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Aspect Ratio Calculator

Handy image dimension calculations straight from the menu bar. Drop in an image or select part of the screen, and you'll see its size and aspect ratio. Type a new width, height or scale and the rest follows, in proportion.

Download Aspect Ratio Calculator on the Mac App Store $1.99 · £1.99 · Buy once, no subscription

Open it from any app⌥ ⌃ A

How it works

Measure it, then resize it

Ever needed to resize an image and not known what height goes with the width you want? Aspect Ratio Calculator works it out, and keeps the proportions of the original.

Aspect Ratio Calculator measuring a 1,600 by 900 picture with a 16 to 9 aspect ratio, and resizing it to 1,280 by 720 at 80 percent
  1. Open it from the menu barClick its icon, or press ⌥⌃A from any app.
  2. Drop in an imageDrag it onto the menu bar icon. You get its width, height and aspect ratio.
  3. Type the width you needThe height and scale follow, so the proportions stay the same.
  4. Or the heightWhichever you set, the green marker shows it, and the others are worked out from it.
  5. Copy the ratioOne click copies it, as 16:9 or as a decimal.
  6. Or measure the screenDrag a box round anything on screen, and that's your original size.

New sizes

Width, height or scale

Type whichever one you know. The preview shows the original in blue and the new size in lime.

The value you set Worked out for you Original size New size

The ratio

Two ways to read it

Each comes with a copy button, so it's ready to paste into your code, your design tool or a message.

16 : 9

In whole numbers

The width and height divided down as far as they'll go. Copying it gives you 16:9, without the spaces.

Odd sizes get honest answers: a 1,320 × 2,868 iPhone screenshot is 110 : 239.

0.562

As a decimal

The height divided by the width, to three places. Multiply any width by it to get the height that goes with it.

Square images are 1.000, and portrait ones come out above 1.

Features

Small, quick, always there

Get it

Buy it once

Aspect Ratio Calculator

$1.99 · £1.99, a one-off purchase

  • No subscription
  • Measure as many images as you like
  • Free updates through the Mac App Store
Download Aspect Ratio Calculator on the Mac App Store
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