*Artwork not included – demo only. Frames sold separately. Requires Photoshop CC+. Adobe product screenshots reprinted with permission from Adobe.

Picture Frame Matting Expansion Pack

$24.00

SINGLE-SEAT PERSONAL + LIMITED COMMERCIAL USE LICENSE

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Present your artwork “to scale” with a wide matboard treatment. This mockup kit provides a way to quickly add matting of different widths into one of our frame templates without using the measurement tools in Photoshop. This kit includes 1:1, 2:3, and 4:5 aspect ratio mockup files in both landscape and portrait orientation. Change the the matting color, texture, and style (single or double) with a couple of clicks. If you are comfortable using the measurement tools in Photoshop, simply grab one of the wider matting templates and use the transform tool to create your desired matboard width. As with all of our template kits, we have included a detailed user guide to help you get started.

Our Matting Expansion Pack Includes:

  • Forty-five (45) Adobe® Photoshop® Software .PSD Files
  • Easily Add Artwork Via Smart Objects
  • Aspect Ratios: 1:1 2:3 4:5
  • Nine (9) Matting Border Widths (1˝- 8˝)
  • Portrait and Landscape Orientations
  • Customize Matting Colors
  • Customize Inner Mat Width
  • ProPhoto RGB Color space
  • 4200+ px @ 300 dpi (depending on mat width)

BONUS:

  • Custom Mat Color Swatches (.aco) File
  • Detailed User Guide

**By purchasing and/or downloading this product, you are agreeing to our website Terms of Service, and our Digital Creative Tools License Terms. If you have any questions, or if you would like to request permission to use this product outside the scope of our license terms, please feel free to contact us on our website or via email at licensing@nikatiandco.com.

PRODUCT FAQ

No. Our Nikati and Company Frame & Matting Mockup Kits are sold separately on our website. The stock artwork was created by other artists and is used with permission for demonstration purposes only. We source our stock artwork from pexels.com and unsplash.com, and we have noted the artists’ names if you are interested in using a particular piece of artwork in your own projects. However, please be sure to carefully read and abide by each stock artist’s and/or stock website’s own license terms as they may differ from ours.

Our mockup kits are designed to be “to scale.” The matting in the Matting Expansion Pack includes wider matting options (up to 8″ wide.) This is something that isn’t easily accomplished with the 3″ matting already included in our frame mockup kits (you can go narrower but not wider.)

We originally created our Frame + Matting Mockup Kits so we could mockup our own images and show our custom framing/matting clients exactly what their framed artwork would look like before they purchased it. So if a client requested a 12″ x 18″ print with 3″-wide forest green matting and a 1-1/4″ silver metal frame, we could mock up their request exactly to their size and color specifications. We found that the most commonly requested artwork size was 12″ on the short size (12×12, 12×18, 12×15 [8×10]), the most common matting width was 3″ or narrower, and the most commonly requested frame width was 1-1/4″ and 3/4″. So that is the sizing we used for these templates.

You can use the Photoshop software measurement tools with these templates to mockup up larger or smaller artwork to scale too. You accomplish this by changing the matting widths and/or by masking out parts of the frames to create narrower frames as needed. We later created a Matting Expansion Pack so we could create mockups for customers that wanted wider matting – something that isn’t easily accomplished with the 3″ matting already included in this mockup kit (you can easily go narrower but not wider with the 3″ matting included in this mockup kit.)

Using the Photoshop software measurement tools and creating layer masks requires slightly more advanced skills. We hope to create an instructional video that shows how to accomplish this, but in the meantime, feel free to reach out to us if you need help.

There is no need for transparency with the files in this mockup kit. The matting elements in every file cover the entire canvas, so you can place your final mockups on any color page.

If you have a basic knowledge of the Photoshop software interface and using layers, you should have no trouble creating basic mockups with this mockup kit. If you want to move your matted artwork into a frame mockup file, doing so requires a more intermediate understanding of the Photoshop software, as does employing some of the more intricate mockup customization (matting size changes for example.) However, all of our Digital Creative Tools include a very detailed user guide (written by a professional technical writer), which we think doubles as a Photoshop software tutorial! We believe you will learn a lot about the Photoshop software and be able to create more advanced mockups simply by following the steps in the user guide. We are happy to answer basic questions via email, and we also provide 1:1 post-processing coaching if you would like to take your Photoshop software skills to the next level. Please visit our Coaching page for more information.

A single-seat license means that when you purchase a Digital Creative Tools product you and only you, as the original purchaser, have our permission to use the product. Our single-seat license also allows for one (1) install on each different type of device that you own (e.g. Desktop, iPhone, and iPad), but you many not share the product files with anyone else. Each person and/or employee in a company must purchase their own copy of our Digital Creative Tools products. For more information, please read our Digital Creative Tools License Terms (link is above in the product description.)

Yes, as long as your commercial use falls within the scope of our Digital Creative Tools License Terms. Please carefully read our license terms in full before purchasing this product. Important Note: You may not use our Digital Creative Tools, in part or in whole, to create templates, masks, brushes, plugins, extension, and/or presets, etc. or anything else that competes with our Digital Creative Tools products, without our express written permission.

Please contact us at licensing@nikatiandco.com if you would like to request permission to use our Digital Creative Tools in a manner outside the scope of our license terms.

Unfortunately, due to the nature of our digital products, we do not offer refunds once you have downloaded the product file(s). However, we want you to be happy with your purchase, so if you ever experience any issues with one of our products, please email us at support@nikatiandco.com.

If you are a software programmer/developer, print-on-demand service creator and/or owner, app developer, etc., you may not import into or use any of our Digital Creative Tools in part or in whole in any electronic and/or online ordering system, digital art display system (i.e. using our mockup tools as NFT art exhibitions digital frames or matting), any online customization system including but not limited to a print lab or other print-on-demand application or ordering system, or any SAAS application, computer application, mobile app, plugins, extensions, website gallery ordering system, video game, etc., and/or to train data sets (machine learning) without our express written permission.

Please contact us at licensing@nikatiandco.com if you would like to request permission to use our Digital Creative Tools in a manner outside the scope of our license terms.

Yes, that is the beauty of templates that use Smart Objects to place artwork, which ours do! For instance, all of the artwork you see in our product slides was in the sRGB color space when we placed it in these templates. Even if you are a beginner, the detailed user guide (included) will walk you through the steps of properly placing your artwork in a template and exporting your finished work.