Passport photo maker: exact-size photos and a 4×6 print sheet, free
Pick the document, line your face up with the head and eye guides, and save an exact-pixel photo for online forms or a 4 × 6 in sheet that prints at true size.
How to use Passport Photo Maker
- Choose, drop, or paste a photo of your face: straight on, evenly lit, in front of a plain light wall.
- Pick the document. Its size, head and background rules appear with a link to the official source.
- Drag, pinch, or scroll to move and zoom the photo so the top of your head sits in the yellow band and the chin on the red line; use the straighten slider if the photo is tilted.
- Save the digital photo for an online form, or save the 4 × 6 in sheet as a PDF or PNG and print it at 100 % (actual size).
Questions
- Will my photo be accepted?
- We can't promise that, and no photo tool honestly can. This tool gets the size and the head position right for the rules it links to. Acceptance also depends on things it can't judge: expression, lighting, shadows, glasses, focus, and how recent the photo is. Read the official page linked under the document before you submit, and ask the office or a photo shop if you are unsure.
- How do I print the sheet at the right size?
- Print on 4 × 6 in (10 × 15 cm) photo paper at 100 % or "Actual size", with "Fit to page" or "Scale to fit" turned off. The PDF has its page set to exactly 6 × 4 in and asks the viewer not to scale it; the PNG is 1800 × 1200 pixels tagged as 300 dpi. Measure one printed photo with a ruler: it should match the size shown, for example 35 × 45 mm. If the photos touch the paper edge, use borderless printing or a photo lab.
- Which documents are included?
- US passport and visa (2 × 2 in), UK passport (printed and digital), Schengen visa and EU 35 × 45 mm photos, Canadian passport (50 × 70 mm), and Indian passport. Each lists its rules with a link to the official source and the date we last checked it. For anything else, choose Custom size and type the width, height and head size from your rules.
- What do the guides mean?
- The top of the head, measured the way the document's rules say (some include hair, some don't), should land in the yellow band and the chin on the red line, which keeps the head height within the official range. The blue band shows where the eyes should be; it is marked estimated when the rules don't give an eye height. Keep the nose on the dashed centre line. The guides are never part of the saved photo.
- Can it remove or whiten the background?
- Yes, optionally. Turn on "Make the background white" and the tool finds you in the photo and turns everything else white, on your device; the first time, your browser downloads the background model (about 26 MB) from this site. Check the edges around your hair before you use the photo. Some offices don't accept photos whose background was edited, so a plain white or light wall is still the safest choice. The tool also warns you if the area around your head looks dark or busy, but that is only a brightness check.
- Is my photo uploaded?
- No. The photo is opened, framed and saved entirely in your browser. The tool remembers only the document you chose and any custom size, on this device.
- Can I adjust the framing with the keyboard?
- Yes. Focus the frame, then use the arrow keys to move the photo, + and − to zoom, and [ and ] to straighten it by half a degree. Hold Shift for larger steps.