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• Sometimes picture framers work too hard at things - mat decoration cut with the Wizard, for example. What attributes of cut decoration do we regard as important? Intricacy, accents of color, the look of complexity, the illusion of depth… to name a handful. Often, framers turn to Trace to invent unique shapes with these attributes for their designs.

• However, we should not overlook a less complicated way to include decoration. The Template Library is full of shapes. Their size, placement, rotation, and number of layers can all be easily manipulated in the design screen without resorting to Trace.

• One traditional idea for arranging decorative elements is to place them symmetrically at the sides of an opening. The spacing with the opening will be the same, but the vertical position of the elements allows more placement choices. Tradition suggests that the elements could be positioned somewhere between the bottom corners and the middle of the opening. Placing a Jewel along the bottom is also a subtle way to include a spot of color and interest when cut with an opening.

Jewels are a two-layer application of shapes that when merged with an opening, generates even more cutting intricacy, adding a thin sliver of an elongated shape as part of the second layer.

One traditional idea for arranging decorative elements is to place them symmetrically at the sides of an opening. The spacing with the opening will be the same, but the vertical position of the elements allows more placement choices.

Tradition suggests that the elements could be positioned somewhere between the bottom corners and the middle of the opening. Placing a Jewel along the bottom is also a subtle way to include a spot of color and interest when cut with an opening.

Templatesare specialized parametric shape generators created by Wizard.

Many of the templates have additional Properties that can be edited which can change the shape, curves and corners of the design as well as a wide assortment of Parameters.

The Template Library displays the different templates that are available for use.

See: Template Properties

See: Template Library

Mat Designs are complete mat designs containing openings and can contain decorative or thematic elements to be cut/applied on the CMC created in Designer and Visualization.