{"id":399,"date":"2014-06-03T22:07:06","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T22:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/?p=399"},"modified":"2016-08-24T18:51:26","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T08:51:26","slug":"avoid-poor-quality-canvas-photo-prints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/avoid-poor-quality-canvas-photo-prints\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Avoid Poor Quality Canvas Photo Prints"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s difficult to say, sometimes, whether a bad retail experience when purchasing canvas photo prints for your home is the result of incompetence or was simply an isolated incidence of bad luck. The exciting new world of photo printing has expanded not just our freedom to decorate our home and enjoy our own artistic tendencies, it\u2019s also expanded our choice of places to do business with. This necessarily means we\u2019re often dealing with companies we\u2019ve never dealt with before and have no physical sense of.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s nothing worse than uploading your gorgeous photos, paying honest money, and receiving a blurry piece of canvas art back, with low-quality materials, poor image quality, and an overall cheap and shabby appearance. Here\u2019s the go-to guide on how to avoid that before you press the \u2018order\u2019 button.<\/p>\n

Canvas Photo Prints: Manage Your End<\/h2>\n

The first and most important step here is to remember that whatever company you choose to purchase your canvas art from, they\u2019re not magicians. If you send a low-resolution photo file, or a poorly-composed and badly-lit photo, you\u2019re going to get a poor quality canvas back (in terms of image quality) no matter what. The canvas material might be high-end, the workmanship that created the canvas might be top-notch, but a bad photo will always make your canvas photo prints look cheap.<\/p>\n

Do your diligence: Make sure your photo is a minimum of 300dpi. If it\u2019s less, up-size the resolution<\/a> and crop down, or contact the company you\u2019re using to see if they can do anything on their end. Apply filters to brighten, sharpen, or modify the photo, and make sure you\u2019re happy with it before uploading. If you have a good-quality colour printer, print out a hardcopy and make sure it looks good. The work you put in before ordering will show up on your walls.<\/p>\n

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Materials<\/h2>\n

Some canvas prints<\/a> companies throw around terms you may be unfamiliar with. Here\u2019s what to look for:<\/p>\n