Question about printing to canvas

goforphoto · 15th of June 2009 (Mon)

I have never sent an image to be printed to canvas.
I want it to appear to be an oil portrait do I

A. Leave the file alone and send it to print as is,
B. Process it with paint daubs and brush strokes and stop at that
C. Get the file looking like a painting including the canvas texture.

RDKirk · 15th of June 2009 (Mon)

Many photographers are using an application like Corel Painter to manipulate the image into a brush-stroked appearance. Then after printing to canvas, you could brush over it with a clear acrylic gesso to emulate the 3-dimensionality of brush strokes.

goforphoto · 15th of June 2009 (Mon)

I guess what I am really asking is, should I apply the canvas texture? or would that be to much?

jetboy · 16th of June 2009 (Tue)

I would think it would be too much to add the texture to the image when the actual fabric will do it all alone. I would suggest to make it look like paint and the texture will come from the canvas.

15th of June 2009 (Mon)	#1
goforphoto Goldmember Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,067 IMAGE EDITING OK	Question about printing to canvas I have never sent an image to be printed to canvas. I want it to appear to be an oil portrait do I A. Leave the file alone and send it to print as is, B. Process it with paint daubs and brush strokes and stop at that C. Get the file looking like a painting including the canvas texture. __________________ Just another shutterbug. I am not a photographer, I'm an image capture technician. Canon 40D - 70-200L f4, 28-135 IS, Nifty Fifty, 70-300 macro, 18-55 420EX Sunpak 266d

15th of June 2009 (Mon)	#2
RDKirk Cream of the Crop Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 11,501	Re: Question about printing to canvas Many photographers are using an application like Corel Painter to manipulate the image into a brush-stroked appearance. Then after printing to canvas, you could brush over it with a clear acrylic gesso to emulate the 3-dimensionality of brush strokes.

15th of June 2009 (Mon)	#3
goforphoto Goldmember Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,067 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Question about printing to canvas I guess what I am really asking is, should I apply the canvas texture? or would that be to much? __________________ Just another shutterbug. I am not a photographer, I'm an image capture technician. Canon 40D - 70-200L f4, 28-135 IS, Nifty Fifty, 70-300 macro, 18-55 420EX Sunpak 266d

16th of June 2009 (Tue)	#4
jetboy Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 254	Re: Question about printing to canvas I would think it would be too much to add the texture to the image when the actual fabric will do it all alone. I would suggest to make it look like paint and the texture will come from the canvas. __________________ Canon XSi \| Σ 30mm f/1.4 \| EF 50mm f/1.8 II \| EF-S 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 IS \| EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

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