Are you curious about prints on canvas and about the process?
Canvas, as you may know, is a thick and durable fabric that is often used in the construction of tents, awnings as well as for oil and acrylic paintings. It is durable and when produced for the fine art printing process has a finer, more even weave and is lighter in weight. Sometimes, canvas used for printing has a combination of polyester and cotton, while some printing canvas is pure cotton. The canvas is primed with a special ink, receptive coating that assures consistent color from print to print as well as depth of color and richness in black to white and all shades in between. Other properties built into the coating and canvas augment the archival qualities and increase the brightness of the base to create eye-popping depth of color.
That's Canvas 101, so how about learning the process of reproducing your cherished photos on canvas prints?
Getting your photos on canvas involves hi-tech printing technology from beginning to end. It starts with an image that you wish to be replicated on a canvas. With "friendly" sites, you upload your photo and the site allows you to crop, size and edit your photo. Once the print company receives your file, some will do minor color correction and adjust brightness and contrast free of charge, while others may charge for it. The master printer (the person who does color adjustments and sets up the printer), will add borders, size the print accurately and sends the file to the printer after filling out the software data. Once printed, higher-end printing companies will apply a liquid laminate to the print for a perfect finish.
Special purpose printing machines (come in several varieties) are designed to deliver high-resolution large-scale printouts. Noteworthy, is that photos on canvas prints look much more defined and have more depth than their original counterparts resting in your photo album.
The canvas can then be sent to you stretched on stretcher bars with a wrap that either extends the image (gallery wrap) or is wrapped with a color (museum wrap). While this method doesn't require a frame, framing is an option. Consider using photos onto canvas to decorate the walls of your home, office or any other empty wall - waiting for its special canvas print.
Canvas, as you may know, is a thick and durable fabric that is often used in the construction of tents, awnings as well as for oil and acrylic paintings. It is durable and when produced for the fine art printing process has a finer, more even weave and is lighter in weight. Sometimes, canvas used for printing has a combination of polyester and cotton, while some printing canvas is pure cotton. The canvas is primed with a special ink, receptive coating that assures consistent color from print to print as well as depth of color and richness in black to white and all shades in between. Other properties built into the coating and canvas augment the archival qualities and increase the brightness of the base to create eye-popping depth of color.
That's Canvas 101, so how about learning the process of reproducing your cherished photos on canvas prints?
Getting your photos on canvas involves hi-tech printing technology from beginning to end. It starts with an image that you wish to be replicated on a canvas. With "friendly" sites, you upload your photo and the site allows you to crop, size and edit your photo. Once the print company receives your file, some will do minor color correction and adjust brightness and contrast free of charge, while others may charge for it. The master printer (the person who does color adjustments and sets up the printer), will add borders, size the print accurately and sends the file to the printer after filling out the software data. Once printed, higher-end printing companies will apply a liquid laminate to the print for a perfect finish.
Special purpose printing machines (come in several varieties) are designed to deliver high-resolution large-scale printouts. Noteworthy, is that photos on canvas prints look much more defined and have more depth than their original counterparts resting in your photo album.
The canvas can then be sent to you stretched on stretcher bars with a wrap that either extends the image (gallery wrap) or is wrapped with a color (museum wrap). While this method doesn't require a frame, framing is an option. Consider using photos onto canvas to decorate the walls of your home, office or any other empty wall - waiting for its special canvas print.
