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Profile picture border maker

Pick a look, adjust the ring, add curved text in any language, and save a round PNG ready for any platform. Every style button is drawn with your own photo, so you see the result before you click.

Sample photo

Drag to move, pinch or scroll to zoom. You can also drop a photo here or paste one.

Your photo stays on your device. Nothing is uploaded.

Looks
Ring
Curved text
Your own frame

Use a square PNG with a transparent middle, such as a campaign or event frame.

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How it will look

The same picture at the sizes people really see it, on light and dark screens.

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How it works

  1. 1

    Add your photo

    Choose a file, drop it on the editor or paste it. Then drag and zoom until your face sits in the middle of the circle.

  2. 2

    Pick a look and adjust it

    Start from one of the looks, then change the ring, its colours and thickness, or type your own curved text.

  3. 3

    Save the PNG

    Choose the size for your platform and download. Round PNGs keep transparent corners; square ones get a solid background.

The same portrait with three different borders: a warm gradient ring, a neon ring and a green band with curved text
Gradient, neon or a text band. Each look is drawn from your own photo before you choose it.

What a border is for

A profile picture is mostly seen small: beside a post, in a list of followers, next to a comment. At those sizes a photo blends into everything around it. A ring with strong colour gives it an edge to stop on, so it is recognised before the face is. That is why brands, creators and streamers often use one, and why a simple ring is often a better change than a new photo.

The preview panel under the editor shows the bordered picture at every size it is likely to appear, on light and dark screens. If the ring still reads at 24 pixels, it is doing its job.

The looks, and what to change

The style buttons are starting points, each drawn live with your photo. Once you pick one, everything can be adjusted:

  • Ring: solid, gradient, double or dashed, with its own thickness.
  • Space: a gap between the photo and the ring, in any colour. A white gap is what makes a gradient ring look like the familiar story ring.
  • Colours: pick one or two. Changing a colour switches a preset gradient to your own two colour version.

Thin rings disappear at small sizes. If the ring vanishes in the 32 pixel preview, make it thicker before you save.

Curved text, in any language

Type up to forty characters and they run around the bottom or the top of the circle, with or without a coloured band behind them. This is the style made popular by job seeking frames, and it works just as well for a team name, an event or a birthday.

Most border tools place curved text one letter at a time, which breaks any script where letters join. Arabic, Persian and Urdu come out as separate, unconnected letters, and some Indian scripts lose their marks. Here the whole line is shaped first, exactly as your browser would show it, and only then bent around the circle. Arabic stays joined, emoji stay intact, and the text reads the right way round at the bottom as well as the top.

About the job seeking style. The green Open to Work look here is a picture with the band drawn into it, so it works on every platform. On LinkedIn itself you can also switch on the official frame in your profile settings. Using both at once would show the band twice, so choose one.

Use your own frame

Campaigns, schools, clubs and events often hand out a frame as a PNG with a transparent middle, sometimes called a twibbon. Add it with the frame button and it is laid over your photo at the exact size of the export. You can still move and zoom the photo underneath until it sits right inside the frame.

Round or square

Round saves a PNG with transparent corners. Platforms crop to a circle anyway, and on websites, slides and documents the picture keeps its shape instead of sitting in a white square.

Square fills the corners with your space colour. Use it for the few places that show profile pictures as squares, or when an upload form refuses transparency.

The size menu lists the right export size for each platform. If a platform is not listed, Instagram's 1080 is a safe choice almost everywhere.

Private by design

Everything here runs in your browser. Your photo and your frame are opened on your device and the PNG is created there. Nothing is uploaded, which also means the tool keeps working if your connection drops after the page has loaded.

Last updated: · Maintained by Farid Honarvar

Common questions

How do I add a border to my profile picture?

Add your photo, pick one of the looks, adjust the ring if you want, and download. The file is a round PNG with the border already part of the picture, so you upload it like any other profile photo.

Can I make an Open to Work style profile picture?

Yes. Choose the Open to work look and edit the text if you like. It works on every platform because the band is drawn into the picture. On LinkedIn you can use the official frame instead, but not both at once.

Does the curved text work in Arabic or other languages?

Yes. The line is shaped as a whole before it is curved, so joined scripts like Arabic and Persian stay connected and emoji stay intact.

Why does my border look thin on my profile?

Profile pictures are usually shown small. Check the 32 and 24 pixel previews under the editor, and increase the thickness until the ring is still clearly visible there.

Can I use a frame from a campaign or event?

Yes. Use a square PNG with a transparent centre. Add it with the frame button and it is placed over your photo at the export size.

Will the transparent corners work everywhere?

Platforms that show avatars as circles ignore the corners, so yes. If an upload form rejects transparency, switch to square and the corners are filled with a solid colour.

Is my photo uploaded?

No. The whole editor runs in your browser and the PNG is created on your device.

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