Crop and resize images to exact platform presets for Instagram, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, and Facebook with a draggable, ratio-locked crop frame.
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Drop an image or click to upload
Resize specifically for social media platforms
Drop your image and choose the platform placement — post, story, cover, or thumbnail.
Drag and resize the ratio-locked frame so the subject sits where you want it.
One click renders the image at the preset's exact pixels, ready to download and post.
The frame locks to 4:5; you slide it over the subject instead of letting the platform centre-crop.
Input
4000 × 3000 photo · preset: Instagram Portrait Post (1080×1350)Output
A 1080 × 1350 image containing exactly the region you framed, downloaded as instagram-portrait-post.jpgExtreme ratios like 4:1 make manual framing essential — very little vertical space survives.
Input
Same photo · preset: LinkedIn Background Banner (1584×396)Output
A 1584 × 396 strip cropped from the band of the photo you selectedEvery platform crops your image to its own dimensions, and if you didn't compose for those dimensions, the platform decides what gets cut — usually a head or the product. This tool puts that decision back in your hands: pick a platform preset, position a crop frame that is locked to exactly the right shape, and export the image at the precise pixels the platform expects.
Eleven presets cover the placements that matter: Instagram square posts (1080×1080), portrait posts (1080×1350), and Stories/Reels (1080×1920); YouTube thumbnails (1280×720) and channel art (2560×1440); X in-stream photos (1200×675) and headers (1500×500); LinkedIn post images (1200×1200) and background banners (1584×396); and Facebook shared images (1200×630) and cover photos (820×312). Selecting a preset locks the crop frame to that aspect ratio and centres it at the largest possible size — then you drag it, or resize it from any corner, to frame the shot yourself instead of letting an algorithm guess.
The export renders your cropped region at the preset's exact dimensions, with a final preview before you download. Everything runs in your browser — the photo never uploads — and because a feed post and a story genuinely need different framing, the workflow is built for repeating: same image, next preset, new crop, seconds each. Heavy results can take a final pass through the Image Compressor before posting.
Drop an image onto the upload zone or click to select it.
Choose the Target Platform preset from the grouped dropdown — each entry shows its exact dimensions, like Instagram Portrait Post (1080×1350). The crop frame snaps to that aspect ratio, centred at maximum size.
Adjust the frame: drag its body to move it, or pull any of the eight handles to resize — the preset's ratio stays locked throughout, so the shape is always right.
Click Crop & Resize. The final image renders at the preset's exact pixel dimensions with a preview below.
Click Download to save it, named after the platform and placement. For another placement, pick the next preset and re-frame — each export takes seconds.
Instagram posts and Stories, YouTube thumbnails and channel art, X photos and headers, LinkedIn posts and banners, Facebook shares and covers — each at its exact spec.
The draggable, resizable frame is constrained to the preset's aspect ratio, so any crop you draw is the right shape by construction.
Instead of a platform's centre-crop guessing where your subject is, you position the frame around it.
Output renders at the preset's precise dimensions — 1080×1350 means 1080×1350.
The exported image is shown at its real proportions before you download.
Produce a correctly framed export for each network from one strong source image.
Frame the decisive part of a still into the exact 1280×720 canvas.
Fit a photo into the extreme wide shapes of X headers, LinkedIn banners, and Facebook covers without surprise cuts.
Upload at the recommended size so the platform has nothing left to crop unpredictably.
Choosing a preset computes the largest rectangle of that aspect ratio that fits your image and centres the crop frame there. As you drag or resize the frame, its proportions stay clamped to the preset's ratio and its bounds to the image — the overlay dims everything outside the frame so the surviving region is obvious.
On export, the framed region of the original (at full source resolution) is drawn onto a canvas of exactly the preset's dimensions — one high-quality scale from source pixels to target pixels, with a white background beneath so transparent areas render cleanly. PNG sources export as PNG; everything else exports as JPEG at high quality. The result is offered as a download named after the platform and placement.
JPG, PNG, WebP, and other browser-decodable formats via drag-and-drop or file picker.
PNG sources export as PNG; other formats export as high-quality JPEG. Transparent regions are filled white.
Eleven placements grouped by platform, each labelled with its exact pixel dimensions.
