Canvas Extender
Extend a photo beyond its edges to fit a banner, story or square
4 free credits on sign-up — your first Standard image with any tool, no card required.
- 01Upload the photo that needs more room around it
- 02Choose the aspect ratio you are extending to
- 03Make it, then edit, upscale or download the wider image
Drag the handle: the uploaded photo on the left, what the tool made on the right.
A photo that is the wrong shape for the space is one of the most common design problems, and cropping usually cuts off something you wanted. Canvas Extender goes the other way: it grows the picture past its edges and paints the new area to match. Turn a vertical portrait into a wide hero banner for a website, give a landscape enough height for a phone story, square off a product photo for a marketplace, or add breathing room around a cramped group picture before printing. Everything inside the original frame stays as it was, pixel for pixel in placement; only the new margins are invented, continuing the floor, wall, sky or scenery outward.
Pick the target shape from the Expand to menu. Wide 16:9 suits website headers, video thumbnails and presentation slides. Story 9:16 fills a phone screen for stories and reels. Square 1:1 is the safe choice for feeds and marketplace tiles. Portrait 4:5 is the tallest shape feeds show without cropping, while Portrait 3:4 and Portrait 2:3 match standard print sizes such as 6x8 and 4x6. Landscape 4:3 and Landscape 3:2 are the classic camera proportions for prints and slideshows. The tool extends whichever sides are needed to reach that ratio and keeps your original centered. If the scene is simple, a big jump such as 9:16 to 16:9 works; busy scenes do better with smaller steps.
After the extension, the wider image sits on the canvas. Edit with words if you want something specific in the new space, such as more sky or a plant on the right; upscale it if the banner will be printed large; or make a short video that slides across the extra width. Reframe & Expand is the sibling tool when you also want to recompose. Each Canvas Extender render costs 4 credits on Standard, 12 on Pro and 44 on Max. A new account arrives with 4 free credits, enough for a first Standard extension, and no card is asked for.
What you set
- The photo to extend
- Expand toWide 16:9Portrait 3:4Square 1:1Portrait 4:5Portrait 2:3Story 9:16Landscape 4:3Landscape 3:2
- 16:9 output
After it's made
- Change details with a sentence, or hand it to any other tool
- Standard, Pro and Max quality on every make
- Enlarge to 32 megapixels or turn it into a short clip
- Every image saved to your library, downloadable full size
About this tool
- What happens if the edge of my photo has a person or object cut off?
- The tool continues them. A shoulder that ends at the frame gains an arm, a car cut in half is completed, and a table extends onward. That is helpful for scenery and objects but riskier for faces and hands, where invented detail is easier to spot. Check those areas closely and rerun if the completion looks wrong.
- Is there a way to extend only one side?
- Choosing a ratio decides which sides grow: a landscape photo extended to Story 9:16 gains height above and below, while a portrait extended to Wide 16:9 gains width on both sides. To push a single direction, extend first, then crop the unwanted side with Reframe & Expand, or describe the layout you want in Edit With Words.
- How is this different from Reframe & Expand?
- Canvas Extender does one job: it keeps your original exactly where it is and paints outward to reach a new ratio. Reframe & Expand lets the composition change too, moving the subject inside the frame and filling whatever opens up. Use this tool when the existing framing is right and you only need more canvas around it.
- How many times can I extend the same image?
- There is no fixed limit; each extension is a new render and can be sent straight back into the tool. Quality holds up well for two or three rounds on simple scenes such as skies, walls or grass. Detailed scenes accumulate invented content with every pass, so after a big jump it is worth upscaling before you go further.
- Can I try Canvas Extender before paying?
- Yes. A new account starts with 4 free credits, which covers your first Standard image with Canvas Extender — no card required. After that, credits come from a monthly plan or a one-time pack.
Often used next
Reframe & Expand
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