Transfer your Photos to canvas
Why canvas is better for your images.
  • Fantastic reproductions of any digital image
  • Easily retouched or refined
  • Archival quality
  • Reasonably priced
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When considering the major decision of using precious family photos in the production of decorative wall art the process which will be used to accomplish this transfer to canvas should be fully understood. There are multiple choices of techniques available to accomplish the transfer but when all are fully explored only one offers reasonable prices and a professional level result. This technique is known as Giclee printing and is capable of producing fantastic reproductions of any digital image whether a photo of your cat or a scan of your original music composition.

The Giclee process which roughly translates “to spray” is a high tech form of image reproduction used by artists, professional photographers and printing companies. The process has become familiar to most due to the proliferation of inkjet printers in the home and work place. The Giclee printer uses microscopic droplets of ink or dye to print the chosen image onto a print surface these tiny droplets reproduce details and colors so accurately that it is often difficult to determine which is the original and which is a reproduction.

The wide format printers in the Giclee process use 12 separate colors (your inkjet at home uses only 4 colors) to produce any color or shade imagined by the original artist. The inks used in a transfer to canvas are archival quality and will not bleed or fade for many decades. When combined with a canvas which is 100% cotton the resulting artwork is sturdy enough to be cleaned with a wet cloth or sponge.

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This printing process has been widely accepted as the best by those in the art industry and is the favorite of many well known artists who sell reproductions of original work. The most important consideration when looking at this information is the fact that this process once reserved for the professional is now available to everyone. Anyone may now transfer to canvas a digital image and receive a new piece of wall art in just a few days. Photos of your great great grandfather in the Civil War or the latest masterpiece produced by your great grandson in Sunday school would be ideal candidates for transfer to canvas.

The image used in a transfer to canvas is digital and this gives many advantages. The image may easily be resized to fit the customers specific needs, any size from 8 X 10 inches thru 30 X 40 inches are available. The digital image will not degrade over time; this allows a replacement to be produced which is exactly like the original. The image may also be refined using state of the art software tools which are designed for major work such as repairing or touching up an image. The colors in an amateur or old photo may need to be returned to the natural or original tones and even red eye, the bane of photographers everywhere, can be corrected.

Artists using special professional grade tools can retouch any image to give it more appeal or to convert it into a masterwork complete with visible brushstrokes. When subjected to this treatment a nice photo is transformed into an original piece of art with all the appearances of a painted canvas.

A visit to www.canvaspress.com will reveal many wonderful ideas which may serve as inspiration. The process is fast, easy and very reasonably priced. The hardest part of the decision making process is deciding which of your photos to transfer to canvas.