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Facebook Marketplace Photo Cropper

Facebook Marketplace uses a 4:3 search grid. If you upload vertical smartphone photos, the algorithm will crop off the front or back of your car. Fix it here.

Direct Answer

This tool automatically center-crops your photos to 1200x900px (4:3 ratio) so they look perfect on Facebook's grid view.

Auto-Crop to 4:3

Facebook Marketplace uses a 4:3 aspect ratio. If you upload vertical smartphone photos, Facebook will randomly crop off the front or back of your car.

This tool automatically center-crops your photo to exactly 1200x900px (4:3) so you maintain control over what the buyer sees.

Upload a photo to see the auto-cropped preview.

Assumptions we made

  • The car is roughly centered in the original photo

Important limitations

  • If the car fills the entire vertical frame, a center-crop will cut off the roof or wheels
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Step by step

How to use this tool

  1. 1

    Upload a photo taken in portrait or non-standard aspect ratio.

  2. 2

    The tool auto-crops to 4:3 landscape — the standard for Marketplace listings.

  3. 3

    Preview the crop, adjust if needed, and download.

Decision context

What this calculator helps you decide

Use Facebook Marketplace Photo Cropper when you need a quick, structured answer before you spend money, approve work, prepare a trip, compare options, or share information with a buyer, seller, shop, lender, or insurer. Enter the inputs you already know, review the result, then use the assumptions and limits below to decide what to check next.

Inputs and outputs

Start with the inputs that most affect this decision: Image File. The output is meant to make the next step easier to compare, not to replace a written quote, inspection, policy document, loan disclosure, or local rule.

The main outputs are 4:3 Cropped Image. If one input is uncertain, change that value and compare the result again before treating a single estimate as final.

Best-use cases

This page is built around the search intent: crop photo for facebook marketplace, facebook marketplace image size, car photo aspect ratio. It is most useful when you want to narrow a decision, prepare better questions, or avoid missing a cost, risk, fitment issue, paperwork step, or ownership detail.

Keep the assumptions visible while using the result. If your vehicle, location, driving pattern, quote, loan, insurance policy, or listing situation is unusual, use this as a planning screen and verify the final decision with the relevant document, professional, or local requirement.

Methodology

How the estimate works

Inputs, outputs, and calculation logic.

Logic

Uses HTML5 Canvas to calculate the center-bounds of a 4:3 rectangle and extracts those pixels from the source image.

Inputs

  • Image File

Outputs

  • 4:3 Cropped Image

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