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Canvas your home

Jan 25 12:09pm

Imagine having your best-loved photo blown up for all to see, or that shot of your family, which always brings a smile to your face, immortalised on canvas. You don't have to have a digital camera or Photoshop expertise to enjoy digitally enlarged images on your walls.

If you do have a digital camera you can order your canvas prints online from home or go to a photo-processing centre in shops, where you can have it done for you.

You can reproduce onto canvas various media, including old photos, negatives, slides and digital pics from your memory cards and CDs.

Top tips: 

1 Because digital imaging allows you to edit your shot, you get to play with the colours and control the final look of your canvas art. For example, you can create an Andy Warhol-style pop art canvas, as shown above. 

2. If your image has a low resolution or isn't sharp, have it reproduced in a sepia tone or black and white to help disguise the graininess of your enlarged image. 

3. The higher the quality of your photo, the bigger you can have your canvas. If your pic is not high quality you run the risk of losing too much detail once the image is enlarged. The average digital camera takes photos that are five megapixels, and that's fine for canvases up to 122 x 122 cm. 

4. If you can't avoid hanging a picture in direct sunlight, rest assured the ink used for printing on the canvas is UV resistant, so your image won't fade.

4 Comments Report Abuse
1. madbrock@xtra.co.nz - Mar 08 06:55pm
What kind of printer and inks are you using and what kind of finishing product are you using?
2. nikki_k75 - Mar 22 10:09pm
These canvases are excellent gift ideas. I took photos and got them professionally put onto canvas for Christmas gifts. Not cheap but worth it. Highly recommend them!!!!!
3. gayspurr - Mar 28 09:56am
I've been in the photographic industry for over 30 years and I can assure you that direct sunlight will cause ANY image to fade even if it is supposedly UV resistant. Always hang your photos in a way that limits their exposure to sunlight, heat and humidity for the longest lasting results.
4. ms_paula_pollard - Apr 14 03:33pm
I had a canvas done for a friends Birthday.He is a fussy man so he is hard to buy for. I had one done of his children, when they were all away on holiday together. It was brilliant. Would recommend it !!!!
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