Resize & Crop
Why Your Photo Is Sideways (EXIF Orientation) and How to Fix It
Why photos that look fine on your phone appear sideways on websites and computers, what the EXIF orientation tag does, and how to fix the photo…
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Practical guides for working with images and PDFs: file sizes, formats, dimensions and the fixes that actually work.
Resize & Crop
How to Crop an Image to a Square, 16:9 or Any Aspect Ratio
Common aspect ratios and where they are used, a simple formula for the largest possible crop, and step-by-step cropping to squares, 16:9, 4:5 and print sizes.
Resize & Crop
How to Resize an Image Without Losing Quality
Why shrinking an image keeps it sharp but enlarging never does, and six rules for resizing photos without blur, stretching or wasted quality.
Resize & Crop
How to Resize a Photo for a Passport or Visa Application
Prepare a passport or visa photo that passes online checks: the right shape, exact pixels and a file size in the allowed range, step by step…
Resize & Crop
Image Dimensions Explained: Pixels, Resolution, DPI and Aspect Ratio
What pixels, megapixels, resolution, DPI and aspect ratio actually mean, how many pixels you need for printing, and when to resize versus crop.
Image Compression
How to Optimize Images for a Faster Website
A practical checklist for faster pages: the right dimensions, WebP and AVIF, sensible compression, srcset, lazy loading and the image settings that improve Core Web Vitals.
Image Compression
Photo Upload Rejected? 7 Common Reasons and How to Fix Each One
File too large, iPhone HEIC format, wrong dimensions, a sideways photo: the seven reasons websites reject image uploads, and the quick fix for each one.
Image Compression
Lossy vs Lossless Compression: What’s the Difference?
How lossy and lossless compression shrink images, what each one costs you, which formats use which, and how to choose for photos, screenshots and logos.
Image Compression
How to Compress an Image to 50KB Without Losing Quality
A step-by-step way to get any photo under 50KB for an online form, plus the one extra step that stops the result from looking blurry.
Image Compression
How to Reduce Image File Size: The Complete Guide
Everything that makes an image file large, and the five ways to make it smaller - compressing, resizing, choosing the right format, cropping and removing metadata…