Resize a Photo for the Web

What it does

An iPhone photo straight out of the camera is usually 12 megapixels and several megabytes, which is overkill for a blog post, a marketplace listing, or a forum upload — and most sites will resize it themselves anyway, badly. This shortcut does the resizing on your own terms first. Filemorph's Resize Image action takes a width and a height, fits the photo inside that box while keeping its proportions, so setting both to 1600 caps the longer edge at 1600px without stretching or cropping anything. Compress Image then trims the file weight further at quality 70. Both steps run on the phone's own image pipeline, so the original, full-resolution photo is never sent anywhere just to get a smaller copy — and both actions are part of Filemorph's free tier.

Build it in 2 minutes

There's no one-tap install for this one yet — add each action below in the Shortcuts app and you'll have it running in about two minutes.

The recipe

1. New shortcut → add action: Select Photos — Select Multiple: Off
2. Add action: Resize Image (Filemorph) — Width: 1600, Height: 1600 (Filemorph fits the photo inside this box and keeps its proportions, so the longer edge lands at 1600px)
3. Add action: Compress Image (Filemorph) — Quality: 70
4. Add action: Save File — Ask Where to Save: On
5. Name it 'Resize a Photo for the Web' → add to Home Screen

Requirements

• Filemorph, free on the App Store, installed on your iPhone or iPad.
• Runs on Filemorph's free tier — no subscription needed.

FAQ

Does the photo get uploaded to resize or compress it?

No. Resize Image and Compress Image both run locally on the phone; the shortcut works in Airplane Mode.

Do I need Filemorph Pro for this one?

No. Resize Image and Compress Image are both in Filemorph's free tier — no subscription or trial required to run this shortcut.