Prepping a Image for Canvas Print ??

Hey Guys,

I have a few images that I would like to have printed to canvas.

However I am not familiar with the Image PP, Resizing and Sharpening for Canvas.

For example:

1. Do I Export image at the size i want printing e.g: 40" x 15" as larger the image the more the quality seem to be lacking. Bit like pixel peeping i Guess.

2. Would image need to be 72DPI or 300DPI ?

3. How sharp would the image need to be? As it seems Canvas is not the sharpest material to print to anyway.

4. I will export the image as SRGB.

Any other tips or info will be greatly appreciated. If it helps i will be Using the OxfordPrintCompany

1. Shouldn't matter. The printer will handle the scaling to fit your image to the correct size provided it is the right aspect ratio.
2. DPI is irrevelent. The higher the better but it isn't something you need to set. It is determined by the resolution of the photo and size of print. Don't worry yourself with setting it.
3. Canvas is plenty sharp. I don't change my sharpening routine just because of canvas material.
4. That's fine, there are some vendors that accept other profiles but in general they just convert them to sRGB anyway.

I noticed that contrast on canvas isn't as high as on photo paper, especially in dark regions. So if you have detail you want to be seen make sure its sufficiently light.

Send it at whatever size it is naturally. DPI is irrelevant for you. Sharpening is a bit of a waste of time on canvas, it's so coarse. sRgb is good.

If you're doing a full wrap, be sure there is enough space around the edges so you don't lose parts of your subject.

tim wrote in post #11486052
Send it at whatever size it is naturally. DPI is irrelevant for you. Sharpening is a bit of a waste of time on canvas, it's so coarse. sRgb is good.

But is 15mb not a bit large to upload??

Thanks for the info.

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #11486102
If you're doing a full wrap, be sure there is enough space around the edges so you don't lose parts of your subject.

Great point, Would I need to expand the Canvas size in PS ? Any idea what wastage there would be on the mentioned size Canvas?

Thanks

Oxford_Matt wrote in post #11486138
But is 15mb not a bit large to upload??

Thanks for the info.

Provided you aren't on dial up it isn't.

Sdiver2489 wrote in post #11485969
1. Shouldn't matter. The printer will handle the scaling to fit your image to the correct size provided it is the right aspect ratio.
2. DPI is irrevelent. The higher the better but it isn't something you need to set. It is determined by the resolution of the photo and size of print. Don't worry yourself with setting it.
3. Canvas is plenty sharp. I don't change my sharpening routine just because of canvas material.
4. That's fine, there are some vendors that accept other profiles but in general they just convert them to sRGB anyway.

I noticed that contrast on canvas isn't as high as on photo paper, especially in dark regions. So if you have detail you want to be seen make sure its sufficiently light.

Thanks.

Oxford_Matt wrote in post #11486145
Great point, Would I need to expand the Canvas size in PS ? Any idea what wastage there would be on the mentioned size Canvas?

Thanks

Depends how thick the canvas is. There are thin and thick frames. There are also "effects" you can do to lose no part of your image if you prefer.

Sdiver2489 wrote in post #11486164
Provided you aren't on dial up it isn't.

Haha, Def not on dial up.

I thought they may have a Max file size their end?

Oxford_Matt wrote in post #11486171
Haha, Def not on dial up.

I thought they may have a Max file size their end?

If there is, I've never encountered it.