LOL, Jim, you have taught me much! No need to worry about sticking your foot in your mouth. I just wanted to clarify because I did not understand the question. Essentially, I created 'black space' around the image so that I would be able to wrap it relatively seamlessly and not lose much of the foreground.

The problem with the wrapping had mostly to do with the Epson's sizing. The 4900 prints only 17 inch wide paper. This means that 16 inch frame bars are not OK because no one makes anything less than .75 inch bars (meaning the paper to full wrap around it would need to be about 18 inches wide, not 17). This means that the final image out put is not quite 2x3 ratio.

I wound up using 15 inch wood bars on the vertical and standard 24 inch pars on the horizontal. I made the final output print 17x25.5 to give me enough room to wrap around the 15x24 inch wood frame's .75 inch width.

I just finished re-wrapping the image as a result of my 'gloss failure' earlier. I hate to say it, but the spray is a real pain in the butt to put on properly and in the future I will not bother with it. It is a pity because I would really like to protect the image a bit better. The one problem with the canvas is that the black inks do not perfectly dry and come off with any minor print touching. I used rubber gloves in order to do the wrapping - and it made for hot work.

James