Image cropper: questions and guides
Each guide here answers one question with a practical example, then takes you to the tool to try it yourself. Guides: 19.
Questions
- How to crop an image to an exact sizeHow to crop a product photo to a fixed ratio such as 1:1 or 4:5, or to a pixel size you type, and the difference between cropping and resizing.
- I want a 2000 px square, but the cropper rejects the number or sets it back to 1000. Why can't I crop a square bigger than my photo?Typed a crop width larger than your photo and the cropper refused it or shrank it? Here is exactly what happens, and what to do when you need a bigger file.
- I picked 4:5 and got 799 x 999 instead of an exact 4:5. Is the cropper broken?Why a fixed crop ratio is sometimes one pixel off, and how to pick a width that gives you an exact 4:5 or 16:9 every time.
- I cropped away about half the photo, so why didn't the file size halve, and sometimes even grow?File size after cropping does not follow the pixels you removed. Why that happens, how to compare sizes before and after, and when you need a separate compression step.
- If I crop a customer's name and phone number out of an order screenshot, can anyone recover the part I cut?Before you post an order screenshot with the customer's name and number cropped out: what really stays in the cropped file, and what cropping does not protect you from.
- My supplier photos all have different shapes and my Salla store grid looks uneven. How do I make them consistent?Supplier photos arrive in every shape and your product grid looks messy. A practical way to make them consistent: crop to one ratio, then resize to one size.
- I crop screenshots of customer reviews to post. Should I save them as PNG or JPEG so the text stays sharp?When you crop a customer review screenshot to post, the save format decides how crisp the letters stay. When to choose PNG, when JPEG or WebP is fine.
- I cropped my transparent logo and the background came out white. How do I keep the transparency?Why a white background appears after cropping a transparent PNG logo, the right 'Save as' choice to keep transparency, and what cannot be fixed once it is saved.
- How do I cut a wide website banner out of a photo I shot in portrait on my phone?How to take a 16:9 band out of a tall photo you shot on your phone, how much of its height you lose, and how to place the product inside the band.
- How do I crop to a ratio that isn't in the list, like 1.91:1 for a link preview image?Asked for a 1.91:1 image or a size such as 1200 × 628 for a link preview? How to type a custom ratio in the cropper, and how the two ways of writing it differ.
- I shot a batch of products from the same tripod position. How do I crop exactly the same area from every photo?Shot a batch of products from one tripod position and want identical crops? Type the same pixel values for each photo, in the right order so the box does not change.
- Why does my crop box get smaller on its own when I type a large X value?Typed a position in the X or Y field and the crop box suddenly got smaller? What the tool is doing and why, and how to get the size back without starting over.
- I cropped a small area to show the engraving up close. Why does it look soft when the store displays it large?Cropping a small area to show an engraving or texture leaves you with few pixels, so it looks soft when shown large. How to spot it before downloading, and what fixes it.
- To make a wide photo square, should I use the cropper or the resizer's Fill and crop or Fit inside?Three ways to turn a landscape photo into a square: the cropper, or the resizer's Fill and crop and Fit inside. What each removes or adds, and when to use which.
- I photographed a paper invoice and the table shows around it. How do I crop to just the paper before turning it into a PDF?Photographed an invoice or receipt and the table shows around it? Crop to the paper with the free ratio, then turn it into a PDF, plus what the cropper cannot fix.
- My WhatsApp Business and Instagram profile picture shows as a circle and cuts my logo. How do I crop it properly?WhatsApp Business and Instagram show profile pictures in a circle, hiding the corners of your logo. How to crop a square that keeps the whole logo inside the circle.
- The crop preview looks small and less sharp. Will my downloaded image look like that?The cropper's preview is a scaled copy for display only, while the downloaded file is drawn from the original pixels at full size. How to check it yourself.
- I have one photo with four products laid out together. How do I split each product into its own image?Shot four products together and need a separate image of each? Open the photo once, crop and download each product in turn, without reopening the file.
- I measured an element's position on my web page, but cropping the screenshot at those numbers lands in the wrong place. Why?The cropper's X and Y fields use the screenshot's real pixels, and high-density screens multiply them. How to find the factor and convert your numbers first.