 Heather |
Mounting a Pic on Poster Board or Mat Board Hi Everyone, This is Probaly a Dumb Question But im Very New to Photography! Their's a photo contest thats coming up and they require you to mount your photo on poster board or mat board,I was wondering how to mount the photo on the board?? what do I use? and my other question is what exactly is mat board? and where can you buy it? Thanks...
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John P. Sandstedt |
You can get precut mats in AC Moore, Michael's, etc. These can be one piece window mats or two piece mats that you slide your picture in. You can buy mat board at these stores and at any framing store. You can try Utrecht Art Supply. Typically, matboard comes in 32X40 sheets, though sometimes [especially from a framer] you can fin smaller sizes. You can buy 3M Phoyo Adhesive Spray at the stroes - spray the back of the print and place the print on the mat where you want it. Carefully smooth the print from center to edges. If you have access to a heat press, you place a piece of special tissue pon the mat and the print on top of that. Then you place it in the heat press. You need to be very careful with inkjet prints as heat pressing can make the inks "run."
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Judyann Plante |
Heather, You can also purchae this material online. matcutter.com has some great explanations of the various materials and how to use them. I recently ordered mats, bags and backboards from redimat.com and was very pleased with the price, product and service. Judyann <><
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Heather |
Thank You Both For Your Posts!
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