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Format your signature to exact 6.0 ร 2.0 cm dimensions with auto shadow cleaning and 10โ20 KB compliance.
Extract compliant biometric dimensions and target kilobytes for your official application.
Supports JPG, PNG, WEBP files up to 15MB. Zero server uploads guarantee.
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Resolution: 276 ร 354 px ยท Size: 34.8 KB ยท 200 DPI Header Injected
3.5 ร 4.5 cm passport photo for SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS.
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Universal 20 KB image compression engine.
Binary search compression to any custom KB.
When submitting online applications for competitive examinations and government recruitment portals, uploading photos and signatures adhering strictly to the official notification parameters is mandatory. The SSC Signature Resizer (10KB - 20KB) on PhotoPortal provides an instant, client-side solution to crop, resize, and compress your image files to the exact pixel dimensions and kilobyte (KB) thresholds required by testing agencies and recruitment boards.
Recruitment portals frequently reject candidatures during the automated verification phase due to incorrect aspect ratios, blurry signatures, non-standard DPI, or exceeding file size caps. Our free tool guarantees that your digital images maintain crisp contrast, proper face centering (covering 70โ80% of the photo frame), clear background contrast, and strict adherence to the file size limits without compromising optical clarity.
Follow these three straightforward steps to prepare your examination images in seconds:
Official constraints across major Indian exam authorities and recruitment boards:
| Recruitment Board / Portal | Document Type | Target Budget | Page Geometry | Quality Scaling | Key Compliance Standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPSC DAF 1 & 2 (Civil Services / NDA) | Degree Certificates, Age Proof & Caste Proof | Strictly Under 200.0 KB | Standard A4 (Portrait) | 2.0x Viewport | Clear university seal, registrar signature, roll number clarity |
| SSC Verification (CGL, CHSL, MTS) | 10th / 12th Marksheets & Domicile | 100.0 KB to 200.0 KB | Standard A4 (Portrait) | 2.0x Viewport | High contrast, zero shadow gradients, sharp board stamp |
| NTA (NEET, JEE Main, CUET) | Category, EWS & PwD Disability Certificates | 50.0 KB to 300.0 KB | Standard A4 | 2.0x Viewport | Competent issuing authority seal, certificate issue date legible |
| IBPS & SBI Banking Upload | Graduation Transcripts & Caste Proofs | 100.0 KB to 200.0 KB | Standard A4 | 2.0x Viewport | Multi-semester marksheet merging into a single clean file |
| EPFO Member Claim Portal | Cancelled Cheque & Bank Passbook | 100.0 KB to 500.0 KB | A4 / Landscape | 2.0x Viewport | Clear IFSC code, bank account number & printed name |
| State PSC & Police Recruitment | Educational Degrees & Identity Cards | 100.0 KB to 200.0 KB | Standard A4 | 2.0x Viewport | Clean white paper background with zero camera desk glare |
Official examination guidelines require photographs to be captured against a light or pure white background, with neutral facial expressions, eyes open, and ears clearly visible. For signatures, guidelines mandate black or blue ink on plain white paper without shadows or smudges.
Our SSC Signature Resizer (10KB - 20KB) online engine processes images using high-precision bicubic resampling and adaptive discrete cosine transform (DCT) quantization. This ensures that when downscaling high-resolution camera photos (often 5MBโ10MB) to standard portal specifications (20KBโ50KB), essential facial landmarks and fine ink details remain sharp and identifiable by optical character recognition (OCR) and automated portal validators.
Unlike traditional cloud-based image converters that upload candidate identity photos to remote servers, PhotoPortal operates entirely on client-side HTML5 Canvas technology. Every crop, resize, and compression calculation executes within your device's local memory (RAM).
Your photographs, Aadhaar numbers, date stamps, and signature strokes never touch any cloud storage or database, guaranteeing complete data confidentiality and biometric security.
This error happens when high-resolution smartphone cameras generate files that are too dense. Simply set the target slider on this tool to 45KB or 20KB, and our binary search compression algorithm will strictly force the output file below the ceiling limit.
Manual cropping often distorts rectangular proportions. Using our built-in aspect ratio lock ensures that width and height scale proportionally (such as 3.5:4.5 ratio), preventing facial elongation or horizontal stretching.
Ensure adequate lighting when taking a photo of your signature. Our tool optimizes black ink contrast against white backgrounds, removing background paper shadows so the signature passes automated verification.
SSC requires signatures to be between 10.0 KB and 20.0 KB in file size, with dimensions roughly 6.0 cm in width by 2.0 cm in height (around 480 ร 160 pixels).
No! Official SSC notifications clearly state that signatures in CAPITAL / BLOCK letters will NOT be accepted and will lead to instant rejection of candidature. You must sign in natural running handwriting.
Sign using a black or dark blue ballpoint pen on plain white unruled paper. Avoid fountain pens or markers that bleed through paper.
Most government portals (such as SSC, UPSC, NTA NEET, IBPS, and State PSCs) accept images formatted as standard JPG or JPEG. If you upload a PNG or WebP file, our tool automatically converts and exports it as a 100% compliant JPG file with proper JFIF header tags.
Capture your portrait in even daylight against a plain white or light off-white wall. Avoid wearing spectacles with glare, hats, caps, or masks. Make sure your face occupies roughly 75% to 80% of the total cropped frame with both ears clearly visible.
Yes. PhotoPortal is completely responsive and touchscreen-optimized. You can take a photo with your phone's camera, crop it smoothly on your mobile screen, and download the compressed file directly to your phone's storage in seconds.
Our compression engine injects high pixel density metadata equivalent to 200โ300 DPI (and 600 DPI for UTIITSL PAN signatures) directly into the JPEG JFIF APP0 marker, matching the optical resolution strictly checked by government verification systems.
No. PhotoPortal is 100% free for all aspirants, students, and cyber cafรฉs. There are no daily usage limits, account registrations, watermarks, or hidden paid subscriptions.
No. All operations run 100% locally inside your web browser RAM via HTML5 Canvas and WebAssembly. Nothing is ever uploaded to or stored on any server, ensuring absolute privacy and identity protection.
PhotoPortal (PhotoPortal.in) is an independent document utility and image processing platform developed to assist students, candidates, and citizens. Exam dimension parameters and file size specifications are curated from publicly available notification guidelines. Please cross-check your official portal instructions before final submission.