Before you get started with your printable canvas, there are some important things to think about when setting up your canvas artwork
There are some important things to think about when setting up your canvas artwork:
1. Size of the finished canvas.
What size do you want the finished canvas to be? – you will need to correct sized canvas bars to produce this.
2. Thickness of your stretcher bars.
What thickness do you want your canvas to be? – canvas stretcher bars usually come in 2 thicknesses, 18mm and 38mm. For 18mm bars add 1 inch to the finished sized artboard on all 4 sides, for 38mm bars add 2 inches on all 4 sides.
3. If you want the finished canvas to be “full wrap” “partial wrap” or “no wrap”.
Once you have your finished size and bars thickness decided you can set an artboard in your design software, set the finished size and then another box showing the extra border for the stretcher bars. Please see the diagram below showing this.
This shows our finished canvas size of 20x16 inches and we are using 38mm stretcher bars so total artboard size is 24x20 inches.
Now we can play around with our image to see how it can fit the space.
As you can see the first image with a full wrap will not work as we lose too much of the detail around the stretcher bars leaving little detail on the front.
We now have options of either a partial wrap with the image just around the front edge or no wrap with either a plain white border or coloured border for a different effect. See the images below:
This is a different image that will work perfectly on a full wrap canvas.
As you can see the important details are contained within the front of the finished canvas while the rest of the image can safely go around the stretcher bars.
Setting up canvas artwork for you Printable Canvas can be a little tricky depending on the required size, style and image so you may have to tweak one of these to get the desired finished results
Blogs:
There are a series of blogs on offer in relation to printable canvas and canvas making
- Expanding your product range to include Printable Canvas
- Printable Canvas - Everything you need for canvas making #Step1
- Printable Canvas - Preparing artwork for canvas making #Step2
- Printable Canvas - Printing canvas #Step3
How to guide
Expanding your product range to include Printable Canvas with Signmaster has never been more simple. For a simple and comprehensive guide on creating canvases, check out our instructional video on canvas making. Click on the video below to be directed to our YouTube channel and start mastering the art of canvas production.
Always here to help
Feel free to reach out for any additional guidance or assistance. Our dedicated team is eager to lend a helping hand. You can contact us via phone at 01948 804985, shoot us an email at inksandmedia@signmastersystems.co.uk, or simply reach out through our website. We're here to support you every step of the way.
Send us your creations
Decided to add canvas products to your range or have the range already. We would love to see what you create. And with your permission give you a shout out on social media. Send us your pictures via emails at inksandmedia@signmastersystems.co.uk or tag us in your social media.
