Circle Crop
Crop any photo into a clean circle or a soft rounded square, then download a transparent PNG that drops onto any profile, logo, or layout without a white box behind it.
How to circle-crop a photo
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Load your photo
Drag an image onto the canvas, paste it from your clipboard, or click to pick a file. It opens immediately and stays on your device, with nothing sent anywhere.
- 2
Pick circle or rounded square
Choose a true circle for round avatars and logos, or switch to a rounded square and drag the corner radius until the corners are as soft or as crisp as you want.
- 3
Frame your subject first
The circle sits centered on the image, so use the Crop tool beforehand if a face or logo needs to move toward the middle with a little room to spare.
- 4
Apply the mask
Hit Apply and the image is cropped to the circle's square bounding box with transparent corners — the panel tells you the exact output size, like 600×600px.
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Download a transparent PNG
Save as PNG to keep the transparent corners at full quality with no watermark. JPG and WebP are there too if your destination doesn't need transparency.
Why use PicStudio for this?
Round avatars show up everywhere now: Slack, Discord, LinkedIn, Notion teammate lists, podcast cover art, app icons. The annoying part has always been getting there. Photo apps want you to add a mask layer; most online tools hand you back a square and let the platform clip it later. PicStudio cuts the actual circle: apply the mask and the image is cropped to the circle's exact square bounding box — a clean, export-ready avatar with see-through corners and no wasted margin around it.
Crop into a perfect circle or rounded square.
The corner transparency is the whole point of doing this properly. When you save as PNG, the four corners around the circle stay see-through, so the avatar sits on a dark sidebar, a colored header, or a gradient background and just looks like a floating circle, never a circle stuck inside a white square. If you only need softened edges instead of a full circle, switch to rounded square and drag the corner radius until it matches whatever card or thumbnail style you're building.
Nothing about your photo touches a server. The crop runs in your browser using the canvas on your own machine, so the file never gets uploaded and there's no waiting on a progress bar before you can download. That also means a headshot, an ID photo, or a screenshot you'd rather not hand to a random website stays on your device the entire time. It's free with no account and no watermark, and you can re-frame and re-export as many versions as you want.
A few things that make the result look sharp. The circle is centered on the image, so frame your subject first: a quick pass with the Crop tool puts a face in the middle with some breathing room before you apply the mask, since several platforms add their own padding on top of yours. If you want the subject cleanly isolated before rounding, run it through the Background Remover first and circle-crop the cutout. And keep the export as PNG, not JPG, because JPG can't hold transparency and would fill those corners with a solid color.
- Free forever
- No upload
- No watermark
- No sign-up
Frequently asked questions
Is the circle crop tool free?
Yes. There's no sign-up, no watermark on your export, and no cap on how many photos you can crop into circles.
Does my photo get uploaded anywhere?
No. The crop is done in your browser on your own device, so the file is never uploaded to a server and nothing is tracked.
Will the corners around the circle be transparent?
They will, as long as you export as PNG. The area outside the circle is made see-through so the avatar sits cleanly on any background color. Save as JPG and those corners fill with a solid color instead.
Can I do a rounded square instead of a full circle?
Yes. Toggle to rounded square and drag the corner radius to set how rounded the corners are, from barely softened to almost a circle.
Which file formats can I use?
You can open JPG, PNG, WebP and HEIC, and export your crop as PNG (best for transparency), JPG, WebP or AVIF.
How do I make a round profile picture for Slack or Discord?
Load your photo, crop it so your face sits in the middle, apply the circle mask, and download the PNG. Slack and Discord accept the round image directly or apply their own circular mask over it.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. The tool is touch-friendly on phones and tablets, so you can pick a shape, apply the mask, and download straight to your device.