Free photo resizer

Resize photos for social media and the web, free, in your browser.

Make one photo or a whole shoot the right size for Instagram, Facebook, your site or a client preview. It all happens in your browser: your photos are never uploaded, and there is no account and no limit.

Your photos stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded.

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Photo sizes for social media and the web

The right size for where the photo is going.

Three steps, then the sizes worth knowing. Networks change their numbers from time to time, so read these as common guidance, not as a guarantee.

  1. 01

    Add your photos

    Drop them on the tool or choose them from your computer or phone. One photo or a whole shoot.

  2. 02

    Choose a size

    Pick a preset or type your own size. For a fixed frame, choose whether the whole photo is fitted inside or cropped to fill, and which part is kept.

  3. 03

    Download

    Resize every photo and download them one by one, or all together as a ZIP file.

Sizes for Instagram

Instagram shows photos 1080 pixels wide and scales anything larger down itself. A portrait post at 4:5 (1080 by 1350) takes the most room in the feed, a square is 1080 by 1080, and stories and reels fill the screen at 9:16 (1080 by 1920). Instagram has also started showing taller 3:4 posts and grid previews, so keep faces and text away from the edges.

Sizes for Facebook

The picture of a shared link is usually shown at about 1.91:1, and 1200 by 630 is the size most guides recommend for it. For photos in an album or on a page, Facebook keeps up to 2048 pixels on the long edge, so that is a good size to upload.

Why 2048 pixels suits client previews

A photo 2048 pixels on its long edge looks sharp on phones, tablets and most laptop screens, and is usually light enough that a whole set is quick to send and to open. It is plenty for choosing and for sharing online, and too small for a large print, which is a sensible line between a preview and the final file.

When to use 3000 pixels or more

At 300 dots per inch, 3000 pixels print about 25 cm (10 inches) on the long side, enough for a small print or a large screen. For bigger prints and for final delivery, send the original size: resizing only ever takes detail away.

Questions

Resizing, answered.

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Is this photo resizer really free?

Yes. There is no account, no limit on how many photos you resize, and no mark of ours on your photos. It is made by Capturely, a client gallery service for photographers, and costs nothing to use.

Are my photos uploaded anywhere?

No. The photos are resized by your own browser, on your device. They are never sent to a server, and they are gone when you close the page. Only your last settings (size, fit or crop, quality) are remembered on this device.

Does resizing reduce quality?

A smaller photo has fewer pixels, so it holds less detail than the original; that is what makes it lighter. The tool scales down in steps to keep edges clean and saves JPEG at the quality you set (88 unless you change it). It never makes a photo larger: one that is already smaller than the size you chose keeps its own pixels. Your original file is not changed, and camera details such as EXIF data are not copied into the new one.

What is the difference between fit and crop?

Fit keeps the whole photo and makes it as large as goes inside the frame, so one side may come out shorter than the frame. Crop to fill cuts away what does not fit, so the result is exactly the frame's size, and you choose whether the top, the center or the bottom is kept.

Can I resize many photos at once?

Yes. Add as many photos as you like, choose the size once, and each is resized in turn. Download them one by one or all together as a ZIP file. Large camera files take a few seconds each.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes, in Safari on iPhone and Chrome on Android. On iPhone, Download saves to the Files app; to keep a photo in Photos, tap Save or share, then Save Image. Photos chosen from the iPhone library arrive as JPEG. A HEIC file opens in Safari; another browser may not be able to read it, and the tool tells you when that happens.

For client delivery

Sending photos to a client?

Making a smaller copy for every screen is work a gallery can do for you. In Capturely you upload the originals once and send one link. The gallery makes smaller copies for each screen, so it opens fast on a phone, and a download gives your client the original file at full resolution.

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