Why resize images?
Most images come off a phone or camera at 12–50 megapixels — far more than a web page, social post, or email needs. A 4000×3000 photo on a blog takes seconds to load and burns mobile data. A YouTube thumbnail only needs 1280×720 pixels. Resizing trims the image to the exact dimensions the destination requires, which cuts the file size proportionally and makes everything load faster.
How to resize an image
- Drop your files — drag JPG, PNG, or WEBP images onto the upload zone, or click to browse. Up to 30 files at once.
- Set the dimensions — enter a width and height in pixels, or switch to percent mode and scale by a percentage. Use a social media preset to fill in the exact platform dimensions automatically.
- Lock or unlock the aspect ratio — with the lock active, height is derived from each image's natural proportions so nothing is distorted. Unlock to force an exact width × height crop.
- Click Resize and download — each file is processed in your browser. Download individually or grab them all as a ZIP.
Resizing vs. compressing
These solve related but different problems. Resizing changes the pixel dimensions — fewer pixels means a smaller file. Compressing keeps the same pixel dimensions but lowers the encoding quality to save space. For the smallest possible result, do both: resize to the dimensions you need, then run the file through the Image Compressor. A 4000×3000 photo resized to 1280×960 and then compressed to 80% quality can drop from several megabytes to well under 200 KB with no visible loss at display size.
Social media image sizes
| Platform | Use | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
| Square post | 1080 × 1080 px | |
| Portrait post | 1080 × 1350 px | |
| YouTube | Thumbnail | 1280 × 720 px |
| Twitter / X | Banner | 1500 × 500 px |
| Cover photo | 820 × 312 px | |
| Banner | 1584 × 396 px | |
| TikTok | Portrait video cover | 1080 × 1920 px |
Privacy
Every byte stays in your browser. Resizing runs locally using the Canvas API — your files never leave your device. There is no upload step, no temporary server copy, and no account required.