| What is a Gallery Wrap?
Original print wrapped around frame |
A gallery wrap is a finished, ready-to-hang canvas print with no visible frame. Basically, the canvas print is stretched tight around a 1.5” internal
wood frame so that the edges of the canvas, and the wood, do
not show. The corners are hidden by a blind fold, and the image
continues around the sides of the frame.
Gallery wrap canvas prints are excellent alternatives to framing in that they will work with almost any decor and color scheme. Gallery-wrapped prints present the viewer with a different view from all sides of the picture, and generally cost less than the same size framed print.
At ePingo,
our canvas is laminated with a protective finish that protects
the canvas and increases longevity. You may choose gloss (a
slight glossy sheen) or lustre (a very low glare finish).
What kinds of images would work as gallery wraps?
Almost any image will work as a gallery wrap. Our first approach is to wrap the image you send around the frame size you specify. If you give us special instructions, we can keep all of your image on the front of the canvas, making a wrapping border by adding colored or mirrored borders, or extending image elements.
If we are using only your original image, with no borders, you’ll want to pick an image with less-important elements on the edges. If your family portrait is cropped closely, you might end up with heads, feet or arms wrapped around the sides.
Panoramas are a special case. It is technically difficult to stretch the canvas tightly for a panorama print that has a short side of less than 12 inches, and we recommend changing to one of our ready-to-frame products.
How
much space do we need for the wrapping border?
We will wrap 1.5” on each side of the canvas print around
the frame.
What
are my wrapping options?
- Standard Procedure: Your
image is adjusted to a final size that is 3" more, on
each side, than the print size you ordered. This extra canvas
is wrapped around the side of the frame to produce your size.
Example: You order a 16 x 20 wrapped print. We enlarge your
image proportionately, so that the short side is 19 inches.
If the long side side ends up greater than
23 inches, the extra is cropped off, keeping the main part
of the image on the front.
- Set the Short or Long Side: You
pick the dimension that is most important to you--the final
size of the short or long side. We enlarge so that the selected
side will be the correct final size. The other side "floats",
which means that it enlarges proportionately, with no stretching
or cropping. We use the entire image. The price of your print
may change, depending on the final size.
Example: You send an image, requesting a short side of 16".
We enlarge the short side to 19", and the long side "floats"
to 28". Your final print will be 16 x 25.
If you choose this option, please specify the length of the
side you prefer.
Here are some options that will allow your entire image to show on the front.
Colored Border |
Colored Border on Front |
Mirrored Border |
Extended Image Border |
- Colored Border: Add a colored
wrapping border to the image to cover the sides of the internal
frame. The border could be a color in your image, white, black,
or a color you choose. Specify the color you want in the special
instructions. FREE!
- Colored Border on Front: Add
a colored wrapping border, but also bring that border onto
the front, using it to frame the image. Specifiy the color,
and the size on the front of the print, in special instructions. FREE!
- Mirrored Border: Copy 1.5” of each
edge of the image, invert (mirror) it, attach it back on
the edge and use it for the wrapping border. $15
per image.
- Extended Image: Use elements
in your image, such as sky, sea, sand, trees, lawn, etc.,
to create a wrapping border that blends with your image. $25 per image.
- If those do not appeal to you, consider changing to one of our Canvas Ready-to-Frame options, which will keep the entire image facing front.
How do I prepare my photos to be gallery wrapped?
You do not need to prepare your images for gallery wrapping. You can select the type of gallery wrapped image you want and have ePingo do the rest.
If you want to prepare your images before you upload, please follow the directions below.
- 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.
- In your imaging software, set the rulers (the way you measure size) to inches.
- Adjust your image to 300 dpi (dots per inch—a measure of resolution).
- Begin enlarging your image by adding 3” to the final size of your short side. (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.
- 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.
- If you really don’t like the effect
of the wrap, experiment with a colored border.
- When you place your order, request the size of the print you would like to face forward. If you want a 16 x 20, order a 16 x 20. If the natural size (16x 21) works out as a better choice order a 16x21.
Most important: Tell us in the special instructions that your image is already sized to wrap.
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