Received my 24x36 today and am quite pleased. They packed it very well, it arrived in one day of shipping (I'm on East Coast) - the image was printed very accurately and the canvas is done nicely on the frame. If this is representative I'd use them in the future.
Do you nkow if they have a proofing profile. I would like to get the image on the canvas to match the color and saturation of my print as much as possible.
dmccombs wrote:
Do you nkow if they have a proofing profile. I would like to get the image on the canvas to match the color and saturation of my print as much as possible.
Here is what they provide on their website.
Proofing
We do not offer proofs.
Color Management
All of our equipment is calibrated to Adobe RGB color space.
I received my 24x36 Museum Gallery Wrap today as well. Very nice indeed. I will use them again. I converted my file to Adobe RGB before upload. The print matches the image exactly (My system is calibrated and profiled as well) If they can maintain this level of quality and quick turn around, they should do just fine.
update: got mine today. Looks excellent. If anyone wants to see it just send me a PM.
This thread rules
EDIT: To the guy asking about his 4x6 photo...mine photo only works at a 4x6 size, the 16x24 option fit my entire photo perfectly. Ended up paying $15 for shipping. Not bad .
Mine arrived yesterday, damaged - opposite corners (top left and bottom right) were bowed out and cracked. Called them, was asked to send them a photo of the damaged product by email, got a quick response that they're working on a replacement immediately. The product (well, the canvas part of it, anyway) looks very nice. We'll see how they do on the customer service end of things.
So, in conclusion, in my case the jury's still out, so to speak.
butchM wrote:
Why not capture in aRGB the larger color space and convert to sRGB as needed?
True going from a smaller color space to a larger will clip some colors, but I have found going the other direction, the difference is hardly noticed.
Working with RAW, your options are even better. IMO
You are correct. My brain was out to lunch. I was thinking of the color shift when viewing images in non-color managed applications (like most web browsers). In that case, switching to aRGB loses color quality.
I shoot everything in raw. All I have to do is tag the image with aRGB in camera raw and make sure that profile is embedded in Photoshop.
Could someone please take a quick snapshot of the back of their free canvas print? I am interested to see how they handle the back of the gallery stretched frame.
Duncan_Staples wrote:
Thanks for showing the back. I wonder why they are using the cardboard?
Added stability to survive shipping (though not always based on one post)? Reminds me of some framing techniques used on houses to hold everything in place while you get the structure up. All right angles is susceptible to sheer type forces. The kind you would expect in shipping a long thin box.
