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 03/30/2007 12:37:48 PM · #1
The photo lab I normally use offers two types of canvas prints.
1) Regular photograph heat transfered to canvas substrate. 11x14 around $30.00. I believe this option is the "normal" type of canvas print available for purchase.

or

2) Fine art canvas print with the ink applied direct to canvas. 11x14 around $50.00.

Does anyone know the subtle difference between these two? Worth the extra money to go the fine art route? I'm leaning towards the Fine Art option but I'd like to learn from someones experience.

Thanks in advance.

Mark
Here is a quick edit of the proposed picture. Her parents would like a 'painterly' feel.
03/30/2007 12:49:22 PM · #2
Do you have photoshop? If you want it more "paintbrushed" and less fine you could edit it to the look they want, and then have it done the first way, but yet look more artistic and less of a picture.
 03/30/2007 03:21:31 PM · #3
Mainly I'm wondering how the two processes differ in finish look/texture. I'll definitely edit it to give it a painted look, the canvas should serve to amplify the effect.
 03/30/2007 03:33:12 PM · #4
Originally posted by mpeters:
The photo lab I normally use offers two types of canvas prints.
1) Regular photograph heat transfered to canvas substrate. 11x14 around $30.00. I believe this option is the "normal" type of canvas print available for purchase.

or

2) Fine art canvas print with the ink applied direct to canvas. 11x14 around $50.00.

Does anyone know the subtle difference between these two? Worth the extra money to go the fine art route? I'm leaning towards the Fine Art option but I'd like to learn from someones experience.

Thanks in advance.

Mark
Here is a quick edit of the proposed picture. Her parents would like a 'painterly' feel.

I don't know what the difference is but I can assure you that you will want to post process and review the output on your CALIBRATED monitor in Photoshop (or equivalent capable software) with 'Proof setup' set to 'custom' and 'Device to simulate' set to the printer/paper driver for the printer and paper it will be printed on before you send it in if you expect any chance whatsoever to have it look right!
 03/30/2007 03:38:05 PM · #5
Good suggestion Steve. I did this quick web sized edit just for kicks and to try out the radial blur filter. They liked the web sized version very much so now my task is to process a large print ready file for canvas!

I would think calibration and proofing would be very important with the fine art option, as the color gamut would be more limited than a typical photographic print. Maybe??

Thanks,
 03/30/2007 03:53:03 PM · #6
Originally posted by mpeters:
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I would think calibration and proofing would be very important with the fine art option, as the color gamut would be more limited than a typical photographic print. Maybe??

Calibration and proofing are CRITICAL regardless of fine art or otherwise if you want prints to match what you see on the screen.

Color gamut is critical as well. In Photoshop there is this selection, "View-->Gamut Warning", that will display on screen grey areas where the printer/paper combination does not support the colors you have in the image. If you see grey using this selection that means the printer does not support the color gamut your image has. In this case, if you send this to your lab, their printer will substitute according to it's own defaults.

I can assure you that letting a lab's printer substitude out-of-gamut colors in places that it cannot handle for the paper it is printing on will NOT be what you want!

Make all out-of-gamut corrections with a proper printer/paper driver in post processing prior to sending it to a lab for printing.
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