How do I crop a photo into a circle?

Drop your photo into the tool above, keep Circle selected, then drag and zoom until the part you want fills the round crop window. Download gives you a PNG cut to a perfect circle with a transparent background, at the full resolution of the cropped area.

Does the download really have a transparent background?

Yes. The file is a PNG whose corners outside the circle, oval, or heart are fully transparent, so it layers cleanly over any background in documents, collages, video thumbnails, and design apps. JPG cannot store transparency, which is why this tool exports PNG.

What can I use a circle-cropped photo for?

Profile pictures, avatars, collages, scrapbooking, stickers, wedding and birthday invitations, family-tree charts, and anywhere a rectangular photo would look boxy. The heart crop is a favorite for anniversary and Valentine's Day projects.

Is my photo uploaded to your servers?

Only if you choose to. The photo is read, cropped, and exported entirely inside your browser, and nothing is uploaded while you're framing the shot. If you use Shop Now to order a product made from the result, that finished photo is uploaded then, so we can print it.

Does cropping to a shape reduce my photo's quality?

No. The shape is cut at the full resolution of the cropped region - every pixel inside the circle, oval, or heart is kept exactly as it was. Only the on-screen preview is scaled down to fit the page.

Free Circle Photo Cropper

Crop any photo into a circle, oval, or heart and download it as a PNG with a transparent background - perfect for avatars, collages, invitations, and craft projects.

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How it works

Three steps from photo to transparent cutout.

Drop in your photo

Pick any JPG, PNG, or WebP straight from your camera roll or computer. The photo is read instantly in your browser and never uploaded.

Pick a shape and frame it

Choose circle, oval, or heart, then drag and zoom until the crop window frames exactly the part of the photo you want to keep.

Download a transparent PNG

The shape is cut at full resolution with a transparent background, ready for collages, avatars, invitations, and design projects.

Why crop photos into shapes?

Rectangles are how cameras see, not always how a photo is used. A round avatar, a heart in an anniversary collage, or an oval portrait in a family-tree chart all need the photo cut to the shape itself - not a rectangle with the shape drawn on it. The transparent PNG this tool produces drops onto any background with nothing but the shape showing.

The same idea is behind many of our photo products: a picture takes on a different character in a different form. If the heart crop made you smile, our 3D crystal photo block is laser-engraved from your photo and comes in rectangle or heart shapes, and every other format is in the personalized photo products collection.

Frequently asked questions

: Drop your photo into the tool above, keep Circle selected, then drag and zoom until the part you want fills the round crop window. Download gives you a PNG cut to a perfect circle with a transparent background, at the full resolution of the cropped area.
: Yes. The file is a PNG whose corners outside the circle, oval, or heart are fully transparent, so it layers cleanly over any background in documents, collages, video thumbnails, and design apps. JPG cannot store transparency, which is why this tool exports PNG.
: Profile pictures, avatars, collages, scrapbooking, stickers, wedding and birthday invitations, family-tree charts, and anywhere a rectangular photo would look boxy. The heart crop is a favorite for anniversary and Valentine's Day projects.
: Only if you choose to. The photo is read, cropped, and exported entirely inside your browser, and nothing is uploaded while you're framing the shot. If you use Shop Now to order a product made from the result, that finished photo is uploaded then, so we can print it.
: No. The shape is cut at the full resolution of the cropped region - every pixel inside the circle, oval, or heart is kept exactly as it was. Only the on-screen preview is scaled down to fit the page.

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Why crop photos into shapes?

Frequently asked questions

: Drop your photo into the tool above, keep Circle selected, then drag and zoom until the part you want fills the round crop window. Download gives you a PNG cut to a perfect circle with a transparent background, at the full resolution of the cropped area.
: Yes. The file is a PNG whose corners outside the circle, oval, or heart are fully transparent, so it layers cleanly over any background in documents, collages, video thumbnails, and design apps. JPG cannot store transparency, which is why this tool exports PNG.
: Profile pictures, avatars, collages, scrapbooking, stickers, wedding and birthday invitations, family-tree charts, and anywhere a rectangular photo would look boxy. The heart crop is a favorite for anniversary and Valentine's Day projects.
: Only if you choose to. The photo is read, cropped, and exported entirely inside your browser, and nothing is uploaded while you're framing the shot. If you use Shop Now to order a product made from the result, that finished photo is uploaded then, so we can print it.
: No. The shape is cut at the full resolution of the cropped region - every pixel inside the circle, oval, or heart is kept exactly as it was. Only the on-screen preview is scaled down to fit the page.