Add Border to Image
Add solid borders, padding, or drop shadows to any image. Custom colors and per-side control.
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How It Works
Upload Your Image
Drop any image — JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, or BMP. No size limit.
Customize Border
Choose border size, color, and style. Use uniform or per-side padding. Add drop shadows.
Download
Download your bordered image as PNG (supports transparency) or JPG.
How to Add a Border to an Image
Adding a border or padding to an image increases the canvas size around the original content, framing it with a solid color, transparent space, or a drop shadow effect.
Image borders serve both practical and aesthetic purposes. Adding padding around a product photo creates clean white space that meets marketplace requirements and draws the viewer's eye to the subject. A colored border can frame artwork for social media, match brand guidelines, or create visual separation when images are placed side by side. Transparent borders add spacing without adding a visible frame, which is useful for web layouts and presentations.
This tool works entirely in your browser using the HTML5 Canvas API. When you add a border, a new canvas is created with dimensions equal to the original image plus the border size on each side. The border area is filled with your chosen color, and the original image is drawn centered on the new canvas. The result is a pixel-perfect expansion of the canvas around your image with no quality loss to the original content.
Solid Border
A solid border adds a uniform or per-side colored frame around your image. White borders are the most common choice for product photography and e-commerce listings, creating a clean look that meets platform requirements. Black borders add a dramatic frame for artistic photography. You can use any custom color to match your brand palette or design requirements.
Transparent Border
A transparent border adds invisible padding around your image. This is useful when you need to increase canvas dimensions without adding a visible frame — for example, when a platform requires square images but your photo is rectangular. The transparent padding maintains the original image's aspect ratio while fitting the required dimensions. Download as PNG to preserve transparency.
Drop Shadow
The shadow mode adds a realistic drop shadow behind your image instead of a solid border. This creates depth and a floating effect that looks professional in presentations, social media posts, and web content. You can adjust the shadow blur radius, offset distance, and color to achieve subtle or dramatic shadow effects.
Per-Side Control
Toggle off uniform mode to control each side independently. Add more padding at the bottom for a caption area, extra space on the left for a watermark, or asymmetric borders for creative layouts. Each side can be set from 0 to 200 pixels independently.
Image Border Use Cases
Product Listing White Padding
E-commerce platforms like Amazon, eBay, and Etsy often require product images with white backgrounds and consistent padding. Adding a white border ensures your product photos meet listing requirements and look professional in search results alongside competing products.
Social Media Framing
Add colored or white borders to photos for a polished social media aesthetic. Many Instagram photographers use consistent white borders to create a cohesive grid. Borders also prevent platforms from cropping important content at the edges of your images.
Marketplace Compliance
Online marketplaces often have strict image dimension and padding requirements. Add borders to ensure your product images meet minimum size requirements and have adequate whitespace. Per-side control lets you adjust padding precisely to match platform specifications.
Print Matting Preview
Preview how your photograph will look with matting before printing and framing. Add a white or off-white border to simulate a mat board, helping you decide on proportions and ensuring the final framed piece will have the look you want.
Presentation & Slides
Add drop shadows or borders to images for professional presentations. A subtle shadow makes images pop against slide backgrounds, while consistent padding creates visual harmony when placing multiple images on a single slide.
Instagram Square Padding
Convert landscape or portrait photos to square format by adding transparent or colored padding on the shorter sides. This preserves your full image without cropping while fitting Instagram's square post format perfectly.
Image Border Tool Features
Custom Border Size
Add 0-200px borders with uniform or per-side control for precise padding.
Any Color
White, black, transparent, or any custom color. Quick presets for common choices.
Drop Shadow
Add realistic shadows with adjustable blur, offset, and color for a floating effect.
Per-Side Control
Set top, right, bottom, left padding independently for asymmetric layouts.
100% Private
Everything runs in your browser. Images never leave your device.
Unlimited & Free
No limits, no sign-up, no watermarks. Add borders to as many images as you need.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is my image uploaded to a server?
Does adding a border reduce image quality?
How do I add a white border for product photos?
Can I add a transparent border?
Can I set different border sizes for each side?
How does the drop shadow mode work?
What image formats are supported?
Is there a file size limit?
Does it work on mobile?
How do I make a square image with padding?
Can I use this tool for Amazon product image requirements?
How many images can I add borders to?
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