Learning Centre

In our learning centre we ask some of our staff to write about some of their passions and areas of expertise. Over the coming months we will be adding articles on all aspects of photography, canvas printing, fine-art and digital editing.

Cameras and photography

• Composing better photographs
  • We discuss the way composition and symmetry can be used to produce powerful and dramatic photographs.

Digital Editing

• How to colour calibrate your computer
  • We teach you how to calibrate your computer monitor before choosing which images you want printed onto canvas.
• How to install a printer profile
  • We will show you how to install a printer profile in Adobe Photoshop to ensure a fully colour managed workflow.

• How to choose the right file format

• We show you how you should save your work to ensure the best quality canvas prints.
• Rename your files the easy way

• We show you how to quickly and easily rename the files downloaded from your digital camera. Trust us it makes your canvas printing experience as painless as possible!

• 5 minute digital photo makeover: don't let your photos out without it!

• A 3 part series looking at some simple steps to make sure your canvas print is ready for printing. See Part 2 (Fixing Basic problems) and Part 3 (Adding the final touches)

• Free Digital Software to edit your pictures

• In our 5 part series we'll show you how to use the amazing free, online editing program Picnik. Make sure you check out:  Absolute Beginners guide to Picnik, Photo preparation with Picnik, Levels and Exposure with Picnik and our Picnik Edit Tools tutorial  

The finished product - your canvas print

• New Large Format Digital Printing Options (Blog)
  • Our new large format canvas printers mean that you can produce prints with dimensions up to 1.6 metres x 12 metres .

• Make money as an artist with giclee reproductions
  • Find out how fine-art canvas reproductions can help you achieve commercial success as an artist.

• How to choose the right canvas printing company
  • We go through the questions you should ask before choosing the right company to produce your canvas print.
• How to hang your canvas print

• A quick guide to hanging and arranging your canvas prints.

 

• A glossary of canvas printing terms

• An explanation for the technical terms used during the canvas printing process.