Border and padding

file4edit's border tool adds padding, a border, rounded corners and a drop shadow around an image without cropping a single pixel of it. Padding grows the canvas outward and the border is stroked inside the outer edge, over the padding rather than over the picture, so the image keeps everything it arrived with. A pad-to-aspect setting grows one axis only until the result is 1:1, 4:5 or 16:9, which leaves a feed that crops to that shape nothing to take.

How it works

  1. Add your images Drop one or more images. They are decoded one at a time, and the first that reads successfully drives the live preview.
  2. Set the padding Drag the padding slider for the same amount on all four sides, or turn off Same on all sides and type a top, right, bottom and left value. Then set the padding color.
  3. Pad to an aspect ratio Optionally pick 1:1, 4:5 or 16:9. Only the short axis grows, split evenly on both sides, so nothing is cropped to reach the ratio.
  4. Add the border, corners and shadow Set a border width up to 40 px and its color, a corner radius up to 200 px, and turn on the drop shadow to set its blur, offset and strength.
  5. Apply and download Choose Keep, PNG, WebP or JPEG, edit the filename pattern if you want, then press Process. Download saves a single file, or a ZIP when there is more than one.

Questions

Does adding a border crop the image?
No. In file4edit's border tool, padding grows the canvas outward and the image keeps every pixel it arrived with. Even the pad-to-aspect option only ever adds pixels to the short axis — reaching a ratio by taking pixels away would be a crop, and this tool never crops.
Can I get rounded corners in a JPEG?
Not real ones. JPEG has no alpha channel, so it cannot hold a transparent corner. When the output format has no transparency, the area the corner radius cuts away is filled with the Behind the corners color instead, and the tool says so on the page. Choose PNG or WebP if you need the corners to actually be transparent.
Why is my drop shadow cut off at the edge?
The shadow is cast by the image onto the padding around it, so it needs padding to fall on. If the blur plus the offset reaches further than the tightest padded side, the canvas edge cuts the shadow off. The tool warns with both numbers — the shadow's reach and the tightest padding — so you can raise the padding to match.

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