Whats going on with Mounts and Print Sizes?

[jcoutts]

Hi,

Been looking for some mounts for my City & Guilds portfolio work. What a mare!!!!!!...

Standard print sizes and mounts don't seem to match up. I got some 12 x 8 prints done but these are too large for display. So I thought i'll come down to 10 x 8 to give around a A4 overall mount, or thereabouts.

Bought some mounts, then cropped and resized my photos and lost all the composition and aspect ratio :bang:

So can't go there I thought wasted £25 on them, shame cos they are pukker mounts.

NEXT... O.K I'll come down to 9 x 6.. should maintain aspect ratio & compostion won't lose anything... Can I find a mount - NO well not A4 overall. :shrug:

After a loooong search found these:-

12x9 with Aperture 8 3/4 x 5 3/4...
but
11 11/16 x 8 1/4 true (A4) gives an aperture of 9 3/16 x 5 3/4...

Whats that all about? the smaller mount is giving a larger aperture...

Soooo for an A4 mount you would need around a 10 x 6 print, that isn't standard.

Can someone help me out here, wish i'd known this BEFORE I took the photos then I would have framed accordingly so I could have cropped to suit. I haven't got anywhere to go now.

 

[whipspeed]

Don't know if you've got a Wilkinsons locally, but they do mounts to fit 7x5, 10x8 & 12x8 & they are about £1 each. Or a local framer would probably cut some for you at a fairly reasonable price.

 

[photon]

Here's an option: http://www.pictureframesexpress.co.uk/picture-frame-mount-designer/?setMount=1300

 

[grumpybadger]

Yup, get mounts cut to your requirements. It's what I do.

 

[Edsport]

You could do a transform in photoshop. Squeeze the photo together or make canvas bigger and pull it then crop. You dont have to lose any of the image but it may be a bit too squeezed for you, if so you can squeeze and then crop some. Less of the image lost...

 

[Gordon Scott]

It's a frustrating issue... standard mounts just don't seem to come with 35mm ratio apertures. I use two approaches, I have a mount/mat cutter and cut my own with card bought from the local art shop or Hobbycraft. I do have a couple of standard sizes that I buy in bulk from http://www.cotswoldmounts.co.uk/ and have found these guys also, but not used them yet http://www.picturelizard.co.uk/PhotoMounts.php?cPath=169_142

 

[tiler65]

Photomart do 9x6 mounts.

9x6 means no cropping from your camera (canon 50D I assume)


If you want a custom mount, try this.

https://www.picturelizard.co.uk/pro..._142_372&products_id=11970&spg=images&invis=1

A4 with your aperture selectable.

A little google research takes only 1 minute,

 

[Photodiva]

Why not make your own? I cut most of my mounts to 400 x 500 and cut the window to suit each print. You could go with a3 mounts if that's a bettersize. You can get card from hobby shops.