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800×800 PNG · circular display

Each social platform crops uploaded media to its own aspect ratio before showing it in feeds. Uploading at the platform's native size — here, YouTube feed posts — preserves the framing you intended and avoids the soft-focus that comes from the platform's own resampler. This preset outputs 800×800 PNG at the square ratio that YouTube expects.

Specifications

Output dimensions800×800 pixels
Aspect ratio1:1 (square)
Output formatPNG
Processing100% in your browser — no upload
CostFree, unlimited
SourceOfficial guidelines

When you'd run YouTube Channel Icon

About YouTube and this preset

Audience: 2+ billion monthly viewers.

How YouTube ranks images: thumbnail click-through rate is the dominant signal for algorithmic distribution. Posting at the platform's exact native dimensions (800×800 px) preserves your original framing and avoids the softening that happens when the platform's own resampler runs to fit its expected size.

Platform-specific note: YouTube serves multiple thumbnail sizes; the source must be 1280×720 minimum to avoid upscaling.

How YouTube Channel Icon runs

This preset is a deterministic recipe — every step has fixed parameters so the result is byte-identical across runs of the same input.

  1. Crop the image to a 1:1 aspect ratio. Mochi keeps the centre of the frame in the middle of the crop by default — drag the crop box if you want to recompose.
  2. Resize to 800×800 px as PNG.

Where the work happens

YouTube Channel Icon crops your input to 1:1 and resizes it to 800×800 px as PNG — a 640-kilopixel output. The work runs through canvas APIs and a WebAssembly image-encoder; the source image is decoded into an off-screen canvas, transformed in place, and re-encoded without any network upload.

Social-platform uploads frequently re-encode the file at the platform's CDN; running this preset locally before upload lets you see the exact pre-upload state. The browser-side path also means the file never leaves your device — relevant when the input contains personally identifiable information, screenshots of private documents, ID scans, or proprietary product photography.

Common mistakes

FAQ

What does YouTube Channel Icon output?

800×800 px, saved as PNG.

Why is the output square (1:1)?

The social this preset targets uses 1:1 framing. For passport photos this matches the printed-photo standard; for social posts it's the safe ratio that fills the feed without horizontal cropping.

Why PNG and not JPEG?

PNG preserves hard edges and transparency that JPEG would smear. Icons, logos, and screenshots compress better as PNG when the image isn't photographic.

Does my image get uploaded?

No. This preset runs entirely in your browser using WebAssembly + canvas APIs — no server round-trip. You can verify this in your browser's network panel: only static asset requests, no image upload. The file never leaves your device.

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