diff --git a/src/components/NavItems/tools/SyntheticImageDetection/index.jsx b/src/components/NavItems/tools/SyntheticImageDetection/index.jsx
index 21989f05e..d21803bb4 100644
--- a/src/components/NavItems/tools/SyntheticImageDetection/index.jsx
+++ b/src/components/NavItems/tools/SyntheticImageDetection/index.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from "react-redux";
 import {
   resetSyntheticImageDetectionImage,
@@ -13,9 +13,12 @@ import {
   Box,
   Card,
   CardHeader,
+  FormControlLabel,
+  FormGroup,
   Grid,
   LinearProgress,
   Stack,
+  Switch,
 } from "@mui/material";
 
 import useMyStyles from "../../../Shared/MaterialUiStyles/useMyStyles";
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@ import StringFileUploadField from "../../../Shared/StringFileUploadField";
 import { preprocessFileUpload } from "../../../Shared/Utils/fileUtils";
 import { syntheticImageDetectionAlgorithms } from "./SyntheticImageDetectionAlgorithms";
 import { useLocation } from "react-router-dom";
+import { ROLES } from "../../../../constants/roles";
 
 const SyntheticImageDetection = () => {
   const location = useLocation();
@@ -59,6 +63,8 @@ const SyntheticImageDetection = () => {
 
   const [imageType, setImageType] = useState(undefined);
 
+  const [autoResizeLocalFile, setAutoResizeLocalFile] = useState(true);
+
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
 
   const IMAGE_FROM = {
@@ -66,6 +72,40 @@ const SyntheticImageDetection = () => {
     UPLOAD: "local",
   };
 
+  const workerRef = useRef(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    workerRef.current = new Worker(
+      new URL("../../../../workers/resizeImageWorker", import.meta.url),
+    );
+
+    return () => {
+      workerRef.current.terminate();
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  /**
+   *
+   * @param image
+   */
+  const resizeImageWithWorker = (image) => {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const workerInstance = new Worker(
+        new URL("../../../../workers/resizeImageWorker", import.meta.url),
+      );
+      workerInstance.postMessage(image);
+
+      workerInstance.onerror = function (e) {
+        reject(e.error);
+      };
+
+      workerInstance.onmessage = function (e) {
+        // console.log(e);
+        resolve(e.data);
+      };
+    });
+  };
+
   const getSyntheticImageScores = async (
     url,
     processURL,
@@ -249,6 +289,14 @@ const SyntheticImageDetection = () => {
    * @returns {Promise<void>}
    */
   const handleSubmit = async (url) => {
+    const processedFile = autoResizeLocalFile
+      ? await resizeImageWithWorker(imageFile)
+      : imageFile;
+
+    if (autoResizeLocalFile && processedFile) {
+      setImageFile(processedFile);
+    }
+
     dispatch(resetSyntheticImageDetectionImage());
     const urlInput = url ? url : input;
     const type =
@@ -256,7 +304,13 @@ const SyntheticImageDetection = () => {
         ? IMAGE_FROM.URL
         : IMAGE_FROM.UPLOAD;
 
-    await getSyntheticImageScores(urlInput, true, dispatch, type, imageFile);
+    await getSyntheticImageScores(
+      urlInput,
+      true,
+      dispatch,
+      type,
+      processedFile,
+    );
   };
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -298,6 +352,10 @@ const SyntheticImageDetection = () => {
     }
   }, [imageFile, input, result]);
 
+  const toggleAutoResizeLocalFile = () => {
+    setAutoResizeLocalFile((prev) => !prev);
+  };
+
   return (
     <Box>
       <HeaderTool
@@ -334,31 +392,49 @@ const SyntheticImageDetection = () => {
         />
 
