Make pop art from a photo

Give a photo the bold, flat colours of 1960s pop art, in a four-panel Warhol-style grid or a single print. Or posterize it: cut the colours down to a few flat shades for a screen-printed look.

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JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF or AVIF, up to 80 MB. You can also paste an image.

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Processed on your device. Your image is never uploaded.

How it works

  1. Your browser works out how light each part of the photo is, smoothing out fine grain.
  2. Pop art: the tones are split into four bands of equal area and each band is painted one flat colour; the grid repeats this with four colour sets. Posterize: each colour channel keeps only the number of levels you choose.
  3. The result is saved in the format you choose.

Supported formats

Opens
JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, BMP and GIF (the first frame of an animation)
Saves
PNG, JPG or WebP, the same size as your photo
Limits
Files up to 80 MB. The saved image can be up to 16.7 megapixels on iPhone and iPad, 36 on Android and 64 on computers, and 16,384 pixels on its longest side.
  • Pop art splits the photo into four tones, each covering about a quarter of it, so any photo uses all four colours.
  • The 2 × 2 grid keeps the photo’s overall size, so each panel is half the width and height.
  • Metadata such as camera details and location is not copied to the new file.

Your image stays on your device

This tool runs entirely in your browser. The image is never uploaded, so there is nothing for us to store, see or delete.

To check, open your browser’s developer tools, switch to the Network tab and use the tool: you will not see your image being sent anywhere.

Questions

Are my images uploaded anywhere?

No. The image is read and processed by your own browser. Nothing is sent to our servers, so there is no copy of your image anywhere but your own device.

Which photos make the best pop art?

A clear portrait or object against a plain background, with good light on the face. Busy backgrounds compete with the subject once the colours are flattened.

What is posterizing?

Reducing each colour to a few levels, so smooth gradients become flat bands, like a screen print or poster. Two or three levels look bold; six to eight keep more of the photo.