Nice finishing touches, Jens, but I think the effect has more impact when the edges of the image are white or almost white & then outlined with a thin black or contrasting color.
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: matting prints with light edges? >I often give my photographs a black edge or black + white edge. I use > Photoshop's canvas size feature for this. > Even for large prints i like to add this slim black line + white line, > both > to be visibel within the paspartout frame. > > Something like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/272079157/ > or this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/272078877/ > > ,except here the "virltual paspartout" is black. In the real world I use a > white or off-white paspartout for display or framing. > > Regards > > Jens Bladt > http://www.jensbladt.dk > +45 56 63 77 11 > +45 23 43 85 77 > Skype: jensbladt248 > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Mark > Erickson > Sendt: 30. oktober 2006 17:33 > Til: pdml > Emne: matting prints with light edges? > > > All, > > I'm looking for some advice. I printed a couple of shots from my Bodie > gallery and really like them. Many of them have very light (almost white) > areas at their edges. I usually mat prints with archival white mats, but > I'm not sure that's going to work with these prints. > > I think straight black would dominate the prints, however, so I'm not sure > what to do. > > Advice? Anyone with gallery experience? Or anyone with an opinion? > > Thanks, > > Mark > > p.s. the pics are at http://www.westerickson.net/bodiefall2006/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.17/505 - Release Date: > 10/27/2006 > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.17/505 - Release Date: > 10/27/2006 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
