Add Decorative Border

Border Width controls the thickness of the decorative border effect itself. Padding adds a gap of plain background colour between the image and the border — useful for creating a matted or framed look, like a photo mount.

Yes — because the border adds pixels around the image, the canvas size increases. The extra pixels are small in number for thin borders but can add up for wide borders or large padding values. All downloads are saved as PNG to preserve the full quality of the border rendering.

The Polaroid style applies a white border that is thicker at the bottom than the sides and top — just like a real instant photo. The Border Width slider controls the overall thickness, and the bottom is automatically set to three times that value. Corner Radius rounds the outer edge for an authentic look.

The downloaded file is always PNG, which supports transparency. The Vignette and Glow styles use the border colour with alpha transparency, so they blend naturally when placed on any background. For Padding, you can choose any background colour using the Padding Background colour picker.

The Film Strip style draws a black border on the top and bottom with evenly-spaced rectangular sprocket holes — just like the edge of a 35mm film strip. It gives photos a cinematic, vintage look and works particularly well with black-and-white or desaturated images.