There are many ways to preserve the beautiful memories of a photoshoot and printing a large canvas for displaying at home is popular and largely favoured. You already have the soft copies (of the images) so why print (your canvas) with the studio?
Table of content
1) The resolution of your package soft copies
2) Upgrading to full resolution and what does that means?
3) The risk of printing your own canvas
4) Printing your own canvas VS printing it professionally with the studio
5) Conclusion
#1 The Resolution of your package soft copies
All our packages will starts you off with 5R Soft Copies. 5R is a photo-size at 5”x7” (5 inches by 7 inches) or (12.7cm x 17.8cm), roughly half the size of an A4. Read here for more details on What is 5R Soft Copy?
While these resolution is printable, it is never meant for printing large canvases.
Doing so will only result in blur or pixelated displays.
#2 Upgrading to full resolution and what does that means?
You can upgrade your 5R soft copy to Full Resolution Soft Copy and print your own canvas.
Full resolution means the soft copy is with the same resolution and size as the original image took with the professional DSLR camera the studio is using. In this case, it is 8000pixel x 6000pixel 300DPI, JPG format return.
Note: There will be no *retouching for soft copies options.
*(Eg, slimming, airbrushing, removing of any blemishes etc)
#3 The risk of printing your own canvas
Choosing to print your own canvas means you are going the DIY route. To put it bluntly, you are on your own.
You would need to source for your own professional print lab, liaise with the printer and be familiar with the many different terms/files the printer might be asking for. (Eg resolution, DPI, PPI, SRGB, RGB, TIFF, PNG format etc)
Here are some less-then-ideal situation you might find yourself in:
– Print quality is not as sharp and crisp as soft copy
– Every different print-lab has different colour-profile and calibration, your canvas’s colour might be different from onscreen
– Colours of your canvas might be too saturated or desaturated
– Canvas is cropped off at weird angle (this might occur when you are printing a display with different ratio as your original image)
– Material and quality of the canvas is different from your expectation
– and more
Disclaimer: We are definitely NOT saying that these will happen when you choose to print your own canvas with your own preferred printer. We are simply pointing out some possibilities of how things might go wrong.
An easy read: The Differences between a Good and Bad Canvas
4) Printing your own canvas VS printing it professionally with the studio
Our studio offers many different formats of large displays for your selection. They ranges from wooden prints, to fine art frames to the traditional canvases. Prices starts from $290. While it might seem as a slight investment, it is the peace of mind and quality assurance that you are paying for.
Printing your canvas professionally with the studio
– Assured quality, material used are of finest top quality
– All images will be *fully-retouched and only printed with your approval
– No liaising with third-party, all communications will be with your photographer
– All displays are QC and vetted before you are informed of collection
Simply put, printing your canvas professionally with the studio is like having your own personal butler (a printing butler!).
Note: *fully-touched includes slimming, airbrushing, removing of any blemishes etc
Related Read: https://ohdearstudio.com.sg/before-after-magic-of-post-processing/
5) Conclusion
Buying a lipstick (and doing your own makeup) verses hiring a professional makeup artist. What are the differences? There are surely pros and cons to either way. But our advice? Go the professional way if you’re in any doubt.
