#5x7 aspect ratio calculator how to#

Generally speaking, with any given aspect ratio significantly greater than 1:1, it's possible to fit an image of slightly larger aspect ratio by adding an even border around the image. But one thing to keep in mind is that frames and mattes cut off ¼ inch from every side. Looked kind of sad, and I seriously doubt that it was artistic intent.ĥx7 fits into 8x10 with a 1.5 inch width border or matte. 'Full bleed' printing has changed all of this, and images tend to be cropped ruthlessly these days, cutting off all sorts of body parts in portraits.Ī while back, I attended the first gallery show of a young artist, and all of the prints had 3:2 aspect ratio images placed fully in 8x10 frames, with gaps on only two sides of the prints. Such systems of proportions were well-understood until fairly recently. So it's possible to fit an uncropped but bordered image harmoniously into a variety of frames, and printed books as well. With digital, it's the other way round and we can crop any way we want, and then change our minds, too.Īll of the current and historical film and sensor aspect ratios, as well as all of the traditional non-metric frame, paper, book, and frame sizes form one of a few arithmetic proportional series. The OP is shooting film, in which case he has to print first and then crop (unless he's doing his own processing). However, most people go the other way round and crop the image to give the composition that they want and adjust the matte to fit the image into the frame.įunny, isn't it. If you cut your own mattes or go to a picture framer who will cut mattes for you then you can use any aspect ratio print in any aspect ratio frame.Ī 16x20 mount/frame with exactly 3' of white (or black) mount around the image would require a 10x14 print. If you don't do this the print will eventually adhere to the glass and will be damaged when to try to take it out of the frame.

They keep the print away from the glass.

They enable you to have a different aspect ratio for the image and the frame.

A long thin image often looks better mounted towards the bottom of the frame. The surround doesn't have to be the same width on all sides and the image doesn't have to be exactly in the centre vertically. About 3' looks good for the larger frame sizes like 16x20'.

They provide a pleasing blank surround to the image in a frame.

In other words, if you want a border (and I realise you may not) that lets's you print 6x4' without cropping.

Some, if not all, of those odd-looking paper sizes are intended to fit pictures with the standard aspect ratios with a white border round the edge this allows for framing with a matte without covering part of the picture.įor example, a 7x5' paper allows for a 6x4' image with 1/2' white border all round.

#5x7 aspect ratio calculator how to#

My question is which photo sizes will be uncropped/cropped in the 3:2 and 4:3 ratio?ĭave has shown you how to work out the aspect ratios. I would also like to make larger prints to hang on the wall in these sizes: I want to print photos for my album in the following sizes: I have three film cameras, two of them are 3:2 and the third one is a 4:3 aspect ratio (35mm, 6 x 4.5 and 6 x 9)