Modifying photo for gallery wrap canvas

takeflightphoto

This has been discussed some on the Pro Sales Support thread, but seems like it belongs here.

The problem:
When ordering gallery wrapped canvases, the lab takes 1-3/4 inches of the image on all sides to wrap around the stretcher. If it's 20x30 inch product, that's not much of an issue, but if you want an 8x10, there goes most of your photo. Also, you may want to have the sides show as black or as white.

The perceived solution:
Make a new image with a border all around your desired "front image". This border would be either a clone/mirror of the "front" or a "black/white/put your color here" band that is 1-3/4 inches wide all around. When wrapped, the original photo would be on the front and your border would show all around the sides.

The issue:
I'm not sure how to calculate, nor how to produce the image needed to have that border. With every wrapped image size, there is a different ratio of the 1-3/4 border needed to the whole of the image.

The request:
Some Photoshop genius to come up with a step-by-step process and tutorial to help me (and others) through this.

Thanks,

jon

Jon Lyksett
Take Flight Photography

PS: I did ask the SmugMug Heroes to help with this, and got sent to ask here.

pathfinder

Open your image and go to Image > Image Size and enter the size and resolution you want for your image - do not resample the image if you have enough original pixels for your 20 x 30 in image.

Duplicate your image with ctrl-J. Now click on the background layer.

Go to Image > Canvas Size and enlarge your canvas 1 3/4 inches on each margin as needed. You can use white or gray or black or whatever color floats your boat in the checkbox in the Canvas size dialogue box. Paint whatever you want on the new canvas extension, and hit ctrl-e to collapse your two layers to one, and you will have your original image with a new colored canvas extending 1 3/4 inches on each side.

takeflightphoto

pathfinder wrote:

Open your image and go to Image > Image Size and enter the size and resolution you want for your image - do not resample the image if you have enough original pixels for your 20 x 30 in image.

Duplicate your image with ctrl-J. Now click on the background layer.

Go to Image > Canvas Size and enlarge your canvas 1 3/4 inches on each margin as needed. You can use white or gray or black or whatever color floats your boat in the checkbox in the Canvas size dialogue box. Paint whatever you want on the new canvas extension, and hit ctrl-e to collapse your two layers to one, and you will have your original image with a new colored canvas extending 1 3/4 inches on each side.

THANK YOU!!!!!!

jon

pathfinder

takeflightphoto wrote:

THANK YOU!!!!!!

jon

You're quite welcome. I have been looking at Canvas on Demand as well, as the offer custom sizing for panos, rather than a limited set of stock sizes.