PictureBorder
Add a border

A Christmas frame without pasted clip art

The opening red-and-evergreen check is generated at export size. Change the palette, repeat and width so the photograph remains the point.

Frames are rendered locally; the photograph stays in this tab.

Border styles

Eight everyday styles below, and cut, soft, depth and pattern families beside them — 32 styles in all. Open a photo and every tile redraws on it.

  • Clean
  • Rounded
  • Film strip
  • Instant print
  • Scrapbook
  • Soft vignette
  • Gradient rim
  • Dual tone

Put a photo here, or press to pick one

Open a photograph and the named frame is loaded first. The rest of the shelf remains available beside it.

Nothing to hand?

Waiting for a pictureDrawn in this tab

What the opening frame is actually drawing

The holiday check is a procedural tile, not a low-resolution stock border.

Evergreen and berry are ordinary editable colour slots rather than baked pixels.

Check size and angle remain live and the repeat is regenerated for the finished dimensions.

Where to judge it

Check the frame at thumbnail size first: if it disappears, widen it; if it becomes the subject, narrow it. Then inspect all four corners at full size. Corners reveal uneven joins, clipped glow and pattern repeats long before a straight edge does.

Use Outside when the composition already runs to the boundary. Use Inside when keeping the exact output dimensions matters more than keeping the outermost pixels.

Limits worth seeing before export

  • This is a graphic pattern, not a library of photographic holly, snow or ornaments.
  • A loud repeat competes with detailed photographs; narrow the band or enlarge the check when the image is already busy.

Questions about the rendered frame

Does the frame stay sharp on a large export?
Yes. The frame is rebuilt as vector paths, gradients or procedural pattern tiles at the output dimensions. The screen preview is not stretched into the saved file.
Can I change the opening colours?
Yes. Every colour shown by the preset is a normal colour slot in the shelf. Width and any frame-specific strength, angle or scale controls remain editable too.
Does the frame cover the photograph or add pixels around it?
The Placement switch decides that. Inside draws the frame over the picture's outer edge and keeps the file's dimensions; Outside adds it around the picture and grows the canvas, so every pixel of the photograph stays in view.

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