GDS Photo & Signature Cropper

GDS Photo & Signature Cropper — For the India Post BPM/ABPM/Dak Sevak Online Form

The India Post Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) online application — for Branch Postmaster (BPM), Assistant Branch Postmaster (ABPM) and Dak Sevak posts — asks for two separate uploads: a photograph at exactly 320 x 400 px (30-100 KB) and a signature at exactly 300 x 120 px (20-100 KB), both JPG. A phone photo is almost never that shape or that file size on its own — the raw file usually comes out several megabytes and shaped like the phone's own camera sensor, nothing close to either of these two proportions.

This page crops and compresses both, one tab each, entirely in your browser — upload your photo on the Photo tab, your signature on the Signature tab, and each keeps its own crop box, its own target size and its own result, so working on one never disturbs the other. No installation, no account, no watermark, and nothing you upload here ever leaves your device.

India Post GDS Photo & Signature Size Requirement

These are the figures GDS notifications have used consistently across recent recruitment cycles. India Post can revise the exact numbers from one notification to the next, so always check your own — but this is what each tab targets by default:

Other things GDS notifications ask for: a plain white or light-coloured background, the face filling roughly 70-80% of the photo frame, and an image resolution of 72-150 DPI — which this tool's fixed pixel output already satisfies.

Which GDS Posts Need This Exact Specification

India Post Gramin Dak Sevak recruitment is a single, unified process covering three post categories, and all three share the same online application form — which means the same photo and signature specification applies no matter which post you are applying for:

• BPM (Branch Postmaster) — heads a Branch Post Office in a rural area, the senior-most GDS post.
• ABPM (Assistant Branch Postmaster) — assists the BPM with mail delivery, sorting and counter work at a Branch Post Office.
• Dak Sevak — the equivalent assistant-level post at departmental (larger) post offices rather than branch post offices.

Because one online form serves every circle-wise GDS notification — Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and every other postal circle — the 320 x 400 px photo and 300 x 120 px signature requirement is effectively a national standard for this recruitment, not something that changes state to state.

How to Prepare Your GDS Photo and Signature — Step by Step

1. Open the Photo tab above and upload a recent, clear photograph — plain background, face looking straight at the camera, no cap or sunglasses.
2. Drag the crop box to frame your face and shoulders; it is locked to the 4:5 ratio GDS requires, so you cannot accidentally crop it into the wrong shape.
3. Pick your target file size inside the 30-100 KB range (or leave the default) and click crop — the tool compresses automatically to land inside that range without changing the 320 x 400 px output size.
4. Switch to the Signature tab, upload a photo or scan of your signature on plain paper, and drag the 5:2 crop box tightly around just the signature strokes.
5. Download both JPGs and upload them to the India Post GDS online application exactly as downloaded — no further editing needed.

Tips for GDS Photo and Signature Files the Form Won't Reject

• Use a plain background for the photo — a cluttered or coloured wall behind you is one of the most common reasons GDS photos get flagged during scrutiny.
• Sign on plain white paper with a dark pen before photographing it — a ruled or coloured page makes the signature harder to crop cleanly and can look untidy once compressed.
• Photograph the signature flat and well-lit, straight-on rather than at an angle, so the crop box only needs to capture the strokes, not correct for perspective.
• Check both file sizes before uploading — a signature under 20 KB or a photo under 30 KB can be rejected just as often as one that's too large.
• Keep a copy of both final files on your device under clear names, since the same photo and signature are usually needed again for the GDS exam admit card and, later, document verification.

Common GDS Upload Errors — and How This Tool Avoids Them

• Wrong aspect ratio — a phone photo is usually 3:4 or 9:16, not GDS's 4:5 (photo) or 5:2 (signature). Both crop boxes here are locked to the correct shape, so they physically cannot come out wrong.
• File too large — a modern phone photo is often 2-5 MB, far above the 100 KB ceiling. This tool always compresses down to your chosen target.
• File too small — over-compressing in a random tool can push the file below the 30 KB (photo) or 20 KB (signature) floor, which some portals also reject. This tool checks both ends and tells you honestly if a result lands under the floor.
• Signature cropped from a full page — a signature photographed on a full sheet of paper needs to be cropped tightly to just the signature first; the Signature tab's 5:2 frame is built for exactly that.
• Wrong file format — a PNG or WEBP upload where only JPG is accepted. This tool always outputs JPG regardless of what you upload.

Why This GDS Cropper Is Safe to Use

Your photograph and signature are personal, identity-linked documents, and a GDS aspirant usually has no reason to trust a random website with either one. This tool never uploads either file anywhere: the crop and the compression both run as JavaScript inside your own browser tab, using the HTML5 Canvas the browser already has built in. There is no server-side processing step for your image to pass through, no cloud storage bucket it gets copied to, and no third-party API call carrying it off your device.

You can confirm this yourself: disconnect from the internet after the page has loaded, and both the Photo and Signature tabs keep working exactly the same, because there is nothing left for them to talk to. The moment you close the tab, nothing of your photo or signature remains anywhere but your own device — and unlike many "free" resizer sites, this tool carries no watermark and needs no account, login, or email address to use.