Uploading Your Image

August 11, 2026 by Brian Boatright

Any picture up to 20 MB works in the sticker designer — phone photos, logos, scans, or artwork files. This page covers what happens to your image after you upload it, and how to get the best-looking sticker from it.

• Formats: PNG, JPG, SVG, GIF, BMP, and TIFF, up to 20 MB per file.
• Straight from your phone: photos from your camera roll work as-is — no need to resize or convert anything first.
• iPhone Live Photos: the still picture (the frame you see in your photo library) is what uploads. The little motion clip stays on your phone and is never sent.

Today's phones take enormous pictures — far more detail than even the largest sticker can print. When you upload one, the designer automatically prepares a print-ready copy at full printing sharpness. You may see a brief "Processing image…" spinner while that happens; a moment later your picture appears, ready to edit.

This preparation never costs you visible quality: stickers print at professional resolution (300 dots per inch), and the prepared copy keeps more than enough detail for even the biggest sizes offered.

• Logos and graphics (PNG or SVG files, anything with transparent areas): kept pixel-exact — clean edges and flat colors print exactly as designed.
• Photos: handled the way photos are meant to be — you won't see any difference between your photo and the printed sticker.
• How much resolution do you need? As a rule of thumb, aim for at least 300 pixels per inch of printed sticker: a 3-inch sticker looks sharp from about 900 pixels across, a 6-inch one from about 1800. Any recent phone photo clears these easily.

Q: My photo is 40 MB — what do I do? A: Export a smaller copy and upload that. On most phones, sharing or re-saving a photo produces a smaller file; on a computer, export as JPG. Anything under 20 MB carries plenty of detail for printing.

Q: I uploaded a Live Photo — will my sticker animate? A: No — stickers are printed, so only the still frame (the one shown in your photo library) is used. Pick the moment you want as the "key photo" before uploading.

Q: Does the designer keep my full original file? A: It keeps a print-ready copy with all the sharpness printing can use. If you plan to reuse the artwork elsewhere, keep your own original too.

• "That image is over 20 MB" — The file is bigger than the upload limit. Export a smaller copy (JPG for photos) and try again; quality won't suffer.
• The upload sits on "Processing image…" for a few seconds — Normal for very large photos; the designer is preparing your print-ready copy. It finishes on its own.
• A TIFF or SVG takes a moment longer than a JPG — Those formats are converted on our servers before they appear, which adds a short round trip.