big-guy wrote:
I have a show coming up in April at the
Spark Photo Festival in Peterborough Ontario Canada and due to some massive house repairs I can't afford to properly frame my prints. Being a digital specialist I figured to do it all digitally and use a peel and stick substrate. I have 2 choices and ask your opinion on which one strikes you as more presentable. Of course the double mat would save me a pile of black ink considering that the entire show is in B/W but the triple just seems to pop. I have 34 prints to do and many are panoramas so that black ink just may become an issue. But certainly not as much as framing would be. Thanks for your help.
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I like the "triple" when I was entering matted and framed photos I used the a lot - in this BW image the white works great - when I was wenterin color prints I tried to find a color from the image for the matt - again "Nice Work"
Harvey in the Sierra
lamiaceae wrote:
I really like your landscape image in B&W. I have made "printed" fake matting for some of my digital image prints. Though I do not think I ever made a imaginary black frame as well. Though it could be a cool idea. I take it you are saying you plant to do what we called in the old wet chemistry photo days, dry mounting. This was done in several ways. To paper mat board with dry mounting plastic and a heated press or with spray on adhesive. I personally would be too clumsy to use sticky sheets on say foam core. So the easiest for you might be a spray mount on foam core. Not sure what Injet you have but you will be using a lot of Black and Grey Inks! Good luck.
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Just a note on "fake" mats. I don't often print, but when I do...
I often add a fake mat. One thing that really makes them work is to bevel the inside edge of the matt so it looks like a real mat.
In Affinity the bevel stuff is in "Photo Effects" and I forget where it is in PS. Makes a huge difference if done right.
If these prints are for sale, I would suggest letting the buyer frame it him/herself with a real frame instead of "printing" a frame. Not sure how you feel about purchasing plexiglass, but you could consider having plexi cut to the size of the matted print and using mirror clips to display your prints on the wall. That way you can hang your prints away from the wall with a spacer to get a more finished look.
BTW - Nice image!
big-guy wrote:
I have a show coming up in April at the
Spark Photo Festival in Peterborough Ontario Canada and due to some massive house repairs I can't afford to properly frame my prints. Being a digital specialist I figured to do it all digitally and use a peel and stick substrate. I have 2 choices and ask your opinion on which one strikes you as more presentable. Of course the double mat would save me a pile of black ink considering that the entire show is in B/W but the triple just seems to pop. I have 34 prints to do and many are panoramas so that black ink just may become an issue. But certainly not as much as framing would be. Thanks for your help.
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The double mat is quite pleasing where as the heavy black border seems too confining. This, of course is a matter of opinion.
What type of wall surface will the pictures hang on?
I'd hang the triple at home in a onesie twosie group. For a many image presentation, like a show, I really like the Double mat.
C
big-guy
Loc: Peterborough Ontario Canada
Peterfiore wrote:
What type of wall surface will the pictures hang on?
Ordinary drywall with a flat white paint.
big-guy
Loc: Peterborough Ontario Canada
BigDaddy wrote:
Just a note on "fake" mats. I don't often print, but when I do...
I often add a fake mat. One thing that really makes them work is to bevel the inside edge of the matt so it looks like a real mat.
In Affinity the bevel stuff is in "Photo Effects" and I forget where it is in PS. Makes a huge difference if done right.
Thanks for the tip. Makes me think you didn't really look at the 2 photos. If you had, you would realize that I had already done this.
big-guy wrote:
Thanks for the tip. Makes me think you didn't really look at the 2 photos. If you had, you would realize that I had already done this.
I did look at your photo's but only long enough to see which frame I liked. Makes me think you don't read the replies, as if you had, you would have realized I had already taken the time to give my opinion on double vs triple, as requested.
The tip was a freebee for anyone making fake matts, and was in response to someone else that mentioned fake mats. You're right though, going back I see you didn't need the tip. Hopefully, someone else will find it useful.
big-guy wrote:
I have a show coming up in April at the
Spark Photo Festival in Peterborough Ontario Canada and due to some massive house repairs I can't afford to properly frame my prints. Being a digital specialist I figured to do it all digitally and use a peel and stick substrate. I have 2 choices and ask your opinion on which one strikes you as more presentable. Of course the double mat would save me a pile of black ink considering that the entire show is in B/W but the triple just seems to pop. I have 34 prints to do and many are panoramas so that black ink just may become an issue. But certainly not as much as framing would be. Thanks for your help.
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I'm no expert ... but the triple does look better to me. That being said... if you don't have the first one right next to one with the triple approach... it looks very nice. :-D
Prefer the double. Triple overpowers the picture.
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