Cómo funciona el cálculo
Two modes share one underlying calculation. Ratio = original width ÷ original height, and the Calculate ratio from dimensions mode reduces that to its simplest integer form using the greatest common divisor, turning 1920 × 1080 into 16:9. Resize keeping ratio applies it instead: with Lock width, new height = new width ÷ ratio; with Lock height, new width = new height × ratio. The other field updates as you type, and a dashed preview box redraws to the resulting shape.
The Lock dropdown decides which field you drive, though the tool also tracks whichever of the two new-dimension fields you edited last and follows that. The eight presets — 1:1 square, 4:3, 16:9 HD, 21:9 ultrawide, 9:16 vertical, 4:5 IG portrait, 1.91:1 FB / link and 2:3 Pinterest — work by keeping your original width and rewriting the original height to match the chosen ratio, then copying both values into the new fields.
The results are purely geometric: you get the dimensions that preserve proportion, not guidance on how to crop or letterbox an image that is already the wrong shape. Displayed values are rounded, so a ratio such as 21:9 can land half a pixel off and produce a one-pixel discrepancy in real output. Non-integer original dimensions are rounded before the greatest common divisor runs, which makes the simplified ratio approximate for those.
Preguntas frecuentes
What is 1920 × 1080 scaled down to 1280 wide? +
720 tall. With Lock width selected, type 1280 into New width and the height fills in automatically from the 16:9 ratio. The scale factor rows underneath confirm that both dimensions changed by the same 0.6667 multiplier, which is what preserving proportion means.
How do I find the aspect ratio of an image? +
Switch Mode to Calculate ratio from dimensions and enter the original width and height. The headline gives the simplest whole-number form, and the decimal ratio row beneath it shows six decimal places, which helps when the ratio does not reduce to anything tidy.
What ratio should a Facebook link preview image be? +
Use the 1.91:1 FB / link preset, stored internally as 191:100. Click it and the original height recalculates from your current width, so a 1920-wide image becomes 1920 × 1005. Instagram portrait has its own separate 4:5 preset button.
Why did clicking a preset change my original height? +
Presets set the ratio by keeping the original width you entered and recomputing the original height from it, then copying both into the new-dimension fields. If you need to preserve a source image's true dimensions, type your target into the new width or height field instead.
Does this crop images or only resize them? +
It resizes proportionally only, with no crop, letterbox or fit-and-fill logic. If your source is 16:9 and you need 9:16, the calculator hands you a correctly proportioned box, but you still decide in an image editor which content gets cut away.