Making a Picture look professionally displayed?

Question

For a gift, i am making a poster size of one of my friend's piece of artwork. On many pictures on Allposters.com, they have a white border around them and the artist's name and title of the image below it. is there a certain name for this? is there a certain setting i can use on a photoshop to make this or do i have to make one manually? if so, what would the demensions be for this? thank you!


Also, here's a picture with what i'm talking about. thanks!

http://www.allposters.com/View_HighZoomResPop.asp?apn=358122&imgloc=6-662-H1AC000Z.jpg&imgwidth=949&imgheight=632

Also, if there are other ideas i can use to make it look nicely displayed, please let me know. Thanks!

Answer 1

Well, I would say having your artist name displayed would be your signature.




Here are the steps to making a white border on Photoshop:

http://www.ehow.com/how_6395_add-border-picture.html

1 Start Photoshop and open the image that you want to add a border to.

2 To create a border around the entire picture, open the Select menu and choose Select All. To create a border around a certain section, use the Selection tool in the toolbar and select the area you want.

3 From the Select menu, choose Modify and then Border. In the dialog box, choose the pixel size of your border.

4 Locate the color palette on the left-hand side of the screen. Click on the top square and select a border color from the palette. Click OK.

5 Select Fill from the Edit menu. In the dialog box, choose the options to apply to the border.

6 Click OK to view the border. If the results aren't what you want, select Undo from the Edit menu to remove the fill, then try again.

7 Use the Save As command in the File menu to save the new picture.

Answer 2

I think it depends what the art piece is. A painting looks better with a cut mat and so do pictures if they are framed. If you like to do it in photoshop simply pick white as you background color and enlarge the canvas size.

Answer 3

the superbly proportionate length would be 40 X 27" so which you will would desire to crop an inch off one end. even with the undeniable fact that, i think of it is going to seem badly pixelated at that magnification. attempt a paper print first.

Answer 4

You can create a very professional looking poster at bighugelabs.com