Packaging Prints – Part 2
In part 1 on the topic of packaging your artwork, we focused on some best practices when shipping only a few prints at most by using either rigid flat mailers or shipping tubes.
Read More... 3 Common Mistakes with Soft Proofing
Most people who have been printing their artwork or photographs have at some point, usually when they first began to have images printed, run into the issue in which some colors appear different in print compared to what they saw when they viewed the image file on their computer.
Read More...Cutting Your Prints
I recently discussed torn or deckled-edged prints. But people also ask how we cut and manage so many giclee prints.
Read More...Ordering a Deckled Edge Float Framed Print
A lot of people ask us how to order this. This walkthrough will teach you how to create a print with a deckled or torn edge and how to frame it.
Read More...Top 5 Fine Art Papers for Fine Art Photographers
Did you know the fine art papers used in Giclee printing can also be used by fine art photographers? Well of course you did. Or at least I hope so. The truth is that many photographers do not really print on anything other than regular photo papers.
Read More...Holiday Tips from FinerWorks
With the holidays fast upon us it is a good idea to consider some of the following tips when utilizing FinerWorks to print and fulfill your orders. This will not only improve things like production time but also make it less likely that problems will arise with an order getting to your customer on time.
Read More...3 Ways to Hang a Panel Print
Panel prints are prints that have no sort of hanging hardware on them. Aside from easy to produce without the fuss of adding any hanging hardware that extends out they are relatively easy to package and ship. The question may arise on how to best hang these.
Read More...3 Important Tips for Borderless Prints and Cards
I think one of the reasons that FinerWorks attracts the initial interest of photographers who are used to working with their local photo lab is the idea of bordered prints. Artists doing reproductions on their work tend to prefer bordered prints as well however there are times when a borderless print is opted for instead.
Read More...Finding a Matching Print Size
Aspect ratio is a term you may have heard in relation to printing artwork or photos and if you have not heard of this but want to start printing, then those two words will soon become part of your vocabulary.
Read More...Glazing: Not Only Glass in the Frame
Why custom framing smokes ready made frames. Working at a few custom frame shops, I have often heard the gasp statement of “the frame is more than the art”.
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