A good brain exercise to see how long I can do it. but will anyone consider a 3:4 photo "art"? Waxing back to theįorcing myself into the 4:3 format means I have to think like a TV guy, so I really am trying to compose everything so that it is 4:3 ratio and horizontal frame. I usually get best results by being a ruthless cropper and cutting the mat size down to only show just what is needed in the image, but lately I'm getting lazy and show the whole print thereby trying to force myself to be a ruthless cropper in the original camera image, very difficult. Say, top and sides 50mm and bottom 150mm, it all depends on the picture. Some prints look good with a very deliberately much wider border on the bottom. You need to experiment when using different border widths and prints sizes and aspect ratios. Cut all 50mm borders and it looks too low in the mat, bigger than 55mm and it starts to look like I've cut a border wrong. That's enough to make the picture look right. The mat I cut for that looks best with 50mm border but the bottom edge, whether vertical or horizontal is cut to 55mm. From the camera to Qimage to A4 paper I make 8"x10.67" prints, no crops, true 4:3 ratio. Unless it was (say) a team picture or something sort ofįor years now and the commonest thing I do is mount my digital prints for camera club competitions. I don't think you would ever frame a photo without a matt The matt than at the top - not centered (except left to right). "rule of thumb" is to leave a little more space at the bottom of Second, their is an art to sizing the matt - I think the general Not vice-versa (you can buy frame parts and piece together any But I know that I should not do this in mostįirst, of course, the image should dictate the size of the frame, I am as guilty of buying 11x14 frames w an 8 x 10 matt cutout Windows-for those who are able to use a standard size. Pre-cut mats with standard outerĭimensions (e.g., 8x10, 11x14, 16x20) are available with pre-cut "complication" and might involve acquiring a new skill (matĬutting), but the result is much more professional looking andīetter for the life of your print. And for an 8x10 print I tend to use 11x14 (or larger) frames.Īdmittedly, matting your prints introduces a significant Hence the largest print that I ever put in an 8x10" frame is aboutĥx7". Pre-cut mats with standard outer dimensions (e.g., 8x10, 11x14, 16x20) are available with pre-cut windows-for those who are able to use a standard size. And for an 8x10 print I tend to use 11x14 (or larger) frames.Īdmittedly, matting your prints introduces a significant "complication" and might involve acquiring a new skill (mat cutting), but the result is much more professional looking and better for the life of your print. Hence the largest print that I ever put in an 8x10" frame is about 5x7". This maintains a small separation from the glass-and it looksīetter, too, IMO. It therefore is best to mount the print behind a cardboard "window" mat (cut from acid-free mat board). Direct contact with the glass might not cause problems in the short term, but over time it frequently will cause damage the print (although susceptibility to damage depends on the type of printing paper used). Good point-as they say: you get what you pay for.īut in addition, I would add that it is generally best to frame a photograph so that its surface doesīear directly against the glass. If you buy a $5 frame made in a developing country where theįactory builds a variety of wood products and they are convertingįrom metric, odds are you'll get inconsistent sizing. I swear I've looked everywhere and I just need a little help.Frames are built in many places at many different quality levels. I want to make an 8x10 print in illustrator that will export to pdf for printing on home computers on 8.5x11 paper and also take that same file and convert to 300 dpi jpeg so people can send wherever I am looking for a template for an 8x10 print and a 5x7 print with crop marks and bleed and safe space and all of that, so when people print at home they can just cut out the right size and frame or do whatever.Īlso when I save as a jpeg the file size seems to change and get weird. I will give people a pdf to print at home or a 300 dpi jpeg to send to a printshop. I want people to be able to either print at home on 8.5x11 (i will create 8x10 and 5x7 prints) or send to a place like snapfish/walgreens whatever to print on whatever size they want. I feel like this should be common sense and I'm self taught so maybe just missing something but here is what i'm trying to do.Ĭreate printables that i will then email to people.
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