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Framing

Fram­ing is the final touch that gets your can­vas print ready to dis­play on the wall.

The gorgeous molded strips on a well-made frame make it a work of art in itselfFor all of us who are used to see­ing pho­tographs printed on pho­to­graphic paper or glossy mag­a­zines, even posters, it is a novel way to appre­ci­ate the beauty of the image.

Fur­ther, the tex­ture of can­vas adds to the aes­thetic value, lend­ing the pho­to­graph an artis­tic and old world charm. No won­der a lot of peo­ple across the world are get­ting their pho­tos printed on can­vas.

But print­ing on can­vas isn’t as easy as print­ing on paper. A great many steps are involved, each requir­ing spe­cial­ized skills. There are dif­fer­ent para­me­ters for get­ting the can­vas ready, print­ing it on large for­mat print­ers, stretch­ing the can­vas on to stretcher bars, and choos­ing the wrap style that goes best with the image.

Once all these steps are done, the final step is attach­ing the wrapped can­vas to a frame.

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Canvas Varnishing

Var­nish­ing pro­vides the pro­tec­tive coat­ing to your Giclee can­vas prints to make them last for years

An art­work on can­vas is almost invari­ably framed with­out glass, unless to pro­tect price­less orig­i­nal mas­ter­pieces from van­dal­ism. This is because can­vas is a tough medium and not eas­ily dam­aged. Also, every­body loves the beau­ti­ful tex­tured look a paint­ing or a print can assume when it is done on can­vas. This tex­ture is best vis­i­ble with­out glass.

But this is not to sug­gest that a can­vas print is imper­vi­ous to dam­age. Even when it is printed with archival qual­ity ink sets, can­vas prints are sus­cep­ti­ble to dam­age from UV rays (i.e. fad­ing), scratches, dirt, dust and moisture.

So can­vas print­ers bor­row the tech­nique of var­nish­ing can­vas, with some mod­i­fi­ca­tions, from what mas­ters of oil paint­ing on can­vas have been doing for cen­turies.
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10 Tips to Shoot Photos for Printing on Canvas at High Enlargements

What is the max­i­mum print size of an image that will retain per­fect image qual­ity in a can­vas print?

This depends on a num­ber of fac­tors like expo­sure, illu­mi­na­tion, cam­era shake, and resolution.

But a sim­ple thumb rule will give you the idea about print size from your dig­i­tal image. Just divide the image length in pix­els by 70 and you will get the approx­i­mate print length in inches, and sim­i­larly for image width. So if your image size is 2800 pix­els by 2100 pix­els, you may expect an enlarge­ment up to 40″ by 30″.

The megapixel count of your cam­era too can give a rough approx­i­ma­tion of the high­est print size at good qual­ity. A 5 megapixel cam­era, with an image size of 2580 pix­els by 2048 pix­els, will give you a 36″ by 28″ print at most. For a 7 MP cam­era (3072 pix­els by 2304 pix­els), the print size can go up to 44″ by 32″, whereas a 10 MP cam­era (3648 pix­els by 2736 pix­els) can let you shoot pho­tos for prints up to 48″ by 40″.

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Stretching Canvas

Stretch­ing can­vas for your giclée can­vas prints is an art in itself

Stretching of CanvasThe first thing that strikes you if you lay your hands on a can­vas ready for paint­ing is that it prac­ti­cally twangs like a tram­po­line. In fact the artist always inspects if it is taut enough before putting oil paint on it. Why does the can­vas have to be stretched?

Why stretch can­vas?

All art is meant to be dis­played for the viewer to admire. To dis­play can­vas it has to be held up by or mounted on some­thing. But can­vas, like all cloth, has gaps between yarns in the weave. As a result it is much more sus­cep­ti­ble to change of shape after the paint­ing is done. It could get wrin­kled espe­cially when the can­vas is made of cot­ton. (more…)

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Printing on Canvas Technique

Mod­ern print­ing tech­niques have per­fected the art of dig­i­tally trans­fer­ring pho­tographs and orig­i­nal art­work to can­vas

Can­vas is one of the most pop­u­lar forms of tough fab­ric, usu­ally woven from cot­ton or linen fibers. It dif­fers from other tough fab­rics in that it is woven in plain weave.  It is used every­where – from tents, back­packs, hand­bags, totes to even casual shoes. How­ever, for cen­turies the biggest asso­ci­a­tion can­vas has is with the easel and the paint­brush. It is the artist’s medium. You can­not think of oil paint­ing on any­thing else — the rough woven tex­ture of can­vas adds that extra dimen­sion to the paint­ings. (more…)

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