Hot to Create Gallery Wraps, Mirror Wraps and Solid Wraps

Once you have chosen the perfect image for your canvas print, you should also take the time to look at the options that are available for the wrapped part of your canvas. You may not initially think that this is a big deal, but it can certainly bring a whole new feeling to your cheap canvas prints, and can make them look even better than they already do. Here are a few options of what you can do to the wraps of your canvas prints, and how to make them.

The Gallery Wrap

The gallery wrap is essentially an extended edge of your image, that gets wrapped to the sides of the canvas. It sounds simple enough when you just say it, but there are certainly a few things that you can do to make sure that you do this process successfully.

For a start, you need to make sure that you are using the same aspect ration that is already used for the remainder of your image. The wrap will usually be a thickness of two inches. Because it is a continuous part of your canvas print, you may need to crop a portion of it in order to ensure that the wrapped edges actually have an image to show. Once you have done that, you can also choose the wrap overlay colour and wrap overlay opacity and play around with those options if you would like for your canvas print to look a little more unique. It is important to mention that the gallery wrap is not the same as the mirror wrap, because the gallery version simply continues the image towards the sides.

The Mirror Wrap

The mirror wrap is different because it copies the edges of your image onto the sides as well. This gives your canvas print a very special appearance when it is approached from the side, rather than just having a simple frame or a black edge to cover it. It also serves as a nice introduction to what viewers can expect when they see your cheap canvas print from the front.

In order to achieve a great mirror wrap, it is best to choose an image which has neutral edges, so that they can seamlessly stretch towards the edges. Although you can also choose to go creative and to make your sides a lot more visually attractive with many colours and objects, most people choose the neutral option because it does not take away the attention from the central part of the image. This means that mirrored edges go best with nature and animal themes, which do not require a lot of precision for this type of canvas wrap.

The Solid Edge

If you don’t like the edges of your canvas prints online to have any of these additional options, you can choose to keep the image in the centre of the canvas, and to choose a different colour for the sides. Your cheap canvas prints will almost automatically come with this option, however, it is also a good idea to choose a colour that you like, and one that will fit best both with the canvas and with the style of the room where it will be displayed. 

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