---
title: "Add Borders or Layouts to Photo Prints"
url: "https://www.whcc.com/help/ordering/add-borders-or-layouts-to-photo-prints/"
description: "Add a border or a multi-border layout to Photographic Prints in our online editor. A standard border is 5% of the print's short side, at least ¼\"."
updated: "2026-11-13T10:22:31-06:00"
---

# Add Borders or Layouts to Photo Prints

Add a border or a multi-border layout to Photographic Prints in our online editor. A standard border is 5% of the print's short side, at least ¼".

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[Watch the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYSrgofPFow)

![WHCC Software Tutorials cover reading Online Ordering: Borders & Layouts, New Options for All Prints, with a portrait in the layout editor](https://whcc-com-prod-images0.imgix.net/images/online-ordering-borders-layouts-video-cover.jpg?auto=format,compress&cs=srgb&fit=max&w=1000&q=75)

## Before you start

Open the online editor for [Photographic Prints](https://www.whcc.com/products/photographic-prints/) and add your images. [Order Photo Prints Online](https://www.whcc.com/help/ordering/order-photo-prints-online/) covers these steps. If you'd rather design your own border, embed it in your file in Photoshop before you upload.

## Add a standard border

The standard border is 5% of the print's short side, and never smaller than ¼". On an 11×14" print, that's 5% of 11".

1. On the right, choose the print size, paper, and any finishing.
2. Select the border checkbox below the mounting options.
3. Drag an image into the workspace.
4. Optional: Click the image to move it, and zoom in or out. How far you can move it depends on the image's [crop ratio](https://www.whcc.com/help/file-prep/crop-ratios/). If your file is low resolution or too small, the editor may not let you zoom or scale it.
5. Click the check mark when you're done.

## Choose a layout

Layouts offer more border styles than the standard border.

1. Click **Add Product** at the top to start a new print, or start from your first print.
2. At the bottom, click **Layouts** and choose a layout, such as a thicker or uneven border.
3. Drag an image into the workspace.
4. Optional: Click the image to move it, and zoom in or out.
5. On the right, check the size, paper, and finishing.

Alternatively, choose **Create Collage** under Layouts to add a collage of multiple images to one print.

1. Click Create Collage.
2. Select all images you want to add.
3. The Layouts panel will now show different collage layouts to choose from.
4. Optional: Close the Layouts panel and drag the edges of the group to resize.

**Tip:** Layouts and Collages are also available on many other products in the online editor.

## Review and check out

1. Click **Review** in the upper right. The right side lists the size, paper, and finishing for each print.
2. Click **Add to Cart**. Your prints go into the cart as one group.
3. In the cart, check the sizes, papers, finishing, and quantities.
4. Click **Proceed to Checkout**.

## Related

- [Print Guidelines](https://www.whcc.com/help/file-prep/print-guidelines/)
- [Crop Ratios](https://www.whcc.com/help/file-prep/crop-ratios/)
- [Print Surface Comparison](https://www.whcc.com/help/product-comparison/print-surface-comparison/)