Picture Frame Calculator 4+

Good for basic mounting

The interface is clean, and very intuitive. I bought this only for the matting feature, so I have not assessed the framing elements. For basic matting it should do a great job.

The biggest missing feature, for me, is the option to have different border widths on the top and bottom of the mat. There are options for a single width, and for symmetric horizontal and vertical widths, but nothing to allow weighting of the mat.

A wish list item would be the option to import a jpg of the picture I wish to frame so that I can experiment with the mat border widths to get the best visual effect.

Useless at measuring mats

Useless at measuring and cutting mats. What should the interior dimensions be? Who knows.

Developer Response ,

The interior dimensions are the size of the picture you wish to frame (minus some overlap). eg. 8 x 10 for a large photo, but the size is up to you.

You would then add in your desired matt widths (distance from picture edge to frame edge) and the app calculates the external matt size.

The external matt dimensions are displayed at the top of the cut list. It is calculated from the picture and matt dimensions you have entered in the app. You cut this size from a large matt sheet, and then cut in from each edge by the dimension you have entered for the matt widths, eg 2" in from the top edge...

I hope that helps you out.

Can’t “weight” the Matt

Most images when matted are not equally distant on all 4 sides. This calculator only allows you to do an equally distant mat width on all 4 sides. Most images to be framed will have a “weighted” lower portion of the mat to be “heavier” a.k.a. wider.This app won’t let you do that. Too bad otherwise it works great.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your review. I will try and include your recommendations in the apps next update.
Version 4.0 can weight each matt side individually.