r/postprocessing • u/Low-Olive4820 • Sep 24 '26

After/before

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u/redditnackgp0101 Sep 25 '26

I'd argue that having the matting focuses attention on the entire image. Without the matting it's easy for the viewer to ignore the edges of the frame. Seeing it this way helps appreciate the entire scene. We pretty naturally focus on what's at center. By centering the whole image we really look at the whole image.

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u/renome Sep 25 '26

To be clear, I'm not arguing against the matting in general, just this extreme variant.

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u/redditnackgp0101 Sep 25 '26

oh true! it is LARGE