Drag to move; eight handles to resize; ratio locked to the chosen preset.
Swap the source photo without losing your preset selection.
By design — the frame is locked to the preset's aspect ratio so the export is always valid. To change shape, change the preset.
The framed region of the source had fewer pixels than the preset's output size, so it was upscaled. Crop a larger region, or start from a higher-resolution source.
The canvas is filled white beneath the image so JPEG exports render cleanly; transparent sources therefore gain a white background.
The preset list covers eleven standard placements on five platforms — niche placements (profile pictures, ad formats, other networks) are not included, though the Image Resizer handles any custom dimensions. One image and one preset export at a time; producing a full campaign set means repeating the quick cycle per placement. Output format follows the source (PNG stays PNG, the rest becomes JPEG) with no manual format or quality control, and transparency is flattened to white. Platform specs change over time; presets reflect the current published sizes.
Your photo is cropped and resized on a canvas in your browser — it is never uploaded. Nothing about the image or your crops is stored anywhere.
Start from the largest, sharpest source you have so every preset export stays crisp.
Keep faces and text well inside the frame — platforms draw UI over stories and thumbnails.
Re-frame per placement rather than reusing one crop; a feed post and a story need different compositions.
For extreme banner shapes, choose the surviving band deliberately instead of accepting the centre.
Compress heavy exports before uploading; platforms re-encode, and clean input survives it best.
Shoot or choose sources with cropping in mind: a strong subject with breathing room on all sides adapts to square, portrait, and banner shapes; a tightly framed subject fights every ratio except its own. When a campaign matters, this is the difference between one photo serving five placements and five awkward compromises.
Work placements from most demanding to least: frame the extreme shapes first (banners, stories) while you still have full flexibility, since they reveal whether the source can serve them at all.
After exporting, sanity-check each file at its display size — a thumbnail is judged at thumbnail size, not full screen — and upload at exactly the preset dimensions so the platform's own re-processing has nothing to crop and little to re-encode.
The crop overlay works in natural-image coordinates scaled to the on-screen preview, with pointer-event dragging, eight resize handles, and aspect clamping against the preset ratio; bounds are clamped to the image with a 20-pixel minimum. Export draws the source region to a canvas at the preset's exact width and height (drawImage source-rectangle → destination-rectangle), over a white fill, encoding PNG for PNG sources and JPEG at quality 0.92 otherwise. All processing is client-side.
| Platform | Placement | Pixels |
|---|---|---|
| Square post | 1080 × 1080 | |
| Portrait post | 1080 × 1350 | |
| Story / Reels | 1080 × 1920 | |
| YouTube | Thumbnail | 1280 × 720 |
| YouTube | Channel art | 2560 × 1440 |
| X / Twitter | In-stream photo | 1200 × 675 |
| X / Twitter | Header | 1500 × 500 |
| Post image | 1200 × 1200 | |
| Background banner | 1584 × 396 | |
| Shared image | 1200 × 630 | |
| Cover photo | 820 × 312 |
Social media managers producing per-platform sets, creators making thumbnails and covers, and small businesses that want posts to look composed rather than auto-cropped. For arbitrary custom dimensions the Image Resizer is the general tool; this one trades generality for named presets and a framing workflow.
The current published specs per placement — for example Instagram 1080×1080 square, 1080×1350 portrait, and 1080×1920 Stories; YouTube 1280×720 thumbnails; LinkedIn 1584×396 banners; Facebook 820×312 covers. Each preset shows its dimensions in the dropdown.
Platforms centre-crop toward their required shape with no idea where your subject is. Cropping here first fixes that: you choose what survives the shape change, and uploading at the exact recommended size leaves the platform nothing to crop.
Yes — that is the core of the tool. Drag the frame anywhere and resize it from any handle; only its aspect ratio is fixed, so your composition is preserved at exactly the right shape.
PNG sources export as PNG; everything else exports as high-quality JPEG. Transparent areas are filled white so the export renders cleanly everywhere.
One source, yes — one file, no. A portrait post and a wide header need different framings of the same shot, which is why the workflow is preset → frame → export, repeated. Each pass takes seconds.
No — the preview, crop overlay, and final render all run in your browser. The image never leaves your device.