Digital BW, The Print

Hi Andrew,

I highly recommend www.lightimpressionsdirect.com for all your framing needs. They do carry a complete frame kit, but it is not
cheap.

Generally, for window matts and the matt your photo is mounted to I would stick with a 100% rag board similar to Light Impressions's
Westminster Rag. I use the Bright White for B&W images. If you can get away with standard sizes and openings, they offer a pre-made
package consisting of a 4-ply window matt taped (with linen tape, of course) to a 2-ply backing board. I would not recommend this set
up, however, for anything over A3 in size. For 13x19, and above, I use foam core backing boards with a 4-ply window matt.

The Nielsen metal frames are nice and, also, affordable. For "glass" I would recommend OP-3 acyrlic which is claimed to filter 98% of
UV. Recently, I went on a hunt for this material based on a message posted by Martin a few weeks back. He recommended Tap Plastics,
but they have stores in CA, only, and do not ship flat sheet acrylic. If you live near one of their stores, you're all set. Visit www.tapplastics.com
for information and to decide what you want before going to the store. Otherwise, you will have to do what I did...call around to find a
distributor in your area that can get OP-3 material and who provides custom cuts. You will probably have to buy a 4x8 foot sheet, but
the savings is incredible. In my case, I was looking for 22x28 sheets for framing 13x19 inkjet prints. Light Impressions charges $38.95 US
per; I can get the same thing through a local distributor for $11.83 US per. Money in my pocket ALWAYS works for me! :-)

Hope this helps.

Best regards,
Alan

-----Original Message-----
From:	andrewmbiggs [SMTP:abiggs@...]
Sent:	Sunday, September 08, 2002 10:31 AM
To:	DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject:	[Digital BW] OT: Framing materials. Need advice

I will be presenting my first display of 19 images in a few weeks 
here in Austin, Texas. Which brings me to some framing questions. My 
requirements are: low cost, with professional look, ability to take 
images out and replace with new ones, and, initially, no expensive 
hardware, such as pricey dry mounts or pricey mat cutters.

So, here are my questions:

1) looking at the mats at pictureframes.com, are their mats of 
decent quality? I would like to have the mats be thick, and with 
nice 45 degree cuts. The images on the site do not convey enough 
info.

2) I will have non-standard cropping on many of my images, which 
will require custom cuts.

3) any vendors with complete framing kits? Yes, I have seen the 
metal frame kits from pictureframes.com, but I have quality 
questions with their mats. I am willing to pay some more for nice 
mats, because I believe a poor quality mat, with a poor quality cut 
really stands out, and affects the display as a whole.

Sorry for the off-topic. But I suspect there are many in this group 
who are curious, as I am.



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