Entrance Exams
GATE
GATE
photo & signature resizer
Set to the sizes IISc / IITs asks for — exact pixels, the right KB band and 200 DPI. Everything happens on your device.
Photograph: 200×260 px · 5–600 KBSignature: 250×80 px · 3–300 KB
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Published sizes disagreed. We checked the notification.Resolved against the GATE 2026 information brochure (IIT Guwahati, page 22). The photograph is a range, not one size: minimum 200 × 260 px, maximum 530 × 690 px, aspect ratio 0.66 to 0.89, 5–600 KB. The signature is minimum 250 × 80 px, maximum 580 × 180 px, height-to-width from 1:2.75 to 1:3.75, 3–300 KB. A single figure such as 350 × 450, or a 200 KB photo ceiling, is not what the brochure says. This preset uses the minimum resolution, which the brochure allows, and the full KB band.
✓
Checked against the official notification on 2026-10-01, page 22.
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- Photograph A range: 200×260 to 530×690 px, aspect ratio 0.66–0.89, 5–600 KB. This preset uses the minimum resolution, which the brochure allows.
- Signature A range: 250×80 to 580×180 px, height-to-width 1:2.75 to 1:3.75, 3–300 KB. This preset uses the minimum resolution.
Sizes for GATE
| Upload | Dimensions | File size | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photograph | 200 × 260 px | 5–600 KB | JPEG |
| Signature | 250 × 80 px | 3–300 KB | JPEG |
Set by IISc / IITs. Open the official site →
How it works
Exam-ready photo and signature in three steps. No editing skills, no software, no upload.
1
Pick your exam
Choose from 129 presets. 35 have been checked against the official notification; every other page says it has not. Pixels, KB band and DPI load with the preset. Not listed? Type your own numbers.
2
Upload and adjust
Drag to position your face, pinch or scroll to zoom. Signatures get one-slider background clean-up. Add your name and the date if the board wants them printed on the photo.
3
Check and download
You get exact dimensions, a file inside the KB band, correct DPI — and a pre-flight report on blur, background and face position before you upload anything.
Guides
How to find the photo specification in a notification PDF
Every size chart online contradicts every other one. The authority is the notification. Here is how to find the upload rules inside it.
3 min read
We read the notifications. The exam photo size charts disagree.
The exams where published photo and signature specs contradict each other, what the official notifications actually say, and why neither SSC nor NTA publishes the pixel dimensions everyone quotes.
13 min read
How to resize an image to an exact KB size
The method portals require — hitting a file-size band exactly, at fixed pixel dimensions, without wrecking the picture.
3 min read
Questions
What photo size is required for GATE?
200 × 260 pixels as a JPEG between 5 KB and 600 KB, with a signature of 250 × 80 pixels between 3 KB and 300 KB. These are the sizes we currently list; confirm them in the notification published by IISc / IITs.
My file is smaller than 5 KB. Will it be rejected?
Yes. 5 KB is a floor, not a suggestion, and portals reject files under it exactly as they reject oversized ones. This tool lifts an undersized file over the floor by appending blank JPEG comment data, which decoders ignore. The picture itself is untouched — some tools inject random noise into the image instead, which visibly degrades it.
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. The resizing runs inside your browser using the standard canvas API. Nothing is sent to a server, there is no account, and the page keeps working offline once loaded.
Can I set the DPI?
Yes, and it defaults to 200 DPI here. Browsers write 96 DPI into canvas JPEGs, and some portals read that field and reject the file even when the pixel dimensions are correct. The value is written into the JFIF header of the file you download.
Why do other sites list a different size for GATE?
Resolved against the GATE 2026 information brochure (IIT Guwahati, page 22). The photograph is a range, not one size: minimum 200 × 260 px, maximum 530 × 690 px, aspect ratio 0.66 to 0.89, 5–600 KB. The signature is minimum 250 × 80 px, maximum 580 × 180 px, height-to-width from 1:2.75 to 1:3.75, 3–300 KB. A single figure such as 350 × 450, or a 200 KB photo ceiling, is not what the brochure says. This preset uses the minimum resolution, which the brochure allows, and the full KB band. We would rather show you the disagreement than pick one and sound certain.
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