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Crop an image to the shape you need
Cuts the picture down to fill a shape completely rather than padding it out. The crop is taken from the centre.
Files are processed on your device · nothing is uploaded, stored or logged
How it works
Pick your file. The browser opens it straight from disk. There is no upload, so there is nothing to wait for.
Nothing is downloaded first. Unlike the video tools, image conversion uses what is already built into your browser. It starts instantly.
Your machine does the work. The image is drawn to a canvas and written out in the new format, which takes a fraction of a second.
Save the result. The file goes straight to your downloads folder and the original is untouched.
Cropping and resizing solve different problems
Resizing keeps the whole picture and changes how large it is. Cropping keeps the size and removes whatever falls outside the shape you asked for. Confusing the two is why people end up with bars they did not want.
For a profile picture, a square thumbnail or anything going into a fixed slot, cropping is what you actually want. The image fills the frame and looks deliberate.
The cost is the edges. On a centred subject that costs nothing. On a composition where something matters near the border, it can remove the point of the picture.
Why the crop is centred
Choosing which part of an image to keep is a compositional judgement that needs to be seen while it is made, and a page cannot offer a draggable preview without becoming an editor. The centre is the right answer far more often than not. When it is not, that is the moment an editor becomes worth opening.
Common questions
Can I choose which part to keep?
No, the crop is centred. That suits most images; off-centre subjects need an editor.
Does it resize as well?
No. The pixels that remain are at their original scale — only the edges are removed.
Which ratio for a profile picture?
Square, in almost every case. Most platforms display avatars in a circle cut from a square.
Is my image uploaded?
No, cropping happens in your browser.