Photo Aspect Ratio Calculator
Work out any aspect ratio in seconds, and see whether your photos will fit your iPad, TV or photo frame: whole with black bars, or filling the screen with the edges cut off.
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Change the width or the height and the other one follows.
Will your photos fit your screen?
Pick where your photos come from and where you'll show them.
1Where are your photos from?
2Where will you show them?
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With Adaptive Fill, photos that face the same way as the screen fill it, and the others are shown whole instead of cut in half. Smart Focus keeps faces in view when a photo has to be cropped, and Combine Photos (Collage) puts two tall photos side by side on a wide screen. How to turn your iPad into a digital photo frame →
What is an aspect ratio?
It's the shape of a photo or screen: width compared with height. 3:2 means 3 units wide for every 2 units tall. When a photo and a screen have different shapes, the photo either fits inside with black bars on two sides, or fills the screen and loses its edges. The closer the two shapes, the smaller the bars or the crop. A 3:2 camera photo on a 4:3 iPad, for example, covers 89% of the screen when shown whole, or loses 11% when it fills the screen.
Common photo aspect ratios
| Ratio | Where you see it | Example size |
|---|---|---|
| 3:2 | Most DSLR and mirrorless cameras; 4×6 in prints | 6000 × 4000 |
| 4:3 | iPhone and most phone cameras; most iPad screens | 4032 × 3024 |
| 16:9 | Video, TVs, widescreen phone photos | 3840 × 2160 |
| 1:1 | Square photos | 1080 × 1080 |
| 4:5 | Instagram portrait posts | 1080 × 1350 |
| 5:4 | 8×10 in prints | 4000 × 3200 |
| 7:5 | 5×7 in prints | 3500 × 2500 |
Print sizes and their aspect ratios
Prints come in fixed shapes, so a photo of a different shape is trimmed to fit. This is how much of the photo is lost on each print size.
| Print size | Ratio | Phone photo (4:3) loses | Camera photo (3:2) loses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4×6 in | 3:2 | 11.1% | Nothing |
| 5×7 in | 7:5 | 4.8% | 6.7% |
| 8×10 in | 5:4 | 6.3% | 16.7% |
| 8.5×11 in (Letter) | 1.29:1 | 2.9% | 13.7% |
| A4 | 1.41:1 | 5.7% | 5.7% |
| 11×14 in | 14:11 | 4.5% | 15.2% |
| 12×18 in | 3:2 | 11.1% | Nothing |
| 16×20 in | 5:4 | 6.3% | 16.7% |
Screen aspect ratios
The shape of popular screens, from iPads to TVs and digital photo frames.
| Screen | Resolution | Ratio |
|---|---|---|
| iPad 10.2″ (7th to 9th gen) | 2160 × 1620 | 4:3 |
| iPad Air 11″ (or iPad 10th gen+) | 2360 × 1640 | 1.44:1 |
| iPad Pro 11″ | 2388 × 1668 | 1.43:1 |
| iPad Pro 13″ (M4) | 2752 × 2064 | 4:3 |
| iPad Pro 12.9″ | 2732 × 2048 | 4:3 |
| iPad 9.7″ (iPad Air 2, iPad mini 4–5) | 2048 × 1536 | 4:3 |
| iPad mini (6th gen+) | 2266 × 1488 | 1.52:1 |
| iPhone (15 / 16) | 2556 × 1179 | 19.5:9 |
| MacBook Air 13″ (M2+) | 2560 × 1664 | 1.54:1 |
| 4K TV / Apple TV (Any 16:9 TV) | 3840 × 2160 | 16:9 |
| Aura Aspen / Walden | 1600 × 1200 | 4:3 |
| 10″ frame (Aura Carver, Skylight, Frameo) | 1280 × 800 | 16:10 |
| 15.6″ Frameo | 1920 × 1080 | 16:9 |
Frequently Asked Questions
What aspect ratio is a 4×6 print?
A 4×6 print is 3:2, the same shape as most camera photos, so camera photos print without trimming. iPhone photos are 4:3, so about 11% is trimmed from the top and bottom.
How do I work out an aspect ratio?
Divide the width and the height by the largest number that divides both. 1920 × 1080 divided by 120 gives 16 × 9, so the ratio is 16:9. The calculator at the top of this page does it for you.
What aspect ratio is an iPad screen?
Most iPads are about 4:3. The iPad Air 11″ and recent iPad models are slightly wider (about 1.43:1), and the iPad mini is about 1.52:1.
What aspect ratio are iPhone photos?
iPhone cameras take 4:3 photos by default. You can also choose 16:9 or square in the Camera app.
Why do my photos have black bars on my TV?
TVs are 16:9, while most photos are 3:2 or 4:3. Showing the whole photo leaves bars at the sides; filling the screen cuts off the top and bottom instead.
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