ID Photo application - ID Photo maker

The ID photo data can be easily generated from images captured with a smartphone.

Individual photo data can also be saved.

Being able to take photos as many times as needed makes it ideal for creating ID photos of children as well.

The app produces data in line with the standard photo print size of 4x6 (101.6mm x 152.4mm).

If you have a printer that can print photos from smartphones or digital cameras, you can print the photos at home as the file format created is the same as those taken on most smartphones and digital cameras (JPEG).

You can choose the size of the ID photo from the following options:

- 51mm x 51mm (2 x 2 inches)

- 25mm x 25mm (1 x 1 inches)

- 45mm x 35mm

- 50mm x 35mm (2 inches)

- 48mm x 33mm

- 35mm x 25mm (1 inch)

- 45mm x 45mm

- 40mm x 30mm

Additionally, other sizes with varied height and width can also be specified.

You can specify the number of cropped ID photos to be placed on one photo print.

Various sizes of ID photos can be included on a single photo print.

Furthermore, black and white (gray-scale) ID photos can be created from color photos.

The default finished print size is 4x6 (101.6mm x 152.4mm), but it can be changed as per preferences.

What to Know if You Need Take A Passport Photo

Here are some tips on how to take the perfect passport photo:

Use your phone

- Shooting your own passport photo is perfectly doable: just use your mobile phone camera and a passport photo app.

- For mobile phones, download apps like IC Photo Singapore, Passport Size Photo Maker or Passport Photo ID Maker Studio - ID Photo Editor

- For desktops, try IDPhoto4You, which allows you to place your photo over templates according to different countries' requirements.

The dos and don'ts

    Lighting

Stand about 30cm away from the wall to avoid casting a shadow on the background. Artificial lighting casts shadows under your eyes and nose, so natural lighting is best.

Do not shoot outdoors under strong sunlight as that will make you squint. Use window lighting for a natural look and a white board to reflect light onto the darker side.

    The look

Put on some make-up if you want, even if the photo will appear in black and white in your passport.

A coloured photo is still required because the Singapore passport has a chip that encodes data and stores the passport holder's photo.

Based on the International Standards Organisation (ISO) and International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) guidelines, this photo in the chip has to be coloured.

    To smile or not to smile?

- Ensure you are looking straight ahead with a neutral expression and not showing your teeth. These are stipulated in the ISO and ICAO guidelines and adhering to them ensures that the Singapore passport will be accepted by immigration authorities overseas.

- Your fringe should not cover your face. Keep your hair neat and wear it as you normally would. If you wear glasses, be sure that there is no reflection off the glass that might obscure your eyes.

- Shoulders and hair must be fully visible and not cropped off.

    The technicalities

- The photo should be cropped to 3.5cm by 4.5cm and saved as a jpg, jpeg or png file extension. The file size should not exceed 2MB.

- Photos should be taken no more than three months before submission. The date is embedded in the file info of the photo and can be ascertained.

- Photos should be sharp and not pixellated.