Crop an image

Crop cuts an image down to a rectangle you choose, either by dragging the handles on the canvas or by typing exact X, Y, width and height values. Seven aspect locks are on offer — free, 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 9:16 and the golden ratio — and the typed fields and the canvas are two views of the same rectangle, so changing one updates the other immediately. It works on one image at a time, in your own browser.

How it works

  1. Add one image Drop a single file. Crop handles one image at a time — drop several and the first is kept, with a note saying so.
  2. Choose an aspect ratio Leave it on Free to drag any shape, or lock 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 9:16 or the golden ratio. "Select the whole image" then gives you the largest centred rectangle of that ratio that fits.
  3. Set the region Drag the handles, or type X, Y, width and height. Arrow keys move the selection a pixel at a time, shift moves it 10 px, and Tab reaches the handles.
  4. Pick the output format Keep, WebP, PNG or JPEG. A quality slider appears for the lossy formats; the output size readout updates as you drag.
  5. Process and download Press process to write the crop, check the preview, then download.

Questions

Can I crop several images at once?
No. Crop is deliberately one file at a time, because the selection rectangle is specific to each image — drop a batch and file4edit keeps the first and tells you. For cutting away uniform borders across a batch, the trim tool does that in bulk.
Can I crop a page from a PDF?
Yes. The first page is rendered at 150 DPI and then cropped, and the page says so on screen. The result is written as an image, not back into a PDF — PDF goes in but does not come out of this tool.
What happens if I type a region that runs off the edge?
The origin is honoured and the size gives way: a rectangle hanging over the right edge is shrunk to fit rather than slid back into frame, so dragging a handle past the edge stops the handle instead of moving the whole selection. SVG and TIFF sources are written as PNG, since neither can be written back.

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