Five Quick and Easy Canvas Art Printing Effects

By now, you probably have hundreds of photos stored on your computer, none of which have been printed yet. If you want a quick portrait or design image for a canvas art printing project, all you need to do is choose the photo or photos you’d like to see enlarged and use a program like Photoshop or Picasa to easily transform your digital image into instant art.

Art on Canvas

Canvas is closely associated with visual art. Canvas artworks Something art - Art is all around us, from the designs on the clothes we wear to the tables where we dine and the ambiance of our surroundings. Art can be considered an essential aspect of our individuality, as it distinguishes us and shapes who we are today. Many people appreciate arts, and one way to express this… can serve as instant accents at home or in office spaces. However, classic artworks often come with a hefty price tag. Fortunately, modern times have provided innovative ways to create your own masterpieces using your creative skills, made possible by digital canvas art printing.

With just a few clicks of your mouse using popular image editing programs like Photoshop CS3 and Picasa, you can create prints that you once only saw in magazines, books, and museums. Now, you can engage in a project and produce results you’d be proud to print and hang.

Quick Effects

Here are some tips you can use for your canvas print.

Artistic

Photoshop offers many options to convert your digital photo into watercolor art Methods for Watercolor Painting - by dorkboycomics Watercolor Painting: Tips for Better Results and Understanding the Essentials Watercolor is one of the best mediums to work with due to its minimal mess, ease of mixing, and quick drying time compared to oil painting. However, creating exceptional watercolor art goes beyond merely mixing colors. Various elements contribute to making a painting… , or one that looks like a colored pencil or palette knife creation. Sketches are also a useful category, featuring charcoal effects, among others, to provide a nice play of shadow and light in the image.

Distorted

The degree of distortion applied to the image can be adjusted so that the image appears artistically manipulated rather than damaged. Distortion effects include “glass” and “ocean ripple.”

Texture

Photoshop allows you to play with the illusion of texture using “texturizer,” “rough pastels,” and “water paper.”

Color

Photoshop provides more options than Picasa for complex adjustments like “glowing edges” and “neon glow.” However, Picasa offers simple ways to convert colored images to sepia or black and white. Picasa also features “focal B&W,” allowing you to highlight a specific part of an image by changing the color of the entire picture to black and white while retaining the original color of that area.

Soften

Various blurring options can create a soft, aged effect, such as Photoshop’s “radial blur,” which adds circular haziness to the image, and Picasa’s “soft focus,” which gives the image a vintage look.

If you can’t decide on which image to print, you can create a collage. Picasa, in particular, offers a clean and easy way to do this. Simply add the photos you want to include on the canvas print and choose the collage format that suits your taste. You can select mosaic, contact prints, or a random pile of images. You also have the option to use full-bleed, white-bordered, or Polaroid-style pictures.

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