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How to use the Image Cropper

This cropper trims, rotates and flips an image in your browser. You frame the area with a box on a scaled preview, and the tool cuts that area from the full resolution original when you download. Use it for profile pictures, thumbnails, screenshots and social posts that need a fixed shape.

Step by step

1. 1
   Open an image

   Drop a JPG, PNG, WebP or GIF on the card that says Drop an image here, or click the card to choose a file. The editor opens with a crop box set just inside the edges of the picture.

2. 2
   Pick an aspect ratio

   Under aspect ratio, choose Free to drag any shape, or 1:1, 4:3, 16:9, 3:2 or 2:3 to lock the box to that shape. Picking a ratio resets the box to the largest centered area of that shape.

3. 3
   Frame the crop

   Drag the round handles on the corners and edges to resize the box, or drag inside the box to move it. The grid lines split the box into thirds to help with composition. Touch screens work the same way.

4. 4
   Rotate or flip

   Press Rotate 90° to turn the image clockwise a quarter turn at a time; this resets the crop box. Flip H mirrors left to right and Flip V top to bottom, and both keep your box where it is. Reset crop puts the box back where it started for the ratio you picked.

5. 5
   Choose a format and download

   Pick PNG or JPG under output, then press Crop & download. The file name includes the final size, for example cropped-1080x1080.png. Press New image to load a different picture.

Reading the result

• The line under the preview reads Crop, then width × height in px, with the source size in parentheses. Those numbers are pixels of the original image, not of the screen, so they match the file you download.
• After a rotation the source size swaps, so a 4000 × 3000 photo shows as 3000 × 4000.
• PNG keeps transparency and loses no detail. JPG has no transparency, so transparent areas come out white, and it is saved at 92% quality.

Tips and common mistakes

• Rotate first, then frame the crop. Rotating resets the box, so any framing you did before is lost.
• For a profile picture or a square post, pick 1:1. For a video thumbnail or a slide, pick 16:9.
• Use JPG for photos you will post online, since the files are smaller. Use PNG for screenshots, logos and anything with transparency.
• An animated GIF exports as a single still frame, because the crop is drawn on a canvas.

Privacy and limits

The image is decoded, cropped and exported by your own browser. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is saved, so closing the tab or pressing New image discards it. The export works from the full resolution original, so a very large photo can take a moment on a slower device.

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