Resize Image

Online forms reject a photo for its file size far more often than for its dimensions. Rather than nudging a quality slider and re-checking, open the File size tab and type the limit you have been given.

The tool then searches for the highest JPEG quality that still fits under your target, holding the pixel dimensions steady wherever possible. Only when the target cannot be reached at the lowest usable quality does it also reduce dimensions, so you always keep as much detail as the limit allows. A 6 MB phone photo drops under 100 KB in a couple of seconds.

Maltese passport and identity card photos follow the 35 × 45 mm ICAO standard used across the European Union — 827 × 1063 pixels at 600 dpi, or 413 × 531 pixels at 300 dpi. The background must be plain and light, the expression neutral, and both eyes clearly visible.

Because the submission process for Identità documents can change, check the current guidance before you prepare anything. The preset here is ideal for every other use of the same format — company badges, club memberships, visa applications for other countries, application packs, and any online form with a maximum file size. It also writes the correct print resolution into the file, so a photo lab reproduces the true physical size rather than treating it as a 72 dpi screen image.

• JPG is right for photographs and for virtually every official upload. It has no transparency, so transparent areas are filled with your chosen background colour.
• PNG is lossless and keeps transparency — the choice for logos, screenshots and graphics with text or hard edges, but far heavier for photographs.
• WebP gives noticeably smaller files than JPG at the same visual quality and suits your own website, though some older software and a few forms still refuse it.

Quality between 75 and 85 is generally indistinguishable from the original while cutting file size sharply.

Maltapark and Facebook Marketplace both re-compress what you upload, so around 1200 px on the long side looks sharper than a full-resolution photo their servers will shrink anyway. Property listings display landscape images best — 1600 × 1200 px is a safe choice.

Government e-services and Jobsplus applications cap the size of each attached file. Set that ceiling in the File size tab and your document is compliant on the first attempt. For email, keeping total attachments under about 10 MB clears most corporate filters — resize a folder to 1600 px wide and take it as one ZIP.