FAQ's Wraps & Borders
What border wrap options do I have for my canvas?
Simply Canvas offers three options to choose from for your borders. You can choose a natural wrap, solid border (any color of your choice) or digitally stretched. See our tutorials for set up of these options.
What is a gallery wrap?
A gallery wrap is the process of wrapping the printed canvas around a custom made stretcher frame. The image is wrapped around the frame for a clean, modern look. If there is not enough picture to stretch, have no fear, we will digitally stretch the image so that it wraps around the edges without hurting the integrity of the image. All work is done with an artist's critical eye. We will not print an image if we don't think it is going to turn out perfect!
What is a gallery wrap with a border?
A Gallery Wrap with a Border means that you will either request or place a solid color or a digital stretch around the sides of your print.
What is a natural wrap?
Natural wrap means that your entire image will continue to wrap around the sides of the canvas frame. No adjustments have to be made to your file to make it fit for the wrap. Images shot loose work best for natural wrap. Tight composition will result in subject wrapping onto edges.
What is digital stretching?
Digital stretching is a printing option for the sides of the canvas (or wrap). It means that we take a slight piece of your image on each side and stretch it to make it fit for the sides of the canvas. This will give you the effect of your image looking naturally wrapped around the frame. The more of the image we stretch, the less the image will look distorted. The less we have to stretch the image, the more it will look distorted. Keep in mind, this applies for the sides of the canvas only, not the face of the canvas. You would choose this option if you do not want to loose your cropping for the front face of the canvas.
If I want to order my image with a border or digital stretch in the Roes software, how do I do that?
You will first want to go to canvas products on the bottom of section #1, and click on that. From there, you will want to click on the Gallery wrap 1.5 frame-border and then choose your size. From there, you will pull your image over to the template in the middle and you will see that your image will not go into the wrapped area. Then, you will just go down to section #4 and choose either your border or digital stretch option. View Ordering Videos.
How do I size my photo on ROES to allow for the natural wrap?
Add 2 inches per side and 4 inches per dimension. So, if you want a 20x24 canvas then you will size it as a 24x28.
How many inches do I need to add to my image to allow for the wrap?
You will want to allow 2 inches per side. So that means 2 inches for the top , bottom, and each side, which means 4 inches per dimension larger than what you would like to have the finished front. So, for example, if you are ordering a 16x20 print, you would want to size your file at a 20x24.
Can you print word and border wraps?
Yes, we can. We are one of the only canvas companies to print word and border wraps. Our stretchers will make sure that your word wraps and border wraps are aligned perfectly on the frame.
How do I set up my file for a word wrap?
First, determine your target front face size of your canvas and add 4 inches to the height and width in order to allow a 2 inch border for the wrap of the canvas. Pull guides from your rulers in Photoshop at 2 inches from each edge to verify your template for your target size. Anything that lies inside the guides will be on the front face of the canvas and the border that you created will be the wrap of the canvas.
Next, pull another set of guides at 1/2" from each edge. You have 1 1/2" to work with for the text. Make sure the text is between the two guides. Your text will be on the sides of the canvas and not wrapping to the back edge.
Creating a Word Wrap Video.
How do I set up my image for the 2.5 inch frame?
Just as you would for the standard frame size, except add 3 inches per side instead of 2 inches per side for a total of 6 inches to the height and 6 inches to the width. For example, if you are ordering a 20x24 with 2.5 inch frame, your image would be sized at 26x30.
Set-Up for a Thick Stretcher Bar Frame Video.