One way to make a non-standard crop fit a standard frame
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Sep 8, 2018 11:39:58 #
abc1234 wrote:
No Linda, you are not have a SBC but what you may not know is that displacement was, as I wrote, not arbitrary but by formula...
Linda From Maine wrote:
Thanks for the additional note, and I am one who didn't understand that a formula was used to result in a pleasing display.
So, what is/was the formula??
Sep 8, 2018 11:45:16 #
ygelman wrote:
Excellent question! Here are two Google results:So, what is/was the formula??
http://www.logangraphic.com/blog/how-to-measure-for-mat-cutting-and-picture-framing/
http://www.russellcottrell.com/photo/centering.htm
But I suspect that ABC will be able to state more clearly, and in fewer words
Sep 28, 2018 10:55:58 #
Oct 19, 2018 06:19:06 #
rdfarr
Loc: Floridian living in AL
Good tips. I especially like adding a title tip.
I'm always trying to fit my occasional, odd-sized photos into a standard mat.
I'm always trying to fit my occasional, odd-sized photos into a standard mat.
Oct 19, 2018 08:56:30 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Thanks very much!
I remember when I was taught how to cut mats (decades ago), we left a little more on the bottom than the other sides. But, unless I'm having a truly senior brain cramp moment, the pre-cut "consumer" mats today are all equal. Probably for most casual viewers (i.e. non-photographers), equal is what they are used to.
I remember when I was taught how to cut mats (decades ago), we left a little more on the bottom than the other sides. But, unless I'm having a truly senior brain cramp moment, the pre-cut "consumer" mats today are all equal. Probably for most casual viewers (i.e. non-photographers), equal is what they are used to.
I has been a few years since I took a framing course; when I did the instructor gave a specific reason for having the mat a bit wider at the bottom than at the top: In days past, frames were often very elaborate, pieces of art themselves. When photos, prints, paintings, portraits, etc., are hung in "display areas", people usually look "up" to these and the bottom of the frame would hide a small strip of the mat. To compensate for that, you just make the bottom of the mat a bit wider, and it will give the illusion of being the same on all four sides.
My personal taste is, to always have the bottom a tad wider, to my eyes it looks more pleasing.
Oct 19, 2018 09:06:25 #
rdfarr wrote:
Excellent, thanks!Good tips. I especially like adding a title tip.
I'm always trying to fit my occasional, odd-sized photos into a standard mat.
I'm always trying to fit my occasional, odd-sized photos into a standard mat.
Oct 19, 2018 09:06:57 #
Morning Star wrote:
Interesting to know, thanks much.I has been a few years since I took a framing cour... (show quote)
Oct 21, 2018 13:10:43 #
Harry0
Loc: Gardena, Cal
A lot of things persist even tho the reasons don't exist.
Back when I was young, a little extra space on the bottom "disappeared" when you put the framed picture on the picture rail above your head. To emulate this effect many folk just did this so the picture looked like it would fit as designed on a rail. It;s the 21st Century, and for simplicity these vestigial methods have mostly dropped off.
Kinda like having "Opera" lights or vases in your Studebaker.
Back when I was young, a little extra space on the bottom "disappeared" when you put the framed picture on the picture rail above your head. To emulate this effect many folk just did this so the picture looked like it would fit as designed on a rail. It;s the 21st Century, and for simplicity these vestigial methods have mostly dropped off.
Kinda like having "Opera" lights or vases in your Studebaker.
Oct 21, 2018 13:18:09 #
Harry0 wrote:
A lot of things persist even tho the reasons don't exist.
Back when I was young, a little extra space on the bottom "disappeared" when you put the framed picture on the picture rail above your head. To emulate this effect many folk just did this so the picture looked like it would fit as designed on a rail. It;s the 21st Century, and for simplicity these vestigial methods have mostly dropped off.
Kinda like having "Opera" lights or vases in your Studebaker.
Back when I was young, a little extra space on the bottom "disappeared" when you put the framed picture on the picture rail above your head. To emulate this effect many folk just did this so the picture looked like it would fit as designed on a rail. It;s the 21st Century, and for simplicity these vestigial methods have mostly dropped off.
Kinda like having "Opera" lights or vases in your Studebaker.
Jan 19, 2019 09:44:07 #
Jan 19, 2019 11:02:45 #
JayRay wrote:
Glad you found the thread useful!Thanks for the tips Linda!
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