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Round avatars look tidy on team pages, email signatures and slides, and most social platforms already show profile photos as circles. Drag a circle over the face you want, add a border ring if you like, and download a round image with transparent corners at the size you need.
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Overview
A circle crop is a square crop where everything outside the inscribed circle is removed. Those corners are made transparent, so the image has to be saved in a format that supports transparency, such as PNG, WebP or AVIF. JPG doesn’t, so if you need a JPG you pick a background colour to fill the corners instead. Platforms like Instagram, LinkedIn, X and Slack mask your upload into a circle anyway, so for them a well-centered square is enough. A true circular image is useful where you control the layout: websites, slide decks, email signatures and printed name badges.
The crop area is always a perfect circle. Drag it to move it over the photo and pull a corner to make it bigger or smaller. For precise framing, nudge it with the arrow keys or type exact X, Y and size values. If the photo is sideways or you want a mirror image, rotate it in 90° steps or flip it before cropping. A live circular preview shows exactly what the downloaded image will look like.
You can keep the cropped size as it is or export at a fixed size of 1024, 800, 512, 400 or 256 px, which makes a set of team photos match exactly. If you choose a size larger than your crop, the image is enlarged and can look soft, so draw the circle at least as large as the output. An optional border ring with adjustable width and colour adds a frame, similar to a story ring or a brand-colour outline.
Avatars are displayed small, often 32 to 200 px, but on high-density screens and in many places at once. A 400–800 px source keeps them sharp everywhere. Keep the face roughly centered and filling about 60% of the circle, with a little space above the head. All processing happens on a canvas in your browser, so your photo never leaves your device.
| Platform | Commonly recommended upload | Displayed as |
|---|---|---|
| 320 × 320 px or larger | Circle | |
| At least 320 × 320 px | Circle | |
| 400 × 400 px | Circle | |
| X (Twitter) | 400 × 400 px | Circle |
| YouTube | 800 × 800 px | Circle |
| Discord | At least 128 × 128 px, 512 px for sharpness | Circle |
Open a photo. Rotate it or flip it first if needed.
Drag the circle over the face or subject, and resize it from the corners.
Fine-tune with the arrow keys or the X, Y and size fields while watching the circular preview.
Pick an output size, choose transparent corners or a background colour, and add a border ring if you want one.
Choose PNG, WebP, AVIF or (with a background colour) JPG, and download.
Use cases
Export every headshot at 400 or 512 px with the same border ring, so the whole team looks consistent no matter how the original photos were shot.
A small round photo next to your name adds a personal touch. Choose a background colour that matches your email theme if you need a JPG, or keep transparent corners as PNG.
Round speaker photos and testimonial portraits look polished on title and quote slides. Transparent corners let the slide background show through.
Use the live circular preview to see how a photo will look once Instagram, LinkedIn or Discord masks it into a circle, and adjust the framing before uploading.
Pro tips
Answers to common questions about the circle crop.
JPG has no transparency, so the corners outside the circle can’t be empty. Choose PNG, WebP or AVIF for transparent corners, or pick a background colour, which fills the corners and makes JPG available.
A 400–800 px square works well on most platforms. The 400, 512 and 800 px presets cover the commonly recommended upload sizes, and 1024 px gives extra headroom.
Yes. Turn on the border ring and set its width and colour. It’s drawn around the edge of the circle in the downloaded image.
Make the circle smaller and move it over the face. That crops more tightly, and choosing an output size then scales the result. Keep the circle at least as large as the output size to avoid a soft image.
Yes. Rotate it in 90° steps before cropping. You can also mirror it horizontally or flip it vertically.
No. ToolEnhancer processes files on your own device inside the browser. They are never sent to, stored on or seen by our servers.
Yes. The circle crop is free to use with no sign-up, no watermarks and no daily limits.
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