Tweet 8 x 10 movie stills

Hi what do you hear what do you say, I collect movie stills from old gangster pictures and I've only started buying 8 x10's in the last year or two and have a couple but i've noticed that they often don't fit in the 8x10 frame. they are just a bit too big. does anyone know of a good solution?

Buy a larger frame and use a matte.

any other options? not a fan of mattes

[silentfilm]

I just ran into the same problem a couple of weeks ago. We were having a Cary Grant film festival and I got out some of my vintage stills and tried to put them into a normal 8x10 frame for displaying in the lobby. They were just a hair too long.

My only suggestion is to slightly trim the edges if you have to use an 8x10 frame. All of the stills that I have displayed at home are in mattes because the missus says that looks more decorative.

ok thanks are these stills all cut at randomly different sizes i guess or do many run slightly larger than 10? is it all about finding the right frame..do some frames run a little bigger than others

You could always scan them, or have them scanned. Then a copy could be printed out that could fit in any frame you like. The original would be safe. (not trimmed or mounted touching glass, etc.)

Rick

You could always scan them, or have them scanned. Then a copy could be printed out that could fit in any frame you like. The original would be safe. (not trimmed or mounted touching glass, etc.)

Rick

does glass really damage the prints?

I'm guessing that glass is inert but you don't want contact because of
water condensation on the inner side of the glass touching the photo,
chemical decomposition in a photo that might cause the photo to adhere to the glass,
pressure creases that might form on a photo that is wider/taller than the glass pane.
Also, if your photo is extremely dear, you might want to get a glass that is treated to
guard against the more harmful light components:
e.g. ultra-violet rays and Martian laser beams

What he said.

interesting....i'm not collecting anything too expensive...movie stills of egr, cagney and muni....especially ones with their pipes. wonder if my boss is aware...he is a collector of photography...some very valuable...i see many photographs stored in frames with glass