Producing prints from Acrylic paintings on Canvas (24" by 16" originals), Selling Pictures, SAA

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	Ashley	Hi My sons girlfriend has acrylic pictures on Canvas - I believe the originals are 24" x 16" - She would like to make prints of them to sell - (in addition to selling the originals). I believe that She would like to make them the same size at least initially. What options does she have available and can anybody point us in the right direction? I suppose the style is fantasy and is quite graphical in nature with fairly bright colours as opposed to dark murky landscapes etc. Would this make any difference in the choice of print and copy methods? Best Regards Ash Posted - 08/12/2008 18:26:28
	Tracey	Hi, There are a couple of ways to get your art printed up...You can go the home print method but the printers for large size copies are very expensive (I found this out) or you can go to a professional service, many of which are listed in retail art magazines...you will usually need to supply a photo or jpeg image of your chosen picture, they will then use this as the basis for your print run...once you have accepted the proof as colour correct they can then print as many as you like. They quality of the photo you take will have major bearing on the size image you can have printed as the larger you go the more blurry it will become unless you have the correct ratio of pixels in your original image. Hope this explains it somewhat. Regards Tracey Posted - 17/01/2009 20:05:22
	Carole	Hi Ashly I have successfully taken my own photos and had prints made by a company called the Dot Foundry - you can find them on-line. Prices are reasonable. I use a Sony Cybershot 12.1 megapixels camera. Used to take shots by hand, resting the paintings (24 x 18 inch deep edge canvas) on a windowsill away from direct sunlight but found a cheap tripod (£25) which helped then my fella created a studio in the loft (nothing fancy, black matt wall, wooden mount to hold the picture and set my tripod up, we also have 2 daylight bulbs to get the colour right) sounds like a lot of fuss but it works really well. You need to get an image 4000x3000 i.e. the whole painting and as little backround as possible in your shot. I then crop and if necessary auto-enhance in Sony Photomanager. The prints I've recieved back are really good and completely acceptable as limited edition prints. Of course you could go the expensive way and find a company close by who will scan and print for you. Hope that's helpful? Carole Posted - 14/02/2009 11:15:30
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