Crop a photo for Instagram Stories and Reels
Stories and Reels are tall: 9:16, 1080 x 1920 pixels. This page opens on that size and lists the other vertical 9:16 sizes.
SnapCut crops and sizes the photo only. It does not check your face, expression or background.
Your photo never leaves this device. To check, open your browser's developer tools, choose Network, and crop a photo: no request carries it.
A 9:16 frame matches a phone held upright and filling the screen. The Vertical 9:16 view in the picker gathers every tall size SnapCut knows: the Instagram Story and Reel, the TikTok video and cover size, and the YouTube Shorts thumbnail. They share a shape, so the same framing works for all of them.
Pick the size for the place you are posting. Instagram and TikTok are 1080 x 1920 pixels; the Shorts thumbnail is 2160 x 3840, twice as large each way. The TikTok size comes from its advertising specification, which asks for at least 540 x 960, and the Instagram size is the one commonly given by third-party guides.
Landscape photos need the most work here, because a 9:16 frame keeps only a narrow slice of them. Start at 100 percent zoom to see the widest slice that fits, then drag it sideways to choose the subject. Use Rotate left or Rotate right if the photo was saved on its side.
Leave some room at the top and bottom of the picture. Apps draw their own buttons and captions over a Story or a Reel, and SnapCut does not draw a safe-zone guide, so check the result in the app before you post.