Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Justin,

It's pretty simple I guess.  I probably just need to do it a bunch of 
times.

Tom

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Florentine <justin@b...> wrote:
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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.