Profile Picture Maker - Crop a Photo into a Circle or Rounded Avatar
Profile Picture Maker
Crop a photo into a circle, rounded square or square avatar
Drag & drop a photo here, or click to choose
Add a photo to start. Drag the picture to position it.
Circle, Rounded or Square
Pick the shape that your site or app shows avatars in, and set how round the corners of a rounded square should be.
Drag and Zoom
Move the picture with your finger or mouse, or with the sliders, and zoom in until the face is framed the way you want.
Border and Transparency
Add a coloured ring, and keep the corners transparent so the avatar sits cleanly on any background.
Your Photo Stays Yours
Everything is done in your browser. The photo is not uploaded and the saved avatar carries no camera or location data.
Making a Profile Picture That Works
Sites crop avatars to a circle or rounded square, so a photo that is not square gets cut in unhelpful places when you upload it as is. Cropping it yourself lets you choose what stays in the frame. Keep the face large and centred, with a little room around the head, because the corners of a circle are cut away and a face near the edge can lose an ear or the top of the hair.
Output sizes of 512 or 1024 pixels cover nearly every platform, which shrink the picture themselves; 128 and 256 suit forum avatars and chat icons. Keep the transparent corners with PNG or WebP if the site will place the avatar on a coloured background; choose JPEG and a background colour if the site does not accept transparency. Where a site applies its own circular mask, use the square option so its mask and yours do not double up.
Key Takeaways
- Sizes: 128, 256, 512 or 1024 pixels square.
- Orientation: Photos taken sideways are turned upright automatically before cropping.
- Related tools: See also the Image Cropper and the Image to Favicon Generator.