Printing a jpeg to canvas
Discussion
AS a Christmas present I want to have a jpeg of one of our dogs printed to canvas (professionally).
Trouble is the original has the subject very close to the edge of photograph and when offered up to the on line system, there are parts turned around the edge of the canvas and some parts cut off all together.
Is there a way I can add a simple border to a jpeg, maybe green top half and stone colour bottom half that will allow the full photo to be on the front of the canvas and some plain matching colour around the edges?
I'm thinking "Paint" but not sure how to do it. (I've used paint to disguise the seagull poo on the statue behind).
Trouble is the original has the subject very close to the edge of photograph and when offered up to the on line system, there are parts turned around the edge of the canvas and some parts cut off all together.
Is there a way I can add a simple border to a jpeg, maybe green top half and stone colour bottom half that will allow the full photo to be on the front of the canvas and some plain matching colour around the edges?
I'm thinking "Paint" but not sure how to do it. (I've used paint to disguise the seagull poo on the statue behind).
Yes you can typically with canvas you either do what you have seen ( stretch the whole image around the edges, mirror the edges (so you get the whole image on the front) or have a black border.
A decent canvas printing service will offer these options for you. Paint would be a nightmare to do it in
A decent canvas printing service will offer these options for you. Paint would be a nightmare to do it in
Careful if you have the sides mirrored with subject close to an edge, as the mirrored subject will appear on the edge. (Unless they clone it out of the mirrored part).
Speak to the canvas printer and ask them what they would do / tell them what you want.
They could probably do a better job on the statue than you if you send them the original JPEG and ask nicely.
Speak to the canvas printer and ask them what they would do / tell them what you want.
They could probably do a better job on the statue than you if you send them the original JPEG and ask nicely.
You can do it in Paint, not that I would, but it is fairly easy.
Open the picture and work out the size of the picture and how much extra you need. There's a little marker at the corner of the canvas which you can drag to the new dimensions, or you can open a new canvas and set it's size, then paste in the image. If you do it without creating a new image, you just need to select the image and move it to the middle.
Open the picture and work out the size of the picture and how much extra you need. There's a little marker at the corner of the canvas which you can drag to the new dimensions, or you can open a new canvas and set it's size, then paste in the image. If you do it without creating a new image, you just need to select the image and move it to the middle.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
I might experiment with the paint option but I've ordered without the wrap on a "lite" frame so only a little bit of white. I hadn't realized there was that option.
Think I made a rod for my own back, unintentually, by cropping a sliver off the top and bottom to remove some stuff.....
I might experiment with the paint option but I've ordered without the wrap on a "lite" frame so only a little bit of white. I hadn't realized there was that option.
Think I made a rod for my own back, unintentually, by cropping a sliver off the top and bottom to remove some stuff.....
I worked for www.canvashut.com for 4 years so have plenty of experience in this.
There are plenty of options to go about a close cropped image. One is to stretch and blur the sides so you don't lose any of the image off the front face. Looks OK. Probably the best option for a portrait.
Mirroring works well for landscapes and scenes where the subjects aren't close to the edge of the image. Last thing you want is parts of the subject mirrored on the sides.
You could go for black or white edges too. Black would be my personal preference. White looks cheap. Best to leave this to the canvas printer to do properly because you won't know how much bleed they use for the sides. We used to use 2in but others might but not.
Then of course you have the issue with aspect ratio and cropping. If you have a camera (like a phone) that takes 16:9 ratio images, you are going to crop from the sides if you go for a more traditional 3:2 ratio size like. The ratio varies for most standard frame sizes.
Best thing to do is use a company you can speak to. These online systems are great if your image is perfect for the size you want. If not, you'll have no idea how the canvas will look when it arrives.
Typed on my phone so probs full of crap grammer and mistakes.
There are plenty of options to go about a close cropped image. One is to stretch and blur the sides so you don't lose any of the image off the front face. Looks OK. Probably the best option for a portrait.
Mirroring works well for landscapes and scenes where the subjects aren't close to the edge of the image. Last thing you want is parts of the subject mirrored on the sides.
You could go for black or white edges too. Black would be my personal preference. White looks cheap. Best to leave this to the canvas printer to do properly because you won't know how much bleed they use for the sides. We used to use 2in but others might but not.
Then of course you have the issue with aspect ratio and cropping. If you have a camera (like a phone) that takes 16:9 ratio images, you are going to crop from the sides if you go for a more traditional 3:2 ratio size like. The ratio varies for most standard frame sizes.
Best thing to do is use a company you can speak to. These online systems are great if your image is perfect for the size you want. If not, you'll have no idea how the canvas will look when it arrives.
Typed on my phone so probs full of crap grammer and mistakes.
MysteryLemon said:
I worked for www.canvashut.com for 4 years so have plenty of experience in this.
There are plenty of options to go about a close cropped image. One is to stretch and blur the sides so you don't lose any of the image off the front face. Looks OK. Probably the best option for a portrait.
Mirroring works well for landscapes and scenes where the subjects aren't close to the edge of the image. Last thing you want is parts of the subject mirrored on the sides.
You could go for black or white edges too. Black would be my personal preference. White looks cheap. Best to leave this to the canvas printer to do properly because you won't know how much bleed they use for the sides. We used to use 2in but others might but not.
Then of course you have the issue with aspect ratio and cropping. If you have a camera (like a phone) that takes 16:9 ratio images, you are going to crop from the sides if you go for a more traditional 3:2 ratio size like. The ratio varies for most standard frame sizes.
Best thing to do is use a company you can speak to. These online systems are great if your image is perfect for the size you want. If not, you'll have no idea how the canvas will look when it arrives.
Typed on my phone so probs full of crap grammer and mistakes.
Cheers, thanks for that info.There are plenty of options to go about a close cropped image. One is to stretch and blur the sides so you don't lose any of the image off the front face. Looks OK. Probably the best option for a portrait.
Mirroring works well for landscapes and scenes where the subjects aren't close to the edge of the image. Last thing you want is parts of the subject mirrored on the sides.
You could go for black or white edges too. Black would be my personal preference. White looks cheap. Best to leave this to the canvas printer to do properly because you won't know how much bleed they use for the sides. We used to use 2in but others might but not.
Then of course you have the issue with aspect ratio and cropping. If you have a camera (like a phone) that takes 16:9 ratio images, you are going to crop from the sides if you go for a more traditional 3:2 ratio size like. The ratio varies for most standard frame sizes.
Best thing to do is use a company you can speak to. These online systems are great if your image is perfect for the size you want. If not, you'll have no idea how the canvas will look when it arrives.
Typed on my phone so probs full of crap grammer and mistakes.
It's the stretching bit (in paint?) I don't understand
Wish I'd waited now, the bklack edge would be better too.
Suppose I could get the oil paints out
We would take a tiny amount of the edge of the image (literally a mm or so) and stretch this to fill the 2in bleed needed. We would the. Blur or median this section to blend soften it nicely.
Basically allows the colour at the edge of the canvas continue around the sides without cropping anything.
Not sure if it's even possible to do in paint tbh. Not used paint since windows 98.
Basically allows the colour at the edge of the canvas continue around the sides without cropping anything.
Not sure if it's even possible to do in paint tbh. Not used paint since windows 98.
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