Mat Cutting Border Calculator

I wanted to announce a new free online mat cutting calculator.

Mat cutting border calculator. Measure your art enter the measurement of your art and the border sizes of the float and mat and our custom float mat calculator will do the math. Up to 5 borders may be specified with the first border border1 being the innermost border. Matboardcalc will give you the dimensions of your mat board and frame as well as where to cut the window opening in your mat. The calculator will also show for each border how many strips of fabric you need to cut and the overall dimensions of the quilt with all the borders added.

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. For the basic method of just centering the photo. Get your first 7 days of skillshare premium for free. Click here to redeem.

Visit our framing advice section to learn more about matted presentations. An 8 x 10 photograph has an actual opening of 7 3 4 x 9 3 4. Check with suppliers. The mat border calculations were always simple enough but without a standard calculation procedure and format i was forever making simple mistakes.

I don t make the frames but i m using a logan 350 1 for custom mat cutting. Matting calculator enables anyone to calculate the dimensions needed to cut a mat to fit any artwork. Some of the more popular colors are available in 40 x 60 and a few boards such as rag matboard are made as large as 4 x 8. With a 2 mat border on all four sides the outside mat edge will be 11 3 4 x 13 3 4.

Very happy to ad this app to my iphone so it is always handy when needed thanks for your good and practical tool. Visit our framing advice section to learn more about mat float presentations. Measure your art enter the measurement of your art and the border size and our custom mat calculator will do the math. You now have a cutting list for each mat you need.

Matboards are manufactured especially for picture framing. Try different combinations of image dimensions border sizes mat window openings and board frame sizes and matboardcalc will update the results automatically. They are available in many colors and some have printed surfaces that are flecked or marbled. Excellent and most useful tool.

If you are cutting multiple mats add a title to identify the artwork and print off.