
How to crop and straighten images
Cropping removes the parts of a photo you don't need and sets its shape, while rotating and flipping fix how it faces. This tool does all of that in your browser, so your image is never uploaded. Remember that cropping only removes pixels and never adds detail, so a tight crop of a small photo will look soft when it's enlarged.
Using the tool
- Upload a JPG, PNG or WEBP image.
- Rotate or flip it first, because changing the rotation resets the crop box.
- Choose Free or a fixed shape such as 1:1 or 16:9.
- Drag the box to move it, or drag a corner to resize it. The final size in pixels is shown below the image.
- Download the result. It keeps the original format, and PNG and WEBP keep their transparency.
Which shape should you choose?
- 1:1 for profile pictures and square product photos.
- 4:5 for portrait posts in social media feeds.
- 3:2 for standard photo prints such as 4×6 inches.
- 4:3 for many slides and phone camera photos.
- 16:9 for video thumbnails, website banners and widescreen slides.
Quality to expect
Rotating by quarter turns, flipping and cropping don't blur pixels, but JPG and WEBP files are saved again at 92% quality, which causes a very small change. PNG output is lossless. If you plan to edit further, keep your original file and work from a copy.