Custom Canvas Prints From Your Photo

Custom Canvas Prints From Your Photo — common questions

What resolution does a photo need for a custom canvas print?

Enough that it is not enlarged past its own detail, and the larger the piece the more it needs. A photo from a recent phone is comfortable at the middle sizes; a small, old or screenshotted image reads soft once it is a wall piece. Upload the original rather than a re-saved copy.

Does the image wrap around the sides of a stretched canvas?

Yes, on the stretched formats. An outer band of the photograph folds over the frame edge, which is why the preview draws a fold line. Anything crossing it — a face near the border, a line of text — ends up on the side rather than the front. The rigid panels have no wrap.

Is a canvas print ready to hang when it arrives?

The stretched and framed canvases arrive assembled on their frame. The fixing that ships with each piece is stated on its own product page, because it differs between the canvas depths and the rigid panels, and the gallery board comes with a stand rather than a hanger.

Canvas or an aluminium panel for a bright photograph?

The panel, if the file is sharp — a hard flat surface holds saturated colour and reads cleanly. Canvas, if the original is a little soft, because the weave is forgiving in a way a smooth panel is not. Both are on this shelf so the choice is yours rather than ours.

Can a black and white photograph be printed on canvas?

Yes, and it is one of the formats monochrome suits best, since there is no glass reflection competing with the tonal range. Convert the file before uploading rather than asking for the conversion, so the contrast you approved is the contrast that prints.