Photo on canvas

[jimcritchley]

Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone has ever printed photos onto canvas and could offer any tips in terms of the best format to print them from (TIFF, PSD or JPEG). I have just moved to NZ and if anyone from there reads this and could recommend a good company that would be good. In the future I am thinking of producing canvas pictures as a little business so any more tips would be appreciated

[dang]

Hi Jim,
Here's a site that has a lot of helpful information that I've found myself looking through fairly often these days. Be sure & check the links toward the top, since they're easy to miss.
http://www.rideau-info.com/photos/index.html

[jimcritchley]

Thanks Dang, although while I did read the site and found the DPI thread very good, it doesn't mantion anything about printing digital photos on canvas, either that or I missed it completely.

[jdepould]

I think shutterfly does canvas prints, don't know anything either way about quality though.

[cannongate]

Although I never have had them do one for me, Mpix does a thing called gallery wraps which is on canvas. I think thay look very cool

[ianm_au]

It is not a cheap process. Finding a supplier of high quality canvas is probably the hardest part of the business.

I tried printing an canvas spent a lot of money and sold nothing, I have some lovely canvas prints. My mistake was probably the wrong audience, everone oohed and aahed, but no one bought. I only printer A4, you really need at least an A3 printer.

I didn't offer stretched prints after printing on A4 they would almost be down to A5 size way too small. My prints were cheap ans I wasn't trying to make a living from it, just a small income to maybe replace bits of photographic equipment. I was framing mine without glas ans the glass hides the canvas texture. Make sure there is a cutout between your print and the frame.

In Australia we have a numbe rof places that do just printing eg Harvey Norman and some others around the big shopping centres and than there are the specialist mobs.
Most commercial prints start around $50 for approx A4

Depending on your attitude you might want to cover your prints with a clear UV protection, don't apply any pressure ads it will come through and mark the print making it unusable.

If I can be of any further help e-mail me.

Ian M

[lfortier]

I've used this company a couple of times. They do good work and they're not expensive. You do have to stretch your own. They ship it rolled in a tube.

http://www.qualitycanvasphotos.com/home.asp

Lee

[krey]

Just want to say "THANKS " for that last link ! Looks like a great company to deal with , and reasonable shipping too , rare these days .

[jimcritchley]

Sorry for the late reply, Dang thanks for pointing out that others had replied. I will certainly do some more research, thanks again.

[mallika]

Hello Jim,

I got my photo canvas from http://www.paintyourlife.com/ . They have pro-artist, will paint exactly what you require and they will ship for free. hope you got the right information.

Regards .... Mallika