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October 21, 2018
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Unable to get even borders on a scanned 35mm neg

  • October 21, 2018
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matting a digital photo.  opening in mat is 5.5 x 8.5.  trying to get a 1/2" border evenly on all 4 sides between image and edge of mat window.  able to get 2 sides same dimension and top and bottom be the same but cannot get all 4 sides the same.

wondering if it's because the image is from a scanned 35 mm neg.

thanks.

Harvey

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    Correct answer kayak107

    ok, here goes.  the first print I made was 5 5/8 x 8 5/8.  fit perfectly into a mat window of 5 x 8 with image bleeding out to mat window,

    now I want to put a 1/2" border evenly between image edge and mat window.  into cell size I entered 4 1/2 x 7 1/2.  the print came out 4 1/2 x 7. 

    i am able to get 1/2" border on left and right but 3/4" top and bottom.

    the margins are all set to 0.  keeping the width at 4 1/2 - even changing the cell size height to 8 1/2 will not produce any longer of an image. 

    lastly - there is a 2" border evenly on all 4 sides.  as a last resort I could cut a new ma window but can't understand why I'm having this problem.

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    JohanElzenga
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    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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    October 21, 2018

    Can you be a bit more specific? Lightroom CC, the cloud based version, does not have any options to add borders at all. Are you perhaps in the Print module of Lightroom Classic CC? One thing is for sure: the fact that you are working with a scanned 35mm has nothing to do with it. Lightroom doesn't care where an image comes from.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
    kayak107
    kayak107AuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    October 21, 2018

    ok, here goes.  the first print I made was 5 5/8 x 8 5/8.  fit perfectly into a mat window of 5 x 8 with image bleeding out to mat window,

    now I want to put a 1/2" border evenly between image edge and mat window.  into cell size I entered 4 1/2 x 7 1/2.  the print came out 4 1/2 x 7. 

    i am able to get 1/2" border on left and right but 3/4" top and bottom.

    the margins are all set to 0.  keeping the width at 4 1/2 - even changing the cell size height to 8 1/2 will not produce any longer of an image. 

    lastly - there is a 2" border evenly on all 4 sides.  as a last resort I could cut a new ma window but can't understand why I'm having this problem.

    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 21, 2018

    Perhaps the problem is this. Some printers need a bit of extra paper margin to hold it. For my Epson Stylus Pro 7600 I created a preset that looks like this, so no margin at the left side. When I print using this layout, the final print has a perfect edge on all sides.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
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