Can I choose which part of the photo stays?

This tool crops from the center automatically. For manual control over the crop area, use the free-form Crop Image tool instead.

Is my photo uploaded anywhere?

No. This tool runs entirely in your browser using the Canvas API — your file never leaves your device.

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Crop Image 16:9 (Widescreen)

Automatically crop a photo to a widescreen 16:9 ratio — free, instant, entirely on your device.

BEFORE

AFTER

Drop an image here

JPG, PNG or WebP — nothing is uploaded to a server

Cropped to 16:9

Ready to download

How to crop an image to 16:9

Drop your photo into the box above and it's automatically center-cropped to a 16:9 widescreen ratio, trimming the top and bottom evenly for a landscape photo, then offered for immediate download.

For example, a photo destined for a video thumbnail, a presentation slide, or a website banner typically needs this exact widescreen ratio to display correctly without letterboxing.

Where 16:9 is used

16:9 is the standard ratio for HD video, YouTube thumbnails, most modern monitors and TVs, and many website hero banners. Cropping to this ratio ahead of time avoids letterboxing or unexpected cropping wherever the image is eventually displayed.

Where a 16:9 crop is expected

16:9 is the standard widescreen ratio behind video players, presentation slides, YouTube thumbnails and most blog hero images — it's the shape a screen is built around, which is why so many platforms default to it. Cropping a photo to 16:9 before dropping it into a slide deck or a website header avoids the platform stretching or oddly cropping it for you.

Wide landscape shots crop into 16:9 with the least loss of detail, since the ratio is already close to natural landscape photography. Tighter portrait or square source photos will need more of the top or bottom trimmed away — worth checking the preview to make sure your subject stays inside the frame after the crop.

Framing for a wide crop

Because 16:9 is considerably wider than tall, it works best when your subject has room on either side to breathe — a portrait shot with the subject filling most of the frame vertically will lose a lot of context once cropped this wide, so consider whether a different ratio suits that kind of photo better.

The crop selection is locked to the 16:9 proportion and updates live as you drag it, using the Canvas API in your browser — no server round-trip is needed to preview or finalize the result.

A quick check before exporting

Since 16:9 trims the most off the top and bottom of a source photo, double-check that your subject's head or any important text isn't sitting right at those edges before finalizing — a small adjustment to the crop position usually solves it if something important is about to be cut off.