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Photo to canvas print & the transfer process that ensures quality printing.

This gift-giving season why not give loved ones an heirloom gift. An example of an heirloom gift is found in the canvas printing business. Simply take a favorite photo of your children, parents, grandparents, great grandparents and have it transferred to museum quality cotton canvas. Next, you have the canvas framed either do-it-yourself or have it professionally done. Made with special archival inks these prints are suggested to last a minimum of 75 years. History buffs and those creating family trees will love the special thought and cherish your gift for a lifetime.

Photo to canvas prints are very quickly becoming a popular approach to decorating rooms throughout homes all over the world. A canvas print is a replica of artwork, drawing, or photo on canvas. The use of patterns and designs are what make canvas prints different and special. Their popularity has risen largely because they are generally far less expensive; however tend to be just as stylish and eye catching as any normal canvas painting. These prints are simply a quick and effective way of making a decorative statement.

Prior to a photo to canvas, print reaching the finished stage there are a few steps that are taken to ensure a near perfect finished product. Once the canvas and the method of printing are selected, the photograph needs to be analyzed to gage the feasibility of the print. Most reputable canvas printers will let you know if there is going to be substantial color or quality drop offs when going to canvas. You should understand that some minor color and quality drop off is inevitable. After printing the next step in the process is trimming the canvas and preparing it to be mounted, or stretched onto its frame. This stretching process is a somewhat specialized skill and is the reason many leave the preparation of canvas prints to professionals such as Big Prints, Australia's leader in canvas printing (www.bigprints.com.au). This is the company who we have had our heirloom gifts created. There are others on the World Wide Web if you search using the query "photo to canvas print."

Printers today have come a long way; earlier offset printing had its limitations, however with digital printing solutions available, and with the onset of specialized printing techniques like Giggle. There are basically two major methods that are used to create canvas prints, the first method is called Dye Sublimation and is similar in

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