Choose a photo and Photopip finds the face, crops a square around the head and shoulders and masks a circle; a photo without a face is cropped around its most detailed part. The card opens with PNG selected so the corners stay transparent, and shows the size before you download. Nothing is enlarged: the circle is as wide as the square it was cut from.

1. Click Choose a photo, or drop a JPG or PNG on the page. Photopip finds the face (a 232 KB detector, downloaded once), crops a square around the head and shoulders and masks a circle. The History panel shows Circular Selection, and in the Layers panel the photo is Layer 0 with a layer mask.
2. The card reads Will save as PNG, with Transparency kept; lossless under it; the size line for the sample reads 1.1 MB → 921 KB · PNG · 826 × 826. WEBP also keeps the corners transparent. Pick JPG only if white corners are fine.
3. Click Download PNG. To place the circle yourself, press Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Command+Z (macOS) until the photo is whole, drag the Elliptical Marquee Tool with Shift held, choose Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal Selection, then File > Export > Quick Export as PNG.

The circle is as big as the square it is cut from. In the 2000 × 1500 sample the square is tightened to the head and shoulders, so the circle is 826 px across; a distant person gives a much smaller circle. When no face is found the circle is centered on the most detailed area, so check it. A JPG gets white corners. The circle has no border.

Why are the corners white?

You downloaded a JPG, and JPG has no transparency. Pick PNG in the card before you download.

Can I get exactly 400 × 400?

Yes. Close the card (✕), choose Image > Image Size... and type 400 for the width, then File > Export > Quick Export as PNG. The transparent corners stay.

Can the circle sit on a color instead?

Close the card (✕), add a new layer, drag it below the photo in the Layers panel and choose Edit > Fill... with your color. Export as PNG or JPG.

Why did it crop so tight?

The face was small in the frame, so the square was tightened to about 2.3 times the face width, with the face a little above the middle. To keep more of the picture, undo and crop a 1:1 square by hand first.

Why not just delete the corners?

Deleting outside a selection on the Background layer fills it with the background color, not transparency. A layer mask keeps every pixel of the photo, so you can drag the mask later to move the circle.

Updated 2026-10-23

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Choose a photo and Photopip finds the face, crops a square around the head and shoulders and masks a circle; a photo without a face is cropped around its most detailed part. The card opens with PNG selected so the corners stay transparent, and shows the size before you download. Nothing is enlarged: the circle is as wide as the square it was cut from.

1. Click Choose a photo, or drop a JPG or PNG on the page. Photopip finds the face (a 232 KB detector, downloaded once), crops a square around the head and shoulders and masks a circle. The History panel shows Circular Selection, and in the Layers panel the photo is Layer 0 with a layer mask.
2. The card reads Will save as PNG, with Transparency kept; lossless under it; the size line for the sample reads 1.1 MB → 921 KB · PNG · 826 × 826. WEBP also keeps the corners transparent. Pick JPG only if white corners are fine.
3. Click Download PNG. To place the circle yourself, press Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Command+Z (macOS) until the photo is whole, drag the Elliptical Marquee Tool with Shift held, choose Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal Selection, then File > Export > Quick Export as PNG.

The circle is as big as the square it is cut from. In the 2000 × 1500 sample the square is tightened to the head and shoulders, so the circle is 826 px across; a distant person gives a much smaller circle. When no face is found the circle is centered on the most detailed area, so check it. A JPG gets white corners. The circle has no border.

Why are the corners white?

You downloaded a JPG, and JPG has no transparency. Pick PNG in the card before you download.

Can I get exactly 400 × 400?

Yes. Close the card (✕), choose Image > Image Size... and type 400 for the width, then File > Export > Quick Export as PNG. The transparent corners stay.

Can the circle sit on a color instead?

Close the card (✕), add a new layer, drag it below the photo in the Layers panel and choose Edit > Fill... with your color. Export as PNG or JPG.

Why did it crop so tight?

The face was small in the frame, so the square was tightened to about 2.3 times the face width, with the face a little above the middle. To keep more of the picture, undo and crop a 1:1 square by hand first.

Why not just delete the corners?

Deleting outside a selection on the Background layer fills it with the background color, not transparency. A layer mask keeps every pixel of the photo, so you can drag the mask later to move the circle.

Updated 2026-10-23

More toolsCrop imageRemove backgroundResize image