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Gif border adder

World's simplest gif tool
This online utility lets you add a border to an animated GIF file. You can switch between three border types (outer, middle, and inner), as well as change the color and width of the border's line. Each GIF file can be viewed in the browser in static or animated mode and downloaded with a single click. Created by GIF experts from team Browserling.
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Border Type
Draw a line outside the GIF.
Draw a line along GIF edges.
Draw a line inside the GIF.
Border Color and Width
Animation border color.
Animation border thickness.
Online Viewing
Enable live preview of all
GIF frames in animation.
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What is a gif border adder?

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This is a browser-based program that adds a border to static and animated GIFs. You can surround the animation with a line of any thickness and color, including a transparent line. When adding a border around an animation, its dimensions can be either enlarged or preserved, depending on the border drawing mode. There are three border drawing modes. The "Outer Border" mode leaves the animation as-is and draws a line around the animation frames. This mode increases the dimensions of the GIF by twice the border width (because the borders go on all sides of the animation). For example, if the input GIF is 200×200 pixels and the border size is 15 pixels, then the output GIF will be 230×230 pixels. The "Middle Border" mode draws a line exactly on the edge of frames. Half of the line goes on the outside of frames and half of the line goes inside. In this mode, GIF pixels near the edge are overwritten and new pixels are added around the GIF. The size of the GIF increases exactly by the border thickness. For example, if the GIF has the size 200×200 and the border size is 20, then the new GIF will have the size 220×220. The "Inner Border" mode leaves the GIF dimensions unchanged but overwrites the pixels in the GIF animation. By default, the border is added to all sides of GIF frames but you can also control individual top, left, right, and bottom borders through the checkboxes in the options. For example, you can draw a one-sided border by selecting just one checkbox, or select the opposite side checkboxes (top-bottom or left-right) to add create a two-sided border, or if you choose two adjacent borders (such as top-left, top-right, bottom-left, or bottom-right), you'll get a corner-border effect. To change the width of the border, you can use the border-width option and to change the color of the border, you can use the color picker. Use the special word "transparent" to make the border transparent. The transparent border is best paired with the "Outer Border" mode as it can be used to add padding and extra empty space around the GIF. You can view the animation online via the "Online Animation" option, and you can download the animation with a border via the "Save As" button. Gifabulous!

