Social sizes
file4edit's social sizes tool crops one image to the exact pixel dimensions each platform renders at — 1080×1080 for an Instagram post, 1080×1920 for a story, 1280×720 for a YouTube thumbnail, 1200×630 for an Open Graph image, and nine more across X, LinkedIn, Facebook and Pinterest. Every placement is a cover crop, so the source keeps its proportions and the overflow is cut away rather than squashed. A nine-cell focal grid decides which part of the picture survives the cut, and any placement drawn larger than the source is flagged as enlarged.
How it works
- Tick the placements Choose the sizes you need from the picker, grouped by platform. Each platform has a Select all button, and the counter shows how many of the thirteen are ticked.
- Add the image Drop one image. Rendering starts immediately for every ticked placement, and each finished size appears as a card with its dimensions and file size.
- Set the focal point Click a cell on the nine-cell grid to anchor the crop. Centre suits a square, and is also what takes the top of a head off in a tall story crop.
- Choose the output Pick JPEG, WebP, PNG or AVIF and set the quality. Changing either re-renders every ticked placement.
- Download Save one size from the download button on its card, or press Download all as ZIP to get every rendered placement in social-sizes.zip.
Questions
- Will my image be stretched to fit each size?
- No. Every placement in file4edit's social sizes tool is a cover crop: the source keeps its proportions and whatever overflows the target shape is cut off. Nothing is squashed to fit, because a squashed face is worse than a cropped one. The nine-cell focal grid is where you decide which part of the image the crop keeps.
- What happens if my image is smaller than a placement?
- The size is still rendered, but it is drawn larger than the source and will look soft. Those placements are marked enlarged on their card, and a warning names the source dimensions and which sizes were affected. YouTube channel art at 2560×1440 is the one most sources fall short of.
- Which placements does it cover?
- Thirteen: Instagram post 1080×1080, portrait 1080×1350 and story 1080×1920; X post 1600×900 and header 1500×500; LinkedIn post 1200×627 and profile banner 1584×396; Facebook post 1200×630 and cover 851×315; YouTube thumbnail 1280×720 and channel art 2560×1440; Pinterest pin 1000×1500; and a 1200×630 Open Graph image for the web.
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