The Framers Forum

Thanks guys for all the valuable feedback. Ive picked up quite a few ideas. Im now looking ata classical gold outer with a flat gold inner. Ill post a picture when I get it done> I need to order in some stuff first. Thanks again.

Hello,

I framed a stretched canvas (gouache) recently. It didn't look right with any moulding I tried next to it, so I did something a bit different. Attached it to mountboard from the back (screws thru the mount and into the frame with an extra piece of backing board behind for strength) and then a double mount, with a deep rebate moulding with spacer bar. The customer was thrilled. I've tried to upload an image here but it has too many pixels so let me know if you'd like me to email it over to you.

Lynda

lyndyloo wrote:I've tried to upload an image here but it has too many pixels so let me know if you'd like me to email it over to you.
Lynda

Lynda,
Just resize the photos and save them with a different name so that you don't overwrite the originals. If you don't have photo editing software, you could download Picasa 3 - a free program, that is very easy to use, from http://picasa.google.com/

A much more comprehensive free program is "Gimp" and it can be downloaded from http://www.gimp.org/

Ah thanks Ormond. I need to catch up with you clever guys. I have Corel pro photo something so should be able to resize on there - I'll have a go...... and then I can show you all my beautiful framing

Yey! It worked!! Thanks again Ormond!!!

Here is the promised final result.
And this is my final answer.
Ive phoned a friend(emailed actually, Thanks Lynda)
Asked the audience(Framers Forum)
And brought it down to 50/50
Final Answer attached.
I hope brings me nearer to making my first million
The inner scoop was hand painted in acrylic using Raw Umber, Burnt Umber, Buff Titanium and white. Two mottled coatd and finished with three coats of dark beeswax.
Thanks to all for your valuable time and feedback. Much Appreciated.
Philip

lyndyloo wrote:Yey! It worked!! Thanks again Ormond!!!

Lyndy,
You're welcome, but I didn't contribute much.
Tip: See how the sides of the frame appear to be bowed? That's called 'barrell distortion' and when the sides curve inward, it's called 'pincushion distortion. Both of those can be fixed in Photoshop, Gimp and some other software. Maybe fixable with your software too.
One way to minimise this distortion is to stand further away and zoom in, but you may need a tripod to stop camera shake.


Philip,
A great improvement over the orginal design. It looks great because the colours are in harmony with the image!

Nigel Nobody wrote: Tip: See how the sides of the frame appear to be bowed? That's called 'barrell distortion' and when the sides curve inward, it's called 'pincushion distortion. Both of those can be fixed in Photoshop, Gimp and some other software. Maybe fixable with your software too.

The easiest way to fix it is to use PTLens from ePaperPress (http://epaperpress.com/ptlens/). It comes as a standalone application or a Photoshop plug-in. It reads the lens data and settings from the file and automatically corrects for any distortion. For barrel or pincushion distortion it's a 'one-click' solution.

If you also want to correct for lens aberration and other possible distortions then it might mean adjusting a slider or two.

Every photograph I take in the workshop gets fed through PTLens as standard. If the camera were attached to a Mac I'd make it an automatic action but I don't know how to do that on a PC.

Thanks for that Mike. I have downloaded the trial version to give it a go.
I've not come across that program before and it looks great on the website.

he later versions of photoshop have a good lens distortion system in it

If in doubt - why not try black ? Going for a gold or silver will drain the colour in my opinion.