How wide should a photo frame be?

Somewhere between two and five per cent of the shorter side usually looks deliberate without taking over the picture. There is no fixed rule — drag the thickness and watch the preview, and remember that a large print carries a wider frame comfortably.

Does the frame change the size of my picture?

The picture gets larger by the width of the frame on each side. The original pixels are untouched: the frame is added around them rather than painted over them.

Can I get a plain white frame, like a photo print?

Yes. Set the colour to white for an even white frame, or choose the polaroid shape if you want the wider strip along the bottom edge.

Do I need an account to download the result?

No. There is no sign-up and no email step, and what you download is the full-size picture with no watermark on it.

Put a frame on a photo

Framing a picture is one of those jobs that should take ten seconds, so this page does that and stays out of the way. Drop a picture, choose how wide the frame should be and what colour — a clean white frame, a black one, or anything in between — and take it away. If you want a frame on a photo online without installing anything and without handing your picture to a server, this is it: all of it happens in this tab. You can add a frame to a picture of up to 50 MB, and the picture is enlarged rather than cropped, so nothing disappears from the edges.

How to put a frame on a photo

Drop your picture onto the page. It is opened on your device — nothing is sent anywhere.
Pick the frame colour, then drag the thickness until the proportions look right.
Optionally switch to the polaroid shape, which leaves a wider strip at the bottom for a caption.
Download the framed picture.

Questions about framing a photo

How wide should a photo frame be?: Somewhere between two and five per cent of the shorter side usually looks deliberate without taking over the picture. There is no fixed rule — drag the thickness and watch the preview, and remember that a large print carries a wider frame comfortably.
Does the frame change the size of my picture?: The picture gets larger by the width of the frame on each side. The original pixels are untouched: the frame is added around them rather than painted over them.
Can I get a plain white frame, like a photo print?: Yes. Set the colour to white for an even white frame, or choose the polaroid shape if you want the wider strip along the bottom edge.
Do I need an account to download the result?: No. There is no sign-up and no email step, and what you download is the full-size picture with no watermark on it.

This tool runs entirely in your browser, so it needs JavaScript enabled. The description above stays readable either way — nothing here was ever going to be processed on a server.