Picture Frame Mount Calculator

The mount and frame sizes for a picture, with the traditional weighted bottom edge for a landscape piece.

Artwork length (the long side) mm

The paper or board size, which is usually slightly larger than the printed image.

Artwork width (the short side) mm

Mount width on each side mm

Fifty to one hundred millimetres is the usual range. Leave at zero for no mount.

Mount style

Weighting adds 10 to 20 percent more mount at the bottom and lifts the image to the optical centre.

Extra mount at the bottom %

Ten to twenty percent is the traditional range for a weighted mount. Ignored for an even border.

Mount overlap onto the artwork at each edge mm

Three to six millimetres holds the paper flat without covering the image.

Frame moulding face width mm

The width of the front face of the moulding.

Price of mount board per sheet

Optional. Used for the mount cost.

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