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05/24/2006 06:52:59 PM · #1 |
I know that borders are legal, but does it matter how they are achieved? Can you put the photo onto a larger solid color mat, or can you only create the border along the edge of the shot? How about side only or top/bottom only borders? Does it ever matter how thick the border is? I have not done much with borders, but would like to experiment and want to keep it legal. (I know this has been discussed before, but I did a search for "borders" and got a lot of results that didn't seem to have much to do with the subject!)
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05/24/2006 07:00:11 PM · #2 |
The safest legal way to make them is to enlarge the canvas size, but it doesn't need to be symmetrical, and there's no real limit.
You can't use a border to blend into your photo to create additional negative space not in the original capture.
Mostly photos with borders don't score that well in the challenges, but I use them all the time for my print images. |
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05/24/2006 07:04:07 PM · #3 |
I think I put borders on just about everything. There's no rhyme or reason really...just do what you think looks good. I always just increase the canvas size...
  
  
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05/24/2006 07:11:31 PM · #4 |
Thank you! While we are on the subject, how about a small border--say just around the spoon in deapee's photo (I know that would look terrible, but there are times a small interior border would work and that is the easiest way I can explain what I am thinking).
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