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Resize an image to 1920 x 1080
Drop a picture in and get it back at exactly 1920 by 1080 pixels - Full HD, a 16:9 shape.
Desktop wallpaper, a slide filling a widescreen projector, a video thumbnail, anything destined for a 16:9 screen. Because your photograph almost certainly has different proportions, the page asks what should happen to the difference rather than deciding for you: crop the overflow, fit the whole picture inside, or force both numbers and accept the distortion.
How to resize an image to 1920 x 1080
- Drop in your image, or several at once.
- Choose crop to fill, fit inside, or stretch.
- Let it resize. The result reports the dimensions it actually produced.
- Download. Your image was not uploaded to produce it.
Supported formats
This tool accepts JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP and AVIF files. Everything is decoded by your own browser, so the formats available depend on what your browser can open - which for HEIC in particular varies between Safari and other browsers.
Frequently asked questions
My image is not 16:9. What happens when I resize it to 1920 x 1080?
Whatever you choose. Crop to fill scales until the 1920 x 1080 box is covered and trims what hangs over, so you get the exact size with the edges gone. Fit inside scales the whole picture until it fits, so nothing is lost and one side comes out shorter than the box. Stretch forces both numbers and changes the shape of everything in the picture. The default is crop to fill, because an exact size is usually the reason somebody came.
My photo is 4:3. What do I lose going to 1920 x 1080?
A 4:3 photograph is taller in proportion than a 16:9 box, so filling the box crops the top and the bottom - roughly a quarter of the height between them. If the subject is centred that is usually invisible; if somebody's head is near the top of the frame it is not. Use fit inside when the whole picture matters more than filling the screen, and you will get 1920 wide with black-free letterbox space you can place yourself.
Will a small photo be enlarged to 1920 x 1080?
Yes, if you choose crop to fill or stretch - both have to enlarge to reach the numbers. Full HD is modest enough that most photographs from the last decade are already larger, so this rarely comes up; when it does, the picture gets softer rather than more detailed. Fit inside never enlarges, so a smaller image comes back untouched.
Guides
- How to resize images for a websiteResize to roughly twice the width it will be displayed at - 1600px wide for an 800px slot, to stay sharp on high-density screens - then compress to under 200 KB. Use WebP where you can, JPEG otherwise.
- Image dimensions and aspect ratio, explainedAspect ratio is width against height, written as a pair like 16:9. When your shape does not match the target you have three choices: crop to fill (exact size, edges lost), fit inside (whole picture, shorter on one side), or stretch (exact size, distorted). Crop to fill is almost always the right one.
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