Washi tape, on any photo.
Drop a photo and two strips land on the corners, torn ends and all. Drag them, turn them by the grip, layer a third across a corner. Ten rolls, real paper translucency, undo when you overshoot. Nothing uploads anywhere. For real spreads, grab a proper app.
Add washi tape to a photo
Stick strips of washi tape onto a photo — ten rolls with torn ends, real translucency and free rotation.
What you can change
- Tape style
- Tilt for the next strip
- Turn
- Length
- Width
- See-through
- Bring forward
- Send back
How it works
- 01Drop in a photo, or open one of the samples.
- 02Pick the roll you are holding and click the photo to lay a strip, then drag it into place and set its turn, length, width and see-through — or move it in front of or behind the other strips.
- 03Download it at full resolution. Nothing is uploaded — the work happens in this browser tab.
Unrolling the tape…
Add washi tape to a photo
Stick strips of washi tape onto a photo — ten rolls with torn ends, real translucency and free rotation.
What you can change
- Tape style
- Tilt for the next strip
- Turn
- Length
- Width
- See-through
- Bring forward
- Send back
How it works
- 01Drop in a photo, or open one of the samples.
- 02Pick the roll you are holding and click the photo to lay a strip, then drag it into place and set its turn, length, width and see-through — or move it in front of or behind the other strips.
- 03Download it at full resolution. Nothing is uploaded — the work happens in this browser tab.
Unrolling the tape…
Six places to stick it
- 01 for scrapbooks
Tape a photo onto a digital page
Two strips of kraft tape across the corners of a photo and it instantly looks pasted into a journal. Print the result on matte paper, glue it down, and the tape lines disappear into the real ones. Trompe l'œil that your grandmother would respect.
- 02 for Instagram
Polaroid + tape = a feed people screenshot
The most-saved Instagram aesthetic right now is paper-stacked: polaroid frames, washi tape, handwritten captions. Run a photo through the Polaroid Maker, then add two strips here — your post reads like a moodboard, not a camera roll.
- 03 for mood boards
Pin a photo to your aesthetic board
Pinterest mood-board pinners: washi-taped photos save 3× more often than plain ones. Two pieces of red-striped tape across the top of a photo and it stops scrolling thumbs. Pinable energy.
- 04 for invitations
A handmade-feel digital invite
Send a birthday invite that doesn't look like every other Canva template. A photo with three strips of butter-yellow tape and a Caveat caption above — it reads as personally made, which makes the recipient actually open it.
- 05 for stories
Cover a sticker-corner of a story
Need to hide a date, a license plate, a face in the background of an Instagram story? A diagonal strip of polka-dot tape covers it without looking like a censor bar. The tape feels intentional; the censor bar feels like a mistake.
- 06 for zines
Layout a zine spread that breathes
Zine pages need texture or they read as blocks of text. Tape a photo into a corner with two crooked strips — the page suddenly has a focal point and a sense that someone touched it. Print to a Riso or laser, fold, staple.
Frequently asked
Does the photo upload anywhere? +
No. The whole tool runs on a canvas in your browser tab. Your photo never touches our servers — we don't run an image pipeline at all. Open DevTools → Network and watch: nothing leaves your device.
How many strips can I add? +
There's no hard limit, but more than five usually starts looking cluttered. Two crossed strips in a corner is the classic look; three or four works for a photo-stack vibe.
Why does the tape look torn at the ends? +
Because washi comes off a roll by hand. Each strip gets torn short ends, a fibre-wobbled long edge, fine mulberry-paper streaks, and enough translucency that the photo's tone comes through it — the pattern is seeded from the strip itself, so the tear you see in the preview is the tear you get in the export.
How do I make a strip cross the corner? +
A photo arrives with two strips already on opposite corners at -28°. Drag one where you want it, then turn it by its round grip — or set the angle exactly with the Turn slider. For a crossed pair, add a second strip and turn it the other way.
What's the export format? +
JPG at 92% quality and full source resolution. The tape composites at the original photo's pixel size, so a 4000×3000 phone photo exports at 4000×3000 with the tape baked in.
Can I move a strip after I add it? +
Yes. Drag it anywhere, including on a phone. A selected strip grows two grips — the square one changes its length and width, the round one on the stalk turns it (hold Shift to snap to 15°). Arrow keys nudge it a pixel at a time, Bring forward / Send back sorts out overlaps, and ⌘Z / Ctrl+Z undoes.
now what?
A few moves after the tape lands
next →
Sticker Overlay
Drop hearts, stars, or smileys around the tape.
Open
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Add Text to Photo
Add a handwritten journal caption.
Open
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Polaroid Maker
Wrap photos in Polaroid frames before taping.
Open
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Photo Mat & Border
Print the taped page inside a mat.
Open
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Vintage Date Stamp
Add a 90s date to feel handmade.
Open
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Vintage Postcard
Tape the photo to a postcard back and actually mail it.
OpenThe rest of this shelf
Photo Watermark
Corner sign-off or full diagonal tile.
Open
Background Remover
Cut the background out of any photo in one click.
Open
Background Replace
Drop your subject onto paper, gradient, or your own backdrop photo.
Open
Text Behind Subject
Drop a word behind your subject, magazine-cover style.
Open
Photo Filters
Eight looks plus the original — vintage to cinematic.
Open
Film Grain
Tri-X, Kodak Gold, Lomo — pick a roll, see the grain.
Open Make proper collages
in a proper app.
One photo with two strips is a piece. When you're laying a whole spread — a dozen photos, backgrounds, captions, doodles, washi everywhere — a real collage app handles it cleanly.