How to Crop a Steam Background for Artwork Showcases
Turn any Steam profile background into Featured (630px), Middle (506px), and Right (100px) Artwork PNGs — free in the browser, no login required.
Steps
Crop a Steam background for Artwork showcases
- 1Open the cropperGo to /crop, or open any catalog background and choose Crop.
- 2Load the artUse the selected catalog image, or paste a direct Steam CDN URL (steamstatic.com) — not a Market listing page.
- 3Frame and exportAlign the preview, then Export ZIP to download Featured 630px, Middle 506px, and Right 100px PNGs.
- 4Upload on SteamAdd an Artwork showcase and upload the files. Use the upload guide if the selector shows a thin black line.
Detail
Why backgrounds need cropping
A Steam profile background is a wide image behind your profile. Artwork showcases are different: Steam expects separate PNGs for each slot, not the full background file.
If you upload the raw background, Steam scales it wrong and the showcase looks cropped or stretched. Slicing to the official widths keeps your composition sharp and aligned.
Detail
Exact widths Steam expects
Height can be as tall as you want (long artwork is common). Width is fixed per slot. Our cropper exports all three in one ZIP so you do not measure by hand.
- Featured — 630px wide (single large slot)
- Middle — 506px wide (left side of a normal Artwork showcase)
- Right — 100px wide (pairs with Middle; match the same height)
Featured
630px wide
Middle
506px wide
Right
100px
Use Featured alone, or Middle + Right together at the same height so the row lines up.
Detail
Tips for a clean export
Start from a catalog listing and click Crop, or paste a direct Steam CDN image URL (*.steamstatic.com). Market page links will not load — you need the image file URL.
In the preview, line up the part of the art you care about, then Export ZIP. You get Artwork_Featured.png, Artwork_Middle.png, and Artwork_Right_Top.png ready for Steam.
- Animated backgrounds preview fine; the ZIP still exports a static frame (Steam artwork uploads are images)
- No Steam login is required on this site — you only sign in when uploading on Steam
- Steam level 10+ is required to add an Artwork showcase on your profile
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What to do after the ZIP
Next, upload the PNGs in Steam’s Artwork flow. Tall images often appear as a thin black line in the file selector — that usually means the console height trick worked, not that the file is broken.
Follow our upload guide for the exact console paste, then finish title, certify, and save.
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