Build a two-colour gradient border

Two editable colour stops are interpolated across one vector gradient.

The angle rotates the colour direction without rotating or resampling the photograph.

One continuous fill crosses every side, avoiding four unrelated strips at the corners.

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.

• A two-stop gradient cannot follow different colours around each side independently.
• Very narrow gradients can read as a flat colour because too little distance remains for the transition.

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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