About social media image resizer
Every social network crops pictures to its own shapes. Sizing a photo to the right proportions beforehand keeps your subject in view and the picture sharp.
Typical shapes
- Square (1:1): profile pictures and classic feed posts.
- Portrait (4:5): the tall feed format on Instagram.
- Landscape (16:9): YouTube thumbnails, LinkedIn and X link images.
- Vertical (9:16): stories, reels and status.
Platform sizes change
Networks update their recommended dimensions from time to time. The presets here follow common sizes, so check the platform's own help page if a precise size matters.
Tips
- Keep faces and text away from the edges, which are the first to be cropped.
- Start from a large original; scaling up makes pictures soft.
Private
Resizing happens in your browser, and your photo is not uploaded.
A worked example
A landscape photo of 4000 × 3000 pixels for an Instagram portrait post (4:5) is cropped to the tallest 4:5 area, 2400 × 3000, and then resized to about 1080 × 1350. Doing it yourself keeps your subject in frame, instead of letting the app crop it.
Tips
- Keep faces and text in the middle 80% of the picture.
- Export a separate version for each platform where the ratios differ.
- Use JPG for photos and PNG for graphics with text.
