We have been having a mass clear out all this week with dozens of large black bags going either to the Cancer charity shop or the dump. In spite of this storing even A1 board is still going to be problem, but I should hopefully be able to manage A2 board under a bed. The plan was to order 7 x Antiqu...

Hello Dave, Using the Attachment on the bottom of the email, the suggestion when I tried to load an image was that upto a size of 250KB was acceptable. I tried every which way with sizes of image and only when the image was 100 KB was it accepted and reproduced in a nice large image in Rose's Captio...

Would have liked an extra inch or two more on the top of my image "That needs photoshoping mate"
Mike, I guess that is easily done in Lightroom and perhaps even in Photoshop 3 or 7, in spite of the different shades of grey?
Iggy

What a great night! Really enjoyed it.

Finally managed to add attachment.

"That needs photoshoping mate"



Iggy

Mike & Wally, Thank you for your comprehensive replies with suggestions on print mounts above. Tom, Thank you for your demonstration on how to cut mount board cheaply and also the possible use of pre-cut commercial mount boards to enable one to easily take part in CCC print competitions. Althoug...

So many lovely images in the RPS short list of 158, including those by Melanie Eclare and Gillian Hyland with plenty of Lightroom work and those by Liming Zhong capturing nature's wild side needing to be at the right place at the right time! Must take a more leisurely look at them again.
Iggy

Hi Mike, I am still pondering what to do but should be able to decide after the CCC meeting on Wednesday. I don't know how many members look at the forum, considering the non participation in other questions that have been asked on this thread. Perhaps an email reminder might get you a better respon...

Hi Tom,
Thank you for the very helpful demonstration of mount boards on Wednesday.
Thanks for your comments to Graham.
Kind regards,
Iggy

Hello Graham & Paul,
Just seen the images on the Master Trophy on the CCC Website.
With both of you with two placed images, it must have been a close call that might have taken your third images (not shown) into consideration.
Well done,
Iggy

Tom said: Mounts can be cut square using a sharp craft or Stanley knife or images stuck directly onto mount board. At the end of the day it is the quality of the image that matters most. Thanks for the helpful suggestions how to enter the print competition without the need for a professional mat cu...