Digital BW, The Print

When I went into the framing industry one of the standards I deviated 
from was standard openings. I did not like getting a mat for an 8x10 
photo that had an opening of 7 1/2 x 9 1/2. Instead my company 
standardized on 1/4 inch smaller so 8x10 is 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 so that 
only 1/8 inch is covered by the mat. Of course my bigger problem was 
that I didn't want to crop 8x12 down to 8x10 or 12x18 down to 11x14 
which is the main reason I got into framing. In the case of floating 
the image so that nothing is lost you mostly have to go custom but 
wholesale mat companies such as mine will cut anything you want. 

Cheers,
Mark 
Frame Destination, Inc.
http://blog.framedestination.com
http://www.framedestination.com
http://www.pbase.com/lila161


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dnjbackup" 
<dnj@...> wrote:
>
> My frustration with all these pre-cut mats is that I don't want to
> lose half an inch in both dimensions of my print. I prefer to show
> some of the paper of the photo in the window (say 1/4" all round). 
So
> that means I can buy a pre-cut mat for a 5x7 and use it on a 4x6
> print, but none of the other sizes work. Am I really the only person
> that wants this? Is everyone else happy to crop the print when they
> frame it?
> 
> Daniel
>