Art On Canvas – A Buyers Guide

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There are now so many companies selling photos on canvas online these days that it’s hard to know which direction to turn in.

To help you we have put together this brief buyers guide.

1) Choose a photo on canvas specialist
Ask yourself, is this is a company that specialises in printing photos on canvas? A specialist company will have trained artworkers and printers whose job it is to get things right and who deal with canvases day in, day out!

2) Choose a company who will check your images before printing.
This may sound obvious, but you’d be surprised how often this doesn’t happen.
Before printing, the company should be colourbalancing, retouching and cropping your images, before emailing the results to you to choose from.
Do you really want to discover that you photo is too dark or has a feint line running through it only after the canvas arrives?

3) Choose a company who print and cut the frames to the exact size you specify.
To get the best from your photo, the printer needs to be able to print  and frame the canvas using the same proportions as your chosen crop.  The only way they can do this is by cutting their own frames.
Many companies will try and fit your print onto a pre-made frame and encourage you to have it ‘Gallery Wrapped’. This basically means the image goes around the sides, loosing important parts of the picture. For the company it is easier to do, allows them to use cheaper frames and covers up for the fact that the frame doesn’t quite fit the print. A classic piece of marketing spin that tries to turn a negative into a positive!

4) Price is important but it isn’t everything
If the price seems too good to be true, it almost certainly is. To prepare a bespoke photo on canvas properly takes time and requires high quality materials. The price you pay should be competitive, but as with everything in life, you pay for what you get. Remember that the canvas will be hanging on your wall, so you’re after a perfect finish.

Follow these four simple rules and you should soon have hanging on your wall the canvas that your favourite photo deserves!

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Mar 6, 2010
9:17 pm
#1 nanettego :

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Mar 7, 2010
9:18 am
#2 pimvandewerken :

Dat wordt kijken vanavond 20:10 RT vanavond: Panorama op Canvas onderzoekt de crisis in de muziekindustrie http://bit.ly/aI0LLV“

Mar 7, 2010
9:18 pm
#3 pruebasmc :

y ya vi hace rato las ovas 9 y 10 de saint seiya the lost canvas puta ke buena esta y se kedo super interesante

Mar 8, 2010
9:19 am
#4 MrShelbourne :

Oh, tis very different (costs less in canvas for a start!) 2 weeks one on one and you’d be painting like hell! ;-)

Mar 8, 2010
9:18 pm
#5 Bagsagent :

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Mar 9, 2010
9:20 am
#6 nico_agt :

RT RT Tetris en 3D uniquement en html5 canvas.. http://bit.ly/5IfWi

Mar 9, 2010
9:20 pm
#7 tahala :

Kamikazi fruitflies keep committing suicide on my canvas… messy little beggars.

Mar 10, 2010
9:19 am
#8 Donny_V :

Canvas Drawing Tool…AMAZING! http://goo.gl/eTvV

Mar 10, 2010
9:17 pm
#9 dapjtech :

delabs News – Jot-a-Note using Google Gears and Canvas – This is a port of my Pin Note Gadget for iGoogle or Blog. … http://ow.ly/16LVfT

Mar 11, 2010
9:19 am
#10 coolzenmagic :

Simplicity is not in the words, but in the feeling behind them, word are brush strokes on canvas that we hope the world can see Free Lance M

Mar 11, 2010
9:17 pm
#11 tkarttweet :

DRAWN SCULPTURE III. A Night On the Town. Ink on Canvas. http://bit.ly/cu5hSn

Mar 12, 2010
9:17 am
#12 ROCK_ROOTS :

ENGRAVEのライブか～いいな～！しばらく光ちゃんにも会ってね～な　光ちゃんにヨロシク言っといて～！絵描いてる時間は全然ないね～！俺のプレゼントしたBOBの絵まだとってある？

Mar 12, 2010
9:18 pm
#13 brandnameshop :

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Mar 13, 2010
9:17 am
#14 glitterdollz7 :

when i say make-up is art i really mean it take a look at work, she paints amazingly on faces or canvas. Breath taking xx

Mar 13, 2010
9:17 pm
#15 vintageshoelove :

just listed! ♥ size 5.5 natural canvas tennis flats. 70s 80s Grasshoppers by KEDS espadrille wrapped nautical snea… http://bit.ly/9×8eK5

Mar 14, 2010
9:34 am
#16 janitavd :

Have blown a picture of mine big on canvas and it looks great….Look at my background here..that’s the one!

