Add a border
Put a frame around a photo — never uploaded.
How it works
Three steps, and nothing leaves your device.
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1
Drop in the photo
Any common format. The file is read into the page and goes nowhere else.
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2
Pick width and colour
The border is added around the image, so nothing is cropped.
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3
Download the framed image
The canvas grows by twice the border width on each axis.
Borders that do something
- A border stops a photo bleeding into the page. A picture with a pale edge placed on a pale background loses its outline, and the eye cannot tell where the image stops. A thin border in a contrasting tone fixes that with less visual weight than a shadow.
- It changes the aspect ratio. Adding an equal border on all four sides makes a square out of nothing only if the image was already square. If you need an exact final size — a fixed thumbnail, say — resize after adding the border, not before.
- White borders are the safe choice for print. A white margin gives a printer somewhere to trim and stops the image running off the edge. For screens, matching the border to the page background is what makes it read as a frame rather than as part of the picture.
- Nothing is cropped. This grows the canvas rather than drawing over the photo, so no part of the original is covered or lost.
Frequently asked questions
Does adding a border crop my photo?
No. The canvas grows around it; every pixel of the original is kept.
What size will the result be?
The original plus twice the border width in each direction — a 24px border on an 800×600 photo produces 848×648.
Can I use a transparent border?
Not directly; the border is a solid colour. Save as PNG and the surrounding area can be recoloured afterwards in an editor.