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02/19/2008 02:47:14 PM · #1 |
| I'm so in love with some of my overlay images that I want to print and frame them. But since so many of them have some kind of border, I'm unsure about what would work best when framing. For example, to mat or not to mat? Rather than traditional frames, how about floating frames ( //www.pfile.com/picture-frames/float-frames.html ) or glass clip frames ( //www.amazon.com/MCS-Glass-Picture-Frame-Photograph/dp/B0000AE68C)? Any other ideas? I'd love to hear your thoughts, you overlay geniuses! |
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02/19/2008 02:50:15 PM · #2 |
| i've never seen those floating frames. they look pretty neat. if you're print has a border, i wouldn't think you would need a mat, too. |
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02/19/2008 02:52:21 PM · #3 |
I always matte my photos. Without a matte the print will touch the glass and possible stick. This would damage the print.
If using a floating frame you could probably get away with a narrower matte than what you'd use in a traditional frame. |
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02/19/2008 03:29:47 PM · #4 |
That was my thought too,  desertoddity, that a mat might compete with the border already on the image. But you make a good point, cpanaioti, about matting the image for protection purposes. More opinions? |
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02/19/2008 03:36:01 PM · #5 |
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02/19/2008 03:40:40 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by roby21112:
Check out Fotoflot |
Oh yeah, those are awesome! Thanks for the reminder :-) |
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08/25/2008 05:47:04 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by cgino:
That was my thought too, desertoddity, that a mat might compete with the border already on the image. But you make a good point, cpanaioti, about matting the image for protection purposes. More opinions? |
To me the matting is a critical part of the finished work. It enhances the photograph or fine art print and when done right makes the difference between a 'poster print' and art, something we all want our customers to look at and visualize framed in their homes. And as stated, the mat is very important in the preservation of the photograph or art; keeping it off the glass and giving it some room to breath, setting it apart from what might be around it including the frame. All of this is important to conservation framing. |
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08/25/2008 06:01:13 PM · #8 |
| Have your overlay images printed on canvas. No matt, no frame, no glare from the glass, no problem! |
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