Passport Photo Maker

About this tool

Passport, visa, and ID applications ask for a tightly framed head-and-shoulders photo, and pharmacy kiosks charge $10–20 for a sheet of two. This tool prepares a square passport-style crop in your browser. Upload a photo taken against a plain light wall, and it is centred and scaled to fill a square frame; the Zoom slider (1× to 3×) tightens the crop until your head fills most of the frame. Output size runs from 300 to 1200 pixels in 50 px steps, defaulting to 600×600 px, which is a 2×2 inch photo at 300 DPI, the size used for US passports. The background colour defaults to white and an optional border can be added. Download as PNG, JPEG or WebP. The file has no country presets, head-position overlay or print-sheet layout, and it is always square, so formats such as 35×45 mm need a different tool. Everything runs on the HTML5 Canvas; the photo never leaves your device.

Why use it

• Square 2×2 Inch Output: The default 600×600 px file equals 2×2 inches at 300 DPI, matching the US passport photo size, and the slider goes up to 1200 px for higher-resolution uploads.

• Simple Zoom Framing: The photo is centred automatically and the Zoom slider crops in, so you can size your head within the frame without learning an image editor.

• Clean, Plain Defaults: Background starts at white and the border at 0 px, so the export is a plain square photo ready for printing or uploading.

• PNG, JPEG or WebP: Pick JPEG for online visa and ID portals that only accept JPEG, or PNG for a lossless master copy you can print later.

• Local-Only Crop: Passport photos contain biometric-grade facial detail. Canvas-only processing means the photo never leaves your browser tab — it is not uploaded to any server, including this one.

How to use

1. Upload a recent head-and-shoulders photo taken against a plain light background
2. Set the Output size slider; 600 px gives a 2×2 inch photo at 300 DPI
3. Use the Zoom slider so your head fills roughly 50–70% of the frame height
4. Leave Border width at 0 and Background at white unless your form says otherwise
5. Choose PNG or JPEG under Format and click Generate Profile Picture
6. Click Download and print at exactly 2×2 inches, or upload the file to an online application

When it helps

• When applying for a US passport or visa that asks for a 2×2 inch (600×600 px) photo
• When completing an online application that requires a square JPEG upload of a given pixel size
• When a passport photo was rejected for the head being too small and you need to crop in tighter
• When preparing a square photo for a student or employee ID card
• When you want a quick square headshot crop before printing at a local photo counter

Examples

Tips

• Take the source photo against a plain white wall in even, diffuse daylight — no ceiling-light shadows on the face and no colour cast from surrounding surfaces.
• Eyes should be open and looking directly into the camera, mouth closed, neutral expression — most rejections are caused by eyes slightly closed or a visible smile.
• Stand centred in the original shot — the crop is always taken from the middle of the photo, so an off-centre face cannot be moved afterwards.
• When printing, set the image size to exactly 2×2 inches and turn off 'fit to page' so the printer does not scale the photo.
• If your selfie has a slight head tilt, straighten it digitally before cropping — most passport offices reject photos with a tilt greater than 5 degrees from vertical.

Frequently Asked Questions

Glossary

35×45 mm

The standard passport photo size used by the UK, most EU countries, India, Australia, and New Zealand. At 300 DPI this corresponds to a digital image of 413×531 pixels.

300 DPI

Dots per inch — a measure of print resolution. 300 DPI is the standard for photo-quality printing. An image with embedded 300 DPI metadata will print at the physically correct size on a calibrated printer without manual scaling.

Biometric photo

A standardised photograph taken under controlled conditions to support automated facial recognition. ICAO Document 9303 defines international standards for biometric passport photos including head position, background, expression, and lighting.

Head height ratio

The proportion of the total photo height occupied by the face from chin to crown. Most passport specifications require the head to occupy 70–80% of the photo height, with specific minimum and maximum millimetre values.

Background colour spec

The required background colour for an ID or passport photo, specified by the issuing authority. Common requirements are plain white (US passports), plain off-white or light grey (UK passports), or plain white (India).

ICAO 9303

The International Civil Aviation Organization standard for Machine Readable Travel Documents. Part 3 defines the biometric photo specifications that most countries' passport offices use as their technical baseline.