         <Box p={3}>
-          <form>
-            <StringFileUploadField
-              labelKeyword={keyword("synthetic_image_detection_link")}
-              placeholderKeyword={keyword(
-                "synthetic_image_detection_placeholder",
-              )}
-              submitButtonKeyword={keyword("submit_button")}
-              localFileKeyword={keyword("button_localfile")}
-              urlInput={input}
-              setUrlInput={setInput}
-              fileInput={imageFile}
-              setFileInput={setImageFile}
-              handleSubmit={handleSubmit}
-              fileInputTypesAccepted={"image/*"}
-              handleCloseSelectedFile={handleClose}
-              preprocessLocalFile={preprocessImage}
-              isParentLoading={isLoading}
-            />
-          </form>
-
-          {isLoading && (
-            <Box mt={3}>
-              <LinearProgress />
-            </Box>
-          )}
+          <Stack direction="column" spacing={2}>
+            <form>
+              <StringFileUploadField
+                labelKeyword={keyword("synthetic_image_detection_link")}
+                placeholderKeyword={keyword(
+                  "synthetic_image_detection_placeholder",
+                )}
+                submitButtonKeyword={keyword("submit_button")}
+                localFileKeyword={keyword("button_localfile")}
+                urlInput={input}
+                setUrlInput={setInput}
+                fileInput={imageFile}
+                setFileInput={setImageFile}
+                handleSubmit={handleSubmit}
+                fileInputTypesAccepted={"image/*"}
+                handleCloseSelectedFile={handleClose}
+                preprocessLocalFile={preprocessImage}
+                isParentLoading={isLoading}
+              />
+            </form>
+
+            {role.includes(ROLES.EXTRA_FEATURE) && (
+              <FormGroup>
+                <FormControlLabel
+                  control={
+                    <Switch
+                      checked={autoResizeLocalFile}
+                      onChange={toggleAutoResizeLocalFile}
+                      size="small"
+                      disabled={isLoading}
+                    />
+                  }
+                  label="Auto-Resize"
+                />
+              </FormGroup>
+            )}
+
+            {isLoading && (
+              <Box mt={3}>
+                <LinearProgress />
+              </Box>
+            )}
+          </Stack>
         </Box>
       </Card>
 
diff --git a/src/components/Shared/Utils/imageUtils.jsx b/src/components/Shared/Utils/imageUtils.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87640464b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Shared/Utils/imageUtils.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/**
+ * Converts an ImageData object to File
+ * @param imageData {ImageData}
+ * @param fileName {string}
+ * @param imageType {string}
+ * @returns {Promise<File | Error>}
+ */
+const imageDataToFile = async (imageData, fileName, imageType) => {
+  const offscreenCanvas = new OffscreenCanvas(
+    imageData.width,
+    imageData.height,
+  );
+
+  //1. Create an OffscreenCanvas
+  const ctx = offscreenCanvas.getContext("2d");
+  ctx.putImageData(imageData, 0, 0);
+
+  //2. Convert the OffscreenCanvas to a Blob
+  const blob = await offscreenCanvas.convertToBlob({ type: imageType });
+  if (!blob) {
+    return new Error("OffscreenCanvas to Blob conversion failed");
+  }
+
+  //3. Convert the Blob to a File
+  return new File([blob], fileName, { type: blob.type }, imageType);
+};
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @param imageData {File | Blob}
+ * @returns {Promise<File | Blob | Error>}
+ */
+export const resizeImage = async (imageData) => {
+  const MAX_PIXEL_SIZE = 2073599; //  < 2Mpx
+
+  // Create ImageBitmap from image data
+  const imageBitmap = await createImageBitmap(imageData);
+
+  // Check if the image exceeds the max pixel size
+  const originalPixelSize = imageBitmap.width * imageBitmap.height;
+
+  if (originalPixelSize <= MAX_PIXEL_SIZE) {
+    // If the image is within the max pixel size, return as is
+    return imageData;
+  }
+
+  // Calculate new dimensions maintaining the aspect ratio
+  const aspectRatio = imageBitmap.width / imageBitmap.height;
+  let newWidth, newHeight;
+
+  if (aspectRatio > 1) {
+    newWidth = Math.sqrt(MAX_PIXEL_SIZE * aspectRatio);
+    newHeight = newWidth / aspectRatio;
+  } else {
+    newHeight = Math.sqrt(MAX_PIXEL_SIZE / aspectRatio);
+    newWidth = newHeight * aspectRatio;
+  }
+
+  // Resize the image using an OffscreenCanvas
+  const resizedImageData = await resizeUsingCanvas(
+    imageBitmap,
+    newWidth,
+    newHeight,
+  );
+
+  return imageDataToFile(
+    resizedImageData,
+    imageData.name ?? "image",
+    imageData.type,
+  );
+};
+
+// Helper function to resize the image using a canvas
+const resizeUsingCanvas = async (imageBitmap, newWidth, newHeight) => {
+  const offscreenCanvas = new OffscreenCanvas(newWidth, newHeight);
+  const context = offscreenCanvas.getContext("2d");
+  context.drawImage(imageBitmap, 0, 0, newWidth, newHeight);
+
+  // Get ImageData from the OffscreenCanvas
+  return context.getImageData(0, 0, newWidth, newHeight);
+};
diff --git a/src/workers/resizeImageWorker.js b/src/workers/resizeImageWorker.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bff134680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/workers/resizeImageWorker.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { resizeImage } from "../components/Shared/Utils/imageUtils";
+
+self.onmessage = async function (e) {
+  const data = e.data;
+
+  // console.log(e);
+  const result = await resizeImage(data);
+  // console.log(result);
+
+  // Send the result back to the main thread
+  self.postMessage(result);
+};