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Elevate images with one-click borders

Add borders and padding to any image for free online

Consistent, polished picture borders in seconds

Kapwing's free Add Border to Image tool helps your pictures stand out or fit in anywhere. Create a consistent branded look for your website or Instagram grid. Add white framing for polished e-commerce listings. Incorporate extra padding for captions, meme text, subtitles, and stickers.

No design skills, no bulky software, no distractions: just upload your image, adjust intuitive sliders, and download for free.

You get precise control over border size, color, and corners without layers, presets, or guesswork. The result is a sharp framed image that looks intentional everywhere it’s used, saving you time while elevating your visuals instantly.

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Hundreds of image editing tools, all in one studio

Kapwing's Add Border tool is conveniently built into a powerful editing studio. Customize your image border, then use Kapwing's extensive range of image editing tools to turn raw photos into polished content.

Add filters, overlay text and stickers, adjust colors and lighting. Or use Kapwing's one-click tools to enhance resolution, translate image text, or remove the background.

Then download or share your image directly to social media, all without leaving your browser.

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It just works!

Kapwing is incredibly intuitive. Many of our marketers were able to get on the platform and use it right away with little to no instruction. No need for downloads or installations - it just works.

Eunice Park

Studio Production Manager at Formlabs

With Kapwing, we're always ready to create.

Kapwing is an essential tool that we use in MOXIE Nashville every day. As a social media agency owner, there's a variety of video needs that my clients have. From adding subtitles to resizing videos for various platforms, Kapwing makes it possible for us to create incredible content that consistently exceeds client expectations. With Kapwing, we're always ready to create - from anywhere!

Vannesia Darby

CEO at MOXIE Nashville

Spend less time learning... and more time crafting stories.

Kapwing helps you spend less time learning complex video editing platforms and more time crafting stories that will connect with your audience and customers. We've used the platform to help create engaging social media clips from our clients' podcasts and we can't wait to see how the platform simplifies this process going forward. If you've learned graphic design with Canva, you can learn video editing with Kapwing.

Grant Taleck

Co-Founder at AuthentIQMarketing.com

It keeps getting better!

Kapwing is probably the most important tool for me and my team. It’s always there to meet our everyday needs in creating scroll-stopping and engaging videos for us and our clients. Kapwing is smart, fast, easy to use and full of features that are exactly what we need to make our workflow faster and more effective. We love it more each day and it keeps getting better.

Panos Papagapiou

Managing Partner at EPATHLON

By the far the most user friendly software to use.

As a housewife at home looking to start a YouTube channel for fun with absolutely zero editing experience, it was so easy for me to teach myself via their YouTube channel. It takes the tediousness out of editing and encourages creativity. As long as Kapwing is around, I will be using their software.

Kerry-lee Farla

Youtuber

Kapwing is my secret weapon!

This is one of the most powerful, yet inexpensive and easy-to-use video editing software I've found. I blow my team away with how fast and efficiently I can edit and turnaround video projects.

Gracie Peng

Director of Content

Kapwing is king.

When I use this software, I feel all sorts of creative juices flowing because of how jam-packed with features the software really is. A very well-made product that will keep you enticed for hours.

Martin James

Video Editor

Love this site.

As an English Foreign Language Teacher, this site helps me to quickly subtitle interesting videos that I can use in class. The students love the videos, and the subtitles really help them to learn new vocabulary as well as better understand and follow the video.

Heidi Rae

Education

Excellent subtitling features

[It] works perfectly for me. Have been using Kapwing for a year or so, and their automatic subtitle tool gets better and better every week, it's rare that I have to correct a word. Keep up the good work!

Natasha Ball

Consultant

Best online video service ever. And a miracle for deaf people.

[Subtitler] is able to autogenerate subtitles for video in almost any language. I'm deaf (or almost deaf, to be correct) and thanks to Kapwing I'm now able understand and react on videos from my friends :)

Mitch Rawlings

Information Services Freelancer

This tool should be in every social media account managers' bookmark list.

I use this daily to help with video editing. Even if you're a pro video editor, there is no need to be spending hours trying to get the format correct. Kapwing does the hard work for you.

Dina Segovia

Virtual Freelance Worker

●Step by Step

How to Add a Border to a Picture

Step 1
Upload image
Create a new project in the Kapwing studio, then click to upload your image. Make sure the canvas is larger than your image.
Step 2
Add border
With your image selected, scroll to "Borders" in the right toolbar. Drag the "stroke" slider to add a border.
Step 3
Adjust
Drag the slider to adjust border size and corners. Select a border color and adjust drop shadow.

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What's different about Kapwing?

Six reasons creators stay in flow: faster edits, smarter tools, and collaboration that actually keeps projects moving.

Easy

Start creating immediately with thousands of templates and copyright free videos, images, music, and GIFs. Repurpose content from the internet by pasting a link.

Free

Kapwing is completely free to start. Just upload a video and start editing. Supercharge your editing workflow with our powerful online tools.

Collaborative

Quickly review and share feedback with your team using real-time comments in shared workspaces. Save assets to your Brand Kit for easy access.

Online

Kapwing is cloud based, which means your videos are wherever you are. Use it on any device and access your content anywhere in the world.

No spam or ads

We don't serve ads: we're committed to building a quality, trustworthy website. And we will never spam you nor sell your information to anyone.

AI-Powered

Kapwing uses the latest advanced AI models to power generative AI and one-click editing tools.

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Frequently Asked Questions

We have answers to the most common questions that our users ask.

Is the Add Border to Image tool free?

Yes, Kapwing's Add Border to Image tool is free for all users.

Is there a watermark on exports?

If you use Kapwing on a Free account, then all exports — including Add Border to Image — contain a watermark. Once you upgrade to a Pro account, the watermark is completely removed from your creations.

How to add image borders

To add an image border on Kapwing, create a new project in the studio and upload your image. Make sure your canvas is larger than the image. You can drag to expand the canvas, choose a preset size, drag to make your image smaller, or click "Expand Padding" in the righthand toolbar to add white space around your image.

Select the image in the canvas, then scroll to "Borders" in the righthand toolbar. Drag the "Stroke" slider to add a border, and fine-tune the size by typing in a percentage value. When your border is the right size, you can add rounded corners to the image and border by dragging the "Corner" slider. Select your border color from the color palette just below the slider. Add and customize a drop shadow using the sliders and color options.

When you're ready to download your edited image, click "Export Project" in the upper right, then choose your file type and resolution in the "Image" tab. Click the "Export as" button to export and save your image.

What image file types are supported?

Kapwing supports all popular image file types, including JPEG, PNG, and WebP. You can download your bordered image in any of these file types by clicking "Export Project."

Are the borders adjustable?

Yes, you can adjust your borders as much as you want to. Change border width, corner radius, color, and drop shadow using intuitive sliders and buttons.

Can you add borders to photos on iPhone?

Yes, you can add picture borders on your iPhone or Android device, including phones and tablets, by opening the Kapwing studio on your mobile browser. Upload your image, then add padding or resize your image to be smaller than the canvas.

With your image selected, click "Border" in the bottom toolbar. Then slide the "Stroke" slider to the right to add a border. Adjust corners, stroke size, color, and drop shadow using the intuitive settings.

Can I use Kapwing to edit or resize my image?

Absolutely, the Add Border to Image tool is built into Kapwing's image and video editor. You can crop, filter, adjust colors, and automatically resize your images. You can also add text overlays or stickers, and even add one-click animations and music.

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