Photographic mask structure
OwnerRobert A. Reedinventor
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Abstract
A photograhic cropping mask of a planar sheet, such as paper, plastic or cardboard, having defined therein a plurality of prescored, detachable rectilinear openings having a common center, indexing means and, optionally, an area of adhesive material and/or crop marks such that the sheet may be placed adjacent a transparent film to determine the cropping opening appropriate to the film image, the selected opening produced by detaching along an appropriate score line, the film attached by means of tape or the optional adhesive area to the sheet with the film properly aligned with the opening, and the film and sheet then accurately positioned in a photographic printing apparatus by the indexing means.
Claims9
A photographic mask structure comprising, a card having defined therein a plurality of incipient apertures delineated by score lines partially severing the card, with the apertures having a common center of area, and indexing means positioned on the card in a portion thereof outside of the score lines, whereby any of the incipient apertures may be formed into an opening of a selected size by detaching along the corresponding score lines and such selected openings will be oriented properly relative to the indexing means.
A cropping mask for photographic transparent film comprising, a card in sheet form of a paper board material having defined therein a plurality of score lines in the form of subtantially concentric, rectilinear configurations having a common center of area, and indexing means defined in the card at a position spaced from the confines of the score lines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.