Our Gift Wrap & Personal Message Service

Choose Canvas offer a unique Gift Wrap & Personal Message service. This is ideal if you are buying the canvas print as a present for a friend or family member. If you will be unable to see them in person then take advantage of our service. For a small additional fee we will gift wrap the canvas print & add a personal message onto a card and include this when we post it.

If you would like to use our Gift Wrap & Personal Message service then you can select this when adding your chosen canvas to the shopping basket. Then just add your personal message into the comments field when completing the check out process. If local to us we may even deliver in person.

You order, We print & gift wrap, We then post direct to the person you require us to.

Please click here to find out more about our Gift Wrap service.

Lyson Print Guard

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We recommend adding the option of Lyson Print Guard to your canvas print. Lyson Print Guard waterproofs, protects and greatly enhances fade-resistance. Not only does Lyson Print guard protect your canvas print but it has been proven to extend the longivity of the inks and prevent colour shift.

It will protect your canvas to all the elements including sunlight & dust. Canvases never looked so good.

One of the Printers we use - Canon W6400

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As a complete professional printing solution the compact W6400 delivers quality, high resolution prints no matter what the deadline. This new model features increased usability, compatibility and an ingenious new Canon print driver.

Features

Full bleed photo printing
Fast output – full colour A1 photo in 1.3 min.
High definition – max. 2400 x 1200dpi resolution, UV resistant pigment inks
High capacity, single ink tanks
Small footprint
Compatible with wide range of media
Full network support for Mac and PC(Option)
Interchangeable Photo and Matte Black





The new Canon W6400 combines best in class image reproduction, cost-effective performance and new enhanced technology to offer more powerful productivity and greater business impact than ever before. Increased maximum resolution, an ingenious print delivery system, new print driver and improved usability and compatibility, ensure the W6400 delivers against the tightest deadlines with higher quality. A compact, complete professional printing solution with a small footprint, it will play an invaluable role in building your business.


Get through more work in less timeUnique bi-directional printing is made easy by Canon’s one inch wide high-density print head. Featuring 7,680 nozzles (1,280 per colour) the print head enables high resolution printing over a wide area in a single pass, saving time and ensuring absolute colour stability. And with Canon’s advanced MicroFine droplet Technology™ ejecting more drops, more quickly, print times are accelerated even further.


UV resistant inks ensure lasting imagesFor outdoor media and prints exposed to bright lights, durability is a must. The W6400 uses full-colour, UV static, fade free pigment inks. The result is unsurpassed colour fastness and bright, vivid images that look as good as the original, and stay that way.


Borderless printing brings images to lifeNothing is more impactful than full-bleed printing, especially for photographic work. The W6400 supports fast, mess-free output to all four edges on 10”x12”, 8”x10” and B2 and B3 posters and 6-colour printing process ensures enhanced colour precision and tonal depth. Large capacity ink tanks and continuous ink supply are perfect for extra-long printing and ink tanks can be replaced during printing without affecting print quality.


Productive network support and flexibilityThe W6400 supports both Mac and Windows environments, fitting seamlessly into your network and enhancing its value. With an output plug-in for Adobe Photoshop and HDI Drivers for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, this new printer offers greater usability. Plus Canon’s NetSpot® Suite software enables integration management of every printer on your network.

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ApplicationsDigital images and photographs, Proofs, Storyboards, Presentations, Impositions, Packaging concepts, Concepts & layouts, POD final posters, Computer-created artwork, Reproductions, Photographs/Manipulated photographs, Special sized artwork

How to Upload your own photos

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Here is a quick tutorial on how to upload your own personal images to us so we can convert onto canvas for you:

1: Create an account with us by clicking on ‘My Account’ at the top of our homepage. Fill in all the fields that are required.

2. Once you have created an account you are then able to upload you photo to us. To do this please click on ‘Personal Photo’s’ under our categories menu on the left hand side.

3. Scroll down & select the shape & size of canvas print you require. Select the lyson print guard or gift wrap service if you require either of these additions. Then where is says ‘Photo Upload’ please click on ‘Browse’.

4. Navigate to the location of the image on your computer & click open.

5. Click ‘Add to Cart’

6. Proceed to complete checkout.

Please click this link to go direct to our upload page:

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Sepia Effect

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Over our next few blog posts we will be writing about all the different effects that be added to canvas prints now days. Whether it be a simple black & white effect, sepia or a blurred effect all can add to your canvas print.

