Digital BW, The Print

I do my own matte cutting and custom frames also. I got tired of figuring  
it all out on paper also, so i wrote a program like yours. Mine is a  
little different though. I enter the image size, the frame cross section  
width, frame rabbit width and my desired matte border. The matte border  
has one entry for top and sides and a separate entry for the bottom. I  
also have entries for matte to image overlap and second matte recess for  
double matting. The output shows the overall matte size, the matte cutouts  
for both mattes and the overall frame size. With all that, I cut the frame  
material on my miter saw, assemble it, cut the mattes on my Logan matte  
cutter, cut the glass to the same size as the matte, and then assemble  
everything. Low and behold, it all fits together and I make no silly  
errors. I find it very helpful.

Steve

On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:50:53 -0800, David Kachel <david@...>  
wrote:

>
> On Jan 17, 2010, at 9:38 PM, Paul Grant wrote:
>
>> I have looked for software solutions in the past. I guess if you
>> tend to force all your prints to fit the frame then it's not needed.
>
> You must be a mind reader. I have had that exact same thought in mind  
> the whole day. If the majority of people are willing to alter their  
> vision to fit a fixed ready-made matte size, then there is little call  
> for such a tool.

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