Free Image Border & Frame Adder

The Image Border & Frame Adder is a free online tool that add borders and frames to images with customizable width, color, style (solid, double, inset, shadow), padding, and corner radius.. It runs entirely in your browser with no installation or sign-up needed.

Solid, Double, Inset, and Shadow frame styles are supported.

Yes — use the corner radius slider to add rounded corners to your bordered image.

Yes, completely free. All processing happens client-side in your browser.

Absolutely. The Image Border & Frame Adder processes everything client-side in your browser. No data is uploaded to or stored on any server. Your content remains private on your device at all times.

Yes, the Image Border & Frame Adder is fully responsive and works on smartphones and tablets. You can use it on any device with a modern web browser -- no app download required.

No account or registration is needed. Simply open the Image Border & Frame Adder in your browser and start using it immediately. There are no sign-up walls or usage restrictions.

The Image Border & Frame Adder supports common image formats including PNG, JPG/JPEG, WebP, and GIF. Some features may also support SVG and BMP depending on the specific tool.

Simply enter your input in the provided field, adjust any settings to your preference, and the tool will process it instantly. You can then copy the result to your clipboard or download it.

The Image Border & Frame Adder works in all modern browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and Opera. For the best experience, use the latest version of your preferred browser.

Border width and inner padding control two separate gaps. Border width is the thickness of the colored frame itself, adjustable from 0 to 100 pixels, and it sits on the outermost edge of the image. Inner padding, from 0 to 50 pixels, adds a strip of white space between your photo and that colored border, creating a matted, gallery-style mount where the picture appears to float inside the frame. Used together they let you build layered looks: a wide border with no padding gives a bold solid band, while a thin border plus generous padding mimics a framed print with a mat. Both settings redraw the live preview instantly as you slide them. Upload an image and experiment with both to find the framing that suits your photo.

The Shadow style works by casting a soft drop shadow in your chosen color, and a shadow only reads clearly against a solid surface. The tool places your image on a white background and renders a blurred, slightly offset shadow behind it, which lifts the picture off the page like a polaroid or a floating card. Because the shadow needs that backdrop to be visible, you will see white fill around the framed image rather than transparency. The blur and offset scale with the border width value, so a larger width produces a more pronounced, softer shadow. If you would rather keep a transparent or colored edge, choose Solid, Double, or Inset instead. Try the Shadow style on a screenshot or product shot to give it a polished, lifted appearance.

Yes. Because the border and any inner padding are drawn outside the original picture, the exported file is larger than your source image. The tool keeps your photo at its full original resolution and expands the canvas around it, adding the border width and padding on every side. For example, a border of 20 pixels with 10 pixels of padding adds roughly 60 pixels to both the total width and height. After you upload, the tool displays your image's original pixel dimensions so you always know your starting size and can calculate the final result. The picture inside the frame is never scaled down or cropped, and the surrounding frame is drawn fresh rather than overwriting your pixels. Upload an image to see its reported dimensions, then adjust the width and padding sliders to plan the exact finished size.

The tool exports every framed image as a PNG, downloaded as bordered-image.png, because PNG is lossless and preserves the things borders depend on. Sharp border edges and the crisp transition between frame and image stay clean, with none of the blocky compression artifacts a JPEG would introduce around high-contrast lines. PNG also supports transparency, so when you round the corners the areas outside the curve are saved as truly transparent rather than filled with a color, letting the framed image sit cleanly on any background. This matters most for screenshots, logos, and product shots where edge quality is visible. The trade-off is a larger file than a compressed JPEG, but for framed images the sharpness is usually worth it. Frame your image and download the PNG to keep every edge crisp.

Use the corner radius slider, which rounds the corners from 0 up to 50 pixels, taking them from sharp right angles to soft curves. Because the tool exports a PNG, the areas outside the rounded curve are saved as genuine transparency rather than being filled with white, so the rounded image drops cleanly onto any colored background, website, or card layout without a visible rectangle behind it. This is ideal for avatars, profile pictures, app icons, and thumbnails that need soft edges. You can pair the radius with a colored border to create a rounded ring around the image, or use it alone for a clean cornered photo without any frame. Upload your image, drag the corner radius slider until the curve looks right, and download the transparent PNG to drop it anywhere.