Image Cropper
Crop to a square, a social media shape, or a circle with a transparent background.
About this tool
Most cropping is not artistic. It is someone needing a square profile picture, a 4:5 image because Instagram crops the rest anyway, or a circular avatar that does not have an ugly white box behind it.
Pick the shape and this crops the largest area of that shape from your photo. Choose whether to keep the middle, the top or the bottom, because centre-cropping a portrait usually removes the head.
The circle option produces a PNG with a genuinely transparent background, so it sits properly on any colour rather than on a white square.
Questions
Can I drag to choose the area?
Not yet. It crops the largest area of the shape you pick, and you choose whether to keep the middle, top or bottom. For portraits, Top is usually right.
Why is my circle crop a PNG?
JPG has no transparency, so a circle saved as JPG comes with a white square behind it. PNG keeps the corners genuinely clear.
Which shape for Instagram?
4:5 for feed posts, 1:1 for a square, 16:9 for a wide banner. 4:5 uses the most screen space in the feed.