Social image resizer
Each network crops differently. Presets keep your subject inside the safe frame for feed, story, and header boxes.
Pick a platform preset, upload an image, and download a perfectly sized JPG — all in your browser.
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Resize for social
Pick a preset, upload, and download a cropped JPG.
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Platform presets
Instagram post, story, Twitter header, and LinkedIn banner sizes built in.
Cover crop
Images are center-cropped to exact dimensions — no squashing.
Browser only
Nothing is uploaded. Resize locally with the Canvas API.
Why freehand resize fails on social
Uploading a phone photo and hoping the network crops kindly often chops off faces or logos. Each surface—feed post, story, header—uses a fixed pixel box.
This page resizes with social presets. Choose the target, position the subject, and download an image built for that box. Guessing width and height from memory is how campaign assets arrive with cut-off chins and truncated wordmarks.
Start from the highest-resolution original you have. Upscaling a tiny thumbnail does not invent detail. Soft logos stay soft after a social preset.
Brand teams that publish weekly learn this the hard way when a story crop clips a product label that looked fine in a landscape master. Presets exist to stop that class of miss.
Pixel numbers change when platforms update templates. Prefer the preset label for the surface you are posting to today rather than a memorized width from last year.
Subject first, then the frame
Place the face or product in the center of the safe area before you export. Stories and vertical posts punish subjects stuck in a corner of a landscape shot.
Leave margin from the edges for username overlays, progress bars, and swipe hints. Network UI chrome covers corners. Preview on a phone-sized window before you publish when the layout tool offers one.
If a campaign needs feed, story, and header versions, export three files from the same master photo with different crops rather than stretching one square into a wide banner.
Group photos need the same care: place the people you want readable inside the safe area, not the empty sky at the edge of a wide shot.
Product shots should keep the label text inside the inner rectangle. Edge chrome on stories routinely covers the outer ten percent of the frame.
Stories versus feed versus headers
Stories are tall. Feed posts are closer to square or 4:5. Channel and profile headers are wide. Exporting one square and stretching it into a header is how logos warp.
Use the preset that matches the surface you are publishing to today. When a weekly calendar reuses one hero photo, still export fresh crops for story versus feed so color grading stays matched across surfaces.
For Instagram-specific crops, the dedicated Instagram resize page focuses on that network common boxes. This social resizer covers the broader set of presets across networks.
File weight after resize
A correctly sized image is often smaller than the raw camera file. That helps mobile uploads on weak connections. If the network still rejects the file, compress on the compressor tool without changing dimensions again.
Keep a master copy. Export named variants per network so you can refresh a campaign later without hunting through chat uploads. Put the post date in the filename when assets are scheduled.
PNG versus JPG depends on content. Hard graphics and text overlays prefer PNG. Photographs headed to feed often prefer JPG. Do not change dimensions a second time after compression.
If a network rejects the upload for size after a correct preset, compress without changing width or height. Changing dimensions again after compression can reintroduce crop surprises.
Brand colors, text overlays, and safe margins
If you add caption text, leave margin from the edges. Network UI chrome covers corners. Preview on a phone-sized window before you publish.
After export, open the image in the network draft composer once. If the live preview crops tighter than the preset, nudge the subject inward and export again from the master.
Strip EXIF on public posts when location privacy matters. Resizing does not remove GPS by itself. Use the remove-exif tool when the photo still carries coordinates.
Rights on the photo
Resize images you own or have permission to publish. Resizing does not change ownership. Stock and client work follow the same licence you already signed.
Client work that forbids cropped reuse still forbids cropped reuse after a preset. Ask before you publish a tight crop of a licensed frame.
Social image resizer runs within Vidzilla tools quota. Processed images are not kept as a public gallery. Save what you need to your own campaign folder.
Employee headshots and customer photos follow consent rules your organization already set. A social preset does not create permission to publish.
Reuse across a content calendar
A weekly calendar that reuses one hero photo still needs fresh crops for story versus feed. Export both on the same day from the master so white balance stays consistent.
Archive the exported presets beside the calendar spreadsheet with the post date in the filename. When a post is rescheduled, you already have the correctly cropped asset.
When a network updates its recommended sizes, regenerate from the master rather than stretching last year’s export. Old dimensions that once fit can fail the new composer.
Questions about social resizing
Will one size work on every network?
No. Export a preset per surface. Feed, story, and header boxes differ across networks and within the same app.
Why does my face still get cropped?
Reposition the subject inside the safe area for that preset and export again from the master photo.
Can I enlarge a tiny logo?
You can scale it, but detail will not appear magically. Start from a larger master whenever you can.
Is this free?
Yes, within Vidzilla tools quota for ordinary resizing on this page.
How is this different from Image Resizer?
Image Resizer is general dimensions. This page targets social presets and safe frames for posts and headers.
Should I strip location data before posting?
Yes when privacy matters. Use the remove-exif tool after export if the photo still carries GPS.