Uneven mats don't bother me. Sometimes I prefer them. Precut mats are now
widely available in sizes that fit the digital frame. I mount most of my full
-frame digital pics with 11 x 17 mats, which are now widely available. In a 16
x 24 frame, the mat area is uneven but the results are attractiv
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> I've never understood this, so maybe somebody could enlighten me. What
> makes people think they have to cr
On Aug 17, 2006, at 7:06 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Uneven mats don't bother me. Sometimes I prefer them.
Picture framers almost always make the mat a little bigger at the
bottom. Apparently even matting makes the pic look a little too low
in the frame for some reason. It also gives spa
Bob W wrote:
>
> I've never understood this, so maybe somebody could enlighten me. What
> makes people think they have to crop the image to fit the paper?
>
> To my mind it's a brain-upside-down way of thinking, but I've heard
> and read it so often that perhaps it's me that's got something wrong
That does have the benefit, Ann, that all the prints are the same size
which simplifies filing a bunch. It happens to be my way of doing things
too. All finished prints smaller than 8.5x11 are printed on 8.5x11
centered on the paper.
In the old old old days I printed on roll-paper. Cut off enou
That's almost what I intend to do.
Although I haven't mounted any of my prints yet I plan to get pre-cut
mattes in 3:2 and 4:3 ratios as appropriate, in standard paper and
frame sizes, and print to fit the matte-hole. This depends on me
always shooting to the aspect ratio of course, which is what
Ann Sanfedele wrote:
> Actually, just leave a substantial border around it and cut
> the MAT to fit the image :)
I'll cut the inner hole in the mat to fit the image, but I'll also cut
the outer edge of the mat to fit a standard frame size because the
non-standard frames are either terribly expens
On Aug 18, 2006, at 2:03 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
> When I showed, I always had someone else cut the mats -
> anyone who has witnessed what a klutz I am would agree I should do
> that.
I'm not too fond of cutting mats as there's very little room for
error. It'd be a lot easier with the right
On Aug 18, 2006, at 12:01 PM, Doug Franklin wrote:
> I'll cut the inner hole in the mat to fit the image, but I'll also cut
> the outer edge of the mat to fit a standard frame size because the
> non-standard frames are either terribly expensive or I have to make
> them
> myself, including cuttin
David Mann wrote:
> On Aug 18, 2006, at 12:01 PM, Doug Franklin wrote:
>
>> [...] mat to fit a standard frame size because the non-
>> standard frames are either terribly expensive or I have
>> to make them myself, including cutting the glass.
>
> Cutting the glass is the best part :) Just make
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