Add Border to Image
Frame a photo with a border and optional mat โ any width, any colour.
About this tool
A border in any width and colour, added AROUND the image so nothing gets covered โ plus an optional inner mat in a second colour for the framed-print look. Live preview, PNG export at full resolution, free forever.
Why borders keep coming back
Borders solve real problems disguised as decoration. A white-background product shot on a white page has no edges โ a 1-pixel gray border gives it shape (the reason every marketplace listing eventually grows one). Photos posted to feeds get cropped by unpredictable aspect ratios; a generous border is armour. And the mat-plus-frame combination โ thin dark outer, wide light inner โ is centuries of picture-framing wisdom in two sliders: the mat gives the eye a resting zone, the frame gives the composition a full stop. The practical detail this tool gets right: the border is ADDED, growing the canvas, never overlaid eating your pixels. For borders with rounded corners, run rounded corners after; for the full presentation treatment โ background, shadow, chrome โ the beautifier; for the instant-photo frame specifically, polaroid.
Frequently asked questions
Does the border cover part of my image?
No โ it's added around the outside, so the canvas grows by twice the border width and every original pixel survives.
How do I get the framed-print look?
Thin dark border plus a wide light mat โ set the border to a few pixels of near-black and the mat to 40โ60 pixels of white or cream. It's the classic gallery formula.
What width should a social-media border be?
For a 1080-pixel post, 20โ40 pixels reads as deliberate without wasting space. A 1โ2 pixel border in light gray is the invisible-but-necessary product-photo edge.
What format is the download?
PNG at full resolution โ lossless, and ready for the next tool if you're chaining edits.