IxMAGICx1
Well-Known Member
So about a month ago I bought some 35mm BTTF film cells. I wanted to frame them but I knew if I wanted to be able to actually see them, they'd need to be backlit. I thought of a few different ideas: LED Lights, glass front/back frame, etc...then it hit me, a digital frame! A white area of a digital frame would have to light up a film cell. Plus that would leave me with plenty of room to display an enlargement of the cell as well as whatever else I wanted to display. So I ordered a frame from Walmart for $29.00 Available Here
Here's how it looks out of the box
First off I knew I had make my own matte and I also wanted a black frame instead if the deep maroon/brown that it came with.
Flipping the frame over it seemed like it was going to be simple to disassemble.
Four easy screws removed and I was ready to rock and roll.
First I sanded down the frame and painted it black
While that was drying I made the matte that was going to go between the digital screen and the glass out of black poster board
I electrical taped the cells to the back of the matte and I was done!
The picture below shows how this was accomplished
The white area was used to light up the film cells and the top area was used to display whatever I wanted. The Back to the Future logo is a digital file, the pictures below it are the backlit cells.
I decided it would also be cool to display each cell with a screenshot of that frame one at a time so I blacked out the others while each frame was highlighted individually.
CLICK HERE to see a quick video I shot of it to give you the idea..
Because I already had an SD card this total project ended costing me $30. Not too shabby!
Here's is the template you can use if you'd like to make your own.
Download the 300 dpi pdf below.
Thanks for looking!
Here's how it looks out of the box
First off I knew I had make my own matte and I also wanted a black frame instead if the deep maroon/brown that it came with.
Flipping the frame over it seemed like it was going to be simple to disassemble.
Four easy screws removed and I was ready to rock and roll.
First I sanded down the frame and painted it black
While that was drying I made the matte that was going to go between the digital screen and the glass out of black poster board
I electrical taped the cells to the back of the matte and I was done!
The picture below shows how this was accomplished
The white area was used to light up the film cells and the top area was used to display whatever I wanted. The Back to the Future logo is a digital file, the pictures below it are the backlit cells.
I decided it would also be cool to display each cell with a screenshot of that frame one at a time so I blacked out the others while each frame was highlighted individually.
CLICK HERE to see a quick video I shot of it to give you the idea..
Because I already had an SD card this total project ended costing me $30. Not too shabby!
Here's is the template you can use if you'd like to make your own.
Download the 300 dpi pdf below.
Thanks for looking!
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