| The very first thing that one can think of about | | | | can be filled; the subject can even be made to |
| printing a favorite photo on canvas is if the photo | | | | look younger! |
| has ample deepness. There are many queries of | | | | Maximum print size for best canvas print |
| steadfastness, color and features. Does your | | | | What is the maximum print size of an image that |
| image have enough to be rendered perfectly on | | | | will retain perfect image quality in a canvas print? |
| canvas? After all, a giclee photo print on canvas | | | | It is dependent on many aspects like exposure, |
| would not look good if the image itself turns out | | | | illumination, camera shake, and resolution. |
| to be pixellated, would it? | | | | But a easy thumb rule will give you a scheme |
| With pathetic excuse to professional | | | | about the print size from your digital picture. Just |
| photographers and photography aficionado, a large | | | | break up the image length in pixels by 70 and you |
| amount of photos people want to get printed are | | | | will get the estimated print length in inches, and |
| in reality spontaneous candid shots rather than | | | | similarly for image width. So if your image size is |
| thoroughly planned ones, specifically the photos of | | | | 2800 pixels by 2100 pixels, you may expect an |
| our dear ones. Knowledge of the subject and their | | | | enlargement up to 40 by 30. |
| moods, when they look best, and your presence | | | | The megapixel count of your camera too can |
| in those special moments make you a great | | | | give a fairly accurate idea of the uppermost print |
| photographer of portraits of your loved ones. | | | | size at good quality. A 5 megapixel camera, with |
| But not everyone has a pro level digital camera. A | | | | an image size of 2580 pixels by 2048 pixels, will |
| 10 MP digital SLR will take much better images | | | | give you a 36 by 28 print at most. For a 7 MP |
| than a 10 MP point and spurt. This is because the | | | | camera (3072 pixels by 2304 pixels), the print size |
| optics of an SLR lens is much better in superiority. | | | | can go up to 44 by 32, whereas a 10 MP camera |
| What if your favorite shot was taken in low light | | | | (3648 pixels by 2736 pixels) can let you shoot |
| conditions with a point and shoot? Would it be | | | | photos for prints up to 48 by 40. |
| possible to enlarge it to a 30 by 40 size and | | | | 10 Tips to shoot photos for printing on canvas at |
| printed on to canvas? | | | | high enlargements |
| Photo enhancement for canvas prints | | | | All said and done, if the original image is good |
| This is where the photo editing part comes in. | | | | enough then the prospects of producing a perfect |
| Giclee printers know that the aura they receive | | | | canvas photo print are actually much brighter. |
| from clients will practically have to be boosted | | | | 1. Always shoot at the maximum image size that |
| digitally. | | | | your camera allows |
| The most imperative steps are color correction, | | | | 2. Try to make sure that the shot is not over- or |
| enlargement, image touch up. A good image | | | | underexposed and the subject is evenly |
| editing software can take care of all the issues. | | | | illuminated. |
| Color correction: | | | | 3. Try and pick the one with highest ISO rating. |
| Removing color casts is perhaps the most | | | | Your camera might choose a default ISO setting |
| important step your printer takes when editing | | | | according to the situation; you need to use |
| the image for canvas print. A color radiance is the | | | | manual override and set ISO 100 ISO 200. |
| painted look a snap gets when attempted under | | | | 4. Arranging a low ISO could result in camera |
| certain lighting situations like dawn and dusk, | | | | shake. Make sure that the image anti-shake |
| midday outdoors, cloudy, fluorescent light, | | | | feature in your camera is turned on. |
| incandescent light and so on. | | | | 5. Avail yourself of a tripod as regularly as |
| In the pre-digital days, photographers used filters | | | | possible. If it is not realistic in some conditions, try |
| for color correction on camera. Nowadays, the | | | | to lean on a wall or a tree. Keep in mind, your |
| versatile white balance function in digital cameras | | | | legs plus such a buttress makes a tripod! |
| generally takes care of color casts. Be sure to | | | | 6. Train yourself to hold the camera steady. |
| pick the white balance preset suitable for the | | | | Clasping your breath at the time of liberating the |
| lighting situation. Conventional white balance setting | | | | shutter is one good trick. |
| available in most DSLRs naturally reduce color | | | | 7. Use the pre focus option by forcing down the |
| casts if it is set in the existing lighting while | | | | shutter release button. This reduces shutter lag, |
| pointing the lens on a white paper. | | | | and also the chances of camera shake since |
| Color saturation may also need to be increased if | | | | shooting time is reduced. |
| an image is overexposed. | | | | 8. If your camera has a viewfinder, whether |
| Enlargement: | | | | optical or electronic, look through that instead of |
| If the image needs to be printed in a really large | | | | the LCD screen at the moment of shooting. The |
| size, the printer will have to enlarge it. Image | | | | position of the camera away from the body |
| interpolation is a technique that is most effective | | | | makes the picture blurred and an improved |
| to create large magnifications without | | | | position is to hold it near to ones body by elbow |
| compromising visibly on the quality of the image. | | | | resting againt the body. If you like better using |
| Changing image size and pixel count in most of | | | | the menu driven LCD screen, switch to the |
| the image reworking software naturally enlarges | | | | viewfinder after composing the shot. |
| the image by buff. | | | | 9. Shooting and providing the image in PNG, TIFF, |
| Touching up | | | | RAW or PSD format wherever possible ensures |
| Unwanted objects have the uncanny habit of | | | | that image quality is better. JPEG is the most |
| peeping into our most beloved shots. For a | | | | popular format, but its image compression |
| moment they cannot be shortened without | | | | increases contrast and a lot of image data is lost. |
| cutting off some important items or even parts | | | | 10. Finally, you need to find a canvas giclee printer |
| of the topic. Image expurgation procedure like | | | | who is willing to devote the time and painstaking |
| stamp tool in Photoshop can be efficiently used | | | | effort to touch up your image just so subtly so |
| under such situations. | | | | that it is ready for that perfect enlarged print on |
| The blemishes on the subjects skin in a portrait | | | | canvas. |
| can be made to disappear; unwanted shadows | | | | Happy recording! |