Saturday 30 January 2016

Guidelines On Choosing Custom Printed Photo Frames

By Joseph Young


When buying artwork for your home, it is important to note that its presentation will play a key role in determining its value. Should you consider having custom printed photo frames, make sure to go for the most admirable. In any case, you will hang this picture at home or in the office where you will be seeing it often. Moreover, if the frame looks beautiful to you, there are chances that it will be appealing to other people as well. For you to shop the best picture frame, you may need to understand some basics about various components of frames such as discussed below.

Photo frames are categorized into two types namely; wooden and metallic. Wooden frames are cheaper than metallic. They are stylish, offer greater variety of different presentation, from clean modern lines to intricate textured borders. In contrast, metallic frames are clean and give a sharp look of the display. On the same, the metallic ones are stronger and narrower than wooden. A metallic frame provides a modern look as well.

On the same, you have to select an appropriate mat board for your frame. This is a material that is put beneath the image, specifically between your glass and the frame. It creates space which prevents the artwork from sticking to the frame directly. As a result, you preserve the value of your image and make it last longer. Besides, the resulting boarder from the mat board makes your artwork highly visible and clear.

Furthermore, there are three decisions to take when it comes to matting. They include quality, layers and colors to use. Grade determines how well that mat material will preserve the artwork over a long period of time. Preservation is dictated by the acidity level in the mat. The more the acidity the quicker the mat material will deteriorate.

Layers are determined by how many mats you use in a particular frame. This exercise should be carried out by a professional who knows the quantity of layers to put and the amount of space to be left between glass and the frame. When enough space is not left, both glass and the photo stick together. Because of changing weather conditions, the value of the photo placed in such a way is compromised in the long run.

Moreover, mat boards come in various colors. They can either have silver, gold, rainbow, black or white look. It is unnecessary to use multicolored borders in the frame. This will make your artwork look ugly and of less value. This makes it important to use neutral colored borders.

On the same, mounting exercise should also be carried out professionally. Mounting prevents the printed image from warping and buckling. When an image is mounted it can be easily handled with no possibility of being damaged. Similarly, mounting protects the artwork from being damaged by severe weather thus preserving it for a longer period.

Furthermore, you need to choose a good glazing material. Glazing protects everything that is enclosed in the photo frame. Glazing is optional but it is important because it protects the frames from being destroyed by changing weather conditions. The four types of glazing processes used in image framing are; ultraviolet, antiglare, standard and combined ultraviolet and antiglare. Standard is suitable for average framer, ultraviolet prevents UV rays from penetrating the glass, antiglare sustains the glare from been destroyed by either natural or bulb light and a combined antiglare and ultraviolet reduces the glazing.




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