Photo Mat Size Calculator

You can order a custom size frame or order a larger standard size frame with a mat cut to make up the difference.

Photo mat size calculator.

Measure your art enter the measurement of your art and the border size and our custom mat calculator will do the math. An 8 x 10 photograph has an actual opening of 7 3 4 x 9 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. Do you already have a frame. If you are cutting multiple mats add a title to identify the artwork and print off. This clearance makes the assembly process much easier when fitting up picture frames.

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. You now have a cutting list for each mat you need. For example 11 1 2 x 14 1 2 10 1 2 x 13 1 2 for the opening size. Subtract 1 2 from the artwork size.

There are two options to choose if you too have this problem. The calculator adds the supplied image or art and window mat dimensions and calculates the correct overall or finished moulding cutting sizes in. Leaving the size at around 3mm makes the picture frame a little larger than the art or window mat being framed.