Magnipic specializes in enlarging and printing photos onto canvas. Since traditional film negative and digital camera images (files) are usually smaller than the desired canvas size, it is necessary to enlarge photo to canvas with special software.

We transfer the photos on canvas using state of the art professional software and printing equipment, which ensures no data will be lost or ignored during the enlargement process.

Enlarge photo to canvas – digital photography Vs. traditional film negative

 In the traditional film negative, data is being kept on a chemical tissue that responses once exposed to light. This chemical tissue accumulates a tremendous amount of data that can be transferred onto a photo paper through projection, in a similar way. The print size is being determined by the distance between the projector and the paper.

Nowadays, most people take photos using digital cameras. In this technology, data is being kept on magnetic media as bits and is measured by the number of pixels stored for each photo taken. This number is defined as the photo's resolution. Take notice that when you browse your photos on a computer screen, you might not notice a difference between low and high resolution photos. This happens due to the screen's resolution or the photo's displayed size. Although it is not noticeable – difference is there, and will be noticeable when you enlarge photo to canvas.

When enlarging photo to canvas, the resolution would determine the quality of the enlarged canvas print. At Magnipic.com we use state of the art software and printing equipment that exploit the digital data in order to improve the photo's resolution. This ensures that the photo enlargement to canvas are in a quality that equals or even surpasses that of the traditional film negative.

Enlarge photo to canvas - The main challenge

Main challenge in digital photo enlargement is pixelation. The example bellow demonstrates the problem –

As seen, when trying to enlarge photo to canvas without processing the digital data using the appropriate software, the photo's quality depreciates - lines become unsharp and the photo looses focus. If photo enlargement to canvas is made with our professional equipment and experience, one might notice new details in the enlarged photo, that were hard to notice with the smaller image presented on the computer screen. In many cases, this makes the photo more realistic, and gives it an appearance of a live scene.

In the website, you can find our unique artistic effects for free. If you wish to give your photo an appearance of a classical or a modern artwork, try using our oil painting effect, water color, collage and more. It's free, and will certainly give your photo a whole new dimension.

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