Image Editing Guides
Step-by-step articles on removing backgrounds, compressing, resizing, cropping, watermarking and choosing the right file format.
How to Remove the Background from an Image for Free
A background can be removed from a photo in a few seconds without Photoshop. Here is how to do it in your browser, and how to get clean edges on product photos and portraits.
How to Compress Images Without Losing Quality
Large images slow down websites and get rejected by upload forms. This guide explains how compression works and how to cut the file size without a visible drop in quality.
Instagram Image Sizes: How to Resize Photos for Posts, Stories and Reels
Instagram crops and recompresses pictures that are the wrong shape. These are the pixel dimensions to use for feed posts, stories and reels, and how to resize a photo to match.
How to Watermark Your Photos
A watermark shows who made a picture and discourages people from reusing it without credit. Here is where to put it, how strong to make it, and how to add one for free.
JPG vs PNG: When to Convert and When Not To
JPG and PNG are good at different things. This guide explains the difference, when converting from one to the other helps, and when it only makes the file bigger.
How to Crop Photos: Rule of Thirds and Aspect Ratios
Cropping is the quickest way to improve a photo. Learn how the rule of thirds works, which aspect ratio each platform expects, and how to crop without losing sharpness.