What is a bleed or gallery wrap? October 6, 2008

No matter how much I write about this subject, I still keep getting asked the question, what is bleed on canvas prints?

Bleed or “Gallery wrap” as it is known is simply when your image goes around the side of the wooden frame. The canvas print example below shows an image with bleed added and one with a white edge.

If you want bleed adding to your canvas print and are worried you will loose some of your photo, do not despair. At Canvasdezign, we take the last 2 inches of your photo and mirror it in order for you not to loose any of the picture from the front of the canvas print.

If we feel your image is not suitable to have bleed on it, we will let you know before we proceed any further.

Blank edged canvas prints. These are exactly what they say they are. Your canvas prints will have a white edge and no image.

I hope this shows the difference with wrap or no wrap

Feedback on our canvas prints October 6, 2008

Feedback is a very important tool when you are selling on line. Customers need to feel confident in what they are buying and who they are buying it from. This is where your feedback from previous customers plays its part. When thinking of buying canvas prints, most people will read your feedback and then make a decision to place an order or not.

Our feedback speaks for itself. For nearly 12 months we have been receiving positive feedback on our canvas prints, so we decided to document it.

All feedback can be viewed here http://canvasprints.wordpress.com/about/

Should RGB or CMYK colour space be used for canvas prints October 6, 2008

Many people ask us this question and it is our recommendation to work and save your files in RGB colour space. The reason for using RGB as opposed to CMYK for editing images is because it  has a wider colour gamut. If you edit images in CMYK you may be constraining the amount of colours you can use simply by having the default settings applied in Photoshop. When you work and edit images in RGB, they need converting to CMYK for printing your canvas prints. This is best left to us as we use a very complex RIP to do the conversion. What is a RIP? simply put, it is a piece of software or hardware that converts RGB colour data into a language that is readable by the printer. It also applies pre defined colour parameters to the canvas print prior to printing so that there are no surprises when the canvas is complete.

So, our conclusions are :-

Always work in RGB for editing canvas prints as this will give us the best chance of acheiving all the colours in your picture.

There is a more in depth article on colour space can be viewed here http://www.canvasdezign.co.uk/blogs.php?act=view&blogid=44