Image tools
PAN card photo resize (3.5 × 2.5 cm, 50 KB)
3.5 × 2.5 cm at 200 DPI, JPEG under 50 KB — the Protean/NSDL upload spec.
Drop an image here
JPG, PNG or WebP · nothing is uploaded
How it works
- 1Choose an image, or drag one onto the box.
- 2It is resized to exactly 197×276 pixels.
- 3Pick whether to pad with white or crop to fill if the shape does not match, then download.
Specification
- Output size
- 197 × 276 px
- Output
- JPEG
- File size
- under 50 KB
- Resolution tag
- 200 DPI
- Uploads
- None — the file never leaves your browser
Questions
Will the file land inside under 50 KB?
The pixel size is fixed first, then the JPEG quality is searched downwards until the file fits under the upper limit, so both rules on the form are met at once.
Why 197×276 pixels?
It is a fixed requirement on a number of application portals, which reject anything that is not exactly that size. This tool produces those dimensions exactly rather than approximately.
What if my image is a different shape?
You can either fit it inside the box and pad the spare space with white, which keeps the whole mark visible, or fill the box and crop the overflow. White padding is the safer default for a signature, where a cropped descender changes how it looks.
Is my file uploaded anywhere?
No. Everything happens inside your browser using the canvas built into it. Nothing is sent to a server, nothing is stored, and the page keeps working if you disconnect from the internet after it loads.
Is this the same as "pan card photo size"?
Yes. It also gets called "pan card photo 3.5 x 2.5 cm" and "nsdl pan photo size 50 kb". They all describe this one job, and this page does it.