Mirror design table
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Mirrors suspended above design tables used to be the best way to help customers visualize what their finished framing would look like.
Nowadays we have a better way: snap a digital photo using a ceiling-mounted camera and use a visualization program to show customers how the finished framing would look.
Aside from helping indecisive customers decide, a viz system is useful for making digital composite images for advertising and to show customers. For instance, we've earned some commercial jobs simply because we included digital images of the finished framing with our proposals.
Nowadays we have a better way: snap a digital photo using a ceiling-mounted camera and use a visualization program to show customers how the finished framing would look.
Aside from helping indecisive customers decide, a viz system is useful for making digital composite images for advertising and to show customers. For instance, we've earned some commercial jobs simply because we included digital images of the finished framing with our proposals.
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This is the mirror that I've been using since about 1992. It's 6ft x 4ft and helps by allowing customers to see the designs in a vertical attitude as if they were hanging on a wall.
I also have visualisation software, but only use it as a last resort for people who can't see how different designs will look on their art. Vis takes more time and most colours do not translate through the camera, video card and monitor correctly.
I also have visualisation software, but only use it as a last resort for people who can't see how different designs will look on their art. Vis takes more time and most colours do not translate through the camera, video card and monitor correctly.
Bandsaw, one other way is to use a board with magnets.
Ours has a wooden base and a metal front. It's covered with
a linen wrap, and the magnets hold the artwork on. It's the
same board I've used for sixteen years, and while the magnets
wear out from time to time, the board still 'works' just fine.
Ours has a wooden base and a metal front. It's covered with
a linen wrap, and the magnets hold the artwork on. It's the
same board I've used for sixteen years, and while the magnets
wear out from time to time, the board still 'works' just fine.
Shayla - I tried magnets and it was OK. Actually had a board covered with sheet metal and the metal covered with velcro receptive fabric so both velcro and magnets would hold.
Osgood, thanks. That's what I was looking for. Do you use any specific lighting?
Hopefully others will post so we can see a variety of setups.
Osgood, thanks. That's what I was looking for. Do you use any specific lighting?
Hopefully others will post so we can see a variety of setups.