Extend card artwork and print custom binder frames
Artwork frames decorate the space around your cards. You can extend illustration colors or choose a ready-made border, then use the same settings while editing, exporting and printing.
Start here
Open a binder → Tools → Design → Artwork frames.
Open the binder editor →Open the frame tools
In the editor, open Tools → Artwork frames. Frames start off. Turn on Show artwork frames. Apply the finish to This page, Every page, One pocket, or Select pockets. With Select pockets, tick the pockets you want in the page preview, then apply. Page and pocket choices are saved independently; pocket styles stay in place when cards move.
Choose extended artwork or a preset
Extended artwork offers defined Painted edges, soft Blurry edges and Enlarged scene. Border presets include rainbow, gold, silver, dark silver, gloss black, yellow, yellow fading to black, Tag Team and V alt art blends, 18 elements and seven rainbow colors. Material finishes and painted page scenes work across card games and empty pockets. Choose a painted scene for continuous illustrated scenery, or Match chase cards automatically for 44 supported exact printings. Other pockets retain their normal background in automatic mode.
Set the width and blend
Choose the surround width. Blend neighboring frames joins the surrounding colors at shared edges. Presets use one page-wide coordinate system so their gradients and line work continue between pockets. Merged panels and pockets carrying Michi inserts remain separate.
Refine an artwork source
Choose Sources, image & print, then Choose the source artwork. For Painted or Blurry edges, put the source near the illustration’s edges. For Enlarged scene, choose a text-free illustration area. Border presets need no source image. The three edge effects continue colors or enlarge existing art. Painted scenes and chase surrounds are ready-made illustrated backgrounds, rather than live AI generation. Original scans, printed rims and card faces are always drawn separately and stay intact.
Export the page
Use Page image to preview, share or download the PNG. Use frames on binder pages saves those export choices to the current page. Keep saved pocket frame styles preserves individual choices. Original cards, sleeves, ownership and editing controls stay in place.
Open hollow printable frames
With frames enabled in Page image, choose Open printable frames. A new tab contains only the surrounds, with transparent card centers and labeled pocket positions. Preset frames can print even before you place any cards.
Measure, calibrate and cut
Frames and merged panels start on Tabloid 11 × 17 inches; Michi inserts start on A4. Choose individual cutouts for a home printer or a continuous page for a print shop. A4 and Letter tile larger pieces with 3 mm overlap. Enter measured pocket openings if needed, and save frames and inserts as separate PDFs if you prefer. Print at 100% or Actual size, turn browser headers and footers off, and check the 50 mm calibration guide. Try plain paper first, then cut the outer and inner outlines. Keep labeled frames in their original positions so page-wide designs connect.
Something not working?
Check Show artwork frames and the selected scope. A pocket override can differ from the page style. For empty pockets or other games, choose a border preset or painted scene.
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