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What is a Megapixel?
20 megapixel camera or 8 megapixel camera? Is it even important? If you are on the hunt for the best photography camera, and you don’t know your MP from your mega pixels to your pixels, read on – you’ve finally found an answer. To help illustrate you should know about the Pointillism painting technique. It consists of small and distinct dots of singular colour arranged in patterns to form a picture. The most famous example of this in the art world is Georges Seurat’s painting, “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”: The technique relies on the brain’s amazing ability to blend the colour spots into a whole image. A photograph is exactly the same – it is...
Gift Ideas for Creating Memorable Canvas Prints
Collage Canvas prints make ideal presents for friends and family, especially when it is often difficult to come up with a unique gift for someone you care about. They come in all shapes and sizes to cater for all situations, be it a simple "thank you" or "love you" - no one else will be giving them that present! Family Trees Family trees are popular at the minute but has anybody thought to turn their family tree into a canvas print? As canvases are built to last, it makes sense to have your family tree printed on them so that it can be handed down to younger generations later on. It doesn't have to be just a plain old tree...
A Guide to Ordering Personalised Canvas Prints
Choosing quality canvas art from among the spectrum of print suppliers on the web can often be tricky. The best canvas prints are all made by hand using high resolution digital photos or artworks. Great results require both technical and manual skills to design, print and frame to consistently high standards. Processes and skills we've been honing since 2003. We often find that canvas printing websites provide scarce information about their actual manufacturing processes, ultimately leading to confusion and disappointment when customers receive their orders. In light of this, we feel it's vital to provide you with extremely detailed information about our canvas printing processes and materials in order for you to make an informed decision. Canvas printing process and...
Keeping Your Canvas Print Tight
You may well wonder what those strange little wedges are that come with your canvas prints? These wedges are to tension the print and we tap them into the stretcher bar frames in order to fully tighten your canvas prints before shipping. The wedges work by pushing apart the unfixed corners of the frame slightly, making the canvas taut. As with most woven materials, canvas won't stay this tight indefinitely and may relax a little over time. You may find after a year or so that your canvas art needs to be re-tightened slightly. Therefore, when choosing your canvas prints, beware of non-adjustable, DIY frames; you may end up with a relaxed print in the future! Our frames are easily adjustable with the supplied...
How to Transfer Photos to Canvas
We specialise in transferring photos to canvas prints and we can help you create your own masterpiece whether you’re using a family photo, an image supplied by a professional photographer or an artwork from our readymade collection. Upload digital photos using our file upload service The easiest way to transfer your photos to canvas is to use our upload tools. These allow you to add a digital image stored on your computer, Facebook, Picasa, Instagram, Flickr directly into our printing facilities. It's incredibly simple and our customer service team are ready to help you if you have any problems or issues. Alternatively, if you wish to send hardcopies of your images directly to us then we will scan and digitise...