About PhotoSizeMaker
PhotoSizeMaker is a small collection of practical photo utilities that run entirely in your browser.
Anyone who has filled in a visa application, a university portal or a government form knows the message: “photo must be between 20 KB and 100 KB”, “JPEG only”, “600 × 750 pixels”. The picture on your phone is 4 MB and the wrong shape. PhotoSizeMaker exists to fix exactly that, quickly, without installing software and without sending your face to somebody else’s server.
How it works
Every tool is a static web page. When you add a picture, your browser decodes it, JavaScript resizes, crops, converts or re-encodes it, and a new file is offered for download. Because nothing is processed on a back-end, we never see your photos. The tools keep working even if you go offline after the page has loaded.
What we focus on
- Exact targets — the compressors search for the highest JPEG quality that stays safely under your limit, and the “increase size” tool handles forms that ask for a minimum.
- Clear explanations — each tool page explains what happens to your picture and where the limits are, and the guides go deeper into formats, DPI, metadata and official photo rules.
- Honesty about ID photos — passport rules differ by country and change over time. We summarise them from official pages, show when we last reviewed them and link to the source, but only the receiving authority decides whether a photo is accepted.
- Simplicity — one job per page, sensible defaults, no accounts.
How the site is funded
PhotoSizeMaker is independent and free to use. It is funded by advertising shown on the pages, which is why you may see ads next to the tools. We do not sell data and we do not ask you to register. The privacy policy describes the cookies and advertising technology involved, and the terms set out what you can expect from the service.
A note on official photo requirements
The size tables and country pages are written to help you prepare a picture, not to replace the instructions of the authority that will receive it. Rules are updated, and a few countries — for example the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada — do not allow digitally edited backgrounds or retouched images. Always check the current official page before you submit or print.
Feedback
Found a picture that does not convert correctly, or a requirement that has changed? Use the contact page, mention the tool and what you expected, and we will look into it. Reports that include the file type and the target size are the fastest to fix.