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Re: [Digital BW] Frame size and matting

2004-02-07 by Paul W. Antrim

"Salons" usually don't look at much of anything under 11X14. If "keeping the
judges happy" isn't one of your criteria for matt size, I like an concept
that seems to work for me: for every image, there's a print size, mount size
and mount color. Experiment to find the right one; one of the prints I've
been happiest with is 8"X20", flush mounted.

QUESTION: in silver photography, prints are affixed to a mounting board
backing using an archival dry mount tissue and a press. Both the cover
(window) board and the backing are archival, and the two are held together
with more dry mount tissue pieces. What is the usual practice for digital
prints? I'm interested in both inks and pigments.

Thanks, folks.

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