How To Mat Big Pieces Without Borders

For instance if you have a photograph you want to frame and a frame that is too large but perfectly suits the image you ll need to select a mat sized to the frame with an opening the size of the artwork.

How to mat big pieces without borders.

Devon mccarroll jan 27 2013. Use an x acto knife or something similar to carefully cut the mat board to size. I have tried the fit to page option i do print preview and still the white borders and even worse on one side. Cut along the length of a metal ruler to keep your lines as straight as possible.

Mount art on a thick mat board and then mount to the backboard. Generally speaking i personally wouldn t put any border around a print if i was going to mat it. Because it is a long frame you might like the mat side borders being a little smaller than top and bottom. Pinch your fabric at the mark and slide it down to the 0 mark on your cutting board.

Sometimes the pieces of the puzzle you already have will make choosing a mat size very easy. Fold over the spot that you ve got pinched and line up the bottom folded edge. As for the size with and without borders check with the lab to see what they do to be sure and if they even offer more than one size of border. To overlap you ll want a window of about 13 1 16 x 18 3 4 and then a 1 border would make the outside of the mat and the inside of the frame 14 1 16 x 19 3 4.

Pieces that work best for floating. I suggest you have the mat overlap the newspaper 1 4 inch on each side the window would be 10 1 2 by 20 1 2. If your piece is signed this is the recommended way to go. Make sure that the folded edges match each other and that it s all lined up on a single line on the cutting mat.

From there it is mounted to the backboard just like the first option. How to fit a picture to photo paper size to print without white borders i have a coolpix lr26 digital camera i am trying to print 5x7 size photo when i print it leaves white borders and does not fit the picture to the whole paper. There are special mat cutters and rulers that you can purchase if you want to. Trim the edges of the mat board so it ll fit inside your frame of choice.

In this case the artwork is mounted on a piece of acid free mat board that is slightly smaller than the size of the artwork so it is barely noticeable.