Crop Image

The Rule of Thirds grid is a photography principle that divides your image into nine equal parts with two horizontal and two vertical lines. Placing important elements along these lines or at their intersections creates more balanced, engaging compositions. Enable this grid in our free image cropper by checking "Show grid" to improve your photo compositions when cropping. This is especially helpful for images that will be printed at 300 DPI for professional display.

Cropping itself doesn't reduce image quality, but it does remove pixels and therefore reduces the total resolution. Ozvyn's image cropper maintains the original quality of the remaining image area at 300 DPI, suitable for professional printing. For best results when planning to print cropped images, start with high-resolution originals. Our tool preserves your image's pixels-per-inch density while letting you focus on the most important parts of your image.

Different aspect ratios work best for specific purposes: 1:1 (square) is ideal for Instagram posts and profile pictures; 4:3 works well for most digital displays; 16:9 is perfect for YouTube thumbnails and presentations; 3:2 is standard for professional print photography; and 2:3 is great for Pinterest and portrait-oriented prints. Ozvyn's free image cropper offers all these common ratios while maintaining 300 DPI quality for professional printing results no matter which ratio you choose.