Gif border adder examples

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Draw a Middle Border
In this example, we surround the GIF animation of a cat with a 16px thick semi-transparent border. As we're drawing a centered border around the GIF canvas, we add 8 pixels on the outside of canvas and another 8 pixels on the inside of canvas. The pixels on the inside, overlap and overwrite the GIF pixels. We set the border color to dark blue with 40% transparency, which we enter as the hex color code #00266E64. (Source: Pexels.)
In this example, we surround the GIF animation of a cat with a 16px thick semi-transparent border. As we're drawing a centered border around the GIF canvas, we add 8 pixels on the outside of canvas and another 8 pixels on the inside of canvas. The pixels on the inside, overlap and overwrite the GIF pixels. We set the border color to dark blue with 40% transparency, which we enter as the hex color code #00266E64. (Source: Pexels.)
In this example, we surround the GIF animation of a cat with a 16px thick semi-transparent border. As we're drawing a centered border around the GIF canvas, we add 8 pixels on the outside of canvas and another 8 pixels on the inside of canvas. The pixels on the inside, overlap and overwrite the GIF pixels. We set the border color to dark blue with 40% transparency, which we enter as the hex color code #00266E64. (Source: Pexels.)
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Draw a line along GIF edges.
Animation border color.
Animation border thickness.
Enable live preview of all
GIF frames in animation.
Add a Space for Subtitles
In this example, a book author wanted to add subtitles to a GIF animation of his book. To make space for the captions, he added a border at the bottom of the frames. He made it 40px thick and filled it with solid Chenin color (hex = #E1CB77). To make sure the pixels at the bottom don't get overwritten and are preserved, he used the outer border mode. This mode expands the GIF height by the border size (40px). As a result, he got an animation with empty space below, where he can now add text with the "Add Text to GIF" tool. (Source: Pexels.)
In this example, a book author wanted to add subtitles to a GIF animation of his book. To make space for the captions, he added a border at the bottom of the frames. He made it 40px thick and filled it with solid Chenin color (hex = #E1CB77). To make sure the pixels at the bottom don't get overwritten and are preserved, he used the outer border mode. This mode expands the GIF height by the border size (40px). As a result, he got an animation with empty space below, where he can now add text with the "Add Text to GIF" tool. (Source: Pexels.)
In this example, a book author wanted to add subtitles to a GIF animation of his book. To make space for the captions, he added a border at the bottom of the frames. He made it 40px thick and filled it with solid Chenin color (hex = #E1CB77). To make sure the pixels at the bottom don't get overwritten and are preserved, he used the outer border mode. This mode expands the GIF height by the border size (40px). As a result, he got an animation with empty space below, where he can now add text with the "Add Text to GIF" tool. (Source: Pexels.)
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Draw a line outside the GIF.
Animation border color.
Animation border thickness.
Enable live preview of all
GIF frames in animation.
Draw an Inner Border
In this example, we draw a 2-pixel thin border around an animated GIF of a hand holding a flower. We select the inner border type, which preserves the original dimensions of the GIF. The black border creates a frame around the GIF canvas. (Source: Pexels.)
In this example, we draw a 2-pixel thin border around an animated GIF of a hand holding a flower. We select the inner border type, which preserves the original dimensions of the GIF. The black border creates a frame around the GIF canvas. (Source: Pexels.)
In this example, we draw a 2-pixel thin border around an animated GIF of a hand holding a flower. We select the inner border type, which preserves the original dimensions of the GIF. The black border creates a frame around the GIF canvas. (Source: Pexels.)
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Draw a line inside the GIF.
Animation border color.
Animation border thickness.
Enable live preview of all
GIF frames in animation.
Add Side Borders
In this example, we add two dark borders to the sides of a GIF animation that puts a focus on and emphasizes the sunset in the middle of the frame. The borders are drawn using 30-pixel lines and only on the left and right. They are painted over the original GIF pixels, darkening them by 50%. (Source: Pexels.)
In this example, we add two dark borders to the sides of a GIF animation that puts a focus on and emphasizes the sunset in the middle of the frame. The borders are drawn using 30-pixel lines and only on the left and right. They are painted over the original GIF pixels, darkening them by 50%. (Source: Pexels.)
In this example, we add two dark borders to the sides of a GIF animation that puts a focus on and emphasizes the sunset in the middle of the frame. The borders are drawn using 30-pixel lines and only on the left and right. They are painted over the original GIF pixels, darkening them by 50%. (Source: Pexels.)
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Draw a line inside the GIF.
Animation border color.
Animation border thickness.
Enable live preview of all
GIF frames in animation.
Draw an Outer Border
In this example, we add a transparent outer border around the iconic Quad Damage powerup from the Quake II game. The input GIF is 200x200 pixels and after adding a 50-pixel border on all sides, its size increases to 300x300 pixels. Transparent borders are very useful for making a GIF larger. To see the transparent border, you can change the "transparent" color to something like "red" and once you get the dimensions right, change it back to "transparent". (Created by: id Software.)
In this example, we add a transparent outer border around the iconic Quad Damage powerup from the Quake II game. The input GIF is 200x200 pixels and after adding a 50-pixel border on all sides, its size increases to 300x300 pixels. Transparent borders are very useful for making a GIF larger. To see the transparent border, you can change the "transparent" color to something like "red" and once you get the dimensions right, change it back to "transparent". (Created by: id Software.)
In this example, we add a transparent outer border around the iconic Quad Damage powerup from the Quake II game. The input GIF is 200x200 pixels and after adding a 50-pixel border on all sides, its size increases to 300x300 pixels. Transparent borders are very useful for making a GIF larger. To see the transparent border, you can change the "transparent" color to something like "red" and once you get the dimensions right, change it back to "transparent". (Created by: id Software.)
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Draw a line outside the GIF.
Animation border color.
Animation border thickness.
Enable live preview of all
GIF frames in animation.
Add a Corner Border
In this example, we have chosen a Silent Hill GIF animation with Harry Mason in the snowing Fog World. After losing control of his car, he finds himself in a dense fog that blurs the distinction between dreams and reality. To demonstrate another possibility of our program, we have added a blue corner line to the animation. It's drawn on the left and bottom sides of the frames. The line is 10 pixels wide and it covers half of the animation (5 pixels go inside of the GIF) and the other half goes outside of the GIF, adding 5 pixels to GIF's width and height. (Source: Konami.)
In this example, we have chosen a Silent Hill GIF animation with Harry Mason in the snowing Fog World. After losing control of his car, he finds himself in a dense fog that blurs the distinction between dreams and reality. To demonstrate another possibility of our program, we have added a blue corner line to the animation. It's drawn on the left and bottom sides of the frames. The line is 10 pixels wide and it covers half of the animation (5 pixels go inside of the GIF) and the other half goes outside of the GIF, adding 5 pixels to GIF's width and height. (Source: Konami.)
In this example, we have chosen a Silent Hill GIF animation with Harry Mason in the snowing Fog World. After losing control of his car, he finds himself in a dense fog that blurs the distinction between dreams and reality. To demonstrate another possibility of our program, we have added a blue corner line to the animation. It's drawn on the left and bottom sides of the frames. The line is 10 pixels wide and it covers half of the animation (5 pixels go inside of the GIF) and the other half goes outside of the GIF, adding 5 pixels to GIF's width and height. (Source: Konami.)
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Draw a line along GIF edges.
Animation border color.
Animation border thickness.
Enable live preview of all
GIF frames in animation.
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Quickly make any color in a GIF transparent.
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Quickly delete one or more frames from an animated GIF.
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Quickly extract multiple frames from a GIF.
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