Resize a Photo to 8×8 Without Cropping
8×8 inches = 2,400 × 2,400 px at 300 DPI, or 1,200 × 1,200 px for a print viewed from a step away (150 DPI).
8×8 is the photo book size: square pages, and every photo you own is a rectangle. Rather than let the book's layout crop each one, upload your photo below and we'll extend the scene to a full 8×8 square.
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Set to 8×8 inches — 2,400 × 2,400 px at 300 DPI. You can change it after uploading.
Why 8×8 Cuts Things Off
Square photo books, small square canvases and 8×8 frames all ask the same thing of a rectangular photo, and the default answer is to crop: a quarter of a phone photo's height, or a third of a camera photo's width. Photo book software does this silently when a picture is dropped onto a full-page square, which is how someone ends up missing from page twelve. Extending gives each photo the square shape without taking anything away. At 300 DPI an 8×8 needs 2,400×2,400 pixels, which a recent phone photo has once it's square.
Instead of trimming your photo down to the shape, we generate more of the scene around it until it fits — and sharpen the whole image in the same pass.
Where 8×8 shows up
- Full-page photos in square photo books
- Small square canvases and wood prints
- 8×8 frames and shadow boxes
- Square wall grids mixing several photos
Pixels an 8×8 print needs
- Sharp in your hand (300 DPI)
- 2,400 × 2,400 px
- Sharp on a wall (150 DPI)
- 1,200 × 1,200 px
A smaller photo still prints, just softer. Check yours against every size on the print size chart. Changing the DPI setting alone doesn’t add pixels: how to convert an image to 300 DPI.
8×8 Questions
Why do photos get cropped in a square photo book?
Because the page is square and the photo is not. Photo book editors fill the page by zooming in, which cuts off the top and bottom of a portrait or the sides of a landscape. Making the photo square first means the editor has nothing to cut.
What resolution does an 8×8 print need?
2,400×2,400 pixels at 300 DPI, the usual target for a photo book page seen close up. At 150 DPI, 1,200×1,200 still looks fine on a wall.
More answers on the Resly AI FAQ.