Crop a photo to the size your passport office or visa application asks for, with the head height guides that actually get photos accepted, and a sheet you can take to any print shop.
A plain wall behind the subject works best. Shoot straight on, in even light, with the eyes open and looking at the camera.
Choose the document you are applying for. Drag the photo and use the zoom so the top of the head sits on the upper line and the chin sits on the lower one.
You get a correctly sized file at print resolution. Ask for a print sheet as well and you get several copies laid out on 4 by 6 paper with cutting guides.
Most rejected photos are the right shape and the wrong scale. Passport offices specify how much of the frame the face has to fill, usually somewhere between 60 and 80 percent from chin to crown, and a photo that is correctly sized in millimetres but framed too wide gets sent back anyway.
That is what the two dashed lines are for. Put the crown of the head on the upper line and the chin on the lower one, and the face lands inside the band the authority asks for. The lines are a guide on screen only and never appear in the saved photo.
Sizes are worked out from millimetres at the resolution you choose, not from a fixed pixel count, which is why 300 DPI is the sensible default. A 35 by 45 mm photo at 300 DPI is 413 by 531 pixels, and anything much below that will look soft once it is printed at stamp size.
No. The work happens inside this tab, on your own machine. Open your browser's network tab while you use the tool, there is no request carrying your file.
Practical limits depend on the tool, browser and available device memory. Large files can fail even when no explicit limit is shown. Keep an original and use a smaller job if this device cannot finish it.
No, and there is no daily limit either. There is nothing to sign up for.
No. Automatic background removal guesses, and a guess around hair is exactly where these photos get rejected. If your background is not plain, use the erase background tool first, then bring the result here and choose a white background.
Yes, but choose the print sheet option and print it at 100 percent with no scaling, on photo paper. Most people get a better result taking the sheet to a print shop.
It produces a photo at the stated size and head proportion. Whether a specific application is accepted also depends on lighting, expression, background and glasses, so read the rules for your document.
It crops and zooms your photo to the exact print size for the document you choose and saves it at 300 or 600 dots per inch. A 35 by 45 mm photo at 300 dpi comes out at 413 by 531 pixels. You position the face yourself, using the head height guide lines, which are for aiming and do not appear in the saved photo.
It does not find faces, check that a photo meets the rules, or change the background. The background setting only fills areas that are transparent or uncovered, so if the photo already has a wall behind you, that wall stays. To replace a background, cut it out with Erase background first and then bring that PNG here.
Presets cover the UK, Schengen visas, the US, India, Pakistan, China, Canada and Australia. Requirements change, so check the issuing authority's current rules for head size, background and recent date, which the notes in the tool are meant as a guide to rather than a guarantee.
A plain light background, even light on your face with no shadows, a neutral expression and no glasses glare avoid most rejections. You can also make a print sheet, four by six inch or A4, with several copies and thin cutting lines, so one print gives you a set.