Why purpose does a matboard serve? A matboard has two very important key functions:

Visual Separation: A matboard provides "breathing room" for the image, separating it from the frame and drawing the viewer's eye inward, adding depth and presence.

Archival Protection: A high-quality, acid-free matboard serves a crucial conservation purpose by preventing the print from coming into direct contact with the acrylic glazing, which is a best-practice for long-term preservation.

Instead of cropping away the beautiful image, we choose to shrink the chosen photo size to accommodate for the matboard but the 'poster size' will remain the same.

No Matboard: If you would like the photo to fill the entire poster area with no matboard.

Poster Meaning: A ‘poster’ is the internal frame dimensions e.g A4, A3, A2 etc