Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for your thoughts Sam.  Right now, after going to the art store and
seeing the selection of shades of white they had, I've become a little
interested in trying to cut my own mats.  I'm going to start small and see
what I think (good straightedge and handheld cutter).  Might be a
short-lived interest.

Thanks again though, I may give the pre-cuts a try in the future.

Guhan





On 3/29/06 1:02 PM, "DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com"
<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> Message: 11      
>    Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:55:44 -0800
>    From: Sam McCandless <samcc@...>
> Subject: Re: Presentation: Pre-cut Matboard [i.e Light Impressions]
> 
> At 12:50 AM -0500 3/27/06, G Guhan Gunaratnam wrote:
>> [snip]
>> How many use precut mats for presentation (prior to framing).  I would
>> rather not dive into cutting my own mats as I've heard it can take a little
>> while to become proficient.  I'd rather look at pre-cut mats.  I've looked
>> at the Light Impressions site and they seems to be adequate, but would like
>> to know what others think.
> 
> Pre-cut mats are my choice, Guhan, because I don't print enough for
> it to be an extravagance, and I'm "all thumbs". I like and use Light
> Impressions's materials and think they are more than adequate, very
> nice in fact.
> 
> 
>>   I'm matting 13x19" prints, B&W and some colour,
>> B&W printed on VFA, colour on Entrada.
> 
> Just out of convenience in my small place, the 16 x 20 mats are the
> largest I use, sometimes for an image I print as large as 11 x 14
> (near my dead scanner's limit) on a 13 x 19 sheet. But I prefer
> everything to be smaller. And having extricated from the whole 35mm
> exposure what I see as the best image, I scale it up only as far as I
> think I have to in order for it to look good.
> 
> 
>> I'm leaning towards the gallery
>> white (Exeter Pre-cuts), but don't know if the Bright White Westminster
>> would be a better match for the papers I'm using.
> 
> Me either, Guhan. I keep each white on hand for the prints to "try
> on" behind acrylic in a black frame. If it's a close call, I print
> another copy and look at them side-by-side. If I still can't decide,
> since I don't have a pet, I ask my younger granddaughter. She always
> knows but can't say why. Thank God. 8)
> 
> 
>> Any relevant help is appreciated...thanks!
>> 
>> Guhan
> 
> Hope this helps, Guhan, but I really do believe it's best to just
> trust your intuition on a print-by-print basis and to also be quick
> to swap out one mat for another to please an opinionated client.
> --
> Sam