Smart crop
Crop images for common social media and document dimensions.
A practical guide to Smart crop
Smart Crop center-crops one image to a selected social, video, or print preset and lets you move the focal point horizontally and vertically before exporting. It combines a destination ratio with a fixed output size for predictable publishing assets.
Example: frame a portrait for a story placement
Choose the Story or Reel preset, move the horizontal and vertical focus toward the subject, create the result, and check that the face and important text remain inside the tall frame.
Task-specific steps
- 1
Choose the highest-resolution source and select the destination preset whose aspect ratio matches the placement.
- 2
Adjust horizontal and vertical focus so the crop keeps the subject, headline, or document content in the intended area.
- 3
Create the PNG, inspect its exact dimensions, and compare it with the platform preview before publishing.
Options that affect the result
- Presets cover square, story, thumbnail, professional post, A4, and US Letter dimensions.
- Independent horizontal and vertical focus controls change which part of the source survives the cover crop.
Limitations to know first
- The crop uses a single fixed framing and does not track a moving subject or intelligently detect faces.
- Pixels outside the selected crop are discarded, so keep the uncropped source when a later composition may need more context.
Questions specific to this task
How do I keep a subject near the top of a crop?
Move the vertical focus toward the top before creating the result. The control shifts the source region that fills the selected destination frame.
Can Smart Crop enlarge a small image?
It produces the requested preset dimensions, but enlarging a small source cannot create missing detail. Use the largest clean source available.