Mar 14, 2010
10:17 am
#17 LizzieRz :

Curved lines – Canvas for “SymbolArt” http://www.crearefuture.com/creare-silence-chaise-and-love-peace-chaise

Mar 14, 2010
10:18 pm
#18 EuphoricState86 :

It will be a sad day when silence is more comforting than music. “A painter paints his pictures on canvas. A musician p… http://lnk.ms/5XZG2

Mar 15, 2010
10:20 am
#19 animation_info2 :

“Cavaleiros do Zodíaco – The Lost Canvas” estreia em maio na TV japonesa – http://migre.me/oz6I

Mar 15, 2010
10:20 pm
#20 ku :

ajaxでcanvas/svg/html5?で図も書けるいまふうなwikiほしい

Mar 16, 2010
10:21 am
#21 semaphoria :

having a lovely blank canvas moment. a new, fun, project where anything is possible.

Mar 16, 2010
10:20 pm
#22 cholodelavega :

RT Tretorn Nylite Canvas http://cholodelavega.com/blog/sneakers/tretorn-nylite-canvas

Mar 17, 2010
10:18 am
#23 onusmemorandi :

i asked about the gender/sex questions on the census. douchebag comments, “i feel bad for whoever has to canvas provincetown”. NOT THE TIME

Mar 17, 2010
10:20 pm
#24 safemama :

And they put it all in “reusable” canvas bags. Ridiculous!!!

Mar 17, 2010
10:20 pm
#25 TrentSiggard :

giving the message at Canvas http://twitpic.com/19984o

Mar 18, 2010
10:18 am
#26 Rachel52i :

New blog post: Chestnut Hill Large Canvas Tote Ch860 http://www.canvas-tote-bags.ipouo.com/chestnut-hill-large-canvas-tote-ch860/

Mar 18, 2010
10:20 pm
#27 JamarHerrod :

RT Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.~Voltaire

Mar 19, 2010
10:21 am
#28 ClassActSales :

Coach Purse Blue Canvas Leather trim F10708 $75.00 http://tinyurl.com/y9emf9x at Bonanzle.

Mar 19, 2010
10:20 pm
#29 tejassuthar :

RT RT Double header today! 5pm – Midwasteland Takeover / Canvas (5th and brazos), 10pm – casa de gallo (2604 Diaz)!

Mar 20, 2010
10:18 am
#30 UrFamilyLivin :

“This world is but a canvas to our imagination.” Henry David Thoreau

Mar 20, 2010
10:17 pm
#31 _TheMuffinMan :

I feel like a blank canvas , ready to be painted on . . .

Mar 21, 2010
10:20 am
#32 tek_news :

Reddit/p: canviz – a JavaScript library for drawing Graphviz graphs to a web browser canvas http://bit.ly/9Fq7Vw

Mar 21, 2010
10:20 pm
#33 fineartsnetwork :

Reminder: Richard Read Seminar tonight on ‘The Reversed Canvas’
http://bit.ly/dfnP6J

Mar 22, 2010
10:22 am
#34 betobeto :

that, and the fact that it still takes a code nerd to make something remotely useful on html5 canvas…. DW for html5 anyone?

Mar 22, 2010
10:22 am
#35 Market_France :

Converse – baskets enfant – Star Player EV Canvas – noir – 34 http://bit.ly/d3VEyc

Mar 22, 2010
10:18 pm
#36 legokichi :

mapってcanvasにも使えるのかな

Mar 23, 2010
10:22 am
#37 K6Media1 :

Win a custom printed stetched canvas with by visiting http://bit.ly/9Ir3lu

Mar 23, 2010
10:21 pm
#38 rguiden :

Flaws – The Spill Canvas

Mar 24, 2010
10:18 am
#39 famrussell :

Photoshop CS5 should enable placing an image by dragging it into the canvas. that would be so much easier

Mar 24, 2010
10:20 pm
#40 taxpon :

加えて身近にhtml5+canvasに詳しい人いないですかね

Mar 25, 2010
10:19 am
#41 vmoro :

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Mar 25, 2010
10:21 pm
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Business in America by Unknown. CANVAS with 1 1/2 inch bars. 12.00 inches width by 9.90 inches height. Highe…: http://tinyurl.com/yac97mu

Mar 26, 2010
10:18 am
#43 JSilvadolla :

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Mar 26, 2010
10:21 pm
#44 ohandrea :

ooohhh sorry. Jeez I’m daft. I am having irrational collapsed arch fears. The shoes are thick canvas. I hope THEY shrunk.

