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No crop on Instagram
Pad a wide photo to 4:5 or square with white or a blurred frame, and the whole picture shows in the feed.
Free tool
Add a border to an image, or fit it without cropping.
Put a frame around a photo or a screenshot: a plain colour, a gradient, or a soft blurred copy of the photo itself. Round the corners, add a shadow and a fine inner line. Or pad the picture out to a square, 4:5 or 9:16 so the whole photo fits a post or a story without being cropped. Saved at full size.
Border
Corners and depth
The picture is framed in your browser. It is never uploaded.
Ideas
Three ways to use a border.
02 / Screenshots
A clean frame
A gradient, rounded corners and a soft shadow make a plain screenshot look finished in a post or a slide.
03 / Prints
A white mat
A wide white border with a thin inner line looks like a photo in a frame with a mat.
Questions
Good to know.
How wide is the border?
The width is a percentage of the photo's shorter side, so the frame looks the same on a small or a large photo. The finished size in pixels is shown under the preview.
Does the photo lose quality?
No. The photo is placed at its full size and only the border is added around it. JPG is compressed lightly when saved; PNG keeps every pixel.
Why is the format switched to PNG?
Rounded outer corners and "None" leave see-through parts, which JPG cannot keep, so PNG is chosen for you.
What does Blur do?
It fills the border with a soft, enlarged copy of the photo, so the frame picks up the photo's own colours. It works best with "Fit to a shape".
Is my picture uploaded?
No. It stays in this tab.