Raw & Post Processing, Printing > Printing: Printers, Papers and Inks
Standard print and mat sizes
Dave Gurtcheff:
--- Quote ---Do you have the URL for the Mat Shop? Found a shop by that name in Blaine,
Washington but nothing in California.
Jim
dkabat:
Thanks Dave that was a great help.
Dan
fdi:
--- Quote ---I thought it was in California, but I may be mistaken.
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Matshop is located in Canada. They are one of our competitors. I have not heard anything bad about them, they were more focused on mats and carry different products.
Cheers,
Mark
Frame Destination, Inc.
http://www.framedestination.com
Nill Toulme:
Footnote: 13x19 paper cut in half makes a nice size for 8x12 prints.
Nill
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www.toulme.net
bheiser:
--- Quote ---Have just started printing with the 3800 in the last few months and was thinking that it might be a good idea to standardize print sizes for matting and framing purposes. I think by doing this I can buy mats and frames in bulk, also it should help workflow a little.
Am interested in using 3 paper sizes - 8.5x11, 13x19 and 17x22. You suggestions as to print size for each and a mat border size recommendation would be appreciated.
Any other comments also welcome.
Thanks
Dan
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I'm in a similar position, so this thread is interesting. I, too, recently got my 3800, and so far have been printing 8x10's and 11x14's for mounting in standard pre-cut mats. I've been using 11x14 mats (8x10) opening, and 16x10 mats (11x14 opening).
However because I have to crop my images severely to fit those dimensions, I'm noticing a considerable lack of sharpness in my prints. I'm only working with 6MP images, so I suspect the cropping is a real issue. I'm using Photoshop CS3 for cropping, using the methods it recommends based on the direction of my cropping.
On occasion I've seen prints matted, where the image size is smaller than the actual opening in the mat. For example, I'm experimenting with an uncropped image which prints (at 360dpi for the 3800) at 5.5 x 8.5. This leaves a border around the image inside the mat opening. At this uncropped size, the image appears much sharper than the cropped ones.
Is this practice considered "acceptable". Is there room for "artistic freedom" with this, or are there established guidelines or "best practices" on this sort of thing?
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