Mar 27, 2010
10:21 am
#45 neneGR :

『聖闘士星矢 THE LOST CANVAS 冥王神話』のチケットとれたなう。

Mar 27, 2010
10:21 pm
#46 milogeorge :

Well, I’m impressed — Abraham’s first time on the canvas, although it’s more his balance/momentum that took him down than Dirrell’s punch

Mar 28, 2010
10:21 am
#47 thestorysiren :

On the Blog: Custom Canvas Winner! http://goo.gl/fb/FG9v

Mar 28, 2010
10:18 pm
#48 goalmom5 :

RT is giving away a Keepsake Canvas Kit this week! Enter to win: http://bit.ly/twitter-contest

Mar 29, 2010
10:19 am
#49 HollyAlderman :

Gold Spring – gold paintings with mica and ferns on canvas and satin photographs – new slide shows at my namesake website

Mar 29, 2010
10:19 pm
#50 LEAPdirect :

“End of Summer Gray Wolves – Canvas Giclee”by Larry Fanning … see it at http://is.gd/b60uv

Mar 30, 2010
10:18 am
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Canvas Supports Mobile Databases for Mobile Commerce … – PRWeb http://bit.ly/brqcvT

Mar 30, 2010
10:19 pm
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Mar 31, 2010
10:21 am
#53 SmoothNessie :

So amazing to see a blank canvas turn to something!

Mar 31, 2010
10:21 pm
#54 AlishaHitter :

no but now it makes me want to listen to the spill canvas and some old Folly

Apr 1, 2010
10:22 am
#55 jonmack332 :

RT Victoria Levine, Foggy Day, 24 x 30 oil on canvas http://www.artorg.net/id457.htm

Apr 1, 2010
10:19 pm
#56 dapjtech :

delabs News – Analog Op-Amp Tutors with Gadgets – I have made some iGoogle Gadgets with canvas view, these are anal… http://ow.ly/16XsPN

Apr 2, 2010
10:19 am
#57 twittgrinder :

RT Finally! Canvas haz magazine template with auto resizing slider for various layouts/widths! http://bit.ly/9TMMoT

Apr 2, 2010
10:21 pm
#58 boot_barn :

Look cool in these- Cowboy Hardware Men’s Live Hard Canvas Jacket – Black http://bit.ly/a08vfM

Apr 3, 2010
10:21 am
#59 swordofsword :

まずマントとゴーグルをかっこいいと思ってる子ですよ

Apr 3, 2010
10:21 pm
#60 f2facebook :

RT Gilded Angel – Gilded Angel – 36 x 48 – oil on canvas At last, the unnamed angel emerges. All the … http://ow.ly/16Yojh

Apr 4, 2010
10:21 am
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Find discount Superman Atom Man Classic Vintage Canvas Movie Poster http://is.gd/aWd3A Modern Warfare 2

Apr 4, 2010
10:21 pm
#62 NocturN510 :

your opponent and canvas become soulmates

Apr 5, 2010
10:21 am
#63 MiChi_MadNesS :

じゅんびOK! でもちっちゃいCanvasしかなかった http://twitpic.com/1df1m3

Apr 5, 2010
10:20 pm
#64 Sondra_ :

ash canvas. They hurt so much! The way they are stitched. But obv it doesn’t bother everyone, wink!

Apr 6, 2010
10:21 am
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PRE ORDER: G1950 Stripe Canvas Tote http://bit.ly/cukkIk

Apr 6, 2010
10:21 pm
#66 JSilvadolla :

LISTEN 2 “ITS YA BIRTHDAY” BY PROD by FROM THE “CANVAS MUSIC MIXTAPE VOL.1″ http://bln.kr/D44

Apr 7, 2010
10:19 am
#67 paidsearchpro :

Google Creative Canvas show cases some of the ways advertisers have used google products http://tinyurl.com/yl64n7p

Apr 7, 2010
10:21 pm
#68 DJJonesman :

New blog post: Plastic Canvas Pattern Spring Bouquet Tissue Boxes
http://bit.ly/a4UX9D

Apr 8, 2010
10:21 am
#69 JoeynajeraS4C :

everyone!self skin-exam!read more on S4C new blog http://bit.ly/dwQNmZ now show off your beautiful canvas!

Apr 8, 2010
10:20 pm
#70 rachaelray16 :

Got my new blank canvas toms. Any ideas?

Apr 9, 2010
10:19 am
#71 _SuMeR_GiRl_ :

I just bought Friendly Canvas Bag on Stardoll. Check out my Suite! http://bit.ly/TzmyC

Apr 9, 2010
10:21 pm
#72 xiangbh :

Canvas Bags Good For Environment « China handbags supplier http://surl.name/1k6t

Apr 10, 2010
10:19 am
#73 mossan913 :

Canvas3 のＰＳＰ版とな？ 考えておこう…

Apr 10, 2010
10:21 pm
#74 bunny_car :

http://tinyurl.com/ykxqt6z
Canvas Trees

Apr 11, 2010
10:21 am
#75 ArticlePlugIn :

Fiddling with my blog post: Canvas Tote Bags For Earth-Friendly Shopping http://bit.ly/agCgrY

Apr 11, 2010
10:19 pm
#76 mynews_tech :

