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Image Cropper

Crop to the exact area you need. Drag the selection or type pixel-exact values, with square, 4:3, 16:9 and portrait presets on hand.

Choose the area to keep

Drag the selection or its handles. Arrow keys nudge it; hold Shift to move faster.

Output

The crop is written at its exact pixel size — nothing is scaled.

Accepted everywhere. No transparency — it is flattened onto white.

82

80–85 looks identical to the original for most photographs.

About cropping images

Cropping removes pixels from the edges to change what is in frame and what shape the picture is. Unlike resizing, the pixels that remain are untouched — nothing is rescaled or resampled, so a crop costs no quality at all.

This is the tool for turning a landscape photograph into a square avatar, cutting a distraction out of the edge of a shot, or producing the exact region a layout needs.

When this is the right tool

  • A platform wants a specific shape — square, 16:9, 9:16 — and your image is a different one.
  • There is something at the edge of the frame you want gone.
  • You need to tighten the composition on a subject that sits too small in frame.
  • You need a precise pixel region, repeatedly, with exact coordinates.

How to use it

  1. Upload one image

    The cropper works on a single image at a time, because choosing a region is a decision per picture rather than a setting you can apply to a folder.

  2. Choose a ratio, or work free-form

    Square, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9 and the portrait equivalents lock the selection to that shape as you drag. Free lets you take any region.

  3. Drag, or type exact values

    The X, Y, width and height boxes accept precise numbers, which is how you reproduce the same crop across several images. Arrow keys nudge the selection.

  4. Crop and download

    The output contains exactly the pixels inside the selection, at their original resolution.

How it works

Input
One JPG, PNG or WebP at a time.
Output
The selected region at its original resolution, in the same format as the source.
Metadata
Not preserved. Re-encoding through a browser canvas drops EXIF, IPTC and XMP — keep your originals if that information matters. What that involves.

Common questions

Can I crop to an exact pixel size?

Yes. Drag the selection to frame it roughly, then type exact X, Y, width and height values in the boxes underneath. That is the reliable way to hit a size a platform demands, such as 1080 × 1350.

How do the aspect ratio presets work?

Choosing a ratio constrains every drag to that shape, and re-fits the selection you already have around its own centre rather than resetting it. Switch back to Free at any time to drag without a constraint.

Can I use the keyboard?

Focus the selection and the arrow keys nudge it a pixel at a time; hold Shift to move twenty at a time. The selection also reports its size and position to screen readers as it moves.

Is the crop scaled at all?

No. The output is written at exactly the pixel dimensions of your selection — a 1200 × 800 selection produces a 1200 × 800 file. Use the resizer afterwards if you also need it at a different size.

Are my images uploaded anywhere?

No. The image is decoded, cropped and re-encoded by your own browser using the canvas API. Nothing is sent to a server, there is no account, and closing the tab removes every trace of it.

Why does the cropper take one image at a time?

Because a crop is a decision about one specific image. Applying the same rectangle to a folder of differently framed photographs would cut most of them wrong — the batch tools exist for the settings that genuinely do apply to everything at once.

Guides on this

Longer answers to the questions this tool raises.

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