Size an ID photoand make a print sheet.

Open Passport & ID Photo Maker and choose an image, or open the sample. The demonstration portrait is fictional and is supplied only to explore the controls. Use your own recent, unaltered photograph for any real application.

The tool accepts one JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF or BMP, up to 25 MB, 32 megapixels and 16,384 pixels per side. Animated files contribute their first still frame. Processing takes place in the browser.

In the Application card, choose the passport-issuing country from the flag-labelled Country list, then choose Application type. Printed photo, US or Canada Online renewal, and UK Online application use different requirements. The official photo requirements link follows this selection. Rules were reviewed on 10 November 2026; check that source for current instructions.

For an online application, use the original photograph. File checks report supported format and numerical requirements; they cannot verify pose, background, lighting, photo age or who took the photo. Online mode does not offer crop, framing, DPI or print-sheet controls and does not re-encode the original. UK own-device uploads must include the head, shoulders and upper body and be left for the official service to crop. Canada online photos must come from a commercial photographer.

For the printed dimensions in this example, choose United States under Country and Printed photo under Application type. At 300 DPI, its 2 × 2 inch preset produces a 600 × 600 pixel photo. The 2-inch value is exactly 50.8 mm. This worked example uses the current draggable head, chin and face-centre markers, followed by Fit marked head.

The editor starts with the entire original photo visible. Photo zoom ranges from 10% to 350%, with Zoom out and Zoom in above the image. Fit photo shows the selected source area. Reset framing clears the crop and head markers and restores the whole original. The image and output frame may have different proportions, so fitting or moving the photo can expose white areas around it.

Drag the handles labelled Drag to head top and Drag to chin onto those two points. Optionally move Drag to face center horizontally through the middle of the face or nose. Once the head and chin are marked, Fit marked head scales the marked height to the selected printed-photo range and centres it vertically; a marked face centre also guides horizontal positioning. Review the result. To choose a different source region, use Crop photo, adjust the frame and select Apply crop. These measurements depend on your markers; they are not face detection or an official acceptance check. None of the guides appears in the download.

In the recorded example, the manual markers indicate a head height of 30.2 mm after fitting, inside the US printed-photo range. This only confirms the calculation for our chosen landmarks on a fictional portrait; it does not validate the source photo or establish passport acceptance.

Drag the portrait or adjust Horizontal position and Vertical position, including when the photo is smaller than the frame. Arrow keys move the focused image; Shift increases the movement. Use + / - to zoom and Home to reset framing.

Set Output layout to 4 × 6 inch print sheet. Keep Copies per sheet at 6, Gap between copies at 0 mm, Print resolution at 300 DPI and Cutting outlines enabled.

Six 2-inch square photos fit exactly in three columns and two rows when the gap is zero. A positive gap leaves room for only two on this sheet. The Copies per sheet summary shows the requested count and available capacity; Start remains unavailable until all requested copies fit. Select Remove gaps to fit 6, choose A4, or explicitly choose a lower copy count. The photo dimensions are preserved.

Choosing a print layout or changing Copies per sheet or Gap between copies opens the sheet preview automatically. Use Photo to return to portrait positioning, then Print sheet to inspect the complete layout. These preview buttons do not change Output layout. One downloaded image contains the whole sheet, rather than creating a separate file for each copy.

Choose JPG or PNG under Save as and select Start. The final image is rendered from the original source and the chosen crop, then the Download page opens.

The real example output is 1800 × 1200 pixels with 300 DPI embedded in its JPG density metadata. The comparison shows the original fictional portrait and the actual downloaded six-copy sheet.

Download the file and select actual size or 100% in your printing application. Fit to page, printer margins or automatic scaling may alter the physical size. Measure a printed copy before relying on its dimensions.

Keep the original source photo. The exported sheet is a flattened image rather than an editable project, and refreshing the editor or download page returns to the main tool page.

Download provides the selected JPG or PNG photo or print sheet directly. The size, copy count and DPI are shown in settings and DPI is embedded in the image, so a separate attributes text file is not needed.