Headshots for the platform they appear on
Every platform crops your photo differently, and most of them display it smaller than you expect. One page per platform, with the size and the crop that survives it.
A portrait that looks perfect in a photo editor can be unusable as a profile picture: cropped to a circle, reduced to a hundred pixels, and surrounded by other tiny faces in a search result or a comment thread.
Each page below covers one destination — the size it wants, the crop it applies, and the composition that survives both.
By platform
Pages in this cluster
Instagram profile picture
Instagram shows your profile photo at 110 px in a circle. Here is the size to upload, the composition that survives the crop, and…
Read the guideX (Twitter) profile photo
X crops profile photos to a circle and shows them in dense comment threads. The size to upload, and the composition that reads at…
Read the guideTikTok profile picture
TikTok shows profile photos in a small circle in a fast feed. The size to upload and the composition that reads at 20 px in a…
Read the guideFacebook profile picture
Facebook shows profile photos as a circle in a busy feed. The size to upload, the crop it applies, and the version to use on a…
Read the guideZoom profile picture
Your Zoom photo appears in every meeting you cannot attend with video. The size to use, and the composition that reads in a…
Read the guideMicrosoft Teams profile picture
Teams pulls your photo from your Microsoft account and crops it to a circle. What size to use, and how it differs from a Zoom…
Read the guideGoogle Business Profile photos
The photos on a Google Business Profile decide whether people call. The sizes, the rules, and the images every local business…
Read the guideCompany team page headshots
A team page is judged on consistency. How to get matching portraits across a whole company without booking a photographer for…
Read the guidePodcast cover photo and host portraits
Apple Podcasts requires square cover art between 1400 and 3000 px. How to build the artwork, and how to photograph a host…
Read the guideAuthor bio photo
An author photo appears on a book jacket, an Amazon page and a press kit. What to wear, how to pose, and the format publishers…
Read the guideHow it works
Three steps from a phone photo to a finished image
Upload your photos
Six to ten selfies with different angles and expressions.
Pick a style
Business, editorial, black and white, cinematic — or a profession set.
Download the set
A consistent batch of portraits, ready for your profile.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Can I use one photo on every platform?
Mostly yes, if it is a tight head-and-shoulders shot on a plain background. The differences are in the crop: circular on LinkedIn and Instagram, square on X and Facebook, and a wide aspect on a podcast cover. Shoot with margin and every crop works.
Why does my photo look soft as a profile picture?
Because it is displayed small and then upscaled on high-density screens. Upload at the largest size the platform accepts — usually several hundred pixels square — and keep the face large in the frame so the crop does not have to zoom.
Should profile pictures differ from a CV photo?
Not necessarily. A professional portrait in business dress works for a CV, a LinkedIn profile and a company directory. Social profiles can carry a warmer, less formal version, which is worth generating from the same original.
Try it on your next photo
Free to download on the App Store. iPhone and iPad only.