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Chrips
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Selectable color for each photo mat side
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May 04, 2025, 05:54:12 PM »
Hello,
Would it be possible to add an option where the color of each side of a photo mat can be defined. Currently only the width can be defined individually but the selected color applies to all sides.
This would allow to add sort of a 'digital' picture frame passepartout around the image (instead of a card board). For example two sides in white and two in light grey (shadow). I can then add a thin black line around it (second mat).
I've seen people doing that in Photoshop (probably a macro) but I don't want to pass every image through PS before printing.
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Re: Selectable color for each photo mat side
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May 04, 2025, 07:02:17 PM »
You can already do that with a cutout/frame. There are some included with Qimage but you can create your own that have any style including drop shadows, wooden frames, etc.
https://www.ddisoftware.com/qimage-u/help/function.htm#cutouts
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OK thanks, I'll try that.
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I've created a cutout frame template in tiff format (length/height = 3/2) and it works. But this solution has probably a drawback with the stretching of the frame. If the image isn't exactly proportional to the cutout template in the length/height ratio, the frame will be stretched dis-proportionally, i.e. the distances of the outside lines from the image are not the same on the top and bottom as on the left and right hand side. For example: the cutout with a 3/2 ratio applied on an image with a 2/1 ratio results in a distance of 2mm on the left/right, as defined in the cutout template, but is reduced to less than 1.5mm on the top and bottom. Depending on the amount of stretching this can be quite visible.
I could create a series of cutouts which fit the most common image ratios to avoid very visible distortions but since I print for many other people, images come often with freehand cropping. So I cannot accommodate all ratios. Wouldn't a photo mat solution not have this problem? It stretches the mat out of the image according to the settings in the dialog box, right?
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