SSC photo and signature resize

The SSC notices for CGL and CHSL 2026 say the photograph is captured live while you fill in the application, with a webcam or the SSC app. So for these exams there is no photo to resize, and older advice about resizing an SSC photo does not apply. What you still upload is your signature: a JPG of 10 to 20 KB, about 6.0 cm wide and 2.0 cm high.

This page starts on the SSC signature preset. Add a photo of your signature on white paper; it is cleaned to black on white, cropped to the ink and saved at 480 × 160 px (6 × 2 cm at 200 DPI), inside 10–20 KB.

SSC upload sizes

Every row comes from the exam's own notice, linked with the date we read it. Pick a row to load it into the tool. Notices change each year, so check the one for your exam before you upload.

Getting the live photo right

The live photo is what the exam centre compares you with, so take it carefully: sit facing a plain light wall with the light in front of you, the camera at eye level, and no cap or mask. Do not hold an existing photo up to the camera.

For other SSC exams, read that exam’s notice: if it asks for an uploaded photo, choose Custom size in the tool and enter its numbers.

How to do it

1. Sign inside a box about 6 cm wide and 2 cm high on white paper, with a dark pen.
2. Photograph it from above in good light and add it here. The SSC signature preset is already selected.
3. Check the preview: the strokes should be clear and nothing cut off. Use Stroke detail if faint parts went missing.
4. Download the JPG and upload it in the signature step of the SSC form.

How it hits the size

The tool saves your image as a JPG again and again at different quality levels, halving the gap each time, until it finds the highest quality that fits under the maximum. That takes about ten tries and usually well under a second. If you set an exact pixel size it never changes it; with "Any size" it shrinks the pixels instead of letting the picture go blocky.

Forms disagree on whether 1 KB is 1,000 or 1,024 bytes, so we count the maximum as 1,000 bytes and the minimum as 1,024. A file that passes our check passes either way. If your image is too simple to reach a minimum even at top quality, we add blank data inside the file (a JPEG comment) to reach it; the picture does not change.

Private by design

Your photo never leaves your phone or computer. The resizing, cropping and signature clean-up all run in your browser, so it works on a slow connection and nothing is stored anywhere. The download is free, with no watermark and no sign-up.

Hindi form text in Kruti Dev? Use the Kruti Dev to Unicode converter before you paste it into the portal: most exam sites only accept Unicode Hindi.

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