About the Artboard Tool
The artboard is the canvas your picture sits on. This tool makes one of the size you need and places your picture on it. Choose a ready-made size such as a 1080 by 1080 square post, a 1080 by 1920 story, a 1280 by 720 video thumbnail or an A4 page at 150 dots per inch, or type your own width and height. Then fit the picture inside the canvas, fill the whole canvas with it, or keep its real size, and drag it to move it. Scale it with the slider, choose the colour of the canvas or make it transparent, and download the result as a PNG or JPG at exactly the artboard size. Your picture stays in your browser.
Updated October 2026
How to use the Artboard Tool
- 1Select an image or drop one on the page.
- 2Choose an artboard size, or Custom size and type the width and height in pixels.
- 3Choose Fit inside, Fill or Actual size, and use the Scale slider.
- 4Drag the picture to move it. Pick a colour for the artboard, or tick Transparent.
- 5Press Download PNG or Download JPG.
Choosing a size
Social networks want particular shapes. A square post is 1080 by 1080. A portrait post is 1080 by 1350. Stories and reels are 1080 by 1920, which is 9 to 16. A video thumbnail is 1280 by 720, which is 16 to 9. An A4 page at 150 dots per inch is 1240 by 1754 pixels. If you need another size, choose Custom and type it.
Fit, fill and actual size
- Fit inside: the whole picture is visible. Use it when nothing may be cropped.
- Fill: no empty bars, but the edges of the picture are cut off. Use it for backgrounds and covers.
- Actual size: one picture pixel per artboard pixel, good for placing a small logo or a screenshot.
- Scale: from 10 to 300 percent of the chosen size.
- Drag to move after choosing.
Backgrounds
The artboard colour shows around a picture that does not fill it. White suits documents, black suits cinema style thumbnails, and a brand colour suits posts. A transparent artboard saved as PNG lets another program or web page show its own background behind the picture.
What gets saved
The file is exactly the artboard size in pixels. If the picture is bigger than the artboard, only the part that lies on the artboard is saved. Nothing is added to the picture, so what you see in the preview is what you download.
Phone and computer
Drag with a finger or the mouse. The artboard preview is shrunk to fit your screen but the saved file has the full size. Pick the exact canvas ratio with the Aspect Ratio Calculator, and use Image Resizer to bring the finished picture to the right pixel size.
Features
- Ready-made sizes for posts, stories, thumbnails, wide pictures and A4
- Custom size up to 8,192 pixels on a side
- Fit inside, Fill or Actual size, with a 10 to 300 percent scale
- Drag to move the picture
- Any artboard colour, or transparent for PNG
- Saved at exactly the artboard size, in your browser
Frequently asked questions
What is an artboard?
The canvas that holds your picture and sets the size of the finished file. Anything outside the artboard is cut off when you save.
What is the difference between fit and fill?
Fit inside shows the whole picture and leaves bars of the artboard colour where the shapes differ. Fill covers the whole artboard and crops what does not fit.
How do I move the picture?
Drag it on the artboard. Press Centre the picture to put it back in the middle.
Can I make the background transparent?
Yes, with PNG. Tick Transparent artboard. JPG cannot be transparent, so a JPG uses the artboard colour.
What is the largest artboard?
8,192 pixels on a side, with at most about 33 million pixels in all, so that your browser can handle it.
Does the picture lose quality?
Fit and Fill resize the picture to the artboard, and Actual size and Scale at 100 percent keep it pixel for pixel. Enlarging a picture beyond its real size makes it soft.
Can I put several pictures on one artboard?
Not in this tool. For that, use the Collage Maker.
Is my picture uploaded?
No.