A Telegram sticker maker that gets the 512-pixel rule right
Telegram accepts any static sticker that is a PNG or WebP image with one side exactly 512 pixels and the other 512 pixels or less, and its own advice is simple: a transparent background, a white stroke and a black shadow make a sticker stand out. This Telegram sticker maker gives you all three. Design with outlined text, emoji, speech bubbles or a cut-out photo on a transparent canvas, choose square, wide or tall, and export a sticker with a die-cut white outline and a soft shadow — every file checked to stay under 512 KB.
Collect your stickers into a pack, attach the emoji Telegram uses for suggestions, pick the sticker that becomes the 100 × 100 pack icon and download a ZIP with step-by-step instructions for the @Stickers bot. Nothing is uploaded: the drawing, outlining and compression all happen in your browser.
How to use the Telegram Sticker Maker
- Choose a shape: Square 512 × 512, Wide 512 × 384 or Tall 384 × 512. Pick a template or press Start blank and set Background → Transparent.
- Edit the words, emoji and colours, or add a cut-out photo — remove its background first with Remove Background.
- Under Sticker outline and export, keep the white outline and soft shadow (Telegram’s own tip) or change them. Tick Trim empty edges to drop unused transparent space; the longer side stays exactly 512 px.
- Type at least one emoji, then press Download sticker (PNG, or WebP for photo-heavy stickers) or Add to pack.
- When the pack is ready, tick the sticker for the Pack icon, press Download pack (.zip) and follow the README to publish it with @Stickers.
Telegram Sticker Maker features
Telegram’s size rule built in
Square, wide and tall canvases all have one side of exactly 512 px; trimming keeps the longer side at 512 px.
Outline and shadow
A die-cut white or coloured outline that follows your artwork, plus the soft black shadow Telegram recommends.
PNG or WebP, under 512 KB
PNG keeps flat colours perfect; if a detailed photo makes the PNG too large, the sticker is saved as WebP automatically.
Pack with emoji and icon
Up to 120 stickers with 1–20 emoji each, reorderable, reopenable for editing and kept in this browser.
Ready for @Stickers
Numbered sticker files, a 100 × 100 icon.png, an emojis.txt list and a README with the exact bot steps.
Telegram sticker requirements (as of October 2026)
From Telegram’s sticker guidelines (core.telegram.org/stickers) and the Bot API reference:
| Rule | Static stickers | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Size | One side exactly 512 px, the other 512 px or less | A 512 × 384 sticker is fine; 600 × 600 is not |
| Format | PNG or WebP | Transparent background, white stroke and black shadow recommended |
| File size | This tool keeps each file under 512 KB | The long-standing limit for static stickers; the current guidelines page lists no other cap |
| Emoji | 1–20 per sticker | Used for suggestions when someone types the emoji |
| Pack icon | 100 × 100 PNG or WebP, up to 128 KB | Optional — without one, the first sticker is used |
| Pack size | Up to 120 stickers | Video (WEBM), animated (TGS) stickers and custom emoji are not made here |
Worked example: trimming a wide sticker
The “Good night (wide)” template is drawn on a 512 × 384 canvas, which already meets the rule. Suppose you instead build it on the square canvas, leaving empty space above and below. With Trim empty edges on, the tool finds the visible pixels — say a block 470 px wide and 300 px tall including the outline and shadow — and scales it by 512 ÷ 470 ≈ 1.09, so the file comes out about 512 × 327 px: one side exactly 512, the other smaller.
Trimming enlarges small artwork, which softens it, so the tool warns when the enlargement is more than 1.25×. In that case, make the design bigger on the canvas rather than relying on the trim.
Publishing your pack with @Stickers
@Stickers is Telegram’s official bot for sticker packs; it opens as a mini app, and its text commands still work in the chat. Send /newpack, give the pack a title, then send each sticker as a file (not as a compressed photo) followed by its emoji from emojis.txt. Finish with /publish, send icon.png when asked for an icon (or /skip), and choose a short name — it becomes your shareable link, t.me/addstickers/name.
Just want one sticker from a photo? Telegram’s built-in Sticker Editor turns a photo into a sticker inside the app. Making the same design for WhatsApp? The WhatsApp Sticker Maker uses the same editor with WhatsApp’s 100 KB WebP rules.
Telegram Sticker Maker FAQ
What size should a Telegram sticker be?
One side must be exactly 512 pixels and the other 512 pixels or less, as a PNG or WebP. 512 × 512 is the usual choice; this Telegram sticker maker also offers 512 × 384 and 384 × 512, and trimming keeps the longer side at 512.
Should I use PNG or WebP?
PNG is lossless and ideal for text and flat colours. WebP makes much smaller files for photos. Both are accepted; if a photo-heavy PNG would pass 512 KB, the tool saves WebP instead.
How do I upload stickers to Telegram?
Open @Stickers, send /newpack and a title, then send each sticker as a file followed by its emoji, and finish with /publish. The README in the ZIP walks through every step.
Why does each sticker need an emoji?
Telegram suggests stickers when someone types the matching emoji in a chat, and the bot asks for at least one emoji per sticker. You can attach up to 20.
Can I make animated or video stickers here?
No. Animated stickers use Telegram’s TGS format and video stickers are WEBM files up to 256 KB; this tool makes static PNG and WebP stickers only.
Is anything uploaded?
No. Your stickers are drawn and compressed in your own browser and the pack is stored only in this browser. Only font files are loaded from Google Fonts.