Some customers prefer to do their own stretching and surface protection. You are welcome to do so by ordering rolled canvas prints, but please be aware of some of the issues that may cause you problems. If you want to prepare your images before you upload, please follow the directions below.

  1. Decide what size you would like your print to be on the front face.
    For example, we are creating a 16 x 20 wrapped print.

  2. In your imaging software, set the rulers (the way you measure size) to inches.

  3. Adjust your image to 300 dpi (dots per inch—a measure of resolution).

  4. Begin enlarging your image by adding 3” to the final size of your short side. This assumes that you are using a 1.5" stretcher bar. If your short side is 16”, set the final size to 19”. This allows enough for the image to wrap around the frame.  The long side will enlarge proportionately.

  5. Your long side should end up to be 3” longer than your final desired size. If it's more than 3" longer, you’ll need to crop down to size. So, a final size of 20” on the long side will need to be cropped to 23”. If you don’t like the result, play with your settings a bit. If your image doesn’t crop well, you might want to set the long side to its natural size. Instead of a 16 x 20, have it printed at, say,16 x 21.

  6. If you really don’t like the effect of the wrap, experiment with a colored border.

  7. When you place your order, enter the size of the print you would like to face forward including the wrap. If you want a 16 x 20, order a 19 x 23.
    Add an additional white border to be used to stretch the canvas around the frame and staple the excess to the back. We recommend at least 1.5 " .

    Most important: Tell us in the special instructions that your image is already sized to wrap.

 

Example 1. Standard Wrap> The final size is meant to be 16 by 24, so the short side was set at 19. The long side enlarged proportionately to 28.5, which was longer than needed. The right side is cropped by 1.5 inches to a width of 27”. The green border indicates the wrap edge of the print and is used to show the limits of the front surface

Photo EnlargementExample 2. Color Border> The image was cropped to size 16x24. We didn’t want to wrap the image, so a 1.5” color border was added for the wrapping border. The red border is the part of the image that will wrap,