How to Put a Border Around an Image

Making your photography captivating is a powerful tool in today's digital world. Whether you're using images for social media posts, website displays, or other visual marketing materials, adding a border to a image can significantly elevate its impact.

In this tutorial I am going to teach you how to easily put a border around your image using a program called Photoshop.

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[kaziczek]

Incredible! couldn't be more easily explained. I saw this technique on my Mate's pics and asked him how. It was very unfair of me to believe that he wouldn't share it and keep it as an advantage. But he searched for the link to this video. Now I liked and subscribed and already used all of what you teach with a freshly taken pics. Looks really good. I thank you... very much✌✌✌

[spl]

Thanks for this TSOP. As someone that's already a member I can assure anyone that's thinking of joining that it's a great place to learn and engage with other photographers of all levels of expertise. Highly recommended.

[tmeeten]

Now that I am getting a bit more serious about photography this is perfect. I am not a computer wiz and struggle with computer knowledge and had always thought social media degrades images anyway but this is a sure way of producing really nicely presented images that are safe to upload without the risks of people pinching high quality images. Thank you very much.

[juanbon]

I joined TSOP about a year ago. The monthly subscription model works very well for me, as I am able to go back and review any of the courses anytime I need to. I have not created any actions for my workflow yet, but the time has come. This video reminds where to find that particular topic to improve my images and work smarter.

[zhouzhang]

Clear and direct guidance as always, much appreciated!

[stanleyjacobson]

I want to add a 3/4" white border to my prints instead of using a mat when I have them framed. Your timing with this video is impeccable. Thank you kindly. Stan in Minnesota.

[micksjoint]

Thanks for this mate. Greetings from Australia.

[aidensnow]

Thank You! The drop shadow adds so much!

[duncanmeechan]

Thanks Marc, that was another very useful video you have shared with us all. I have done this once or twice but each time I have forgot how I did it, but thanks to you I can now save this wonderful tutorial and watch it over and over as I carry out the instructions and hopefully I will remember it from now on. I really enjoy your videos as they are very clearly explained and simple to understand, so from me it is a huge thank you for sharing them 😁👍

[tantamount]

Marc, thank you for this. Can you show us how to add a thin line border at the outer edge of the white border?

[ByKatyaKinder]

Hi Marc, thank you so much for this wonderful video. I'd like to add a drop shadow around the outer edge of the white border rather than around the image. I've done this but when I export it the shadow doesn't show up. Do you have any idea how I would achieve this? Do I need to add a layer behind?

[nicob]

Hi thanks for this! But How do I change the white border to black when Scaling it?

[susanbray]

Very clear instructions, thank you. I followed them to the letter using a portrait style photo but when I posted the finished photo with border on IG, IG just cropped out my border! Should I therefore change my image size to smaller before adding the border. Thank you

[hera]

Hello thanks for the video but how to do a border in print process ?

[Gliniewm]

Question? How would you add a 2 inch border around a photo so you can print it and mount on a canvas? And 8x10 should still be 8x10, just with the border added?

[robinbhairam]

Not sure if it’s me, but I tend to do Image size 6” (linked) then canvas (about 96 px) pick a colour (usually black or white) export as JPEG … and they are usually less than 500k? Am I wrong? Tnx

[Autorange]

The last bits of the process does not work.

[tommywalsh]

I don't want a low res image with a border I just want to add a border to my hi-res fine art print. No everyone wants to post pictures on social media or in vmm.

[framethemoment.photography]

This process is changing the aspect ratio of the image. Is there a way to do it without changing the aspect ratio?