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Compress an Image to an Exact KB Size or Range

Land a photo or signature inside the KB range a portal asks for, like 20–50 KB or 10–20 KB, at the exact pixel size it names. In your browser.

1
Add images
Drop one or many images (JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, TIFF, AVIF, HEIC), or click to browse. Up to 50 MB per file.
2
Set the size
Pick an exam or portal preset, or set "Up to" or "Between … and … KB", plus an optional pixel size in px, cm or inches.
3
Clean up signatures
Turn on signature clean-up for signatures, thumb impressions and handwritten pages. The paper turns white, the ink darker, and the margins are trimmed.
4
Compress and download
Compress, then download each file or a ZIP. Each row shows its size, pixels, and whether it landed in range.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I compress a photo to between 20 KB and 50 KB?

Choose Between under Size and enter 20 and 50, or pick your exam's preset, such as IBPS Photo. Add the photo and compress. Loft searches the JPEG quality, and the pixel size if it has to, until the file lands between 20,480 and 50,000 bytes. That range passes whether a portal counts 1 KB as 1,000 or 1,024 bytes. Each row shows the exact size it reached.

What happens when my file comes out smaller than the minimum?

Loft raises the quality first, up to 99. If the file is still too small, it saves at quality 100, which keeps full colour detail. If the pixel size is Preferred, it then enlarges the image within set limits. It never adds filler bytes or hidden data to pad a file. When none of that reaches the minimum, the row says so and gives the closest size it reached, and that file stays available to download.

Why can't a 140 × 60 px signature reach 10 KB?

A clean signature on white paper is mostly empty, so a 140 × 60 px JPEG of it holds only about 4 KB, even at full quality. That is why IBPS marks 140 × 60 px as preferred, not required. With the pixel size set to Preferred, Loft enlarges the signature until it lands in the 10–20 KB range and tells you the size it used. With Required, it keeps 140 × 60 px and tells you the range can't be reached at that size.

Where do the portal presets come from?

Each preset quotes the portal's own current notice, such as the IBPS CRP CSA-XVI notification or the NEET (UG) 2026 Information Bulletin, links to it, and shows the date it was checked. Portals change these rules between exam cycles, so check the notice for your cycle before you submit.

Does signature clean-up change my signature?

No. It whitens the paper, darkens the ink and trims the empty margins. Every stroke stays where and how you wrote it; nothing is redrawn or traced. A before-and-after preview shows the result before you compress.

Why is the result a little under the maximum?

The search picks the highest quality that fits, and an encoder can't produce an exact number of bytes, so the file lands at or a little under the limit. Portals also count a kilobyte differently: some as 1,000 bytes, some as 1,024. In a range, Loft counts the maximum in 1,000-byte KB and the minimum in 1,024-byte KB, so the file passes either way.

Tool history

Updated Oct 11, 2026 · 3 updates
  • Oct 7, 2026fixland sizes the grow search skipped, and keep settings on a chip tap
  • Oct 7, 2026featland images in a KB range at exact pixel sizes, with signature clean-up
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