Photo Mat Size Calculator

Subtract 1 2 from the artwork size.

Photo mat size calculator.

An 8 x 10 photograph has an actual opening of 7 3 4 x 9 3 4. You can order a custom size frame or order a larger standard size frame with a mat cut to make up the difference. Measure your art enter the measurement of your art and the border size and our custom mat calculator will do the math. Measuring a picture frame and mat.

If you are cutting multiple mats add a title to identify the artwork and print off. Do you already have a frame. The size of the photograph in the following example is 5x8 which is not one of our standard sizes. With a 2 mat border on all four sides the outside mat edge will be 11 3 4 x 13 3 4.

Visit our framing advice section to learn more about matted presentations. Measure the visual area of the artwork you want to mat. When you are ordering your mat the. Leaving the size at around 3mm makes the picture frame a little larger than the art or window mat being framed.

By adding 1 8 to each border now 2 1 8 the result is a 12 x 14 mat which will also be the size of the frame and glass. The calculator adds the supplied image or art and window mat dimensions and calculates the correct overall or finished moulding cutting sizes in. There are two options to choose if you too have this problem.