Make WhatsApp stickers from any photo
The best WhatsApp stickers aren't found in packs — they're your friend's face mid-laugh, your dog's guilty expression, the meme only your group understands. Making one is a small technical job with fussy rules: WhatsApp's official sticker spec demands exactly 512 × 512 pixels, WebP format, under 100 KB, and a transparent background — plus a recommended 8-pixel white outline so the art survives dark mode. This tool does all of it in your browser: upload, frame, optionally cut a solid background, outline, caption, download.
Why the spec matters
Sticker-pack apps reject files that break the spec, and the rejections are cryptic. Wrong dimensions, a PNG instead of WebP, 104 KB instead of 100 — any of these silently fails the import. Because this tool renders to an exact 512×512 canvas, encodes WebP itself, and binary-searches quality until the file lands under 100 KB, what you download is import-ready by construction. The spec line under the preview shows you the live proof: dimensions, format, kilobytes, quality.
Transparent backgrounds, honestly
A sticker with a white rectangle around it looks amateur next to real cutouts. True subject cutout needs AI segmentation — heavy models this page deliberately doesn't download. What it does do well is solid-background removal: product shots, logos, and memes on flat white or solid colors get flood-filled to transparency from the edges, with a tolerance slider for off-white and gradients. For a busy background, cut the subject out first with our Remove Background tool, then build the sticker here.
The white outline (and why WhatsApp insists on it)
Stickers render on white chats, black chats, and patterned wallpapers. A dark subject on a dark background becomes invisible — the 8px white stroke WhatsApp recommends is the standard fix, and it gives stickers that classic die-cut look. The tool draws the outline from your image's own alpha silhouette, so it hugs the subject instead of drawing a boring rectangle.
Captions that read at sticker size
Stickers display small — text has to be big, short, and high-contrast. The caption option renders classic meme style (bold white, black outline), auto-shrinks to fit the canvas, and sits top or bottom clear of the subject. Two or three words beat a sentence every time.
Use cases
Personal stickers: turn group-chat moments into sendable reactions. Memes: photo + caption + outline is the whole meme-sticker formula. Small business: product cutouts and logo stickers for customer chats (WhatsApp Business accepts the same spec). Family groups: grandparents love stickers of the grandkids — now you know how they're made.
From download to WhatsApp
The download is one sticker file; WhatsApp organizes stickers in packs of 3–30. Make at least three, then import them together: on Android, sticker-pack apps like Sticker Maker create the pack and add it to WhatsApp; on iPhone, WhatsApp's built-in create-sticker flow and apps like WASticker do the same. Keep the file names sensible — you'll be picking them from your gallery.
The bottom line
Exact spec, honest background removal, the recommended outline, meme captions — everything a real WhatsApp sticker needs, without an app install, a signup, or a watermark.