How to resize a photo or signature for an exam form
- Pick your exam and upload. Choose, for example, “IBPS & SBI · Photo”. The line below shows the pixel size and KB range it will produce. Not listed? Choose Custom size and type the numbers from your notice.
- Choose the image and frame it. Pick a photo or a picture of your signature. A frame in the right shape appears; drag it over your face or signature and drag its corners to resize. Arrow keys nudge it; Shift+arrows resize it.
- Resize and download. Click Resize. The tool finds the highest JPEG quality that stays under the maximum KB and checks it is above the minimum. The caption shows the exact pixels and size; click Download, or Edit again to adjust.
Photo and signature sizes for Indian exam forms
Always check the latest notice; requirements change. These are the figures in each official notice as of . All uploads are JPEG/JPG.
| Exam | Upload | Pixels | File size | Notice says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBPS & SBI | Photo | 200 × 230 | 20–50 KB | 200 × 230 px preferred; a live photo is also taken in the form (IBPS, SBI) |
| IBPS & SBI | Signature | 140 × 60 | 10–20 KB | 140 × 60 px preferred; black ink, not in capitals |
| IBPS & SBI | Left thumb impression | 240 × 240 | 20–50 KB | 3 × 3 cm at 200 DPI |
| IBPS & SBI | Handwritten declaration | 800 × 400 | 50–100 KB | 10 × 5 cm at 200 DPI |
| SSC | Photo | – | – | Taken live by webcam inside the form; nothing to upload |
| SSC | Signature | 480 × 160 (our size) | 10–20 KB | About 6.0 × 2.0 cm (CHSL 2026 notice) |
| UPSC | Photo | 600 × 750 (our size) | 20–300 KB | 350 to 1000 px each side; a live photo is also taken in the form (UPSC FAQ, ESE 2027 notice) |
| UPSC | Signature | 600 × 600 (our size) | 20–300 KB | Sign three times, one below the other, on one image |
| NTA: NEET UG, JEE Main | Passport-size photo | 350 × 450 (our size) | 10–200 KB | No pixel size; white background, face 80% (NEET bulletin, JEE Main bulletin) |
| NTA: NEET UG, JEE Main | Signature | 600 × 200 (our size) | 10–100 KB | No pixel size |
| Railways (RRB) | Photo | – | – | Taken live by webcam inside the form; nothing to upload |
| Railways (RRB) | Signature | 700 × 400 (our size) | 30–49 KB | At least 140 × 60 px, fits a 35 × 20 mm box (CEN 02/2025 FAQ) |
| PAN card (Protean/NSDL) | Photo | 197 × 276 | up to 20 KB | 3.5 × 2.5 cm at 200 DPI, colour (Protean) |
| PAN card (Protean/NSDL) | Signature | 354 × 157 | up to 10 KB | 2 × 4.5 cm at 200 DPI |
Applying for a driving licence? Parivahan doesn’t publish one official size; see resizing documents for Parivahan and use Custom with the numbers shown on your form.
Good to know
- Exact pixels, every time. The crop is scaled to exactly the width and height shown. Only the JPEG quality changes to hit the KB range, so the shape never stretches.
- Minimum sizes. Some forms reject files that are too small. The tool uses the highest quality that fits under the maximum, which gives the biggest file it can. If that’s still under the minimum, common with signatures, it pads the file with blank bytes that image viewers skip, so the picture doesn’t change.
- KB counted strictly. The maximum counts 1 KB as 1000 bytes and the minimum as 1024 bytes, so the file passes whichever way the portal counts. The caption shows the exact bytes.
- Make the paper white turns light grey paper and shadows pure white and leaves the ink alone. It’s a simple brightness rule, not AI, and it’s on by default for signatures. Your photo’s background is left as it is.
- Crop big enough. If your crop is smaller than the output size, it’s enlarged and may look soft; the caption warns you. Use a clear phone photo taken in daylight.
- iPhone HEIC photos work. If your browser can’t read them, the tab loads the libheif decoder on first use. Camera details and GPS location are not copied to the result.
Your images stay on your device
Most “photo resizer for exams” sites upload your photo and signature to their servers. Here, the image is decoded, cropped and saved inside this browser tab, using your browser’s own canvas. Your face and signature together are exactly what someone needs to pose as you, so they shouldn’t sit on a stranger’s server.
The page’s security policy tells your browser to block uploads, so your image can’t leave your device even by accident. You can check: open your browser’s developer tools, watch the Network tab, and resize a photo. How InTheTab works
You’ll also see a few small requests to Google Analytics. That’s our visit counter, and it never receives your files. Privacy policy
Questions
What size should the photo and signature be for IBPS and SBI exams?
IBPS and SBI notifications ask for a JPEG photo of 200 × 230 pixels between 20 and 50 KB, and a JPEG signature of 140 × 60 pixels between 10 and 20 KB, signed in black ink on white paper and not in capital letters. They also ask for a left thumb impression (240 × 240 px, 20–50 KB) and a handwritten declaration (800 × 400 px, 50–100 KB). Pixel sizes are marked “preferred”; the KB range is the hard limit.
What photo and signature size do NEET and JEE Main ask for?
The NTA bulletins for NEET (UG) 2026 and JEE Main 2026 ask for a colour passport-size photo in JPG/JPEG between 10 and 200 KB, with a white background and 80% of the image showing the face including ears, and a signature in JPG/JPEG between 10 and 100 KB. They give no pixel size. NEET also captures a live photo by webcam in the form.
What if my signature is smaller than the minimum KB?
A small image of dark ink on white paper compresses very well, so even at 100% JPEG quality it can stay under a minimum such as 10 KB. The tool first uses the highest quality that fits the maximum. If the file is still too small, it adds blank padding inside the JPEG (a comment section that image viewers skip) until it reaches the minimum. The picture itself is unchanged, and the caption says when this happened.
Is it safe to resize my exam photo and signature online?
On most sites your photo and signature are uploaded to a server. Here they are cropped, resized and saved inside your browser tab, so they never leave your device. The only upload is the one you make to the exam portal.
Do I need to install anything or sign up?
No. It runs in any modern browser on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android or iPhone. It’s free, there’s no sign-up and no watermark is added.