diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index caecb23..9332253 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -26,8 +26,17 @@
   let photoDate = new Date();
   let locationLabel = null; // "City, Country" from EXIF GPS + server-side reverse geocode, or null
 
+  // Slack the fixed 3:2 crop leaves to pan within, in original-photo pixel
+  // space — recomputed every rebuildSource(), read by the drag handler.
+  let cropBounds = { iw: 0, ih: 0, cropW: 0, cropH: 0, outW: 0, outH: 0 };
+  const panHint = document.getElementById('pan-hint');
+
   const params = {
     template: 'cream',
+    // Normalized 0-1 position of the crop window within whatever slack the
+    // fixed 3:2 aspect leaves — 0.5/0.5 is centered.
+    cropOffsetX: 0.5,
+    cropOffsetY: 0.5,
     caption: '',
   };
 
@@ -73,6 +82,8 @@
       editorCard.hidden = false;
       resultPanel.hidden = true;
       torSeed = Math.random();
+      params.cropOffsetX = 0.5;
+      params.cropOffsetY = 0.5;
       rebuildSource();
       render();
       draftCaption();
@@ -107,10 +118,10 @@
     const currentAspect = iw / ih;
     if (currentAspect > targetAspect) {
       cropW = Math.round(ih * targetAspect);
-      cropX = Math.round((iw - cropW) / 2);
+      cropX = Math.round((iw - cropW) * params.cropOffsetX);
     } else {
       cropH = Math.round(iw / targetAspect);
-      cropY = Math.round((ih - cropH) / 2);
+      cropY = Math.round((ih - cropH) * params.cropOffsetY);
     }
 
     const maxDim = 1800;
@@ -126,6 +137,9 @@
     sourceCtx.clearRect(0, 0, outW, outH);
     sourceCtx.drawImage(originalImg, cropX, cropY, cropW, cropH, 0, 0, outW, outH);
 
+    cropBounds = { iw, ih, cropW, cropH, outW, outH };
+    updatePanAffordance();
+
     // Full card = photo area + a border margin all around, matching a
     // physical postcard's white/cream frame.
     const margin = Math.round(outW * 0.06);
@@ -133,6 +147,72 @@
     canvas.height = outH + margin * 2;
   }
 
+  function hasPanSlack() {
+    return cropBounds.iw > cropBounds.cropW || cropBounds.ih > cropBounds.cropH;
+  }
+
+  function updatePanAffordance() {
+    const pannable = hasPanSlack();
+    canvas.classList.toggle('pannable', pannable);
+    if (panHint) panHint.hidden = !pannable;
+  }
+
+  // Drag-to-reposition, same trick as latent: convert pointer movement in
+  // CSS pixels to original-photo pixels via crop-width/display-width,
+  // through the outW downscale (canvas's own pixel space === outW/outH,
+  // not cropW/cropH) and the canvas's CSS scaling, so it stays 1:1
+  // regardless of either. Dragging from anywhere on the canvas is fine
+  // even though the border margin isn't photo -- the gesture still reads
+  // as "drag the photo," and the margin is only ~6% per side.
+  let dragState = null;
+  let panRaf = null;
+
+  canvas.addEventListener('pointerdown', (e) => {
+    if (!hasPanSlack()) return;
+    const { iw, ih, cropW, cropH } = cropBounds;
+    dragState = {
+      pointerId: e.pointerId,
+      startX: e.clientX,
+      startY: e.clientY,
+      cropX0: Math.round((iw - cropW) * params.cropOffsetX),
+      cropY0: Math.round((ih - cropH) * params.cropOffsetY),
+    };
+    canvas.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+    canvas.classList.add('panning');
+  });
+
+  canvas.addEventListener('pointermove', (e) => {
+    if (!dragState || e.pointerId !== dragState.pointerId) return;
+    const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const { iw, ih, cropW, cropH, outW, outH } = cropBounds;
+    const cropPxPerCssPxX = (canvas.width / rect.width) * (cropW / outW);
+    const cropPxPerCssPxY = (canvas.height / rect.height) * (cropH / outH);
+    const deltaX = (e.clientX - dragState.startX) * cropPxPerCssPxX;
+    const deltaY = (e.clientY - dragState.startY) * cropPxPerCssPxY;
+
+    const slackX = iw - cropW;
+    const slackY = ih - cropH;
+    const newCropX = Math.min(Math.max(dragState.cropX0 - deltaX, 0), slackX);
+    const newCropY = Math.min(Math.max(dragState.cropY0 - deltaY, 0), slackY);
+    params.cropOffsetX = slackX > 0 ? newCropX / slackX : 0.5;
+    params.cropOffsetY = slackY > 0 ? newCropY / slackY : 0.5;
+
+    if (panRaf) return;
+    panRaf = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      panRaf = null;
+      rebuildSource();
+      render();
+    });
+  });
+
+  function endPan(e) {
+    if (!dragState || (e && e.pointerId !== dragState.pointerId)) return;
+    canvas.classList.remove('panning');
+    dragState = null;
+  }
+  canvas.addEventListener('pointerup', endPan);
+  canvas.addEventListener('pointercancel', endPan);
+
   function render() {
     if (!originalImg) return;
     const w = canvas.width;
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index ac8912b..a67925f 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
       <div class="canvas-wrap">
         <canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
       </div>
+      <p class="pan-hint" id="pan-hint" hidden>Drag the photo to reposition the crop</p>
 
       <div class="controls">
         <div class="control-group">
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index 37d1a06..54a4d71 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -144,6 +144,17 @@ p { margin: 0; }
   max-width: 100%;
   max-height: 60vh;
   display: block;
+  touch-action: none;
+}
+
+#canvas.pannable { cursor: grab; }
+#canvas.pannable.panning { cursor: grabbing; }
+
+.pan-hint {
+  text-align: center;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  color: var(--text-dim, #888);
+  margin: -12px 0 20px;
 }
 
 /* ── Controls ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */