Cut Pictures Into Shapes
With MockoFun you can crop a picture into almost any shape online. Upload your photo, choose a shape such as a circle, heart, triangle or star, and use the shape as a mask. You can also upload your own PNG or SVG shape or use text as a mask. When you’re finished, download the shaped image as a PNG with a transparent background.
The Mockofun online photo editor allows you to crop images creatively using these options:
- Cut pictures into shapes. Choose from predefined shapes like circle, star, heart, triangle, flower and any other custom shape.
- Crop irregular shape (choppy crop). Draw a shape around any subject and remove the background.
Watch the video tutorial and see how to use the Mockofun photo shape editor free.
How to Crop a Photo into a Shape
Crop a photo into a circle, heart, star, triangle, or other custom shapes. To crop image to shape in Mockofun, do this:
- Upload your photo
- Choose a shape
- Add the shape as a mask
- Position and resize the photo
- Download as PNG
How to Crop Irregular Shapes
To crop irregular shape online in Mockofun follow these steps:
- Upload your image
- Add the Mask filter
- Draw around the subject
- Crop the image
- Download as PNG
To crop irregular shape online quickly do this:
- Upload your photo.
- Then, go to the AI Assistant from the top menu and choose Remove Background.
- Optional, go to Properties > Rasterize and add a Drop Shadow effect
Learn how to turn photo to sticker.
Why crop pictures into shapes with MockoFun?
- Free online editor
- Built-in shape library
- Custom PNG/SVG shapes
- Text masks
- Irregular/freehand masks
- Transparent PNG export
- Replace photos without rebuilding the design
- No Photoshop required
Crop Pictures Into Shapes Online Free
MockoFun is a free photo shape editor online among many other things. Crop pictures into custom shapes online free. In this tutorial for beginners I will show you step by step, how to cut a shape from a picture.
Crop Picture Into Shape Online with MockoFun
Let’s find out how to fill a shape with a picture and create photo shapes for photo albums, book covers, posters, magazine covers, etc.
Cropping pictures into shapes is a great way to make stickers from your photos.
How do I crop a picture into a custom shape?
Now you know how to free crop an image with MockoFun AI. But, How do I crop a picture into a custom shape? Here are the steps:
- First, Upload your image that you want to cut.
- Second, you need a custom shape. Upload your own shape or use one from our gallery. If you go to Elements > Shapes in the MockoFun gallery, you will find hundreds of free vector shapes to play with.
- Alternative to shape: You can also use Text instead of shapes and add the text as a mask for your image.
- Trim the image and Download the result as PNG with transparent background.
How to Custom Crop a Picture [Tutorial]
So, how to crop pictures into shapes online in just a few steps?
First, open the MockoFun tool and create a new document. You have the option to choose one of the document presets or to create a custom size document.
Step 1. Upload Your Photo (Or Pick a Photo From Our Gallery)
When you crop irregular shape online, you have to use a photo in JPG or PNG format. To add a picture you can use one of these methods:
- Upload your photo. On the left menu, click on the Uploads tab if you want to load your photo online.
- Pick a photo from our gallery. On the left menu go to Elements > Photos and search for an image and use a photo from the gallery.
Click on the photo to add it on your canvas. The photo will added in a new layer (see the Layers tab)
Step 2. Pick a Shape From Our Gallery (Or Upload a Shape)
Go to Elements > Shapes and add a shape to crop the image into a shape. The shape will act like a layer mask for your photo.
We have hundreds of free vector shapes that you can use for free. The shapes are grouped into categories:
- Arrows
- Birds & Animals
- Characters & People
- Nature
- Geometric
- Food & Drink, etc
If you want to use geometric shapes like circle, rectangle, triangle and other basic shapes go to the Geometric category. For this tutorial I will use a heart shape. You can use the search bar to find the shape.
What Custom Shapes can I use to Cut Photos?
- Choose shapes from the gallery
- Upload your own shape
- Use PNG
- Use SVG
- Use text as a mask
TIP: Use any shape you want for the mask.
You can even use PNG cutout images from Elements > PNGs. Or, you can use your own shape. Go to Uploads to load your shape. It’s important to upload a PNG image with transparent background or a SVG shape to use as mask. Also, you can use a text as a mask for your image.
Inside our tool you will find many vector custom shapes from Photoshop, like these triangle Photoshop shapes that you can also download for free. We have so many shapes to choose from including rounded shapes. Use this free rounded corners Photoshop action to make rounded shapes just like these.
You can drag the corner handlers to resize the shape or you can do it afterwards.
Step 3. Crop Picture Shape Using The Add Mask Button
To crop picture to shape, click on the photo to select it. Then, click on the Add Mask button.
You are asked to choose another object to use as a mask for the current object. It is similar with the create a Clipping Mask process used in Photoshop and other graphic design tools.
Step 4. Editing & Customization
It’s easy to fill shape with picture online using MockoFun. After you added the mask, there are lots of things that you can do to customize the result:
- Resize the Mask – Click on the Mask from the Layers tab and drag the corners to resize it.
