Crop a Photo for Instagram (4:5 Portrait)

The 4:5 frame is ready: place it on your photo, confirm, then export at 1080 × 1350 pixels, Instagram’s portrait size.

The editor is designed for a computer or tablet: open this page on a larger screen to edit your image.

100% local processing, nothing is uploaded

How does it work?

Drop your photo: it opens in the editor with the Crop tool set to the 4:5 portrait ratio, the one that takes up the most space in the Instagram feed. Draw the frame on the part of the photo you want to keep.

Adjust the frame by dragging it, or type its exact width and height in the bar that appears below the image. Click the check mark to confirm: the document takes the size of the frame. Finally, click Export to choose the format (PNG, JPG or WebP) and the final size.

In the export window, type 1080 as the width with “Keep proportions”: the height becomes 1350 pixels.

Examples

A landscape photo turned into a 4:5 portrait

A 4000 × 3000 pixel photo: the largest 4:5 frame is 3000 × 0.8 = 2400 × 3000. Exported at 1080 wide, it measures 1080 × 1350, the size Instagram recommends.

A portrait visual with a headline

Crop a 3024 × 4032 photo to 4:5 (3024 × 3780), add a headline at size 160 with the Text tool, then export at 1080 × 1350: the headline is about 57 pixels tall, readable on a phone.

Frequently asked questions

Why 4:5 rather than square?
In the Instagram feed, a 4:5 photo (1080 × 1350) is 25% taller than a square one (1080 × 1080): it fills more of the phone screen. It is the tallest format allowed for a feed post.
Does the tool post the photo to Instagram?
No. The tool creates a file that you download to your device and post yourself. It is not connected to any social media account.
Can I keep the whole image without cutting it?
Cropping cuts the image. To keep everything, create a document with the right proportions (File › New document offers square, portrait and story sizes), open your photo in it as a layer and scale it down: the edges stay transparent or take the background color you chose.
Are my images uploaded to a server?
No. Images are opened, edited and encoded in your browser, on your device. No image, file name or layer text is uploaded: you can even go offline once the page has loaded. Closing the tab erases your work in progress.

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