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Add Border To Photo Online Free

Add borders to your photos online for free. Get unique, customizable designs and apply them in one click. Choose from a wide range of borders to create aesthetic social media posts, sleek professional designs, and everything in between!

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Simple white border to selfie for Instagram adding a clean and aesthetic touch for a polished social media look.

Quick and easy borders to highlight your subject

LightX makes adding borders around your pictures easy and fun. Choose from pastel, gradient, textured, or just black, and white border options to frame your subject without overshadowing it. With drag-and-drop simplicity, LightX includes ready-made photo border designs that let you borderize photos with just one click. Get real-time previews to quickly pick the perfect border.

Variation of borders including wooden, torn paper effect, and sleek gold giving photos a unique and stylish frame.

Artistic borders in hundreds of styles

These border templates go beyond simplicity—they’re artistic and creative. Explore a variety of styles to make your photos look aesthetic. With hundreds of new designs added to our library every week, you’ll never run out of unique options. From Polaroid-style borders to seasonal ones, make your photos your way.

Beautiful aesthetic borders added to many photos in one click making it easy to enhance multiple pictures effortlessly.

Explore creative ways to transform photos with borders

1. Creative border options for Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest.


2. Add seasonal borders to invitations, cards, and marketing material.


3. Apply clean, simple borders to headshots for resumes, portfolios, or passport photos.


4. Use borders on product images, drawing attention without distracting from the subject.


5. Create before-and-after comparisons with borders to differentiate images.

Chalk effect border added to a headshot shared on social media creating a creative and artistic photo frame.

Fit borders to any photo without stretching or losing quality

Every element in the LightX library fits any photo size or aspect ratio without distorting the image. These borders are too fully editable, so you can add custom colors to match your photo perfectly. No matter how much you stretch them, the borders stay clear and never pixelate. You can also change the shape, adjust the size, or modify the opacity to fit any photo.

Customizable borders fit any photo dimensions ensuring the perfect frame for any size or format.

Make photos extra creative with more overlay effects

LightX offers more than just borders to enhance your photos—you get a full suite of overlays to take your creativity to the next level. Explore a wide range of options, including frames, collages, playful stickers, and editable illustrations to transform your photo into a vibrant, artistic creation.

Additional overlay effects like stickers added along with borders on LightX allowing users to personalize photos even more.

The ultimate border toolkit for perfect photos

LightX combines versatility and ease of use for an all-in-one editing experience for everyone. The photo border editor is packed with handy features, including:


✔  Social media sizes for perfect sharing


✔  Hundreds of free designs to choose from


✔  Fully customizable options to match your style


✔  No quality loss for high-resolution results


✔  Photo border app for iOS and Android on the go.

Couple photo with romantic heart borders applied adding a sweet and loving touch to cherish special moments.

How to add a border to a picture?

Step 1

Upload Image

Choose an image from your device or use a stock photo you want to edit with borders clipart.

Step 2

Select And Customize

Explore a bunch of borders for pictures from the library, select the one you like and place it on your picture. Customize it with the desired size, color, opacity, and position.

Step 3

Download Final Image

Download the final image with the border on it in JPEG or PNG format.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, you can customize borders with colors, sizes, and styles. If you want to create your own, you can combine elements and position them as you like.

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