Free Image Tools, Remove BG, Compress

Every photo job, handled in your browser

Six tools cover the photo jobs people actually queue up for: cutting a subject out of its background, squeezing a photo under a strict file size limit, resizing for a platform that wants exact pixels, rescuing iPhone photos Windows cannot open, producing an official passport photo that will not get rejected on size, and preparing a US visa photo that matches the DS-160 specification to the pixel. Every one of them runs entirely in your browser.

That last part is the point. Server based image tools make you upload the photo first, product shots, ID scans, family pictures, and trust a retention policy. Here there is no upload step at all: the processing happens on your device, nothing is stored, nothing needs an account, and every tool is free without a daily cap.

Start with the job, not the tool. Background wrong? The Background Remover cuts it out at full resolution. Form says “under 100KB”? The Image Compressor has an exact size mode built for exactly that sentence. Platform wants 1280×720? The Image Resizer has the preset. iPhone photo will not open? The HEIC to JPG Converter fixes it in a batch. Filling in a DS-160? The DS-160 Photo Tool crops to exactly 600×600, keeps the file under 240 KB and checks the official head and eye proportions with on screen guides. Applying for a passport or exam? The Passport Photo Maker exports the official size at 300 DPI, with a printable sheet of copies.

Cut it out and shrink it: remover and compressor

The Background Remover runs an AI segmentation model on your own device, the model downloads once, then your photos never leave the browser, and exports a transparent PNG at the full original resolution. No credits, no preview size downloads, no watermark. It is the direct answer for anyone whose old remover is closing, capping free exports, or asking for an account before it hands back a file you already own.

The Image Compressor is built around the sentence every form, portal and exam board repeats: “file must be under 100KB”. Pick the exact target, 50KB, 100KB, 200KB or any custom figure, and it searches quality levels until the photo fits, keeping it as sharp as the budget allows. A quality slider mode, batch processing and PNG transparency support cover the rest of the compression jobs.

Fit it and fix it: resizer and HEIC converter

The Image Resizer carries the sizes platforms actually demand as one tap presets: Instagram post (1080×1080) and story (1080×1920), YouTube thumbnail (1280×720), Facebook cover (851×315) and WhatsApp DP, plus exact custom pixels, percentage scaling and an aspect lock so nothing stretches. Uploading the right size first beats letting a platform crop and re compress your photo for you.

The HEIC to JPG Converter rescues the iPhone camera roll: HEIC photos that Windows, upload forms and older apps refuse to open are decoded locally, in batches, at your chosen quality, and saved as universal JPGs (or PNGs). Keep the HEIC originals as masters; use the JPGs everywhere else.

The official photo: passport maker and DS-160 visa photo

The Passport Photo Maker exports the three sizes that cover most of the world, 35×45mm (Asia, Europe, Pakistan, UK), 2×2 inches / 51×51mm (US, India) and 35×40mm, at print sharp 300 DPI, with an on screen face guide for head size and eye line. Download a single photo for online forms or a printable 4×6 sheet with multiple copies and pay for one print instead of a studio session.

Two honest notes. First, always check your issuing authority’s current specification before printing: sizes and background rules change, and a wrong size is the top reason photos are rejected. Second, the background choice (white or light blue) works behind a transparent cutout, run a busy photo through the Background Remover first, then finish it here.

Filling in the US DS-160 form instead? The DS-160 Photo Tool is the digital half of the same job: it crops your photo to exactly 600×600 px, draws the official head height (50 to 69%) and eye level (56 to 69%) guides on screen, saves a JPEG and steps the quality down until the file is at or under the form’s 240 KB ceiling, then shows a compliance checklist before you download. A visa photo is a biometric document; like everything here, it never leaves your browser.

Getting the best result from every image tool

• Start from the largest original you have. Every tool here preserves quality best when it works down from a full size photo, not up from a thumbnail.
• For a hard file size limit, use the compressor’s exact size mode instead of guessing with a quality slider, type the KB ceiling the form states.
• Resize before you compress: match the platform’s pixel size first, then hit the file size target. That order gives the smallest correct file.
• Keep faces centred for profile and passport photos, circles and official crops both punish off centre subjects.
• Keep your HEIC originals as archive masters even after converting. The JPG is the working copy; the HEIC holds the most data.
• Print passport photos from the 4×6 sheet on glossy photo paper, and cut along the guides, one print is a full set.
• You can verify the privacy claim yourself: open your browser’s network tab while any of these tools runs and watch, no image data is sent anywhere.