Crop an Image to an Aspect Ratio
Get an exact 16:9 or 1:1 frame without distorting anything. This finds the biggest rectangle of that ratio that fits inside your image and trims the rest — you choose which edge it anchors to, so a portrait's head doesn't end up cropped off. Batch-friendly, and nothing is uploaded.
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Crop, don't stretch
There are three ways to make an image a different shape and only one of them is usually right. Stretching changes the ratio by distorting the picture — faces get wide, circles get oval. Padding keeps everything and adds bars. Cropping keeps the proportions correct and throws away the edges. This tool crops.
Because it takes the largest rectangle of your ratio that fits, you never lose more than one axis' worth of image: a 3:2 photo cropped to 16:9 loses only height, and the width is untouched. If you'd rather keep the whole image and accept bars, Fit in a rectangle does that. If you genuinely want a stretch, Change aspect ratio is the tool that distorts on purpose.
The anchor is the important setting
Centre is a reasonable default and wrong surprisingly often. Cropping a portrait to 16:9 from the centre slices off the top of the head and the chin at once; anchoring to the top keeps the face. Landscapes usually want centre or bottom so the horizon survives. Screenshots of documents want top, because that's where the content starts.
Anchoring only applies along the axis being trimmed — anchoring "top" on an image that's only being narrowed does nothing, since there's no vertical trim to bias. For crops that need per-image judgement rather than one rule, Crop takes explicit coordinates.
FAQ
What output size do I get?
The largest whole-pixel rectangle of your ratio that fits inside the source — so a 4000×3000 image cropped to 16:9 gives 4000×2250. Nothing is upscaled. Chain Resize afterwards if you need specific dimensions.
Can I enter a decimal ratio?
Yes — the ratio fields accept decimals, so 1.91:1 for social cards or 2.39:1 for cinemascope both work. The presets fill them in for you.
Does it work on a batch of different-sized images?
Yes. Each image is cropped to the same ratio independently, so the outputs share a shape but not necessarily pixel dimensions. Follow with Thumbnail generator to normalise the sizes.
Is transparency preserved?
Yes — cropping only discards pixels; the alpha channel of what remains is untouched.