A measured example
| Recipe | Bank exam photo preset: 200 × 230 px preferred, 20–50 KB, 200 DPI |
|---|---|
| Before | 7.23 MB · 3000 × 4000 · JPEG |
| After | 23 KB · 269 × 309 · JPEG q95, enlarged in the same shape to reach 20 KB |
| Change | −99.7% |
What this does
Compress photo for exam form uploads without guessing the numbers: the desk opens on the bank recruitment photo preset (20–50 KB, 200 × 230 px, 200 DPI) and every preset says where its numbers come from. The honest limit: a preset checks the numbers a notice states, and cannot know a portal’s other rules.
The presets and their sources
| Form | Size | Pixels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank recruitment photo (IBPS-style) | 20–50 KB | 200 × 230 px preferred | India Post Payments Bank recruitment, how to applychecked 2026-10-18 |
| Bank recruitment signature | 10–20 KB | 140 × 60 px preferred | India Post Payments Bank recruitment, how to applychecked 2026-10-18 |
| Bank recruitment left thumb impression | 20–50 KB | 240 × 240 px (3 × 3 cm at 200 DPI) | India Post Payments Bank recruitment, how to applychecked 2026-10-18 |
| Bank recruitment handwritten declaration | 50–100 KB | 800 × 400 px (10 × 5 cm at 200 DPI) | India Post Payments Bank recruitment, how to applychecked 2026-10-18 |
| PAN application photo | Up to 50 KB (the same article also says 20–50 KB) | 200 DPI, JPEG | Protean, PAN documents scanning and uploadingchecked 2026-10-18 |
| PAN application signature | Up to 50 KB | 200 DPI, JPEG | Protean, PAN documents scanning and uploadingchecked 2026-10-18 |
| SSC signature | 10–20 KB | about 4.0 × 2.0 cm | Third-party summary of the SSC noticechecked 2026-10-18Secondary source: confirm on the official portal |
| NEET UG passport and postcard photos | 10–200 KB | postcard 4 × 6 in | Third-party summary of the NTA information bulletinchecked 2026-10-18Secondary source: confirm on the official portal |
| NEET UG signature | 4–30 KB | not stated | Third-party summary of the NTA information bulletinchecked 2026-10-18Secondary source: confirm on the official portal |
| US Diversity Visa photo | Up to 240 KB | 600 × 600 px, square, JPEG | US Department of State, visa photo requirementschecked 2026-10-18 |
A wider table, with the inconsistencies found in the notices, is in exam photo sizes in India.
When to use this, and when not
- Use it when your form is one of the presets, or states a KB range, pixels and DPI you can type in.
- For a signature on its own, compress signature to 20 KB starts with the clean-up switched on.
- For a single KB limit with no pixel size, compress photo to 50 KB is simpler.
Honest limits
- A preset with a pixel size fills that size exactly, keeping the centre of the photo. Crop first if your face is not near the middle.
- Presets from a secondary source are marked; read the official notice before you submit.
- At 200 × 230 px many photos are under 20 KB even at the highest quality. The bank notices call that size preferred, so the photo is enlarged in the same shape until it reaches the minimum, and the check line says so. Presets whose size is required are never enlarged.
- The check reads the file you download. If you edit it afterwards in another app, check it again.
Privacy on this page
Capture information is removed on every preset. The photo and signature never leave this tab.
Step by step
- Choose the photo. Press Choose photos and pick the photo (and the signature, if the form wants both).
- Pick the preset. In the Recipe panel, choose your form under Form preset. For two files, give each its own preset in the Photo panel.
- Compress. Press Compress. Each file gets a PASS or FAIL line listing the size, pixels, format and DPI it was checked on.
- Download. Press Download (one file) or save the ZIP (two). The files are named photo.jpg and signature.jpg.
Questions
Which preset should I choose?
The one named after your form, under Form preset in the Recipe panel: bank recruitment photo, signature, thumb impression or declaration; PAN photo or signature; NEET UG photo or signature; SSC signature; US Diversity Visa photo. Each shows the numbers it sets, its source and the date it was checked. If your form's notice gives different numbers, the notice wins: type them into the recipe bar.
Where do the numbers come from?
From the issuing body's notice where it could be read (India Post Payments Bank recruitment, Protean for PAN, the US State Department for DV photos) and from a third-party summary for NEET and SSC. Those two are marked 'confirm on the official portal' wherever they appear. Every preset carries the date it was checked; after twelve months it says to check the current notice.
Can I do the photo and the signature together?
Yes. Choose both files, pick the photo in the sheet and give it the photo preset under Form preset for this photo, then the signature with the signature preset. Each downloads under the name its preset gives it, photo.jpg and signature.jpg.
What does PASS mean?
That the written file meets every number the preset states: the size in KB (rounded down, so it never reads as inside a limit it is outside), the pixel size, JPEG and the DPI. It does not mean a portal will accept it; portals can also check the picture itself.
What about passport and Aadhaar photos?
There is no preset for them because there is nothing to upload: the Passport Seva photo is taken at the Passport Seva Kendra, and Aadhaar updates use biometrics captured at an enrolment centre.
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