canvas wrap cropping issue

sunxsweet

i have a minor problem. a customer is trying to order the canvas wrap for an image but the image crop will cut off part of the subject. how bad or good would it look if i simply "extend" the edge in photoshop so the crop doesn't mess with the main image? it looks like a lot of surface area is used for the wrap but i can't image that much of it is actually seen.

i realize my other options are to either push the client towards canvas board or to create a black border for the wrap. i believe thin wraps are an option aswell but it's a different look and not available to smuggers yet, right?

the goal is a product that is ready to hang. the stretch option is no good.

thanks

Andy

Easy to extend this canvas and clone more of that oof background. write our Support Heroes ATTN: SteveM and he'll do it for you, if you like

Steve Cavigliano

Hi,
Different Steve here We've added space at the top and bottom, of the image. Which are usually the areas the are problematic, with wrapped prints (that are in portrait orientation). Please let us know if you need us to add more space.

Cavig

SteveM

Andy wrote:

Easy to extend this canvas and clone more of that oof background. write our Support Heroes ATTN: SteveM and he'll do it for you, if you like

Sure thing. Shouldn't be a problem. Let me know which size, though, since the different wraps have different requirements, though!

sunxsweet

wow.. u guys are piling on today. steveM... i sent you an email with the file and location of file on smug. i need a 8x12 canvas wrap...

the one i showed in the above post was from my blog and isn't the latest image... sorry i wasted your time steveC.

SteveM wrote:

Sure thing. Shouldn't be a problem. Let me know which size, though, since the different wraps have different requirements, though!

SteveM

sunxsweet wrote:

wow.. u guys are piling on today. steveM... i sent you an email with the file and location of file on smug. i need a 8x12 canvas wrap...

the one i showed in the above post was from my blog and isn't the latest image... sorry i wasted your time steveC.

Hi,

I did a little magic, and cloned some areas in, but on the right, I simply couldn't clone in an imaginary baby hand. For this, I used a common technique to mirror the image. This is actually an option at some labs instead of a standard wrap, so it maintains the color and feel without losing any of the image.

Here's a screenshot of the viewable front area, marked with what will wrap: http://img.skitch.com/20091118-reyxcxgq838y7h4ccqh254ppa7.jpg Everything inside the red rectangle will be visible on the face with everything else wrapped. Full image dimensions 11.5 x 15.5" for an 8x12" wrapped canvas.

I hope this works for you! This edited file is uploaded to the original gallery.

sunxsweet

thanks so much SteveM... it was still a little tighter than i liked so i stayed up late and made another version

http://richmarphotography.com/Mypics/Reese-Holidays-2009/10201468_8gFN9#716946722_vCd3k

thanks soooo much for your help guys. and it looks like new product just got released last night so i'm going to try to show that to the customer as well. thanks again.

SteveM wrote:

Hi,

I did a little magic, and cloned some areas in, but on the right, I simply couldn't clone in an imaginary baby hand. For this, I used a common technique to mirror the image. This is actually an option at some labs instead of a standard wrap, so it maintains the color and feel without losing any of the image.

Here's a screenshot of the viewable front area, marked with what will wrap: http://img.skitch.com/20091118-reyxcxgq838y7h4ccqh254ppa7.jpg Everything inside the red rectangle will be visible on the face with everything else wrapped. Full image dimensions 11.5 x 15.5" for an 8x12" wrapped canvas.

I hope this works for you! This edited file is uploaded to the original gallery.

takeflightphoto

SteveM wrote:

.....I did a little magic, and cloned some areas in, but on the right, I simply couldn't clone in an imaginary baby hand. For this, I used a common technique to mirror the image. This is actually an option at some labs instead of a standard wrap, so it maintains the color and feel without losing any of the image.......

Steve,

I think it's great that you helped fix her photo so it would work, but, in a way, that's like giving us fish. If we knew how to fish, we could do it ourselves.

Could you, as you have time, develop a short tutorial on this "common technique?" I asked this question in email to the Heroes and was referred to some Dgrin and SmugMug examples, but that doesn't really tell me how to do it.

I can visualize the process, but haven't got enough Photoshop experience or knowledge to know what I'm looking for in the program that will put that border out there to take care of this issue.

Thanks for your knowledge and attention.

jon