[ReadWrite] – Flash Now Importable to HTML5 Canvas – Adobe will soon introduce its Creative Suite 5 to the public. … http://ow.ly/172MTx

Apr 12, 2010
10:21 am
#77 konlungkao :

New Blog Post: Move on Objective-C, CS5 to generate Canvas and JS http://bit.ly/aR8tcj

Apr 12, 2010
10:20 pm
#78 Steph_Chi :

SERIOUSLY! RT Really? You’re really gonna be playing a show the night of Spill Canvas and WHA …

Apr 13, 2010
10:22 am
#79 zingchart :

Merci! RT ZingChart – Une librairie de graphes interactifs très sympathiques en HTML5 Canvas ou Flash: http://bit.ly/cxVEQ9

Apr 13, 2010
10:21 pm
#80 L_Hawkins :

RT RT why I want the iPad http://bit.ly/alAjds Sketchbook Pro turns iPad into an electronic canvas

Apr 14, 2010
10:21 am
#81 StevenKrekels :

CANVAS – The virtual revolution: http://bit.ly/cI4YfQ via

Apr 14, 2010
10:22 pm
#82 Paul292 :

Buy discount Superman Atom Man Classic Vintage Canvas Movie Poster http://is.gd/aWd3A New Moon

Apr 15, 2010
10:19 am
#83 cointoss :

コミック版「FORTUNE ARTERIAL」のDVD付き限定版をポチった．児玉樹さんのサイン会やってくれないかなあ．コミック版「Canvas2」単行本発売時のサイン会が忘れられない．

Apr 15, 2010
10:21 pm
#84 BizMediaCheck :

ASCII.jp：Twitter界の著名プレーヤーが語る、Twitter企業活用の鉄則 3月29日、内田洋行ユビキタス協創広場CANVASにおいて、アスキー総合研究所と… http://goo.gl/fb/TwGdP

Apr 16, 2010
10:22 am
#85 okaystock :

Handmade Oil Painting Birds at Rest 4 PC Canvas Set SZH331:  Handmade Oil Painting Birds at Rest 4 PC Canvas Set S… http://bit.ly/d2Heer

Apr 16, 2010
10:21 pm
#86 BryanLevick :

I can’t stand the yello canvas, its annoying.

Apr 17, 2010
10:21 am
#87 Katie_Kills :

I liked a YouTube video — Alesana – Curse of the Virgin Canvas [NEW SONG] http://youtu.be/nHx-Nr79vYI?a

Apr 17, 2010
10:21 pm
#88 contestaddict :

Enter to a Kids Canvas Bookshelf (Retail Value $100) Aubut Family here-http://tinyurl.com/yf7tft7

Apr 18, 2010
10:18 am
#89 JessicaGranera :

something along this pattern http://twitpic.com/1gl8×2 made with MOD PODGE! cut from these beauties http://twitpic.com/1gl7m5 on canvas

Apr 18, 2010
10:21 pm
#90 VickyMathew :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G3WAZ4lqAY probably my favorite Spill Canvas song ever. hmmm

Apr 19, 2010
10:19 am
#91 burnallyoulove :

Your body is a canvas.

Apr 19, 2010
10:21 pm
#92 superkix :

Supra Strapped 2 White Canvas http://superkix.com/strapped-2-white-canvas-white-canvas-men-s26014-wht

Apr 20, 2010
10:22 am
#93 natsu_aozora :

HYのcanvasって曲が好き。

Apr 20, 2010
10:21 pm
#94 88heather :

very rough sketch on canvas.. will paint and finish tomorrow for Nibblefest! :D (theme cats) http://bit.ly/ceXi4X

Apr 21, 2010
10:22 am
#95 StylePointPDX :

Celebrate on Thursday at and receive a free canvas tote with a $100 purchase!

Apr 21, 2010
10:21 pm
#96 CStampar :

Agreed! RT RC Favs: Where I go to get all my big prints on canvas done? – Cool People, Awesome quality, period.

Apr 22, 2010
10:22 am
#97 napaneedlepoint :

Cyberclass on Needlepoint Shading Starting May 15: Shading can add so much to a needlepoint canvas, but all too o… http://bit.ly/cG6R9R

Apr 22, 2010
10:21 pm
#98 yosk68k :

PSP追加キャラゆかなか…逆移植はないか。Canvas3はする気満々だがw

Apr 23, 2010
10:19 am
#99 Jellybellys78 :

Today I be an Italian painter. An artist. My canvas a wall.Either an Italian painter or Mexican day laborer. Either way I shall paint.

Apr 23, 2010
10:21 pm
#100 SteezyNickel :

I wonder who got more tattoos Birdman or JR Smith? These dudes are tatted to the neck. What’s the point of being a huge canvas.

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