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).
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.....
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
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