Newbie question: Help!
I recently purchased an 18x24" poster that I want to frame.
While flattening it out, I double checked the size to find that it is 18" wide(exact) x 24 1/16" Tall.
Poster run information calls out the sizing as 18" x 24".
Is this considered a miscut from the original print run?
My plan was to put this in an existing 18x24 frame, but if I do that the print will not fit or have waves from being too tight.
Also am concerned that if I put it in my portfolio, the extra 1/16" of paper will stick out and is more likely to get damaged.
Questions: Am I stuck with getting a new custom frame for this print, or do I dare getting the poster trimmed down the 1/16" to make the size the original intended dimensions?
Help with print size 18x24, but larger
I'd try to see if it fits in either frame or portfolio even with the slight issue.. Not every original print run is cut consistently or exactly - some entire runs for a print can be slightly off, it's not uncommon. If you'd like to get it trimmed then that's fine, there's risk to either screwing it up or making it an issue on resale but if you wanna frame it up, it's your art and might as well enjoy it.
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KipPotapych
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See my posts in the Obey thread on pages 2124 and 2125 talking about this exact thing.
It’s not a “miscut”, per se, and likely the whole run is like that.
On the topic, I have never seen a largely discounted print because it was trimmed 1/16”and that is still to “specs”. Likely, if it was trimmed properly and not by a donkey with scissors, unless the guy states the print was trimmed, no one will ever know. While it would be completely fair and good form to disclose when selling a print that was “trimmed”, I would think it happens more often than people think and likely a few prints around that were cut a bit to make fit. In my mind, I don’t see why anyone would care if it was done properly.
Consider that it is probably a poster that is highly unlikely to ever cost tens of thousands of dollars and make you financially rich. I’d give it a cut (properly), throw it in that frame of yours, and slap it to the wall.
You will also see a larger discount on that damaged 1/16 (probably more) of an edge after you store it like that in your portfolio and then try to sell it.
Lastly, the “original intended dimensions” included 24 inches, not 24 1/16.
Good luck.
It’s not a “miscut”, per se, and likely the whole run is like that.
On the topic, I have never seen a largely discounted print because it was trimmed 1/16”and that is still to “specs”. Likely, if it was trimmed properly and not by a donkey with scissors, unless the guy states the print was trimmed, no one will ever know. While it would be completely fair and good form to disclose when selling a print that was “trimmed”, I would think it happens more often than people think and likely a few prints around that were cut a bit to make fit. In my mind, I don’t see why anyone would care if it was done properly.
Consider that it is probably a poster that is highly unlikely to ever cost tens of thousands of dollars and make you financially rich. I’d give it a cut (properly), throw it in that frame of yours, and slap it to the wall.
You will also see a larger discount on that damaged 1/16 (probably more) of an edge after you store it like that in your portfolio and then try to sell it.
Lastly, the “original intended dimensions” included 24 inches, not 24 1/16.
Good luck.
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KipPotapych
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^ That’ll work too.
What’s the print anyway?
What’s the print anyway?