- Resize or move the Image – Click on the Image layer and do the transformation that you need.
- Move the image and the shape – Select both layers; keep the SHIFT key pressed and click on the Mask layer and Image layer to select them both.
- Replace the image – Click on the Replace Object button to quickly change the image with another image.
- Merge the Image with the Mask – Click on the image and go to Properties > Rasterize Layer
- Crop image – Use the Crop Image button from the bottom right menu to adjust the size of the image.
- Download the result – Click on the Download button from the left menu to download the result as JPG, PNG or PDF for print – Use the PNG format if you want the image with transparent background.
- Remove the Mask – To remove the mask, select the image and click on the Release Mask button.Image crop
Step 5. Replace the Image (Optional)
You can easily replace the image inside the mask.
Simply click on the Replace Object button and choose another image from Elements > Photos or from Uploads. This feature makes the crop to shape process really easy and fun to use.
This is the easiest way to cut shape out of image online.
TIP: To cut picture online using the freehand method use a custom Mask. Go to Filters > Mask and simply paint over the area that you want to crop. This method is useful if you need more than to cut pictures into shapes online.
Step 6. Download as PNG
After you cut shape out of image, you have an empty space around the cropped image. So, before downloading the image use the button called Crop Image from the bottom right menu.
To download the image, click on the Download button from the left menu to download the result.
Choose image file format: JPG, PNG or PDF for print. Download as PNG file if you want the image with transparent background.
Photo in Heart Shape
If you want to add multiple images, you can edit this photos in heart shape template online with MockoFun.
How to Crop a Picture Diagonally
To crop image diagonally, use a square shape from Elements > Shapes > Geometric. Keep the Shift key pressed and drag the middle handlers to skew the rectangle shape.
Add your photo and use the Add Mask button to crop image diagonally.
Image Inside Text: Crop Pictures into Letters
Put image inside text in MockoFun. Fill text with image online and download the text PNG with transparency.
Use a Text instead of a shape. Add a text, choose the Photo layer, click on the Add Mask button and choose the Text layer.
To make a letter photo collage add multiple photos and create a collage with the pictures. Then, click on the Group button to group the images.
Shape Collage
Create collage shapes :
1. Go to Elements > Shapes > Geometric and choose the Rectangle shape. Resize the rectangle to cover the canvas and change the color to white.
2. Add another shape that you want to act as mask for your collage. I will choose a Bird shape from the Birds & Animals category. Resize the shape to its final size.
3. Click on the Rectangle layer to select it. Then click on the Add Mask 
button and choose the Bird shape as mask.
4. Go to the Layers tab and click on the Invert Mask button.
5. Go to Layers tab and lock the Rectangle layer.
6. Now, you can add your pictures. Go to Elements > Photos and add pictures. To add your own photos, use the Uploads button.
Click on the image and use the Send backward button to add the image inside the shape.
Add the other photos and the Send backward button to add the image inside the shape. Use the Bring Forward button to arrange the pictures.
For this type of collage it’s important to know that the result image has a white background. So, you can NOT save it as PNG with transparent background.
Hexagon Collage
Make a trendy hexagon collage using the hexagon shape found under Elements > Shapes > Geometric category.
Crop Picture Into Circle
In Mockofun you can crop picture into circle online. Use a circle shape that you can find in Elements > Shapes > Geometric.
How to Crop Irregular Shapes Online
How to custom crop a picture?
The best way to crop irregular shapes is to use the Pen Tool or Lasso Tool. In Mockofun you can cut irregular shapes from photo online using these two methods:
- Add your photo
- Go to Filters on the top menu and search for the Mask filter.
- Click on the Hide button
- Set the Size and the Feather of the brush and simply paint over the image to remove the background.
- Press Esc when you are done.
Method 2
- Click on the MockoFun logo to switch to Doodler.
- Choose Shapes from the top menu and draw an irregular shape.
- Draw an irregular shape
- Use the shape as Mask for your photo.
Frequently Asked Questions
How to crop a picture into a custom shape
Upload your image in Mockofun, choose a shape, then use it as a mask for your image. Adjust the image position and size inside it.
How do I crop an image into a circle?
Select a circle as the crop shape, then resize and reposition the image to fit.
Can I crop a picture into a heart shape?
Yes. Choose a heart shape and adjust the photo inside the shape.
How do I crop an image into an irregular shape?
Use a freeform shape to create an irregular image crop.
Can I crop an image into my own shape?
Yes. Upload a PNG with transparency or an SVG shape, then use it as a mask for your photo.
Can I put a photo inside text?
Yes. Use the text as a mask so the photo appears inside the letters.
Can I crop multiple pictures into one shape?
Yes. Combine multiple images in a single canvas or frame, then apply one shape mask to create a multi-photo shape.
How do I save a shaped image with a transparent background?
Download the finished image as PNG or WebP. PNG and WebP preserves transparency around the shape, while JPG does not.
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