First up is the Sepia effect.

Sepia effects are particurly effective when used on portraits or on photos of towns & villages. The sepia effect is one of the oldest around yet it is still pretty much the most popular. On canvas prints it can give a real touch of class & will make your print look that much more unique. In short a Sepia effect will make your print look like it was made in the 1930’s, 40’s or 50’s.

You can use any number of programmes now days to get the desired effect that you are looking for. Whether it be an expensive top of the market programme or a free online tool both will get the job done. But obviously you get what you pay for.

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How do we package our canvases?

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If you have decided to purchase a canvas you obviously want it to arrive at your front door in perfect condition. This is why we use 2 part telescopic boxes to protect our canvases.

Telescopic boxes are made especially for the safe delivery of canvases & picture frames. We have 3 different sizes: Small, Medium & Large. After printing and assembling your canvas onto the stretcher bars we will then choose the best size box for your print & place inside.

We also bubble wrap your canvas many times & then add even more bubble wrap inside the box for extra protection.

Finally we add strong tape around the box to make extra safe & then write ‘Fragile’ on the box so the delivery company know to handle with care.

All the above precautions mean that you have piece of mind that your canvas will arrive at your front door in exactly the same condition as when it left us.

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Canvas buying tips

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When buying a canvas print the biggest problem is choosing the 1 out of a huge selection that you like. You can literally put any picture or photo in the world onto canvas. So when we say there is a huge selection we mean it.

A bright & bold print can bring a dull room to life in an instance. But likewise a simple abstract or black & white print can give a dull room a touch of class & still bring the room to life.
All our prints look great on a white or light beige colour wall. However they also look fantastic in bars & restaurants - a lot of which have wooden based walls.

Our number 1 tip when buying a canvas is: Make sure YOU like it. If the canvas is going in your house or premises then as long as you like it nothing else matters.

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Come & see our prints in person

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If you like the look of our canvas prints then if you live local to us you can now view some of them in person. Flowerscenta in Long Melford, Suffolk now have many of our prints for sale in their shop. Flowerscenta currently have mainly Flowers, Animals & Abstract canvases on display but the shop owners can always help you if you require something else. You can either purchase the print you like from Flowerscenta but we would rather you let Flowerscenta contact us & we will print you a fresh new canvas & then either post or deliver directly to you.

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New Black & White Canvases added to Website

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We have recently added some new Black & White canvas prints to our website. We never realised how popular they are until recently. After a number of requests we have now added some black & white prints to our Cityscapes & Landscapes categories. These include prints of the New York City skyline & the Brooklyn Bridge but there are many others & we plan on adding even more shortly.

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Customers Photo Submission

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Late last week we were very pleased to receive a couple of photos from a customer showing the canvas prints we did for them on their wall. We have included the photos below. The first photo shows our Jersey Lighthouse print which can be found here: http://www.choosecanvas.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=174

The 2nd picture shows the print entitled ‘ Floating ‘ which shows 2 water lilies on the water. This print can be found in our Flowers section here: http://www.choosecanvas.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=4

Choose Canvas at Christmas

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Light up a loved ones Christmas this year with a canvas print. We recommend using our Personal Photo on canvas service.

Upload a personal photo to us via our website & we will convert onto canvas for you. Whether it be a photo of the grandchildren for the grandparents or a photo of the children for the parents it will certainly make someone happy this Christmas. Maybe you have a photo of the whole family that you would like on canvas to show the world. If you are an animal lover why not upload your pet photos. Do you have a holiday snap that reminds you of a great week of your life?
Send it to us & you can have it on the wall forever.

We also offer a Gift Wrap & Personal Message service. If you unable to see a loved one at Christmas then you can choose this service and we will post the canvas directly to the person you tell us to. We will then include a message card with your personal message on it.

What canvas do we use?

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We use a top grade canvas with a water resistant property. This means all our canvas’s offer vivid color, high resolution & excellent lightfast and anti-aging properties. The special coating on the canvas enables prints to be stretched without any cracking which means a longer life for your canvas.






Canvas Specification:

- 100% Cotton- 380gsm

- Water Resistent Matt Finish

- Whiteness - more than 90%

- Opacity - more than 85%

- Tested at 720, 1440 and 2880 dpi


The key point from above is the 380gsm. This effectively means we use a thick canvas which is higher in quality, can be pulled tighter around the stretcher bars & thus will last longer.

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