mariojoshi 1 Posted June 3, 2013 Perfect for your bedroom, living room, garage or workshop - Have a stunning personalised high quality canvas print of your pride and joy! I'm currently setting up a small business specialising in bespoke canvas printing and framing. Being a VW enthusiast, I thought it might be nice for some of you to have pictures of your cars, and all of the money and work you've put into them. I can also do family pictures, pets etc, but much prefer working on pictures of cars. My prices are tailored towards beating the high street, but providing a higher quality service than the cheapest online players - for example: 16 x 20 Canvas print - Jessops high street price: £50 The Canvas Factory price - £27 Saving - £23! Here's an example of a print produced for a friend who just came back from the Nurburgring: Price list below - please let me know via email/pm/text/phone if you have any questions. I will have to add in courier postage costs, so please let me know your location when ordering. Many thanks, Josh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
g0ldf1ng3r 15 Posted June 3, 2013 Wow this could be awesome!!! Deciding on a pic to have done might be difficult tho lol good luck m8! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coullstar 0 Posted June 3, 2013 Do the photos supplied have to be a minimum size? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mariojoshi 1 Posted June 3, 2013 (edited) Hi guys, Thanks for the replies - yes, picking a print is the difficult bit! General rule of thumb for image sizing is as follows (thanks for the prompt!) * 3 Megapixel = 2048pixels x 1536pixels | approx 20inch x 28inch canvas print * 4 Megapixel = 2448pixels x 1632pixels | approx 24inch x 32inch canvas print * 5 Megapixel = 2580pixels x 2048pixels | approx 28inch x 36inch canvas print * 6 Megapixel = 3000pixels x 2000pixels | approx 28inch x 40inch canvas print * 7 Megapixel = 3072pixels x 2304pixels | approx 32inch x 44inch canvas print * 8 Megapixel = 3456pixels x 2304pixels | approx 32inch x 48inch canvas print *10 Megapixel = 3648pixels x 2736pixels | approx 40inch x 48inch canvas print Images don't need to be HUGE to get a decent print as the texture of canvas means that pin sharp detail cannot be seen. However, if you want to produce a 40" canvas from an iPhone photo, the chances are that it won't be great. If you send me a file with your order, rather than printing it framing it and it looking terrible - I'll let you know if it isn't going to work well. After all - happy customers are repeat customers :) My latest project is a 3 panel canvas (80" x 8" each panel) for someone's stairwell which is going to be a challenge! Josh P.S - another couple of examples: 20" x 30" Landscape 24" x 16" Portrait Edited June 3, 2013 by mariojoshi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coullstar 0 Posted June 3, 2013 Bugger, the one I have is only 800x448, dont think it would work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mariojoshi 1 Posted June 3, 2013 (edited) Might work on an 8" x 12"...... but I doubt any bigger. Do you know who took the original and can you purchase it from the photographer? Hmmm - would need to be about an 8" x 16" for that type of image, but I've tried scaling it on screen and it isn't really going to work at that resolution unfortunately chap! Sorry! Edited June 3, 2013 by mariojoshi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mic_VR 3 Posted June 3, 2013 Are you printing these yourself or getting someone to do it for you to order? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mariojoshi 1 Posted June 3, 2013 Someone else?! Absolutely not chap - these are all printed by me and hand finished and stretched (which can be a bit of an art form itself!). It's the only way to ensure quality as some of the online stuff is pretty shockingly bad. Josh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mic_VR 3 Posted June 3, 2013 Can I be really boring and ask what printer you're using? I work for a company who make large format digital printers and it's always interesting to see what people are doing these days. Once I've got a nice pic of mine I'll be after one I'm sure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mariojoshi 1 Posted June 3, 2013 I've got both a Canon 12 Colour and an Epson 11 Colour. Don't rate the HPs for photographic work personally. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mic_VR 3 Posted June 4, 2013 Fair enough, I'm at Inca so our machines are probably a bit big for what you're doing. The HP machines can be very difficult to get right from a print quality point of view. I've not got much experience with the Epson machines. Are you going to the fespa show in June? It's free if you pre-book a ticket..... And sorry for the off topic. :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
