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Getting render printed on canvas?

amyw12amyw12 Posts: 63
edited January 2019 in The Commons

Hi,

i was thinking of getting my rendered image printed onto canvas for an art show. Anyone have recommendations for places to get it printed? I’m in Canada so we’re might not have some US places but we do have Walmart, Costco, London Drugs, Staples etc. 

Also, if you’ve had experience getting your image printed on canvas, I would love to hear how it turned out and any recommendations you have.

I was paranoid that my image would not be big enough for a decent size so I rendered it at 10000 x 64xx (can’t remember exact size). I hope it’ll be large enough and does anyone know if it would be 300dpi quality?

thanks! 

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  • Erock3DErock3D Posts: 52

    DPI stands for Dots Per Inch, with a dot being equivelant to a pixel.   Standard screen resolution is typically 72 DPI.  A print resolution of 300 DPI would therefore require an image size to be roughly 4x the standard screen resolution size.  For example, the screen resolution (72 DPI) of a 4x6 inch photo would be 288 x 432 pixels.  To have that same 4x6 inch photo printed at 300 DPI quality it would need to be 1200x1800 pixels.  If you wanted an 8x10 print, it would need to be 2400x3000 pixels to print at 300 DPI quality.

    You mentioned 1000x64xx as the rendered size of your image.  Did you mean "1000" or "10,000?"  1000 pixels wide will produce a 300 DPI print that is only about 3.3 inches wide.  Ten thousand pixles wide (10,000) would be good for a print of about 33.3 inches wide.

    With that being said, depending upon the size of your final printed product, you may be able to get a reasonable print at a lower resolution of 200 to 225 dpi if the piece is intended to be viewed from farther away... like a large movie poster for example.  Since you are creating the render though, I would shoot for at least the 300 DPI if possible.

    I've never personally had a render printed on canvas, and I've had limited experience working with the standard Walmart or Costco type photo printing centers.   My experience comes from the printing of commercial catalogs and magazine advertisements.

    One other thing to keep in mind is the margin and bleed size.  The canvas printings I've seen are not framed and have the photo wrapped around the edge.  This may require you to add an additional margin around the edge of your image, or the image may be enlarged to compensate for the edge wrap.  I'm not exactly sure how these photo printing centers do that.  If the image is enlarged to cover this edge wrap though, make sure all of the important aspects of your artwork are centered within the piece enough so that if it is enlarged, nothing vital will be printed in that margin or edge.

  • amyw12amyw12 Posts: 63

    Thanks for your wonderful advice Erock. Oops, I meant 10,000 - I will fix it. Thanks for pointing it out!

    And great point about the edge wrap- I didn’t think about it at all before. 

  • davesodaveso Posts: 7,771

    I've seen quite a few places online that will print on canvas ... dont know any right off the top of my head, but they are there. 

  • FirstBastionFirstBastion Posts: 8,048

    imagekind can print on canvas.  https://www.imagekind.com/

     

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,085

    DeviantArt has a print on demand for artprints service, but I have no idea how good it is. The setup looks cool...

    (Some day I hope to do an art print of something I've done... when I actually live in a large enough places to do it)

     

  • Jason GalterioJason Galterio Posts: 2,562

    I have tried printing at three different Walmarts and have had issues at every one of them.

    If you are not in a rush, I would suggest using an online service that will deliver to you. Or a local printer. I don't think you will have very good luck with the mass production places like Walmart.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,847

    ....I've been investigating gallery art print services as well for ar show purposes. Canvas printing is expensive (it can easily run in the hundreds for a single work, sans frame).  However, some of the gallery print services also offer printing on high grade papers (even archival quality) which can cost less.  The composition of inks used will also make a difference as well.  If you are going for a "fine art" quality print, expect it to cost.

  • MisselthwaiteMisselthwaite Posts: 961

    I'm also in Canada, I use bestcanvas.ca.  It's not expensive, ships reliably, and works for my venue, which is my home :-)

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