If you live in the U.K. – this is for you
Now, here is something I always wanted to do myself (actually I planned to offer a service like this, but not photo on canvas but photo printing and framing) Photo in canvas. You probably know how cool photos on canvas can look and if it is your shot, even better! And I don’t just mean for your home, but also office space and other kinds of interiors too.
I remember, a few years ago, I ordered one of my photos to be printed on canvas (it was an image of a white feather, blue sky was in the background and there was one drop of water on it, looked really cool). So, I got that printed on canvas, bought the wooden frame and figured: “I can stretch it myself. Should be easy.“
How wrong was I! Stretching the canvas on the wooden frame required so much muscular strength that even my hubby and I had a hard time getting it done. I ended up with blisters on my fingers, we nearly destroyed the photo in the process and in the end it did not look the way it looks in stores and galleries.
Why am I saying this? Well, this was years ago. Now, there are on-line services which will allow you to:
- upload your image,
- sit back and wait for your canvas prints to be delivered to your doorstep.
That’s how easy it gets these days.
As you know, I rarely do reviews of other web sites or businesses. It really needs to something cool, or something I, personally, am passionate about. Otherwise – I’m out.
Now, for the Photo in Canvas web site. I liked it. Not just because the service they offer is exactly what I needed (and still need today) but also because they made it simple and took the effort to offer some additional features in addition to their offer.
So, not only that you won’t have to suffer a sore muscle fever after stretching the canvas on frame yourself, also, you won’t have to be a Photoshop guru in order to prepare your image for printing. As a matter of fact you won’t need know to glitch about Photoshop or any other image editing software to prepare your image for printing. They will do all this for you. After uploading your photo, Photo on Canvas staff will make sure it meets the technical requirements. They will even remove the red-eye effect and reduce the blemishes for you.
Other features:
- Delivery in the UK is free (on all orders)
- You will get a phone support (and email support, of course)
- The online tool they have will allow you to crop and move the image before you submit it for print
They will also do the 3 way split (triptych) and 4 way split canvases.
So, if you live in the UK, just head over to http://www.photoincanvas.co.uk/ upload your photo, decide on the dimensions, crop and move it as you see fit and voila, your photo on canvas will be delivered to your door.
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Gang!
This time I thought I’d show you some of the examples of usage of Photoshop brushes in photography. And what better example I can give other then the ones I made myself (but of course :))
So, here is some stuff I created with a little help from Photoshop brushes and you will notice how they can add on that “final touch” to the photo images very nicely. This brush touch-up is sometimes the perfect finish that I’m looking for when creating not just digital but also tangible works like photos that I apply on the wood, hand-made notebooks and scrap-books, bookmarks etc…
So, for instance, in this example, I used Photoshop brush to touch-up on one of my photos that I printed out on canvas and applied to the piece of wood that I previously carved, burnt and painted (also drilled some holes, added a piece of rope and a red seal with my emblem).
So, I added this Photoshop brush Floral Swirl, which is on sale now in my little shop: 101 Swirls Brushes – Special Edition package (101 brushes set)
I placed it to the bottom left corner just to add on some touch of natural and rustic feel to the image. And I think it fits there just perfectly.
OK Gang, that’s it for now. I have a bunch of other real life, hard on, brick and mortar, wood and paper examples of Photoshop brushes usage, so stay tuned :)
Love,
Silvia
P.S.
By the way, how do you like my little hand crafted piece of art? Believe me, it takes a while to complete something like this when you do it from scratch (like I did). But, it’s worth it. These are sellin’ quite fine and I’m happy for that :) I still don’t know how to call it. It is a photo I made printed out on canvas and applied to a piece of wood that I previously carved, burnt, painted and drilled … added a seal and stuff … :)
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Of course, we all know how much Photoshop brushes can add-up to productivity, speed-up the process of graphic creation and make designers life easier. So, check out my latest offer 24 HiRes brushes for 1/2 the price.
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