Photo + Signature Combiner

While several recruitment bodies provide two separate upload buttons for photo and signature, a significant number of recruitment boards—including specific State PSCs (such as Kerala PSC, MP Vyapam/ESB, and select High Court recruitment drives)—mandate uploading a Single Combined Image File.

In this format, the candidate's passport photograph is positioned in the upper portion of the canvas, while the candidate's signature (and often their full name and date of photo) is affixed in a distinct white lower footer box. Uploading two separate files or submitting a photo without the signature box on these portals results in an immediate invalid document error.

• Total Dimensions: Standard combined cards typically use a vertical aspect ratio of 3.5 cm × 6.0 cm or 350 × 600 pixels.
• Vertical Distribution: The photograph occupies the top ~75% (approximately 350 × 450 pixels), while the signature occupies the bottom ~25% (approximately 350 × 150 pixels).
• Dividing Border: A clean 1-pixel neutral grey or black divider line separates the photo from the signature, preventing visual confusion.
• File Size Constraint: The combined image must typically be compressed into a 50 KB to 100 KB JPEG file.

Candidates attempting to merge files using paint apps frequently make critical mistakes:

1. 1Stretching and Distortion: Forcing images into arbitrary boxes without locking aspect ratios makes the face look unnaturally wide or narrow.
2. 2Blurry Signatures: Pasting a tiny low-res signature under a high-res photo creates noticeable pixelation.
3. 3Bloated File Size: Saving without optimization often results in a 500 KB+ file that crashes the upload portal. VedKit constructs the canvas mathematically in local memory, locking proportions and optimizing byte weight automatically.