FAQ

Yes. IDfot is free to use. Validation, cropping, final photo export, print sheets, and reports are available without a paid plan.

No. You can open the page and start preparing a photo right away. The product is not built around accounts, subscriptions, or a cloud dashboard.

Normally no. Upload, cropping, validation, and export run locally in your browser whenever that is technically possible.

In the normal flow, your photo stays in the current browser tab and on your device. After export, the resulting files are stored wherever you choose to save them.

Yes. That is one of the main use cases for IDfot. The service is especially useful when you already have a portrait and need to refine the crop, check the dimensions, review warnings, and prepare the final file or print sheet.

No. IDfot helps measure what can realistically be measured in the browser, shows heuristics, and marks areas of uncertainty, but it does not replace official biometric review.

Some requirements cannot be verified reliably in the browser. In those cases, the service states clearly that the item requires manual review instead of presenting a guess as a definitive result.

Checks that depend on face detection may become less precise or receive a “Not verifiable” status. Manual cropping, profile selection, export, print sheets, and other functions will still work.

Because not all requirements are equally clear or equally formalized. Some profiles are starting templates that still need to be checked against the current official source. The confidence label makes that explicit.

No. IDfot does not guarantee acceptance. Even if the result looks good and the checks appear satisfactory, the final decision always belongs to the receiving authority, consulate, embassy, filing portal, operator, or print lab.

Yes. The requirements catalog and the workspace are designed for passport, visa, and similar document photo workflows where exact size, careful cropping, validation, and clear export matter.

Yes. From a single crop, you can prepare a final digital image and a print sheet with multiple copies if that is the format you need.

Yes. The service supports print sheets so you can generate multiple copies from one carefully prepared crop and print them in a convenient format.

Yes. You can export a single final image at the target size if you do not need a print sheet.

Yes. You can export a report to keep a record of checks, warnings, and applied changes. That is useful for later review, printing, or internal verification.

It checks what can be assessed reliably in the browser: crop measurements, head size, top margin, composition, file properties, and some signs related to lighting, background, and sharpness. When the automatic result is weaker, the service shows that uncertainty directly.

Background removal uses a separate tool. The main IDfot workspace stays focused on validation, cropping, sizing, export, and printing instead of mixing safer steps with more sensitive edits.

No. If an edit increases risk, it does not become acceptable simply because it can technically be applied. The user remains responsible for deciding whether such a correction is appropriate for the specific document and the specific receiving authority.

No. That is exactly what IDfot is designed to avoid. Preparation is built around precise cropping without distorting facial proportions.

JPG and PNG usually work best. If the original image is too weak, too dark, too blurry, or already heavily compressed, careful preparation alone will not turn it into an ideally reliable photo for every submission.

Yes, if your browser and device support it. Even then, the result should still be reviewed carefully before export, because lighting, pose, background, and source-image quality remain decisive.

If you have not saved the result, your in-progress work may disappear. Local processing is good for privacy, but it does not replace saving your own final files.

Usually not unless you have saved the exported result yourself. IDfot does not promise cross-device sync or make cloud storage part of the normal workflow.

No. The catalog and the checks help you orient yourself more quickly and open the right profile, but before submission you should still compare the final result with the current official instructions for your specific document and filing method.

It is especially important when requirements are strict, the filing is digital, the photo is being submitted to a consulate or passport center, there are doubts about background, glare, facial expression, or source quality, or you have applied edits that may be considered sensitive.

It is most useful for people who already have a photo and need to bring it into the required format carefully: check the crop, review the risks, and prepare the final image, print sheet, or report without extra steps.

Yes. Uploads, previews, crop calculations, analysis, and exports stay in your browser. There are no accounts and no routine server-side image processing.

No. It helps with crop, size, export, and print layout, but the receiving authority always makes the final decision.

Reliable background cleanup usually needs a dedicated tool. IDfot keeps cropping, print layout, and export in the browser, while background removal stays a separate step.