Border Image
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Note: The Actions Quick Reference provides a complete list of actions that you can print for easy reference.
What is the Border Image Action?
The Border Image Action adds a black border around an image. The border is placed around the image (not on top of the image) as to not lose any part of the original image. This causes the size of the image to increase by the width of the border added.
Creating a Border Image Action
Select Images Actions
to expand the Action list. Select theBorder Image
Action from the Actions list to display the Action Builder.
Select the Rules
to specify how the Image should be previewed
once executed. The Error 
settings for this action may be configured to fine
tune the how the Action will run.
Note: For more information about Timing and Error settings, read the Action Builder article.
Choose to either work with the Open
Image or an Image File
.
Note: Read the Image Editor article to learn more about working with images, including image types and their Rules..
Select the desired border
thickness in pixels 
.
Optionally add Notes
to the Action to document any special instructions
or functionality. When the Run Switch
is set to Run, the action
will be executed after clicking OK.
Note: The run switch is set to Run by default. To create or modify this action without executing it, click the slider to change the option to Don't Run. For more information, see Action Builder.
Click the OK
button 
to
save the Action.
Border Image Action Examples
Example 1: The Border Image Action applying a 3 pixelborder around the image.
Example 2: The Border Image Action applying a 15 pixel border around the image.
