How to Print Photos and Artwork on a Canvas
Instead of printing your photos or artwork on traditional photo paper, why not print your memorable shots on a canvas? Photos digitally printed on a canvas can take your pictures to a whole new level, and add some depth and interest to your home decor. Check out these easy steps to easily get print photos on a canvas and on your wall.
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Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Photos or artwork that you would like to be printed on a canvas in your home!
- Measuring tape
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You'll have to find photos or artwork that you would like get printed on a canvas. Many people choose wedding photos, family portraits, or even landscape and art photography that you may have in your library.
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Once you have your photography or artwork that you'd like printed on a canvas, you're going to want to optimize them so that when they are printed, they will come out really well. Using Adobe Photoshop or any other photo editing tool, enhance the quality of the shots by playing around with the brightness/darkness, the colorization, and even the cropping of the photo.
Try to step back from the screen every once and a while and take a look at not only the colors and brightness, but the composition too. Rotate, crop and do whatever it takes to get that perfect photo that will look beautiful on your wall.
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Determine what size you'd like the canvas to be, as well as what orientation (portrait or landscape) you'd like as well. Make sure you already have a space in your home in mind for each photo that will be printed on canvas, because unlike traditional photography paper, you cannot cut or resize these at all.
Use measuring tape to find the maximum dimensions that you'd be able to fit into each particular space where you plan to hang the canvas. Then, you can select an appropiate size from the website that you'll be printing the photos from.
Normally, canvas printing places online will size your canvas as 11x14, 16x20, 16x24, 20x30, 24x24, 24x36, and 30x40. However, you can also ask for custom sizes, but the price will drastically increase.
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Most professional online photography services will offer this Canvas print service. It's best to shop around and find the one that you believe is best for you, or maybe you've already used one of these websites and are happy with the results. Links are provided below to various canvas printing services online. Enjoy!
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Tips & Warnings
It's best to used digital photos for your canvas photography. The pictures are printed digitally, so having a digitally formatted photo will give you the best results. If you have a regular printed photo that you would like on a canvas, this can be done, but it's best to get it scanned in a high resolution before submitting the photo to a printer.
If you don't have photoshop or any other kind of photo editing tool, you can always find people you know who may be able to do it for you, or hire someone just to tweak the photos for canvas optimization. Some of the printing places mentioned below will also have the ability to edit built in!
The photos will usually wrap around the canvas toward the back, which makes the canvas look a lot nicer on the wall. So, there's no need for any type of framing, because it frames itself!
You may also be able to get your photos printed in a local shop, such as Aaron & Brothers, or maybe a Mom & Pop shop in your area too. The same rules apply when submitting a photo to these places too.
Note that many times, the color on your computer screen will not be the exact same color that is printed on your canvas. You can use a screen color configuration tool, or just hire an expert to make sure the colors come out correctly.
The process of photo canvas printing is definitely not as cheap as printing on traditional photo paper, even at larger sizes, so it's really important to make sure you have the right shot that is optimized for the canvas itself.
