As this week begins a new month, I thought about taking a slightly new direction with my digital photo matting techniques.  Starting this week, I will begin showing how four different photos can go from the kind of thing you bring out make your late house guests go home, into something that will have them watching the whole show on your digital picture frame.  I will take some digital photos through a sequence of transformations which will eventually cover all the kinds of treatments I have offered to do for my Matte Watch audience.  Each subsequent week, I will take the matted photos and turn them into next stage of transformation until we circle back to the beginning with a new set of pictures.  This way, everyone can see how the photos look in the various treatment venues. 

The first matted photo is a new style of digital photo matting that incorporates some fractal manipulation of the central theme photograph.  As I have said before, I know that taking flower shots is probably about the most usual thing a fledgling photographer can do, but I like to matte these pictures and use flower shots in all kinds of different ways.  So, if you are some kind of “snooty” pro who wants to wise me up, then go ahead and show me what you have that is better.

Sometimes a picture can be made to compliment itself.

Now I know that more traditional matting styles can be more appropriate than creating the colorful designs and borders found in this week’s fare, but I felt like dabbling with some more unusual designs this week, so I went ahead with it.  There is certainly a lot to be said for going too far overboard in trying to make the beauty of flowers even fancier.  The next item might fit the category of too much, but I blame my wife because she said she liked it.

Too much dressing for a flower shot? You decide.

The third digital photo matting takes a complimentary colored spherical design using colors from the photograph, and drops it behind the main subject photo.  I liked this design for its variation away from the usual, and the beautiful flower as well.

Not all mattes need to be typical.

The final offering for this week’s digital photo matting parade of images uses a subtle weave of matte colors to create a delicate texture in the photo matting.  Next week, you will be able to see the digital calendar designs I create from these four matted photos.  Are you excited?  I knew you would be.

Use more subtle accents to create a nice texture.

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When you are thinking about what to get your mother for Mothers Day, you can accomplish something unique and thoughtful without looking all over the planet to get the job done.  If you can think of a nice thought using your own words and photographs, this can be one of the best ways possible to celebrate the moment.

If you need a little help putting some polish on your creation, let us put together a nice digital composition for you that will tell your story and last longer than the last card you bought.  Here are three more unique creations that we have put together ourselves.  Keep your eyes open for more original creations to come, and tell your friends about us.  Thank you for your interest.

Simple sentiments can be personalized with digital plaques.

Make you digital photographs come alive with digital matting creations.

We can help make your thoughts even more special with digital designs.

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It seems like every year, we search to find a nice way to express our sentiments on Mothers day.  This year, you can reach out to Mom with a nice decorative digital design in the form of an “award” or plaque to acknowledge your mother.

Here are a few possible examples of how you can tell your mother how you feel.  The first image is done as an award style, with nice flowers and rich accents.  You could personalize your gift by adding your mother’s name to the piece.

Mothers Day can be a great time to award mothers for their hard work.

A second style offers a decorative plaque design with sentiment and photo to reflect the Mothers Day theme.

A nice sentiment can lift your mother's spirits.

A third style of digital plaque provides another quote to express sentiment, and a bright flower photo with a matted background that compliments the flowers in the picture.

Many interesting designs and sentiments are possible with digital matting.

In observance of the upcoming Easter holiday weekend, we invite all our friends and family in Christ to share this offering for the season.  May you be blessed and loved wherever you are.

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This month, a new presentation idea was created that we thought was worth sharing with our audience.  Spinning off from our digital awards ideas, a new category of digital design led to the creation of decorative plaques.  The humorous design that follows was the most interesting we have seen so far, but there is plenty of room for growth along the lines of this method for using digital photography, matting and other digital design techniques.

This decorative design draws attention in more ways than one.

A lot of humorous ideas have been showcased on the site, because we have a penchant for comedy.  In addition to the lighthearted material, this digital method can also be used to produce encouraging results like inspirational themes, sentimental compositions, and other depth pieces with a broad range of personal appeal.

Because of the rich, subtle colors in these designs, our work is best viewed in a digital picture frame or screen wallpaper format, but can also be printed and framed conventionally as well.  When people ask about producing hard copies of the work, it is important to remember that printing most digital photos can result in stepping down in resolution values and variations in color due to the capabilities of the printing equipment.  Often, the differences are not enough to discourage printing the end results.

If you would like us to design some material for you to own or resell, send us an email and open a dialog with us for bringing your ideas and digital creations to life. At this price and quality, our offer to matte your photos, create calendar pages, or other digital creations cannot last forever.  Can we design an original for you today?