Free tool · runs in your browser
TikTok Photo Mode Crop and Safe Zone Checker
See how an image fills TikTok's 3:4 photo window, what gets cut off, and where the search bar and buttons cover it.
Drop an image here, paste it, or choose a file
Read on your device. Nothing is uploaded.
In TikTok's 3:4 photo window
- Covered by TikTok
- Safe for text
Safe zone for text on 1080 × 1440
- Top: keep 173 px clear (TikTok's search bar)
- Bottom: keep 115 px clear
- Left: keep 86 px clear
- Right: keep 173 px clear (profile, like and comment buttons)
How to use it
- Choose an image, drop it on the box, or paste it. It is read on your device and never uploaded.
- Pick 3:4 (1080×1440, the window TikTok shows photo posts in) or 9:16 (1080×1920).
- Look at what the crop keeps, and keep text inside the dashed safe zone, clear of the red areas. Download the cropped JPEG if it looks right.
TikTok shows photo posts in a 3:4 window. A 1080 × 1440 image fills it exactly; a 1080 × 1920 (9:16) image is centre-cropped, so about 12% at the top and at the bottom never shows in the feed. Reelazy makes its slides at 1080 × 1440 by default for this reason.
Inside the window, TikTok draws a search bar across the top and the profile, like and comment buttons down the bottom right. The page dots and the caption sit below the picture. The zones here are the ones the Reelazy editor uses.
Frequently asked questions
What size should TikTok photo mode images be?
1080 × 1440 pixels (3:4). TikTok shows photo posts in a 3:4 window, so a 3:4 image fills it exactly. Reelazy makes its slides at 1080 × 1440 by default.
What happens to a 9:16 image in photo mode?
TikTok centre-crops it into the 3:4 window. About 12% at the top and 12% at the bottom are not shown in the feed, so text placed there is lost.
Where is it safe to put text?
On a 1080 × 1440 slide, keep text between 12% and 92% of the height, at least 8% from the left edge and out of the right 16%. The top strip has TikTok's search bar and the bottom right has the profile, like and comment buttons.
Is my image uploaded?
No. The image is read and cropped in your browser. It never leaves your device.
Where do these zones come from?
From a real photo post measured in the TikTok iPhone app in September 2026. They are the same numbers the Reelazy editor uses for its guides. Other phones and app versions can differ by a few pixels, so leave a little margin.