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Drop a photo, drag the box over what you want to keep, lock a ratio if you need one, and download the cropped image.
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Araluma's image cropper trims a photo down to the part that matters. Drop an image in, drag the box over what you want to keep, and download the result. Need a set shape? Lock a ratio like 1:1, 4:5, or 16:9 and the box keeps it while you move it. The whole crop happens on your own machine, so the photo stays with you and nothing is sent to a server. Cropping only chooses which pixels to keep, so what is left holds its original quality, nothing is re-compressed. Save the result as a PNG, WebP, or AVIF, or as a JPEG when you do not need transparency. There is nothing to learn and nothing to install. Drop an image and trim it. From there you can round it with a circle crop, compress it, or browse the rest of the crop tools.
Drop a single photo onto the page, or pick one from your device. A box appears over the image, and you drag its edges and corners to frame the part you want to keep. When the framing looks right, press the button and everything outside the box is trimmed away. The cropped image is ready to download in seconds. There is nothing to set up first, and the photo stays on your own machine the whole time, nothing is sent to a server.
When the crop has to fit a known slot, lock a ratio first. Pick 1:1 for a profile picture, 4:5 for a feed post, 16:9 for a thumbnail or banner, and the box holds that shape while you slide it over the image. That way the crop comes out at exactly the proportion the destination expects, with no guessing and no second pass to fix an edge that ended up a touch off. Leave the ratio open when you just want to trim by eye.
Cropping does not touch the quality of what stays inside the box. It only discards the pixels outside, so the part you keep is the same as the original, never re-compressed. A PNG, WebP, or AVIF holds every detail and keeps any transparency. A JPEG is a little lighter because it compresses, and since JPEG cannot carry transparency, any see-through areas come out filled with a solid color instead.
For a precise crop, the box does not have to be dragged by hand alone. Once it is roughly placed, the arrow keys nudge the selection a step at a time, so you can line an edge up exactly without fighting the mouse. It is the quickest way to trim a hairline of background off one side, or to center a subject that a drag left slightly off. Mouse, touch, and keyboard all move the same box.
The whole crop runs on your own machine, so the photo never reaches a server. You can confirm it: open the network panel and crop a photo, and you will see no image leave the page. Nothing is added to the file you download, no badge in the corner and no stamp across it. The cropper takes PNG, JPG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, BMP, and SVG, plus HEIC on Safari, so most photos go straight in.
A rectangular crop is the right tool when you want less of the frame. If instead you need a round cutout for an avatar, a circle crop is the better fit. Once the photo is trimmed you can compress it so it loads fast on the web, or browse the full set of crop tools for the shape your destination expects.
Drop one image onto the page or pick it from your device. The whole crop stays on your own machine.
Drag the edges and corners over the part you want to keep, or lock a ratio first to hold a set shape.
Use the arrow keys to nudge the selection a step at a time and line an edge up exactly.
Export as a transparent PNG, WebP, or AVIF, or as a JPEG when you do not need transparency.
Save the cropped image to your device, ready to use wherever it is headed.
A rectangular crop is one shape. Round it for an avatar, make the file lighter for the web, or browse the full set of crop tools.
No, the part inside the box keeps its original quality. Cropping only discards the pixels outside the selection and leaves the rest untouched, so nothing you keep is re-compressed. A PNG, WebP, or AVIF holds every detail, only a JPEG is a little lighter, and that is because JPEG compresses, not because the crop changed anything.
Yes. The preset ratios cover the usual destinations, a square for a profile, 4:5 for a feed post, 16:9 for a thumbnail or banner, and the box holds whichever you pick as you move it. So the result lands at the exact proportion the slot wants, no second pass to fix a slightly off edge. Prefer to eyeball it? Leave the ratio open.
You can crop PNG, JPG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, BMP, and SVG images, plus HEIC on Safari, so most photos go straight in. The cropped image comes back as a transparent PNG, WebP, or AVIF, or as a JPEG when you do not need transparency, ready for wherever it is headed.
It stays with you. The whole crop runs on your own machine, so the photo is never sent to a server while you trim it. You can check it yourself in the network panel: crop a photo and watch nothing leave the page. Because no server ever touches the image, there is nothing to log, retain, or share.
Because you saved as JPEG, and JPEG cannot carry transparency. When a crop has see-through areas and you export it as a JPEG, those areas are filled with a solid color, white unless you pick another. To keep the transparency, save the crop as a PNG, WebP, or AVIF instead, all of which keep transparency.
Yes. After a rough placement, the arrow keys move the box one step at a time, so an edge lands exactly where you want without overshooting with the mouse. It is the quickest way to shave a thin strip off one side or recenter a subject that the drag left a little off.
Neither. The cropped image comes back with nothing stamped on it, no badge in the corner and no mark across the picture, and there is nothing to pay for the download. You save the trimmed result and use it wherever you need.
There is nothing to install. Open the page, add your photo with a click or a drag, frame the box over the part you want, lock a ratio if you need one, and press the button. Your cropped image comes back ready to save as a PNG, WebP, AVIF, or JPEG, all without the photo ever leaving your machine.
Notes from the team on craft, formats, and the small decisions behind a good round crop.