Tools & Features

What’s New & Useful

There’s more to Crescentbrands.com than meets the eye. Explore helpful tools and features designed to make finding products, managing samples, and using the site easier.

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Find a distributor on the Crescent Brands website
New · Find a distributor

Find Your Local Distributor

Find distributors using Use my location, a ZIP code, or a Canadian postal code, choose a search distance, and explore nearby locations on the map or in Cards and List views.

Refine the directory by distributor, city, country, brand, or product offering. Open a result for contact details, and confirm current stock directly with the distributor.

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Crescent Brands website navigation
New · Matboard menu quick guides

A Little i. A Lot of Useful Information.

Open Matboard in the Crescent Brands menu and look for the subtle information buttons beside the options. These quick guides are also available in the Crescent and Bainbridge Matboard menus.

Preview a collection’s description and matboard conservation grade, with quick links to its digital specifier and samples, where available. Learn about a collection before leaving the menu.

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Collection views on the Crescent Brands website
New · Collection views

A Collection View That Works for You

Switch to Swatch view for a color-focused grid, adjust Card size, and use Show all swatches to explore more color choices.

Choose how many products appear per page, then return to Default View whenever you want the standard product cards.

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Product card tools on the Crescent Brands website
New · Product card tools

More Information, Right on the Card

Choose an item number on a product card to inspect its available options. Size, ply, and core labels help you identify the details that matter.

Select an attribute label to filter the collection to matching products, without opening every product page.

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Sort by color on the Crescent Brands website
New · Sort by color

Find Your Color Direction

Choose Color from the collection’s Sort by menu to arrange products by color. Combine it with Swatch view to compare shades with fewer details in the way.

Keep in mind: Screen colors are a guide. Confirm your final selection with a physical sample.
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Brand pages on the Crescent Brands website
New · Brand pages

Your Brand’s One-Stop Shop

Choose Bainbridge or Crescent at the top of the site to reach a brand home page and product collection in one place. Find brand information, its product families, comparison tools, digital specifiers and catalogs, and sample links together.

Choose Explore Matboard to jump to the products. The collection menu makes it easy to move between all the brand’s matboard and its individual product families.

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Collection resources on the Crescent Brands website
New · Collection resources

Resources for the Collection You’re Viewing

Within a sub-brand collection such as Crescent Select, look directly above the products for links to its samples, digital specifiers, chip specifiers, corner sets, product photography, and brand logos, where available.

These shortcuts bring together the resources for the product family you’re viewing. Sign in when you are ready to order samples.

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Inspiration gallery on the Crescent Brands website
New · Inspiration gallery

See the Framing Possibilities

Explore a growing collection of framed art in Gallery view, adjust the frame size, and select a piece to open its Focused view.

Open an available recipe to see the products used in that framing design. Use the composition controls to explore the artwork and its available recipe or image actions.

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Artcare & quality levels on the Crescent Brands website
New · Artcare & quality levels

Understand Protection and Quality Levels

Explore how Artcare Technology helps protect artwork, then expand the technical details for more information.

Open the Mountboard Quality Levels guide to compare levels and read their descriptions directly on the page.

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Color Studio on the Crescent Brands website
New · Color Studio

Explore Color Studio

Browse matboard by color, or search the library by color name or item number. Adjust swatch size, show or hide labels, and use the library filters to refine what you see.

Select a swatch to inspect its sizes, ply, core, and item numbers, then use Add to Palette to collect your selections. Sign in to build and save palettes for later access through your account.

Color Studio is in beta. Your feedback helps us improve it. Confirm your final color choices with physical samples.
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Build & save palettes on the Crescent Brands website
New · Build & save palettes

Build a Palette. Return to It Later.

Open Build Your Palette, give your palette a name, and collect matboard swatches and mouldings you want to consider together.

Sign in to add items, then choose Save palette to store your selections in your account. Return through View My Palettes or the account menu’s My Palettes link whenever you need them.

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Feature

POS Numbers Added to Each Product!

You asked, and we listened. POS numbers are now displayed alongside each product, making it faster and easier to identify items, place orders, and find exactly what you need.
This was a significant update, and your feedback helped make it a priority. We appreciate your patience—and we hope this improvement makes your everyday work a little easier.

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Live Sample Eligibility feature
Sample Tools

Live Sample Eligibility

Know before you add it to your cart. Product pages now display live sample eligibility so you can immediately see whether a moulding sample is currently available for you to order.

If you've previously received the sample, the site will show when you're eligible to request it again.

Good to know: Most samples are limited to one every two years. If a sample is not yet eligible, you'll see the date when it becomes available again.
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Crescent Brands website feature
Site Feature

Specifiers - In One Click

Click the search bar and voilà — digital specifiers and catalogs are right at your fingertips. Quickly browse available resources across Crescent Brands without digging through multiple pages.

This layout can continue as you introduce more tools and functionality throughout the Crescent Brands website.

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Crescent Brands website feature
Account Tools

Simplified Signup

We know creating a Crescent Brands account requires a little more information than a typical online signup. That additional information allows us to provide valuable benefits like free samples, professional tools, account-specific resources, and services designed to help support and grow your business.

Most importantly, we listened to your feedback and made the signup process easier. We’ll continue listening, improving, and finding new ways to make your experience with Crescent Brands even better.

Once signed in, additional features such as POS references, sample eligibility, sample status, and other account tools become available throughout the site.

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Download product swatch images
Product Tools

Swatch Downloads

Need to collect specific product swatches? On individual product pages, look for the DOWNLOAD IMAGE button to save a digital swatch directly from the product you're viewing.

Keep in mind: Colors may appear differently from one monitor or device to another, so digital swatches should be used as a visual reference.

We're also working on downloadable swatch packs for entire product families. Keep an eye on the Digital Asset Library as new packs become available.

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Digital asset and logo library
Digital Resources

Digital Asset & Logo Library

Looking for product photography, brand logos, or other digital assets? Find them in our Resources section, or directly on product pages when downloadable assets are available.

Use the libraries below to quickly access the files you need.

Good to know: The Digital Asset and Logo Libraries can also be found in the Resources section of our menu, under Digital Assets.
Product Photography Logo Downloads
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Sliding moulding family navigation on Crescent Brands
Product Navigation

Explore Moulding Families

Move between moulding families without returning to the main collection page. The sliding family selector makes it easy to browse related collections and discover more options.

Good to know: The family selector is available directly on moulding family pages, so related collections are always just a click away.
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