# Add Border

The &digikam; Add Border is a tool to frame an image with decorative borders.

## Introduction

Keeping the viewer's interest within the confines of the edges of a photograph is not a simple task. One of the simplest ways to hold the attention on an image is to incorporate a decorative frame around an image. It acts as a kind of psychological barrier to the straying eye. The Image Add Border Image Editor menu can be used for that.

## Using the Add-border tool

Four options give you control over the decorative frame rendering:

Type: this option specifies the decorative frame style to apply around the image. Solid style just surrounds the image with a colored line, Niepce style surrounds the image with a fine line and a large border (ideal for black and white images), Beveled style adds a neat dimension to your image (ideal to create a button effect), and Decorative style adds an ornamental border using patterns.

Width: this option specifies the border width in percents of image size. The border is added around the image. The width range is limited between 1% and 50%.

First: this option specifies the first color to use with the current border type.

Second: this option specifies the second color to use with the current border type.

Click on the OK button to apply the border around the current image.

The border decorated target image will be bigger than the original, but it will retain the same aspect ratio. This is important for printing images, especially if you have used the Aspect Ratio Crop tool before.

## The Add-border tool in action

The Add Border dialog tool in action is available below.

The Add Border Tool Dialog in Action