AI image extender: expand a photo beyond its edges
Use an AI image extender to expand a photo beyond its edges without cropping or stretching the subject. AI outpainting generates surrounding scenery to match the light and perspective.
- Free credits to start
- Nothing to install
AI image extender, before and after
Watch the original photo grow outward into new scenery.
Widen a mountain photo into a panorama
A mountain shot grown sideways into a wider view of the range
Prompt more of the mountain range and valley
Extend a city skyline at sunset
A rooftop sunset extended into the rest of the skyline
Prompt the rest of the city skyline at sunset
Turn a vertical photo into a 16:9 image
A vertical beach portrait extended into a wide frame
Prompt more of the sunlit beach and calm sea
Extend a product photo for a banner
A square perfume shot extended onto a wide studio backdrop
Prompt plain light gray studio backdrop
How to extend a photo with the AI image expander
- 1
Upload the photo
Add the photo you want to extend, from a phone or a computer.
- 2
Choose the new size
Pick a scale or a ratio, and describe the new space if you like.
- 3
Expand and download
Drag the divider to see where the original sits, then save the result.
Image extender for social posts, banners and tight crops
An AI image extender, also called an image expander, uses outpainting to generate scenery beyond a photo's edges. Widen a product shot or change a portrait's aspect ratio without stretching its proportions. The added scenery is generated rather than recovered from an earlier, uncropped original.
Social media creators
Fit one photo to a square or portrait post.
- Resize an image for Instagram at 1:1
- Make a 3:4 portrait version
- Fit one shot to several post sizes
Web and ad designers
Widen a photo into a banner or cover image.
- Make a 16:9 header from a square shot
- Add room for headline text
- Match a cover image to the layout
Photographers
Uncrop a shot that was cut too tight.
- Uncrop a photo past its edges
- Give a subject more space
- Widen a vertical photo into a landscape
Expand a photo without stretching or cropping
The original keeps its proportions while the frame grows.
- New scenery is added around the photo; nothing is stretched or cropped.
- Light, color and perspective carry on into the new area.
- Grow all four sides at once with a 1.5×, 2× or 3× scale.
- Use Extra details to steer what appears, or leave it empty.
- Drag the divider to see where your original photo sits.
Change the aspect ratio of a photo without cropping
Pick the ratio that fits where the image will go.
- 1:1 for Instagram and other square posts.
- 16:9 for video thumbnails, slides and wallpapers.
- 3:4 or 4:3 for print sizes such as 6 × 8 or 9 × 12 inches.
- Only ratios your photo can reach are shown.
- For a bigger change, run the result again.
Uncrop a photo: what extends well
Landscapes, sky, sea, plain walls and studio backdrops extend most naturally.
- Check the photo edges first; the new area continues from them.
- Avoid frames that cut through a person.
- Avoid text, signs and straight lines at the edge.
- Expect results up to 4,096 pixels on the long side.
- Upscale the result if you need a larger file.
