For framers and makers
Mat Span Frame is a bench for artwork and outer frame sizes. Opening, borders, glass, and backing update as you set the mat.
Studio 8×10 equal ships with the app: 8×10 art in an 11×14 shell, reveal 0.125 in, even borders. Figures below are inches.
On the live workbench you can drag the opening. Borders refresh as it moves. Bottom-weight pulls depth toward the lower edge for a museum hang, while the side borders stay matched. A double mat adds an inner offset and a second, smaller opening.
The size library holds common art sizes, frame shells, and drop-in pairings, plus templates you can place on the bench.
Put two saved designs side by side and read the difference in their borders.
Send a plain-text list: artwork, outer size, openings, borders, glass, backing, and any bench notes.
Rename, duplicate, or delete a design. Search by name, notes, or template. Switch inches and millimetres, and choose light, dark, or the system appearance. A home-screen widget shows outer size, opening, and border widths for the last active design.
Artwork width and height, then the outer mat or frame. The bench fills in the opening and the four borders.
Yes. Settings switches between inches and millimetres, and holds your default reveal, bottom-weight, and rabbet inset.
Extra depth on the bottom border compared with the top. It is the usual adjustment for a museum-style hang.
Turn on double mat and set an inner offset. You then see the outer opening and the smaller inner opening.
A built-in catalog of photo and print sizes, ISO A-series sheets, standard frame shells, common drop-in pairings, and the starter templates named above.
Yes. Share writes a plain-text cut list for the design you have open. You can also step backward or forward on the bench with undo and redo.
Outer size, opening, and border widths for the last design marked active.
Mat Span Frame is made by Ruth Phillips. If a size, a template, or a readout on the bench is unclear, write with the design name and what you were setting. That is enough to look at the question.