How much softness will canvas hide?

[eric-holmes]

I am not to sure about this but I would assume that printing on canvas would hide a little bit of softness/blur. I have a picture that is a full length portrait that needs to be printed as a gallery wrap at a size of 20x30. Does anyone know if I can get away with using a less than tack sharp image on a canvas wrap? I could upload a 100% crop for example but I don't want to upload the whole picture as of yet since it was her bridals.

 

[KmH]

Why is this posted in the beginners forum section?

 

[eric-holmes]

Where would you prefer it be posted Keith?

 

[gsgary]

Soft is soft i think it could show up more

 

[Kerbouchard]

Where would you prefer it be posted Keith?

Ignore Keith...that's what I do.

As far as soft, it depends...Are you talking about motion blur, missed focus, or a lot of noise reduction?

I print at 20x30 pretty often with regular prints and I don't have a problem as long as the photo is sound to begin with. I would think that printing on Canvas would, indeed, mask some technical flaws.

 

[IgsEMT]

Canvas is classic, it's soft in it's self. Not really meant to be looked upon at 3rd of an inch with magnifying glass.
If u rnt sure about the results, speak with the lab u r printing with. But make sure u r using REAL lab where ur images are respected and not some priceclub or pharmacy where all the techs do is press a button.
Good luck.

 

[KmH]

Where would you prefer it be posted Keith?

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