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mlim18
mlim18
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August 15, 2025
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P: Add a Borders in Develop Mode

  • August 15, 2025
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I'd love to be able to add a white border while I edit in develop mode, as many times that is how I display my images. it would help to visualize the image in its final form better. Thx! 

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    mlim18
    mlim18Author
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    August 15, 2025

    Another way to think about the difference would be to think about an unmatted print on a white wall versus a matted print on a colored or grey wall... different viewing experiences that affects your perception of the print.  I prefer the matted print on a wall, which is what I would like to be able to replicate while I edit. 

    CMass
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    CMassCommunity Manager
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    August 15, 2025

    Thank you for sharing more details. Before sure to share your idea with others and ask them to vote for it! 


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    Rikk Flohr_Photography
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    Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
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    August 15, 2025

    Can you describe how this would be different from right-clicking on the workspace background and changing it from Gray to White?

    Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
      mlim18
      mlim18Author
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      August 15, 2025

      For sure. often times a white background is too much... too much of a border for my eyes. It is too bright around the image and I find it difficult to gauge contrast around the edges. Being able to add a white border and adjust the width of it would allow me to only have a small border set against a grey background. Which is very different than simply using a white background. 

       

      I used to dial back the scale in the Transform panel to about 93 which achieved the same effect as adding a border, but with recent updates, it now shows a transparency grid instead of a white border. Allowing users to turn off the transparency grid would be helpful, as well! But the option to add a border while editing would be better as it would stay consistent when cropping and rotating an image, whereas using scale does not. 

       

      Hope this makes sense. Happy to talk more about it. 

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