Digital BW, The Print

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Tom, here's what I do:

Start with the frame.  You wanna use a 16 x 20?, so get a 16 x 20 mat.  
Figure out the total amount of area you want to cut out of the mat.  
This will be the display area.  So print an 8x10 image on an 11x14 sheet 
of paper, about 1/8th of an inch north of center so you have room for 
your signature.  Assuming you want the total display area centered 
within the mat:

16 - 8 1/8 = 7 7/8 / 2 = 5 3/8

Draw a line 5 3/8 inches south of the north edge of the mat (in 
landscape position).  Do the same for the south edge of the mat.
Make sure you're drawing on the BACK of the mat :).  Now repeat the 
calculations for the other dimension.

20 - 10 = 10 /2 = 5

Draw lines 5 inches from the east and west edges.

BANG!  Cut out your mat, and place it over your matted print, assuming 
the matted print is mount 1/8th of an inch north of center.  This is 
what I did for all my silver prints with wacky dimensions, and it worked 
out quite nicely.  Once you get good at it, you can save a lot of money 
on framing.  I rock the target sales and pick up 16x20 frames for $10-15 
bucks a pop, and then buy uncut mat board (no hole in the center) cut to 
16x20 for about a buck a sheet.

Tom Husband wrote:

|I knew I should have paid attention in my high school math class.  
|Figuring out matting and framing sizes is driving me nuts.  I have,
|say an 8" x 10" print in landscape and want a 1/2" border around it
|between the image and the mat for a signature at the bottom.  I'd
|also like to bump it up a bit so the bottom mat border is wider than
|the top border.  Maybe an 1/8th inch?  I'd like it all to fit in a
|standard size 16" x 20" frame.  When I do the math the top and bottom
|mat border is not as wide as the side borders or vice versa if it's
|in portrait.  Does it matter?  Figuring out the cutting dimensions is
|a pain no matter what the print size.  Is there a table somewhere
|that will give me the final cutting dimensions based on the input of
|image size, border and mat border?  I bet it could be done in Excel
|if it isn't already.
|
|Thanks,
|
|Tom
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