How to add border for an image?

Question

I use \includegraphics command to insert image to the document. But how can I add a border around this image w/o any margin between border lines and image? It seems to be very easy, but I can't find it in the documentation.

Answer 1

You can add a frame around it by placing it inside a \fbox{...} command.

\fbox{\includegraphics[options]{image}}

The distance can be set by changing the \fboxsep length and the line width with the \fboxrule length, e.g. to draw a tight 1pt thick rule around the image use:

{%
\setlength{\fboxsep}{0pt}%
\setlength{\fboxrule}{1pt}%
\fbox{\includegraphics[options]{image}}%
}%

Using a recent version of my adjustbox package you can use:

\usepackage[export]{adjustbox}
% ...
\includegraphics[<your options>,frame]{image}% tight frame
% or 
\includegraphics[<your options>,fbox]{image}% Like normal \fbox

There is also cframe and cfbox for colored frames. All of these allow for multiple optional values, e.g. frame=<rule width>. See the manual for more information.

Answer 2

You need more fancy frame? The settings that you can adjust:

\fboxsep=10mm%padding thickness
\fboxrule=4pt%border thickness

and

%\fcolorbox{bordercolor}{paddingcolor}{image}
\fcolorbox{red}{yellow}{\includegraphics[width=0.5\linewidth]{foobarbaz}}

\documentclass[demo]{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{blindtext}


\fboxsep=10mm%padding thickness
\fboxrule=4pt%border thickness

\begin{document}

\blindtext

\begin{figure}[hbtp]
\centering
%\fcolorbox{bordercolor}{paddingcolor}{image}
\fcolorbox{red}{yellow}{\includegraphics[width=0.5\linewidth]{foobarbaz}}
\caption{This is a black box for demo purpose.}
\label{fig:foobarbaz}
\end{figure}
\blindtext
\end{document}

Answer 3

I've found that \frame{\includegraphics{image}} command works for my case.

Answer 4

For someone who wants to achieve a similar affect in ConTeXt, \externalfigure accepts all the options of \framed, so one can draw a border using:

\externalfigure[file][frame=on]