Reach the shape by growing, not cutting
Resizing to 16:9 the usual way throws away whatever doesn't fit. This does the reverse: it works out how much the short side needs to grow to reach 16:9, extends it, and fills the new strip — so a tall or square photo becomes widescreen with everything still in frame.
It's made for slides, YouTube thumbnails and widescreen banners, where the shape is fixed but your photo wasn't shot for it.
Questions
Does my photo get uploaded?
No. The picture is read, grown and encoded by code running in this browser tab. It is never sent to a server — there is no server to send it to. The only download that ever happens is the optional edge-painter model, which travels one way, from our model file server to you.
Isn't resizing to 16:9 just cropping?
Usually, yes — most tools crop to reach the ratio. This one grows the short side instead, so nothing is cut. "Resize image 16 9" and "crop image to 16 9" are both around 500 searches a month in India, and this answers them without cropping.
Can I pick a different shape?
Yes. The shape chips cover 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 4:5 and 9:16, and each one grows the photo rather than cutting it.
What fills the new strip?
Continue-edge by default, with mirror, blurred backdrop and the AI edge painter as alternatives.