Image stretcher
Stretch a Pinterest Idea Pin to 1080×1920
A Pinterest Idea Pin on this page is 1080×1920, so a landscape photo has to grow in height to fill it. The board cover is a separate 600×600 square. The profile photo is 165×165, small enough that fine type disappears.
Pinterest Idea Pin, board, and profile
An Idea Pin is 1080×1920. A board cover is 600×600. The profile photo is 165×165.
Size chart
Pixel width, height, and the reduced ratio for every template on this page.
| Template | Width | Height | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idea Pin | 1080 | 1920 | 9:16 |
| Board Cover | 600 | 600 | 1:1 |
| Profile Photo | 165 | 165 | 1:1 |
What a 1080×1920 Idea Pin asks of a landscape photo
The Idea Pin is 1080×1920. Stretching a wide photo to that height changes the subject. Crop first when a face has to stay even.
The board cover is 600×600. It is the square the board grid shows, not a frame from the pin. Filling the pin does not fill the board.
The profile photo is 165×165. A logo that is readable at 1080×1920 becomes a blob at 165×165.
How to stretch an image for a Pinterest frame
Pinterest rewards a tall pin. The board cover and the profile photo on this page are squares, and the profile is tiny.
- Step 1
Open a tall source if you have one
The Idea Pin row is 1080×1920. A landscape photo can be stretched into it, and the scene will look pulled. Cropping a tall window is cleaner when you can spare the sides.
- Step 2
Select the Pinterest row
Idea Pin is 1080×1920. Board cover is 600×600. Profile photo is 165×165.
- Step 3
Leave the top of the pin readable
In the feed, the pin is glanced at small. Stretching fine type to fill 1080×1920 makes it break up. Put the short title high and large.
- Step 4
Export the board cover from the original
600×600 is the board’s face. Shrinking the 1080×1920 pin into that square cuts the pin’s job in half and still needs its own framing.
Three Pinterest boxes, three jobs
This page is short on purpose. The three rows are not aliases.
Idea Pin
1080×1920. This is the tall pin. A 1:1 product shot stretched to this height elongates the product.
Board cover
600×600. It represents the board, not a single pin. A slice of the Idea Pin rarely centers the right object.
Profile photo
165×165. Stretching a detailed pin down here leaves a blur. Use a simple mark.
Product pins
If the pin is a product, the label stretches with the photo. Lock the ratio and crop when the label has to stay legible, then use 1080×1920 only for the scene around it.
Collages
A collage built at square size will not fill the Idea Pin without a second stretch. Build the tall pin first.
Why stretch for Pinterest with ImageStretcher
The pin is the whole card
An Idea Pin is 1080×1920 and the image is the card. There is no caption bar hiding the bottom. The picture has to carry the words.
Board covers are square
A board cover is 600×600. The pin that opens from that board is tall. The cover is a separate file from the pin.
The profile is 165 pixels
The profile photo is 165×165. Detail that survives on a pin will not survive on that avatar.
The feed wants a tall pin
Pinterest’s feed is a column of tall images. A landscape photo has to be stretched into 1080×1920 to occupy a full card.
Formats and limits for Pinterest stretching
Download JPEG for a photographic 1080×1920 Idea Pin. Download PNG for a 600×600 board cover that is a mark rather than a photo.
A photographic Idea Pin at 1080×1920 can be JPEG. A flat board cover at 600×600, and a mark that must still read at 165×165, belong in PNG.
The board cover is not a center crop of the pin. Save the pin, the board, and the profile as three files.
A landscape photo grows a long face
Stretching this drawing upward is the Idea Pin. Stretching it sideways misses the pin, and neither result is the 600×600 board cover.
The board cover is 600×600. The profile photo is 165×165. Filling the pin does not fill either square, and fine type dies at 165×165.
Pinterest 1080×1920 Idea Pin FAQ
- Which Pinterest sizes can I stretch on this page?
- Idea Pin is 1080×1920. Board cover is 600×600. Profile photo is 165×165.
- Should every Pinterest image be 1000×1500?
- Not on this page. The tall row is 1080×1920. The board cover is square. Stretch the row you are uploading.
- Will a square photo fill an Idea Pin?
- Only by stretching height or by cropping. Stretching makes the subject taller. Cropping drops the sides.
- Can the board cover be the pin?
- It can be a crop of the pin, not the same file. 600×600 is not 1080×1920.
- What should I download for Pinterest?
- JPEG for a photographic Idea Pin. PNG for a board cover that is a logo or flat color.