Resize a photo to 200 × 200 pixels

Make a small square photo of exactly 200 x 200 pixels for a visa form or a profile page. Pick what fills the square, and add a KB limit. Free, no upload.

Before you start

A small square of 200 × 200 pixels is asked for on some visa forms and profile pages. On SafeResize, the Saudi Arabia Tourist e-Visa photo must be exactly 200 × 200 pixels and 5 KB to 100 KB, and 200 × 200 is the smallest square the India OCI card photo allows.

The tool below opens with 200 × 200 pixels filled in. Most photos are not square, so you choose: "Fill the frame" cuts off the edges, and "Show all of it" keeps the whole photo and adds white edges. Nothing is stretched.

Tips

For an official visa photo, use the page for your country. It sets the pixels and the file size together and shows the background rule.

In the next step, drag the photo so the face sits in the middle of the square. At 200 pixels there is no room to spare.

Only uploading, not printing? Leave the DPI under "More options" as it is. It only matters for sizes in mm, cm or inches.

The numbers behind 200 × 200

A little cropping goes a long way on a square this small. The numbers:

Pixels: 200 × 200 is 40,000 pixels, about 0.3% of a 12 megapixel phone photo.

Shape: a square, 1 by 1. An upright phone photo is 3 by 4, so "Fill the frame" cuts a quarter of its height.

Print size: about 17 × 17 mm at 300 DPI. It reaches 2 × 2 inches only at 100 DPI, which looks soft on paper.

Bigger squares: 400 × 400 has four times the pixels. If a form allows a range, such as 200 × 200 to 900 × 900, a bigger square keeps more detail.

Questions and answers

Will a 200 × 200 photo look sharp?

On a form or a profile page, yes, because it is shown small. It is not meant for printing: at 300 DPI it would print only 17 mm (0.67 inch) wide.

How big is a 200 × 200 JPG in KB?

Small. It has only 40,000 pixels, so even at a high JPG quality the file is usually well under 100 KB. The result page shows the exact size.

What if the form wants 200 × 200 and a minimum in KB?

This tool sets a maximum only. Make the photo 200 × 200 here first. Then open that file in Make a photo smaller and type the minimum in "Must be at least" under "More options". Its width and height stay the same.