Today you have an impressive array of options at your disposal to edit and enhance your pictures. You can resort to a multitude of filters and special effects which, with a single click, can dramatically improve the aspect of your photos. One of the particular ways to make your visual content stand out is to add borders to images.
Image borders can be used from two distinctive perspective. First of all, due to the artistic touch they bring. Placing a border around a picture will help you create a vintage look, will make it more aesthetically pleasing and will most surely draw the attention of the viewer. At the same time, you can use a border to clearly separate the image itself from the background that surrounds it, whether it’s white, black or colored.
If you want to frame your pictures, it’s good to know you can do it in multiple ways. Depending on your needs and preferences, you can resort to a desktop-based solution, a mobile app or an online tool. Keep on reading to discover how you can do it from each device:
Add a Border on Windows/Mac
If you’d like to use a desktop-based alternative, PhotoMarks can be a great option. The tool is compatible with both Windows and Mac and allows you to add a border to multiple images at once. The process is truly easy and is based on three simple steps:
- In Step 1, just add your photos.
- Go to Step 2, called Edit Photos, click on Add Filter > Decorate and then choose from the multiple frames and borders available.
- Go to Step 3, called Setup, and choose your image format and destination folder.
PhotoMarks places at your disposal numerous options to stylize your imagery. For example, if you’re looking for a polaroid effect you can add a white border around your pictures and adjust its size. You can apply a shadow effect around the edges of the photos and customize the transparency, size or color. You can also decorate your pictures with various vintage, grunge and picture frames or opt for diverse shapes such as rectangle, star or heart.
In addition to framing images, PhotoMarks provides other useful features. The app allows you to add a mask image, with adjustable transparency, over your landscape or portrait photos and to batch watermark them for protection or branding reasons. At the same time you can optimize your pictures by converting, resizing, rotating or cropping them.
Add Frames on iPhone/Android
When it comes to smartphone apps, there are numerous options to choose from. If you’re looking for a simple and pleasing solution, we recommend InFrame.
InFrame is available for both iPhone and Android users and was particularly developed to help you add frames to photos. The app gives you the possibility to frame a single picture or to select up to nine and combine them in a collage. When it comes to frames, the possibilities are extensive and it’s a real challenge to go through all of them.
You can adjust the photo inside the frame, change the background, apply various filters and effects or insert text and stickers. Once you’re done, you can save your picture and then directly share it on social media.
Add a Border Online
If you don’t feel like installing another software on your computer or another app on your mobile phone, you can resort to an online tool like Fotor for instance. Fotor is a browser-based editor designed with tons of features to enhance your images. Of course, among those features we can find the one that allows you to add borders to images. The process is pretty straightforward, thanks to the intuitive interface.
- Open the tool and click on Edit a Photo.
- Upload the desired photo and then just click on the Frames tab from the left side menu.
There a massive collection of photo frames and borders with different shapes and styles will await you. To name just a few, you can choose simple borders, vintage, retro, polaroid, film edge, shadow, floral or classy frames. Depending on the type chosen, you can make customizations with regards to the frame’s color, adjust the inner and outer size and more. When you’re done, just hit the Download button to save the new image.
