Pixelate Image

Transform your images with a pixelated effect that abstracts details and adds a retro, mosaic-like flair. Pixelate for creative expression or obscuring sensitive content.

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Free Image Pixelating Tool

Unleash your creativity with our Pixelate Image tool, which offers precise control over pixel size and style, letting you effortlessly transform your visuals into unique, artistic mosaics while maintaining the integrity of the original image.

Why choose our Image Pixelate Converter?

Choose our Pixelate Image tool for its intuitive design and customizable settings that allow you to apply a pixelated effect for both artistic expression and privacy protection, all while preserving the quality of your images.

AI-powered Transformations

More than Pixelating your images. Generative Fill, Generative Object Removal and Generative Replace are just a few examples of how AI can enhance and customize images, providing flexibility in content creation.

Image Enhancement

Whether it’s 3D animations, interactive product displays, or real time filtering, Cloudinary’s API gives you a plethora of image enhancement features. Developers can easily apply dozens of transformations for image enhancement.

Performance Optimization

Automatic optimization guarantees that images are delivered in the highest quality and most suitable format for the user’s device, browser, or connection. Whether it’s PNG, GIF, or JPG, it uses the most efficient next gen format for optimal performance.

Batch Pixelate your web images

Use our image Pixelate converter to batch Pixelate web images easily, or sign up for our free API to automatically Pixelate all your images!

Workflow Automation

Create automated workflows with preset configurations to save time and ensure that files are automatically transformed and ready for delivery right after upload.

Image Formats Versatility

Explore many image formats done automatically! Enjoy full support for cutting-edge formats like AVIF, JPEG-XL, and WEBP. These advanced formats ensure that your visual assets are delivered with the best combination of quality and efficiency, beyond the grayscale and filters.

How to add Pixelate your images

Use the Image Pixelate Tool in 3 simple steps, or sign up for Cloudinary to programmatically Pixelate thousands of your web images!

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Explore Beyond Blurring Image

A woman and a golden retriever in the mountains. They're sitting, facing away from the camera while the dog noses the woman. They're surrounded by natural splendor including majestic mountains, puffy clouds, and evergreen-studded hills. — An un-cropped image overlaid with a cropping window showing how it would be cropped by Cloudinary.

Original: 18 MB
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JPEG: 135 KB
WebP: 135 KB
AVIF: 90 KB
JPEG XL: 94 KB

Original: 18 MB
We’re showing a resized version of the original asset to avoid slow loading speeds. View the original.

JPEG: 135 KB
WebP: 135 KB
AVIF: 90 KB
JPEG XL: 94 KB

Duration: 1:42

Duration: 0:15

URL:

/ar_0.5,c_fill,g_auto,w_433/q_auto/f_auto/hiking_dog_mountain.jpg

cloudinary.image("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg", {transformation: [
  {aspect_ratio: "0.5", gravity: "auto", width: 433, crop: "fill"},
  {quality: "auto"},
  {fetch_format: "auto"}
  ]})

new CloudinaryImage("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")
  .resize(
    fill()
      .width(433)
      .aspectRatio(0.5)
      .gravity(autoGravity())
  )
  .delivery(quality(auto()))
  .delivery(format(auto()));

new CloudinaryImage("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")
  .resize(
    fill()
      .width(433)
      .aspectRatio(0.5)
      .gravity(autoGravity())
  )
  .delivery(quality(auto()))
  .delivery(format(auto()));

new CloudinaryImage("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")
  .resize(
    fill()
      .width(433)
      .aspectRatio(0.5)
      .gravity(autoGravity())
  )
  .delivery(quality(auto()))
  .delivery(format(auto()));

new CloudinaryImage("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")
  .resize(
    fill()
      .width(433)
      .aspectRatio(0.5)
      .gravity(autoGravity())
  )
  .delivery(quality(auto()))
  .delivery(format(auto()));

CloudinaryImage("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg").image(transformation=[
  {'aspect_ratio': "0.5", 'gravity': "auto", 'width': 433, 'crop': "fill"},
  {'quality': "auto"},
  {'fetch_format': "auto"}
  ])

(new ImageTag('hiking_dog_mountain.jpg'))
	->resize(Resize::fill()->width(433)
->aspectRatio(0.5)
	->gravity(
	Gravity::autoGravity())
	)
	->delivery(Delivery::quality(
	Quality::auto()))
	->delivery(Delivery::format(
	Format::auto()));

cloudinary.url().transformation(new Transformation()
  .aspectRatio("0.5").gravity("auto").width(433).crop("fill").chain()
  .quality("auto").chain()
  .fetchFormat("auto")).imageTag("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg");

cl_image_tag("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg", transformation: [
  {aspect_ratio: "0.5", gravity: "auto", width: 433, crop: "fill"},
  {quality: "auto"},
  {fetch_format: "auto"}
  ])

cloudinary.Api.UrlImgUp.Transform(new Transformation()
  .AspectRatio("0.5").Gravity("auto").Width(433).Crop("fill").Chain()
  .Quality("auto").Chain()
  .FetchFormat("auto")).BuildImageTag("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")

cloudinary.image('hiking_dog_mountain.jpg').transformation(Transformation()
	.resize(Resize.fill().width(433)
.aspectRatio(0.5)
	.gravity(
	Gravity.autoGravity())
	)
	.delivery(Delivery.quality(
	Quality.auto()))
	.delivery(Delivery.format(
	Format.auto())));

imageView.cldSetImage(cloudinary.createUrl().setTransformation(CLDTransformation()
  .setAspectRatio("0.5").setGravity("auto").setWidth(433).setCrop("fill").chain()
  .setQuality("auto").chain()
  .setFetchFormat("auto")).generate("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")!, cloudinary: cloudinary)

MediaManager.get().url().transformation(new Transformation()
  .aspectRatio("0.5").gravity("auto").width(433).crop("fill").chain()
  .quality("auto").chain()
  .fetchFormat("auto")).generate("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg");

cloudinary.image('hiking_dog_mountain.jpg').transformation(Transformation()
	.resize(Resize.fill().width(433)
.aspectRatio(0.5)
	.gravity(
	Gravity.autoGravity())
	)
	.delivery(Delivery.quality(
	Quality.auto()))
	.delivery(Delivery.format(
	Format.auto())));

cloudinary.image {
	publicId("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")
	 resize(Resize.fill() { width(433)
 aspectRatio(0.5F)
	 gravity(
	Gravity.autoGravity())
	 })
	 delivery(Delivery.quality(
	Quality.auto()))
	 delivery(Delivery.format(
	Format.auto())) 
}.generate()

new CloudinaryImage("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")
  .resize(
    fill()
      .width(433)
      .aspectRatio(0.5)
      .gravity(autoGravity())
  )
  .delivery(quality(auto()))
  .delivery(format(auto()));

Frequently Asked Questions

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What does the Pixelate Image tool do and how does it work?

The tool converts your image into a pixelated version by grouping adjacent pixels into larger blocks, creating a mosaic effect that both abstracts and stylizes the visual details.

Is this tool suitable for obscuring sensitive information in images?

Absolutely, the pixelation effect is an effective way to blur sensitive areas like faces or license plates, making it ideal for protecting privacy while keeping the overall image context. For better and contextualized pixelation, use our Cloudinary API. Cloudinary AI can automatically detect sensitive areas and pixelate them!

Is the pixelation process reversible or non-destructive?

Most versions of our tool offer non-destructive editing, so you can experiment with different settings and easily revert back to your original image if needed.