Why Matting Your Photograph?

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There’s no question about it, a mat and frame make your photos look amazing!

Matting photos yourself, however, is easy, fun, and cheap!

Matting consists of mounting a photograph into a mat board or pre-cut mat which has the opening size of the photograph has been cut. Make sure the opening is a little smaller than the photograph. The photograph is attached to the back of the mat or backing board with double side tape or archival tape.

Matting a photograph provides four main benefits:

First, Mats will safeguard your photos from touching the glass from the picture frame. This will be significant because with time moisture exposure can harm your photo by leading to your photo to stay with the glass.

Second, once the photograph is framed and displayed matting helps separate the photograph from its surroundings. It adds depth to your photo and can help accent specific colors to really showcase your artwork beautifully. Mats offer unique and different ways to show off your creativity.

Third, matting a photograph makes it more sellable. A matted photograph is a finished product ready to ...
... frame. The easiest way to package your photographs is to mat them, sign them, and insert them into a crystal clear bag. This is an important selling point.

Fourth, but not last, mats can help in framing pictures or artwork in odd sizes.

If you want to avoid the expense of a custom cut mat, but have a picture or piece of artwork in a non-standard size, photo mats can solve your problem. Offering your photographs matted in a standard frame size means your customers can easily buy a ready-made frame and frame the photograph themselves.

Popular standard pre-cut mat sizes include 5x7 mat for 4x6 photo,8x10 mat for 5x7 photo, 11x14 mat for 8x10 photo, 12x16 mat for 8x12 photo, 16x20 mat for 11x14 photo, 18x24 mat for 13x19 or 12x18 photo, 20x24 mat for 16x20 photo, 22x28 mat for 17x22 photo,24x36 mat for 20x24 photo etc. To learn more, please visit http://www.goldenstateart.com/

Popular standard frame sizes include 5x7, 8x10, 11x14, 12x16, 16x20, 18x24, 20x24, 22x28,24x36 etc.