Crop and position a photo

Crop a photo

Choose Fill the frame when the photo should reach every edge of the target. If the ratios differ, part of the source is excluded. Choose Keep the whole photo when every edge should remain visible; the unused frame area becomes border.

Check orientation before positioning the crop. Rotating by a quarter-turn swaps the working width and height. Changing the target from portrait to landscape is a separate decision and can substantially change the amount of the image that fits.

Adjust and move

Drag the crop position in the preview, or use the horizontal and vertical position controls. The controls provide a keyboard alternative to dragging. Move toward important content while watching the opposite edge, where more of the crop will be removed.

Position changes which part of the source is retained. It does not add pixels or change the fixed target ratio. For the largest crop of a given shape, the retained dimensions and effective PPI remain the same as you move its position.

Use reset to return to a predictable starting composition, then select the intended orientation and size again if needed. The original file on your device is unchanged by these adjustments.

Preview your print

Read retained pixels, removed area, effective PPI, and the border dimensions together. With a 4000 × 3000 image in a 10 × 8 frame, fill retains 3750 × 3000 at 375 PPI and removes 6.25% of the area. Fit gives a 10 × 7.5 inch image at 400 PPI with quarter-inch top and bottom borders.

The preview is a composition guide, not an on-screen physical ruler or a simulation of paper and printer colour. Check faces, text, and edge detail visually; a small removed percentage can still contain important content.

Export the choice

A photo-only raster export uses the retained image pixels. Select the complete frame explicitly when its borders should be part of the output. PNG can use transparent or solid background; JPEG needs an opaque background.

For an image placed at a defined size on a sheet, continue to the paper layout and export its PDF. Save the project parameters if you want to reproduce this crop later, and keep the original available for restoration.