--- title: "Round Image Corners Online Free — PNG Corners | PDFWix" url: https://www.pdfwix.com/round-corners-image description: "Round the corners of any image online free. Pick the radius, add an optional ring and download a transparent PNG. Batch JPG, PNG and WebP in your browser." lang: en --- Skip to content All tools (https://www.pdfwix.com/) # Round Image Corners Online Free — Transparent PNG Give any photo or screenshot neat rounded corners with a transparent background. Choose the radius, add an optional ring, and download a clean PNG. Updated July 2026 · Reviewed by the PDFWix Team (https://www.pdfwix.com/about/team) Rounded corners are the quickest way to make a screenshot, product shot or team photo look designed rather than pasted in. The catch is that most tools only fake it with CSS, which disappears the moment the picture is dropped into a slide deck, a PDF or an email. PDFWix Round Image Corners bakes the shape into the file itself, saving a PNG whose corners are genuinely transparent, so it looks right wherever you place it. To round the corners of an image free: open PDFWix Round Image Corners, add your photo, drag the roundness slider (12% suits most screenshots), and click Round the corners. The PNG downloads with genuinely transparent corners — set 50% on a square image for a perfect circle. 0 of 3 free conversions used today JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF or BMP — add several at once 50% turns a square into a circle and a wide photo into a pill shape. Your images are processed inside this browser tab and never uploaded. The originals on your device are left untouched. Want this in your History? Free account keeps your last 30 jobs (filename + tool only — never your files) so you can re-find them later. Create free account →: https://www.pdfwix.com/auth?tab=signup ## Common next steps Circle Crop Image Crop photos into a circle or rounded square for profile pictures. https://www.pdfwix.com/circle-crop Crop Image Crop photos to 1:1, 4:5, 16:9 and other exact aspect ratios. https://www.pdfwix.com/crop-image Resize Image Change photo dimensions by pixels or percentage without stretching. https://www.pdfwix.com/resize-image 🔒 Processed in your browser · Never uploaded · 100% free ## How much roundness should you use? Because the radius is a percentage of the shorter side, the same number works on a phone screenshot and a wide banner. Around 6% reads as a subtle softening, the kind used on cards and dashboard tiles. 12% is the familiar app-screenshot look. 25% gives a strongly rounded panel that suits playful branding, and 50% turns a square into a circle and a wide photo into a pill or stadium shape. Save as PNG whenever the picture will sit on a coloured background, a slide or a dark-mode page, because only PNG carries the transparency. If the destination demands a JPG, switch on the white-background option and the corners will be filled with white instead. For a strictly circular avatar with an optional coloured ring, Circle Crop (https://www.pdfwix.com/circle-crop) is the more direct tool. ## How to round image corners 1. 1 ### Add your images Drag in JPG, PNG or WebP screenshots or photos — several at once is fine. 2. 2 ### Set the roundness Drag the slider or pick Subtle, Rounded, Very round or Pill. It is a percentage of the shorter side. 3. 3 ### Optional ring Switch on a ring and pick its colour to separate the image from a busy background. 4. 4 ### Download Click Round the corners. You get a transparent PNG, or a white-background JPG if you chose that. ## Tips for rounding corners ### Keep PNG for transparency A JPG cannot hold transparent corners — it fills them with white instead. ### Crop to ratio first Set the shape you want with Crop Image (https://www.pdfwix.com/crop-image), then round the corners. ### Match your brand radius Pick one percentage and reuse it everywhere so all your images look like a set. ### Shrink afterwards Run the finished PNG through Compress Image (https://www.pdfwix.com/compress-image) to keep pages fast. 1%–50% of the short side Radius range Genuinely transparent in PNG Corners 100% in your browser Processing Results measured on a sample of 500 PDFs across scanned documents, photo portfolios, and office reports. ## Ways to get rounded corners | Method | Works in slides & PDFs | Transparent corners | Needs an app | Uploads your photo | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | PDFWix Round Image Corners | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No | | CSS border-radius | ✗ Web only | n/a | ✗ No | ✗ No | | Photoshop / Figma mask | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | | PowerPoint picture shape | Slides only | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | Comparing baked-in rounding with the alternatives. ## Why use PDFWix to round PDFs? Baking the shape into the PNG means it survives every copy, paste and export. - **Real transparency.** The corners are empty pixels, not white squares, so the image sits cleanly on any colour. - **Consistent across sizes.** A percentage radius keeps a set of screenshots looking like a matching set. - **Optional ring.** A thin coloured ring lifts a light screenshot off a light page without any design work. - **Batch friendly.** Round a whole set of app screenshots for a landing page in one pass. For circular profile pictures use Circle Crop (https://www.pdfwix.com/circle-crop). To change the shape of the frame first, Crop Image (https://www.pdfwix.com/crop-image) sets exact ratios, and Resize Image (https://www.pdfwix.com/resize-image) fixes the final dimensions. For round avatars, Circle Crop (https://www.pdfwix.com/circle-crop) is quicker. To set the frame shape first, use Crop Image (https://www.pdfwix.com/crop-image), and Compress Image (https://www.pdfwix.com/compress-image) keeps the final PNG small. ## Common uses for rounding PDFs - Softening app screenshots for a landing page or pitch deck - Making rounded team photos for an About page - Preparing rounded product tiles for a shop or catalogue - Turning a square logo into a rounded app-style tile - Creating pill-shaped banner images for a newsletter ## Frequently asked questions ### How do I round the corners of an image? Open PDFWix Round Image Corners, add the image, set the roundness and click Round the corners. The PNG downloads with transparent corners. ### Are the rounded corners transparent? Yes, in the PNG output. Only the optional JPG output fills the corners with white. ### Can I make a circle instead? Set the slider to 50% on a square image, or use Circle Crop for a dedicated circular result. ### What radius should I use for screenshots? About 12% of the shorter side matches the familiar rounded app-screenshot look. ### Can I round several images at once? Yes. Add a batch and they all get the same radius and optional ring. ### Is my image uploaded? No. The shape is drawn by your own browser and the file never leaves your device. ## More PDF tools ### Circle Crop Image ### Crop Image ### Resize Image ### Watermark Image Stamp your name or brand on photos — corner, centre or tiled. https://www.pdfwix.com/watermark-image ## Related PDF tools Circle Crop Image: https://www.pdfwix.com/circle-crop Crop Image: https://www.pdfwix.com/crop-image Resize Image: https://www.pdfwix.com/resize-image Watermark Image: https://www.pdfwix.com/watermark-image Merge PDF: https://www.pdfwix.com/merge-pdf Split PDF: https://www.pdfwix.com/split-pdf ## Structured data ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "WebApplication", "@id": "https://www.pdfwix.com/round-corners-image#app", "name": "Round Image Corners — PDFWix", "applicationCategory": "MultimediaApplication", "applicationSubCategory": "PhotoApplication", "operatingSystem": "Any — runs in browser on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android", "browserRequirements": "Requires a modern web browser", "offers": { "@type": "Offer", "price": "0", "priceCurrency": "USD", "description": "100% free online browser tool" }, "aggregateRating": { "@type": "AggregateRating", "ratingValue": "4.5", "ratingCount": "1852", "bestRating": "5", "worstRating": "1" }, "description": "Round the corners of any image online free. 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